Better Farming Prairies Magazine Archive July/August 2024 Better Farming Prairies July/August 2024 edition features Susannah Cornelissen & Mocha on the cover and the following articles: Exciting Technology - Exploring Drones, Update on Pulse Growth - New Opportunities, Ag Tech Trade Show - Lakeland College, Supporting Pollinators - What's the Buzz? and Nitrogen Fertilizer. September 2024 May/June 2024
Hong Kong suspends Alberta egg and poultry shipments Wednesday, June 3, 2026 Alberta eggs and poultry have temporarily lost access to an Asian trading partner. Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) which under the Food and Environment Hygiene Department is responsible for ensuring food is safe, suspended the import of poultry meat and eggs from Alberta on May... Read this article online
Alberta RCMP launches Rural Organized Crime Team Wednesday, June 3, 2026 The Alberta RCMP is launching a new unit to monitor crime in rural communities. Following a $2 million investment from the provincial government, the RCMP announced part of the funding will support the creation of a new Rural Organized Crime Team (ROCT). The ROCT will be “a mobile unit... Read this article online
Transforming Brewers’ Spent Grain into High-Value Ingredients Wednesday, June 3, 2026 A new Canadian agri-food innovation project is set to turn brewery waste into high-value ingredients. Protein Industries Canada has announced a $1.1 million investment to support a collaboration between Terra Bioindustries and Great Western Brewing Company (GWBC). The initiative... Read this article online
Falling Behind on Direct Alcohol Shipping Deadline Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Canada’s small alcohol producers are growing increasingly frustrated as a promised timeline for direct-to-consumer (DTC) alcohol shipping reforms approaches with little visible progress. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is calling out federal and provincial... Read this article online
Merger between Enns Bros. and Greenvalley Equipment is off Tuesday, June 2, 2026 A planned merger between two John Deere dealerships in Manitoba is off. Greenvalley Equipment and Enns Brothers Ltd., announced a plan in January that would’ve seen the companies’ 13 total locations operate under a single entity. The deal was expected to close in April. The merger... Read this article online