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Upcoming plebiscites on service charge model

Two commissions are holding plebiscites this fall, to determine their service charge model. The plebiscites will gauge the perspective of beef producers and potato growers on whether the service charge model should be refundable or non-refundable. Today we hear details on the plebiscite for the Potato Growers of Alberta. We’re joined on the line by Norine Moore, chair of the Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council. Norine, first off, is this plebiscite binding?


Interview with Norine Moore (3:29 minutes) (1.59 Mb)


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EP 65 Grazing Through Drought

Video: EP 65 Grazing Through Drought

Welcome to the conclusion of the Getting Through Drought series, where we look at the best management practices cow-calf producers in Alberta can use to build up their resiliency against drought.

Our hope is that the series can help with the mental health issues the agriculture sector is grappling with right now. Farming and ranching are stressful businesses, but that’s brought to a whole new level when drought hits. By equipping cow-calf producers with information and words of advice from colleagues and peers in the sector on the best ways to get through a drought, things might not be as stressful in the next drought. Things might not look so bleak either.

In this final episode of the series, we are talking to Ralph Thrall of McIntyre Ranch who shares with us his experience managing grass and cows in a pretty dry part of the province.