Local Agriculture

Due to the dry conditions in many parts of Alberta, the low yield threshold has been doubled for 2025. The low yield allowance is part of crop insurance programs and is meant to encourage farmers to salvage their crops for feed and other uses rather than abandon their acres.

Fuel sellers are positive about proposed changes to the way fuel for farm and other unlicensed off-road equipment is sold in Alberta. The province has launched an online survey to collect feedback from industry stakeholders until Aug. 31.

MONTREAL — Quebec's Court of Appeal has ruled that the family of a Guatemalan farm worker crushed to death in 2021 trying to repair a flat tire on his employer’s car is entitled to compensation.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Court of Appeal says lawsuits launched by mink farmers over a pandemic-era ban on their farms have "no reasonable prospect of success," dismissing their bid for damages against the province, provincial health officer Dr.

TORONTO — Historians are warning that valuable artifacts in Ontario's Golden Horseshoe could be lost after a recent decision by a regional council to shutter its heritage services and rehome nearly 35,000 artifacts.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has given a thumbs-down to hearing a legal case involving an emoji. The country's highest court dismissed an application by farmer Chris Achter to appeal a decision by the Court of Appeal of Saskatchewan.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's government and Ottawa say they're providing additional support to a farm income stabilization program in response to trade issues and dry conditions.

The County of St. Paul approved the first reading of a bylaw that would make it easier for people to build homes on small, vacant lots in the hamlet of Heinsburg. 

The smoky air that has become an all-too-common feature of Canadian summers poses yet another challenge for agricultural producers already contending with chronic drought in some areas and excess moisture in others.

EDMONTON — Alberta animal farmers are pleased but anxious for updates after the provincial government paused new limits on annual on-farm slaughter sales.