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Record-Setting Year for Alberta Open Farm Days in 2025

Tim Parent December 24, 2025

Alberta Open Farm Days continues to grow both in size and impact as the 2025 edition sets a…

Prairie Weather This Week – Dec 21

David Spence December 21, 2025

It's Christmas week, and in this update, the focus is on travel conditions, and who gets a White…

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RRC Podcast Ep. 20 – A 2025 Prairie Weather Review

Tim Parent December 21, 2025

On this RRC podcast, hosts Tim Parent and Craig Lester look back at another wild weather year with…

Prairie Weather This Week – Midweek Update Dec 18

David Spence December 18, 2025

Another clipper will bring snow and cold weather to most of the prairies. Relatively warm, though, in SW…

Destructive Summer Storm Caused Almost a Quarter of a Billion Dollars in Insured Damage: IBC

Tim Parent December 16, 2025

The August storm brought large hail, strong winds, torrential rains, and tornadoes across three provinces, devastating crops and…

Stanton Farms: Building on Positive Energy

Craig Lester August 25, 2023

Stanton Farms, a dairy farm in Ilderton, Ontario, has been named 2023 recipient of Alltech Canada’s Planet…

Cutting-edge Fungicide Takes Aim at Pulse Crop Diseases

Tim Parent August 22, 2023

A new, cutting-edge fungicide called RevyPro is hitting the market, to help bolster disease management in…

AgTech Tuesday: Drone tech taking off

Tim Parent August 22, 2023

Precision AI, based out of Saskatchewan, recently released the world's first precision AI spraying drone, that…

RRC Episode #6 – Just Do It! Getting Farm Transition Talks Underway

Craig Lester August 21, 2023

RRC's Craig Lester and Dalke Law's Eric Dalke explore the hang-ups that keep families from talking…

RRC Podcast Ep #5: Alberta Open Farm Days at Farming Smarter

Craig Lester August 20, 2023

Alberta Open Farm Days events took place across the province on Saturday and Sunday. RRC was…

Wray Ranch from Alberta wins 2023 Environmental Stewardship Award

Craig Lester August 18, 2023

The winner of the Canadian Cattle Association's 2023 Environmental Stewardship Award is Wray Ranch from Irricana,…

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Alberta Open Farm Days continues to grow both in size and impact.

The province-wide initiative invites Albertans to step through farm gates and experience agriculture firsthand while learning where their food comes from.

The 2025 edition was a record-setter. According to Alberta Association of Agricultural Societies CEO Tim Carson, this year’s event welcomed more than 52-thousand visitors, with several farms reporting their best-ever attendance and sales. Nearly a quarter of participating farms were new to the program, a sign of growing interest in agritourism across the province.