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Weekly Special Crops Market Commentary - September 8, 2010

September 8, 2010 - 12:00am
A weekly listing reporting prices of special crops (Market and Consumer Analysis, Sep 8)

Big Day at the Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator in Leduc

September 2, 2010 - 12:00am
Interview with Ken Gossen with Alberta Agriculture on two local businesses that graduated from the Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator program (Call of the Land, Sep 2)

Developing a Toolkit for Succession Planning

August 27, 2010 - 12:00am
Interview with Denis Cauvier on developing tool kits to help food processing companies deal with Succssion Planning (Call of the Land, Aug 27)

Leadership development program is building industry success

August 26, 2010 - 12:00am
The Growing Forward Leadership Development program is now accepting applications from AB's ag industry and education institutions. (Communications Branch, Aug 26)

Agriculture Update for Professionals 2010

August 25, 2010 - 12:00am
Agenda and registration information for the "Agriculture Update for Professionals 2010" conference taking place November 3, 2010 in Calgary (Agri-News, Aug 25)

Developing Tools to Help with Succession Planning

August 25, 2010 - 12:00am
Interview with Denis Cauvier on developing tool kits to help food processing companies deal with Succssion Planning (Call of the Land, Aug 25)

International Marketing Boot Camp

August 25, 2010 - 12:00am
The International Boot Camp takes place September 30 - October 1, 2010 and will help companies prepare for marketing to international markets (Agri-News, Aug 25)

Pacific Northwest Conference of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

August 25, 2010 - 12:00am
Agenda and registration for the 2010 Pacific Northwest Conference ASABE which takes place September 9 - 11, 2010, in Lethbridge (Agri-News, Aug 25)

Canadian Breeding Cattle Back in Columbia

August 24, 2010 - 12:00am
Sixty Canadian heifers to be exported to Columbia for breeding purposes and milk production (Call of the Land, Aug 24)

International Marketing Boot Camp

August 18, 2010 - 12:00am
Alberta Agriculture's Donna Maura discusses what participants will learn and how international marketing differs from marketing within Canada (Call of the Land, Aug 18)

Contacting AVAC Is A Good First Step For A New Company

August 16, 2010 - 12:00am
Interview with Darrly Lesiuk, CEO of SinoVeda on the benefits of contacting AVAC when starting a new company (Call of the Land, Aug 16)

Food News, August 2010

August 16, 2010 - 12:00am
An Industry Development and Food Safety Sector newsletter of recent activities with important information on upcoming events. (FoodNews, Aug 16)

Adding Value to a Farm or Ranch Operation

August 12, 2010 - 12:00am
Steps to follow when making changes in adding value to a farm and ranch operation by diversifying with an ag tourism venture (Call of the Land, Aug 12)

Adding Value to Farm and Ranch Operations

August 4, 2010 - 12:00am
Steps to follow when making changes in adding value to a farm and ranch operation by diversifying with an ag tourism venture (Agri-News, Aug 4)

Online Social Networking and Your Agri-Business

August 4, 2010 - 12:00am
Online social networking offers a convenient way of exchanging information with countless numbers of current and potential customers (Agri-News, Aug 4)

SinoVeda Canada

July 30, 2010 - 12:00am
Interview with Darryl Lesiuk discussing how SinoVeda Canada Inc. manufactures a natural health product using compounds from Alberta-grown red clover (Call of the Land, Jul 30)

2010 Alberta Average Farm Input Prices

July 28, 2010 - 12:00am
Visit Alberta Agriculture's website for the 2010 Alberta Average Farm Input Prices (Agri-News, Jul 28)

FEASTival of Fine Chefs

July 28, 2010 - 12:00am
Contact information for the FEASTival of Fine Chefs conference being held September 22, 2010 at the Shaw Conference Centre (Agri-News, Jul 28)

The Little Market That Could

July 28, 2010 - 12:00am
Example of a successful farmers' market showing it is not necessary to be big or operate year-round to attract a loyal following of regular customers (Agri-News, Jul 28)

Alberta Food for Health Awards

July 21, 2010 - 12:00am
Three food producers and a University of Alberta research team were recognized by the Alberta Food for Health Awards - a Premier's Award (Call of the Land, Jul 21)