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The Whole Sounder Trapping Incentive Program ended March 31, 2024 bringing the modified bounty component of the program to a close (the Ear Bounty Program ended March 31, 2023). For farmers experiencing wild boar damage to their fields, wild boar are included in the AFSC Wildlife Damage Compensation Program.

Field tests across the Prairies have identified a new star in the world of forage barley: AB Maximizer.

Recent reports coming out of the U.S. of avian influenza virus (H5N1) being found in cattle has been garnering attention. First noted in mid-March as a “mystery illness” when a handful of dairy farms saw a drop in milk production and low appetite amongst some of their herd, traction on this story has grown as additional states began reporting cases.

Sometimes experiments succeed not because they go as expected but because they defy expectations. And, sometimes, the results are delicious. This was the case in 2022, when a project at NAIT’s Applied Research Centre for Culinary Innovation to flavour plant-based meat left researchers wanting. The team inoculated Alberta-grown pulses – legumes and beans – with a fungus called koji to make miso, a highly versatile ingredient traditionally made from soy.

Using plasma — the stuff of outer space — University of Alberta researchers have found an effective way to decontaminate grain tainted by mould, and also boost seed germination.

OFCAF supports adopting beneficial management practices (BMPs) that reduce greenhouse gas emissions while fostering economic and environmental sustainability. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) funds the program as part of the Government of Canada’s Agricultural Climate Solutions – On-Farm Climate Action Fund.

A major Alberta watershed study has wrapped up and will soon issue a report showing Alberta farmers are good stewards of crop protection products and Alberta’s watersheds are not in danger from the use of these important tools.

Avian flu first appeared in commercial bird populations in Alberta the previous year, and by the end of January 2023, about 60 farms in the province had been affected.

CALGARY — Canadian research that sparked the world’s first official genetic evaluation program to help dairy farmers reduce methane emissions from Holstein cattle without harming milk production has earned an international award for climate action.

Invested through Saskatchewan's Agriculture Development Fund (ADF) and the Strategic Research Initiative (SRI) under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP), the commitment includes $12.2 million for 56 ADF research projects and $2.5 million to support an SRI project identifying solutions to manage root rot in pea and lentils.