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Two potato farms in Alberta and Saskatchewan are taking their produce directly to the heat-and-serve convenience food market. Barrich Farms of Outlook, Sask., about 90 km south of Saskatoon, and Bassano Growers at Bassano, Alta., about 140 km east of Calgary, have set up a joint venture called Todays Potatoes, with a processing facility at[...]

(Resource News International) -- Seeding in Alberta is complete, with farmers now in need of some warm temperatures to speed up the development of the various crops, according to a provincial crop specialist. "In terms of seeding, operations are complete with the exception of some greenfeed," said Harry Brook, a crop specialist with the Alberta[...]

(Resource News International) -- Favourable weather conditions have allowed farmers in Alberta to make aggressive seeding progress across the province. "Seeding in the province on average is estimated at 20 to 25 per cent complete," said Harry Brook, a crop specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development's Ag Info Centre at Stettler. While seeding operations[...]

(Resource News International) -- Counties in Alberta are implementing aggressive measures designed to address the growing clubroot infestation in canola, according to crop specialists with Alberta Agriculture and Food. Although clubroot appears to be spreading rapidly, Harry Brook, a crop specialist with the provincial Ag Info Centre in Stettler, pointed out that as awareness increases,[...]

(Resource News International) -- The return of drier weather, along with warmer temperatures, has allowed producers in Alberta to virtually wrap up their 2007 harvest operations, according to a crop specialist with the Alberta Ag-Info Centre. "Producers finally got some drier weather to work with and there are only now pockets of crops left to[...]

(Resource News International) -- There will be a small percentage of crops that will go unharvested in the Peace River region of northern Alberta, according to a provincial crop specialist. "Right now only 50 per cent of the various crops in the Peace district have been harvested," said Harry Brook of Alberta Agriculture and Food's[...]

(Resource News International) Harvest operations in Alberta continue to be slowed by scattered shower activity and the absence of warm temperatures, according to a crop specialist with the Alberta Ag-Info Centre. "The harvest is stuttering in a number of regions with precipitation just enough to only allow for a couple of hours a day of[...]

(Resource News International) -- A potentially devastating disease, clubroot, is causing concern for Alberta canola growers, according to a crop specialist with the province's Ag-Info Centre. Manitoba and Saskatchewan producers were also keeping a close eye on the development of the disease. Clubroot, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae, is a serious disease of canola, mustard and[...]