Cleanfarms

Cleanfarms and the Agricultural Plastics Recycling Group are hosting a series of free ag plastics recycling roundups throughout Alberta this spring. Clearwater County: Starland County: Lac La Biche County: Items accepted for collection: grain bags, twine, bale wrap, and silage plastic. All other materials (e.g. barbed wire, wood, empty chemical containers, used oil, tires, etc.)…

Farmers in Alberta use about 2,000 tonnes of grain bags and approximately 2,200 tonnes of plastic baler twine annually. These plastic tools are essential in today’s farming operations—grain bags to temporarily store harvested grains, and twine to bind crops for storage and transport. But managing these plastics after use has been challenging for many farmers….

Cleanfarms will be collecting unwanted agricultural pesticides and old livestock/equine medications for safe disposal in the northern half of Alberta this October. Drop-off locations for 2022 include: Alliance, Boyle, Camrose, County of Barrhead, Edgerton, Falher, Grimshaw, Hairy Hill, Innisfail, Irma, Lacombe, Leduc, Legal, Penhold, Provost, Rosalind, Rycroft, Sexsmith, St. Albert, St. Paul, Vegreville, Vermilion, Viking,…

This episode of The Bovine focuses on two topics relevant to the beef industry — youth involvement in the industry and managing agricultural plastics. For the first segment, host Debra Murphy talks to returning Finance Chair, Brodie Haugan, about his experience as a young delegate. Haugan then takes the host chair to introduce past delegate…

Farmers universally value tools that give them options when it comes to making decisions about crop production. For example, some prairie farmers choose to use grain bags if a harvest has been abundant and extra storage is needed or bin storage is not available close to where the grain is harvested. In the past decade,…