Kainai Nation offers livestock certificate program

Kainai Nation offers livestock certificate program

The program, launched in 2021, offers everything from livestock handling 
to nutrition to mature students

The program is a year in length and teaches students about livestock production systems, handling, pasture and grazing management, as well as nutrition, feeding, health and disease, among other things. It covers livestock such as cattle, bison and horses.





Grey skies over the Alberta landscape, July 2023. (Geralyn Wichers photo)

Alberta Crop Report: Variable weather fails to dispel crop growth

Crop conditions across the province were rated at 72.9 per cent good to excellent, better than the five-year average of 68.8 per cent and the 10-year average of 70.2 per cent. The central region had the best rating at 78.2 per cent, followed by the Peace region at 75.7 per cent and the south region at 73.9 per cent, all above both historical averages. The northeast region was at 70 per cent, below its averages, while the northwest was in line with its average at 61.8 per cent.


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AAFC raises wheat exports call, tightens carryout

Canadian wheat exports in both the current crop year and the upcoming 2024/25 marketing year will likely end up above earlier expectations, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released June 20, that left the balance sheet for canola relatively unchanged. 



Pea plants emerge in between stubble in a field. Dry peas are leading the way in emergence in Alberta at more than 96 per cent.  Photo: File

Seeding in Alberta nearly complete, with strong emergence

Spring planting in Alberta was virtually complete according to the province’s latest crop report. As of June 11, seeding in Alberta was a smidge under 100 per cent complete provincewide and on par with the five-year average. The Peace River Region ranked 100 per cent complete for its major crops, while the south, central, northeast […] Read more

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Saskatchewan spring planting virtually complete

At 98 per cent complete, spring planting in Saskatchewan has essentially wrapped up for 2024, although for rain has delayed farmers’ last rounds in the northeast and east-central regions of the province. For the week ended June 10, it was the northeast that received the most precipitation in Saskatchewan. The province’s latest crop report noted […] Read more