Agriculture

4-H youth doing their part to help local charities, food banks

Albertans are invited to support local charities and 4-H members as they complete their livestock projects in new online ways during the COVID-19 pandemic.From now through June 30, there will be 77 sa...

May 01, 2020

Cargill beef plant to reopen next week after COVID-19 outbreak forced closure

CALGARY - Workers are to return Monday to a beef processing plant south of Calgary that was closed for two weeks because of a COVID-19 outbreak. Cargill says its High River facility will restart ...

Apr 29, 2020

Olds College deploys autonomous equipment in the field

Olds College is the only post-secondary institution in the world to deploy the fully autonomous DOT Power Platform as a teaching and research tool on the College's Smart Farm. Officials say this next ...

Apr 29, 2020 (Photo: Sergei Belski)

AgSmart 2020 cancelled at Olds College

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Government of Alberta's mass gathering restrictions, AgSmart 2020 has been cancelled. After a successful launch in 2019, AgSmart officials say they are dis...

Apr 28, 2020

No concern about food shortages, when you can buy direct from Alberta farms

LETHBRIDGE, AB. - It's still several months further along on the calendar, but Alberta Agriculture is cautiously optimistic that Alberta Open Farm Days will take place on August 15 and 16.With that in...

Apr 28, 2020 Farm produce -- photo credit Alberta Open Farms

OHS inspection of Brooks meat plant done by video days before employee death

BROOKS, AB - Nearly a week before the province announced the death of a JBS employee an OHS inspection was done remotely and not in person, CHAT News Today is reporting.In a statement, the province co...

Apr 28, 2020 (file photo/ CHAT NEWS Today)

Preventive measures at Alberta meat plants came too late to stop outbreaks

CALGARY - The rapid spread of COVID-19 at Canada's meat-packing plants isn't a surprise, say union and health officials. Fabian Murphy, president of the Agriculture Union, which represents federal mea...

Apr 23, 2020

No beef shortage expected, despite plant closure amid COVID-19 outbreak

OTTAWA, AB. -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the country shouldn't expect beef shortages due to the temporary closure of a large processing facility after a COVID-19 outbreak, but prices may go u...

Apr 22, 2020 Cattle on the range -- LNN

Cargill temporarily closing High River meat-packing plant

CALGARY - The Cargill meat-packing plant in southern Alberta announced Monday it is temporarily shutting down as the result of COVID-19.The High River facility, which employs about 2,000 workers, has ...

Apr 20, 2020 (Photo: Cargill)

Union seeking two-week shutdown at Red Deer Olymel facility

The union representing workers at the Olymel pork processing plant in Red Deer is seeking a two-week shutdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but the company says that's not an option at this time. Richar...

Apr 20, 2020 (Google Maps)