
Tag Archives Irrigation

Alberta municipalities, farmers agree to cut water use as drought persists

Water use: agriculture’s next public relations battleground?
With drought still in the headlines, will water become the next area where ag needs to defend its image?

Farmers, oil drillers in parched Alberta brace for water shortage
Drought could cause double-digit declines in Alberta's wheat yields, data suggests

Setting up fertigation in potato crops for success
Manitoba farmers show how they’ve made the irrigation-fertilization marriage work

Canadian potato output rises in 2023
Alberta vaults to first place in provincial potato production

CAPI pitches national agri-food water strategy
Think tank says farmers have been let down by lack of a national plan

Manitoba potato harvest expected to hit records
After a string of hard years, 2023 looks decidedly friendlier to the potato sector

Potatoes see big benefits from water stewardship project
Farmers studied the benefits of in-field and field edge projects for themselves and the community

Tile recycling opens path to water Goldilocks zone
Tile drainage, capture and recycling system shows promise in face of increasing wet and dry extremes

Alberta potatoes chip in $2.9 billion for Canadian economy
New report verifies what many in industry suspected