Historic tax breaks for still-undeveloped farm land annexed into Medicine Hat three decades ago are likely to continue for another five years, a city committee heard on Tuesday.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/p2f9pjd
Tag Archives: farm
Difference makers: Entrepreneur’s energy fuels success of 124th Street outdoor market
EDMONTON – There is no blueprint for starting a farmers market. So when Kirsta Franke was inspired, with no experience whatsoever, to build one from the ground up in 2012, she had a learning curve that rivalled Mount Everest.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/mafbsr3
National ag incomes reach record highs
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released three new reports on Feb. 27 which showed agriculture in Canada saw record high incomes in 2012.
Once the final numbers are in, the Canadian agriculture sector is poised to report revenues of $13.1 billion in the last year, an overall increase of 14 per cent. Farm incomes also rose by 17 per cent in 2012 to an all time average of $74,190.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/aqglgx2
Farmer pleads to save her land in northeast Edmonton
EDMONTON – Janelle Herbert is getting ready for what she believes may be one last attempt to save Riverbend Gardens, her family’s farm and greenhouse located almost at the city limits in northeast Edmonton.
An area structure plan for the area known as Horse Hills is going to council for a public hearing Monday.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/acdvmle
Rural septic systems on the public radar
Over the years that Alberta farmers and ranchers have been completing Environmental Farm Plans (EFP), farm waste management has consistently ranked among the top five environmental challenges concerns identified by producers. It’s important for farmers to know their responsibilities when it comes to on-farm sewage management.
“We know that many municipalities across the province are facing pressures to better manage water quality,” says Alberta Environmental Farm Plan program co-ordinator, Perry Phillips.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/acxjsb3
Farm implement dealership relocating to Balzac area
Rocky View County is the future site of a new agriculture-implement dealership.
Representatives from AGRO and Cervus Equipment Corporation broke ground Dec. 3, on its new 66,000-square-foot dealership.
The dealership, to be located directly east of CrossIron Mills mall in the Balzac area, will replace the company’s existing 28,000-square-foot facility located on 84th Street NE and 24th Avenue NE in Calgary.
Read more: http://tinyurl.com/a6d7lw4
Frustrated developer appeals to county over ‘small farm’ idea
A Red Deer developer frustrated with “bureaucratic red tape” is appealing directly to Red Deer County’s mayor and council to hear him out. READ