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Local Food Week

Aug. 14-20 is Local Food Week, an opportunity to celebrate the Alberta producers and processors who make and grow nutritious food for families around the globe.

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Oyen Farmer’s Market

Tanya, the mother of the Ukrainian Family, new to Oyen, provides traditional Ukrainian meal consisting of homemade perogies, borscht soup, and your choice of a Ukrainian dessert…

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The Klarenbach Report, Aug 9

“I am not selling Durum until the price returns to $22 per bushel.” It was January. I was having a conversation with a Durum grower. The ‘fundamentals’ were still bullish with supply levels dropping and the new Durum harvest months away.

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Cut canola later for higher yield

Growers who give canola crops time for all seeds to reach maturity can see a 10 per cent increase in yield. That is why the Canola Council of Canada recommends swathing when the main stem shows at least 60 per cent seed colour change.

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EOL’s Growing Project 2022 begins

This year’s growing season kicked off the Eatonia Oasis Living (EOL) Growing Project 2022, EOL’s primary fundraiser. Cora Knuttila, Administrator at EOL, said this year, Larock Farms seeded the 128 acres of land provided by the Town of Eatonia.

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