Regeneration Canada is pleased to bring you another field-to-fork event! Join us on September 23rd with multi-generational farmers Craig Cameron and Peter DenOudsten at Peony Farms near Lacombe, Alberta. Craig will guide guests on an informative journey through their regenerative beef operation, where they raise forage-finished Piedmontese cattle.

By now you have probably heard the statistics; A 2021 Canadian research study found that 1 in 4 farmers had thoughts of suicide in 2021, which they estimated to be 2 times higher than the general Canadian population. In addition, globally agriculture has been identified as one of the higher risk occupations because of isolated working conditions, high levels of financial risk & uncertainty, seasonality of work, and lack of access to supports.

In response, AgKnow is excited to be partnered with Tara Adams from Abridge Consulting to provide suicide awareness and prevention workshops for Alberta’s agriculture industry. These sessions are created for peer-to-peer relationships and align with the workplace suicide training available through the Centre for Suicide Prevention.

If you are interested in hosting sessions about engaging effectively with your peers and coworkers to improve mental wellness and resiliency in your farming community, this is the session for you. At these sessions you will:

· Learn to “Know Your Role” in suicide prevention

· Increase your confidence to respond to people in distress

· Get the skills to build a suicide safER community & workplace

The vision for the James Hargrave Legacy Fund is that it will encourage and enable individuals in the beef industry to carry on the values, leadership and philosophy that James Hargrave, a young Alberta rancher, embodied. The fund seeks to support and promote advances and innovations in the beef industry especially in fields of interest for which James had a passion: grasslands stewardship and conservation, water conservation, and work done to progress a marketplace for ecosystem goods and services – as well as knowledge transfer on any of these topics.

Join our Zoom Webinar on Reducing Livestock/Wildlife Conflicts with Livestock Guardian Dogs & more, presented by Louise Liebenberg from Grazerie! Discover effective management practices to protect your livestock while coexisting with wildlife.

Hosted by the Battle River Research Group.

Cattle Producers: Share your thoughts on the direction of Alberta Beef Producers at one of five Engagement Sessions.

Come prepared to share your thoughts on questions like:

• What do you look for in accountability?
• What would make ABP more relevant to you?
• ABP’s work centres around Beef Production and Extension (Research); Consumer Communications and Marketing (Education); Stakeholder (Producer) Communications; Government Relations (Policy); and Environmental Stewardship (VBP+). Which of these is the most important to you?

** Limited ticket availability. Register as soon as you can. **

The CASA Conference is a vehicle for partners dedicated to reducing agriculture-related injuries and building an industry that is healthy, safe, and sustainable to come together to engage with experts, learn about new programs, network, and connect with like-minded individuals.

This interactive webinar describes the recent research findings from the Farmer Stress, Coping and Resilience Study completed by over 350 Albertan farmers in 2023.

In this webinar:

• what mental health issues (i.e., depression, anxiety, burnout, suicide ideation) farmers in Alberta report experiencing and how these numbers compare to the national average of farmers

• the six major stressors of farming in Alberta, and

• how farmers currently cope with stress.

There may be time for a Q+A at the end of the webinar.

If you’re passionate about farming and curious about how we can do things differently, then come find your people at our annual 2023 Organic Alberta Conference!

With two full days featuring presentations by organic farmers and other experts on organic agronomy, cover cropping for soil health and forage, climate adaptation and regenerative practices, and ways to improve your farm’s profitability by improving your business management skills, there’s something here for everyone. We’ve designed the sessions to apply to a wide range of farm scales and production types, whether you have a grain farm, a ranch, a veggie field or greenhouses, or a little bit of everything!

Cattle Producers: Share your thoughts on the direction of Alberta Beef Producers at one of five Engagement Sessions.

Join us in Westerner Park’s Frontier Room with your thoughts on questions like:

• What do you look for in accountability?
• What would make ABP more relevant to you?
• ABP’s work centres around Beef Production and Extension (Research); Consumer Communications and Marketing (Education); Stakeholder (Producer) Communications; Government Relations (Policy); and Environmental Stewardship (VBP+). Which of these is the most important to you?

Cattle Producers: Share your thoughts on the direction of Alberta Beef Producers at one of five Engagement Sessions.

Join us ringside at Edmonton Expo Centre’s Hall B with your thoughts on questions like:

• What do you look for in accountability?
• What would make ABP more relevant to you?
• ABP’s work centres around Beef Production and Extension (Research); Consumer Communications and Marketing (Education); Stakeholder (Producer) Communications; Government Relations (Policy); and Environmental Stewardship (VBP+). Which of these is the most important to you?

Becoming an ABP delegate is one of many ways you can become more involved in Alberta’s beef industry. ABP is a proud, grassroots producer-led organization, working on behalf of cattle and beef producers in Alberta. We need strong members in our delegate body to provide leadership and connect with producers.

FAQs: Becoming an ABP Delegate

If you are passionate about Alberta’s beef industry, 18 years or older, and have paid check-off in the last two years, consider running as a delegate in your zone.

Interested producers should review the ABP Delegate Responsibilities and submit the 2024 Delegate Nomination Form before 11:59 p.m. on November 15, 2023.

Hosted by the Grey Wooded Forage Association.

Have you ever considered how our pasture (feed) nutrition varies across the season, field to field, year to year? We are all familiar with sampling hay and silage for nutritional analysis and ration balancing for our livestock. We know that our stored feed can change, so we test and adjust to balance a ration for our animal’s needs. Pasture forage stand nutrition can also vary throughout the season.

This year Blue Rock Animal Nutrition has undertaken a Province-wide project to sample and test pasture forage to discover if there are differences in mineral content of pasture grass in different geographical regions of the province. Amongst several parameters, they want to discover if cattle mineral requirements are being met with pasture grass to make recommendations for supplementation; and understand how forage maturity affects mineral content. Doing so would help in recommendations on how the quantity of each nutrient is affected by forage maturity and how supplementation should change over the grazing season for beef cattle.

Abby-Ann Redman, Ruminant Nutritionist will lead the presentation explaining the details of this project and how it could impact your herd performance. Attend our workshop to learn more about this unique project and what you should consider for your gazing nutritional and mineral program.

How do therapists and social service providers successfully deliver mental health support to people living in rural areas? This interactive webinar describes the findings from one of our recent studies that explored this question.

In this webinar learn:

• what types of mental health support resources currently exist across the province,

• what barriers farmers face in accessing support, and

• what strategies providers find helpful to encourage farmers to seek support,

There may be time for a Q+A at the end of the webinar.

Cattle Producers: Share your thoughts on the direction of Alberta Beef Producers at one of five Engagement Sessions.

Join us ringside at Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede with your thoughts on questions like:

• What do you look for in accountability?
• What would make ABP more relevant to you?
• ABP’s work centres around Beef Production and Extension (Research); Consumer Communications and Marketing (Education); Stakeholder (Producer) Communications; Government Relations (Policy); and Environmental Stewardship (VBP+). Which of these is the most important to you?

Cattle Producers: Share your thoughts on the direction of Alberta Beef Producers at one of five Engagement Sessions.

Join us at the Peace Country Beef Congress (Evergreen Park’s Lewis Hawkes & Drysdale Hall) with your thoughts on questions like:

• What do you look for in accountability?
• What would make ABP more relevant to you?
• ABP’s work centres around Beef Production and Extension (Research); Consumer Communications and Marketing (Education); Stakeholder (Producer) Communications; Government Relations (Policy); and Environmental Stewardship (VBP+). Which of these is the most important to you?

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CrossRoads features keynote speakers, talks by industry experts on continued successful crop production in Western Canada, and a chance to socialize, network, and share ideas with your peers in the agriculture community.

Early bird tickets go on sale October 2.

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