Reading Time: 10 minutes GUIDEPOSTS Agriculture reigns in Taber and everybody knows it the minute they hit the town limits. Driving in from the west, you pass the usual restaurants and gas stations, but mostly you notice the farm equipment dealers and agri-businesses standing shoulder to shoulder along Highway 3. Or if you make the trip in from the […] Read more
It may look like just a corn eating contest. But in Taber, Alta., it’s symbolic of a whole lot more, especially the tight links between farm and town that are making both more prosperous Taber Town
Taber town
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture reigns in Taber and everybody knows it the minute they hit the town limits. Driving in from the west, you pass the usual restaurants and gas stations, but mostly you notice the farm equipment dealers and agribusinesses standing shoulder to shoulder along Highway 3. Or if you make the trip in from the east, […] Read more
Boxing bison
Reading Time: 7 minutes In 2001, Pieter Spinder and Kelly Long were running their bison operation near Peace River. Five hours south, Dean Andres was ranching at Lake Isle, west of Edmonton. It wasn’t pretty. After an initial boom and then a big bust, the bison industry was in serious trouble. Today, that seems like ancient history, and Spinder […] Read more
Miller In Town
Reading Time: 4 minutes On the fourth floor of Ellison Milling Company’s 103-year-old white flour mill in Lethbridge, Alta., Jason Wall weaves in and out among the wooden sifting boxes, just as he has since joining the company in 1979. We’ve already toured the modern durum mill on site, clambering up and down its five flights of stairs to […] Read more
Free-market, right-of-centre Alberta roars into Canada’s beef industry with barrels full of tax cash
Reading Time: 4 minutes All eyes are on Alberta as the province beefs up its support for livestock producers and, in the very same breath, tries to mould the industry into its new vision of sustainability. It’s no secret that livestock producers across the country are facing tough times. Low prices, a volatile dollar, high feed costs, decreased market […] Read more
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