75 years of promoting sustainable agriculture in Alberta
Strengthening the relationship between the Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Rural Economic Development and ASBs. **Anyone can now subscribe to the ASB E-Connector Newsletter through an online submission form on the Alberta.ca website. The link to the submission form is now available on the ASB E-Connector page on this website's menu.*** Since July 2021, the …
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Resolution 5-22; Resolution 10-21; Bill C206 is a private members bill introduced in September 2020, and has been reinstated into this session. This bill would update the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act so that the definition of "qualifying farming fuel means a type of fuel that is gasoline, light fuel oil, marketable natural gas, propane or …
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada uses a number of tools to monitor dry conditions (drought status) across Canada. The information gathered from these tools impacts when programs like the Livestock Tax Deferral program become available to producers. Currently AAFC does not have any reporters signed up for the agroclimate survey through a large portion of the …
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Resolution 2-22, Resolution 1-22, Resolution 5-22 The Committee has received a response from Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development for Resolutions 2-22, 1-22, and 5-22 and they are now posted on the website. Complete response from Alberta Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic DevelopmentDownload The ASBPC will met in April and identified three resolution …
Resolution E-19 update. I was pleased to present a brief update on the Farm Mental Health Network (The Network) at the ARECA AGM on March 9th. Below is a summary of what was presented with a few updates. The Network originally started as a short term project that would address the needs in Alberta by …
Spread the news... Cleanfarms and the Alberta Agricultural Plastics Recycling Group (APRG) are publishing a series of information articles for Alberta farmers to develop a shared understanding of the importance of used agricultural plastics resource management.A common theme throughout this monthly series is an exploration of how ag plastics, once used, can be recycled to reclaim the …
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Resolution 2-21; Link to cleanfarms transition page The ASBPC received a letter from cleanfarms outlining the process and the three year transition plan for moving from municipal collection sites to agriculture retail collection sites. These changes will standardize how pesticide containers less than 23 L are collected across Canada. Knowing the size of your local …
Alberta Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development officially announced their "Wild Boar Control program to eliminate" wild boar at large. Included in the announcement is a bounty of $75/pair of ears for the government approved trapper and landowner who is collaborating with the trapper. Hunters can also turn in ears to collect the $75/pair of …
The Committee has drafted a response to resolution 6-22 and it is now posted on the 2022 Resolutions page on our website. Since 2020, the ASBPC has endeavored to adjust administrative processes for resolutions to make it easier for ASBs to provide feedback and have input into how resolutions are advanced. These changes have been made to …
The Committee has received a response from Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to Resolution 5-22 and it is now posted on the website. Since 2020, the ASBPC has endeavored to adjust administrative processes for resolutions to make it easier for ASBs to provide feedback and have input into how resolutions are advanced. These changes have been …
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