Alberta AgriSystems Living Lab

05/08/2026

🐂New Factsheet Release: Future Farm – The Economics of Calving Distribution !

Are you leaving pounds—and profit—on the table with a long calving season?

Analysis from the COP Network shows that tightening your calving window is a powerful low-cost strategy to boost revenue. By making simple management changes, you can increase average weaning weights and add dollars directly to your bottom line.

👉 Key Insights:
🔺Substantial Revenue Gain: Modeling a transition to a 70-20-10 calving distribution (70% in first cycle) showed a revenue increase of $5 to $30 per cow. The gain is largest for herds currently with a long (120+ day) calving season.
🔺No Extra Cash Cost: The strategy requires no additional cash expenses. The profit comes from management shifts alone: pulling bulls earlier each year and breeding heifers ahead of the main cow herd.
🔺Realistic 5-Year Transition: The analysis models a practical, gradual transition over five years to avoid a surge in open cows, proving this is an achievable goal for any operation.

💡 Key Question: Is your current calving window costing you up to $30 per cow in unrealized revenue?

Make your next calving season decision a financial one.

📄 View the full report :https://canfax.ca/uploads/Analysis/CRS-Fact-Sheets/24-12_Future_Farm_-_Calving_Distribution.pdf

05/06/2026

The M.D. Shelterbelt Establishment Program has 575 additional seedlings available for purchase on a first come, first served basis for M.D. ratepayers.

UPDATED MAY 11 - we are officially sold out of all seedlings! The program will reopen in November 🌲🌳

Available Species/Quantity/Cost:
- White Spruce – 0 ($1.07 each) SOLD OUT
- Blue Spruce – 0 ($1.00 each) SOLD OUT
- Lodgepole Pine – 0 ($1.31 each)SOLD OUT
- Okanese Poplar – 0 ($1.53) SOLD OUT
- Manitoba Maple – 0 ($3.99 each)SOLD OUT
- Trembling Aspen – 0 ($3.35) SOLD OUT
- Red Osier Dogwood – 0 ($1.50) SOLD OUT
- Villosa Lilac – 0 ($1.49 each) SOLD OUT

To secure seedlings, please visit https://www.mdwainwright.ca/ to review the program information and access the application. There are no holds – seedlings are not secured until both the application and planting plan have been received.

Seedlings are anticipated to be available for pickup on May 27. Please contact the Ag Services Department if you have questions.

05/06/2026

05/05/2026

3 likes. "High-tech and high prices mark 2026 calving season"

05/05/2026

With the Passport Program season just around the corner, we thought we would share a bit about what we do at Notice Nature!

Notice Nature has four main elements to date:
🌿The Passport Program - A nature-based activity book program distributed for free at locations across Saskatchewan
🌿ID Guidebooks - Pocket-sized ID guides on Saskatchewan species, heritage sites, and more! They can be freely obtained as recognition for completing Passport activities.
🌿Facilitator Kits - Kits containing everything a school or organization needs to distribute the Passport Program.
🌿Cenovus Energy Food Forests - Installation of fruit-bearing trees and shrubs at select sites across Saskatchewan. 70 planted to date!

For more information on these program elements, visit us at noticenature.ca!

05/05/2026

The Spring 2026 edition of The Grain Exchange quarterly newsletter is here!

From market opportunities and wheat breeding concerns to fungicide insights and farmer-focused tools, discover what’s shaping your farm.

Read now: https://bit.ly/3xGizTu

05/05/2026

05/04/2026

Indigenous Youth Gathering: Awakening the Land, Growing Futures 🌱

📅 May 13, 2026
🕘 9:30 AM-2:30 PM
📍 U of S, Saskatoon, SK (College of Agriculture & Bioresources)
⭐Grades 9-12

Join us for a hands-on day exploring connections to land, food, and agriculture. Together, we will learn, build skills, and be inspired by keynote speaker Cadmus Delorme.

✨ Free event
🚌 Transportation covered
🏨 Accommodation available if needed

05/01/2026

📣 SAVE THE DATE!
📍December 8–10, 2026 | Edmonton

Join us for this year’s conference:
Relearn. Restore. Regenerate. Renew.

05/01/2026

RDAR's annual Round-Up returns to Cremona, AB on June 17, and this year we're focusing on digital agriculture and AI; as well as offer a selection of informative workshops. Join us to explore how these tools can boost profitability, sustainability, and impact across your operation.

Secure your spot today. https://ow.ly/jTnJ50YRlqv