75+ years of promoting sustainable agriculture in Alberta
Urging the federal government to reconsider the closure of the Lacombe Research and Development Centre. For more than 119 years, Lacombe has been a cornerstone of Canadian agricultural innovation . It is not simply a research station — it is a national asset. From forage breeding and feed efficiency research to meat science, carcass grading, and food …
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**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 …
