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New Fusarium head blight mapping tool now available to farmers across the Prairies

New Prairie-wide Fusarium head blight (FHB) risk maps are now available to producers in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba (prairiefhb.ca). The tool provides assessment of Fusarium head blight Index (FHBi), Fusarium-dama…

Alberta Grains announces the appointment of Jeremy Boychyn as its interim director of research

Alberta Grains is pleased to announce the appointment of Jeremy Boychyn as its interim director of Research while continuing to oversee his portfolio of Agronomy & Extension. Boychyn will now oversee all research-rel…

Proposed Bunge-Viterra merger will cause significant economic harm to producers

SASKATOON, SK – The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS), Alberta Grains, SaskBarley and Sask Wheat are raising serious concerns about the proposed merger between Bunge and Viterra and the r…

Wheat and barley producers can claim SR&ED credit on their 2023 taxes

 Wheat and barley producers who pay check-off through Alberta Grains (formerly Alberta Barley and the Alberta Wheat Commission) and do not request a refund are eligible for a 34 per cent and eight per cent tax credi…

CWRC to administer new, $20-million Canadian National Wheat Cluster

Valuable wheat research across the country will receive crucial funding through the newly announced Canadian National Wheat Cluster, worth more than $20 million over five years.

Alberta Grains elects inaugural board of directors and delegates

Following Alberta Grains’ Annual General Meeting held today in Calgary, Alberta, during the CrossRoads Crop Conference, the commission is pleased to announce its inaugural board of directors including Tara Sawyer as ch…

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