Agricultural News

Saddle Hills County Ag Services Department in partnership with Big Lakes County is hosting a series of free webinars in the new year for Agricultural Producers. 

Over the month of November, previously warmer than normal weather patterns have generally been displaced by a varied mix of warm and cold spells. 

Saddle Hills County's Ag Services Department is conducting a survey to find out what extension events our resident ag producers would be most interested in.

Every year the Ag Services Department hosts a variety of in-person and virtual learning events to help our reisdents and producers gain valuable knowledge on areas of interest to them. 

Download a copy of a Alberta Agriculture's Agri-Facts: Biology and Control of Skunks

People generally relate skunks to the foul-smelling, defensive spray they discharge when scared or threatened.

Saddle Hills County are gathering feedback from our resident agricultural producers on how they will be affected by the closures of Richardson Pioneer in Dawson Creek and H&M Meats in Grande Prairie.

Map 1: Since the last report, (September 21^th 2022) dry conditions have continued to prevail over most of the province, with many widely scattered areas receiving less than 1 mm of rain and about 80% of the province’s growing areas receiving less than 5 mm (map 1).

This week’s crop report confirms ongoing harvest progress with above average yield and quality expectations. As at September 20, eighty-seven per cent of all crops were swathed or combined with an expected 10-year yield index of 107 and with grading expectations of the provincial wheat, barley, canola, and pea crops ahead of 10-year averages.

Maps 1 & 2: Since the last report, (September 7, 2022) precipitation has been highly variable across the provinces growing areas (map 1). 

Saddle Hills County Ag Services Department will be hosting a 'Clubroot 101' webinar on October 7, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. with Michael Harding, a plant pathologist with Alberta Ag and Forestry.

As fall officially starts in 8 days, September 21st, Toso Bozic of the ATTS Group has put together some fact sheets about helping trees through the fall and winter months.