China's canola tariffs illustrate how federal policy choices can cripple Canadian agriculture. — Read on thelifeofafarmer.com/2025/08/13/policy-a-farmers-biggest-threat/ A worth while summary of the impact of the October 2024 move to help the auto industry on western farmers.
Central Contact for Weed Control and Pests Act
Resolution 5-25 Resolution 5-25 asks that "the Ministers of Energy, Environment and Ag work collaboratively to establish a central point of contact for identifying landholder to send communication to industry and government agencies for matters related to agriculture legislation. This would involve municipalities sending notices and other communications regarding the Acts to a central government …
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Richardson’s Ground Squirrel Update
**Updates** ASBPC meets with SARM on April 22, 2025 Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) SARM has been actively advocating for the reinstatement of strychnine for gopher control through multiple channels, including meeting with Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) in Ottawa multiple times before strychnine was deregistered in 2023. They found PMRA to be unresponsive …
Wild Boar in Alberta: Understanding the Risks and Potential Changes
Resolution 5-24: Wild Boar and the Alberta Agricultural Pests Act Wild boar represent a significant threat to agriculture and ecological landscapes. Jurisdictions across Canada and the US are reevaluating their policies around management of wild boar farms in light of significant risks to disease spread in wild and domestic herds. “Given the threat of wild …
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Weeds on Wellsites Update
The Weeds On Wellsites working group met on March 26, 2025. The meeting was planned to coincide with the release of the Mature Assets Strategy (MAS) report, however the report was delayed and not released until April 3, 2025. At the meeting Agriculture and Irrigation (AGI) staff discussed their involvement in the Mature Asset Strategy …
ASBPC Hosts RDAR Delegation
Meeting Highlights: On March 17, 2025 the ASBPC hosted CAO Mark Redmond and Vice Chair Josie Van Lent. This is the first time since 2022 that the ASBPC has hosted RDAR. Organizational Overview RDAR (Results Driven Agriculture Research) was established in 2019 with four research pillars: profitability, productivity, competitiveness, and sustainability Has invested $110 million …
Update Resolution 5-24: Wild Boar and the Alberta Agricultural Pest Act
On March 24, the ASBPC was given notice that the Government is considering changes to the wild boar industry, and was invited to join ADM Conrad for a one-off special meeting on April 15, 2025 to discuss further. Earlier on March 24, wild boar producers and farmers who have worked with Agriculture and Irrigation in …
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ASBPC meets with Deputy Minister at RMA Spring Convention
On March 17, 2025, the ASB Provincial Committee met in person and hosted several delegations including the Deputy Minster (DM) Jason Hale, and Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) John Conrad. The Committee touched on a number of topics stemming from the active resolutions as well as current events. Here are a few highlights. Main Concerns with …
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ASB Connector – October edition available
The ASB Connector e-newsletter is produced by the Government of Alberta for the ASB members. The newsletter is distributed to the ASB Chairs email list and the AAAF email list maintained by the ASB Program staff at Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation (AGI). Any ASB member can subscribe to this e-newsletter through an online subscription form hosted on …
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Update – AgKnow
Resolution E2-23 In June of this year AgKnow, Alberta Farm Mental Health Network sent letters of urgent need to stakeholders including the 69 ASBs in response to a challenge issued by Wheatland County to support the initiative with letters of support and modest donations to help bridge the funding gap between grants. Since then ASBs, …
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