Agriculture

At The Buffalo Lake Naturalists meeting in January, the new executive were elected. Mark Higgins is the president, Dianne Murphy vice-president, Andrew Paul secretary, Wilma Zurfluh treasurer. They have an exciting year planned .

There was a sense of hope and optimism at the recent meeting of the Bison Producers of Alberta meeting and for good reason: bison breeding stock and meat markets are back from depths not seen in known memory.

Stettler 4-H held their district presentations on Wednesday, March 10 at Erskine School.

On Feb. 14, we had our second weigh day. The calves are all looking fantastic and you can tell that they’re getting some good grain.

Stettler District Agricultural Society continues to provide opportunities for horse riders to learn the ropes with various weekly activities and special training.

On Dec. 30, the Rumsey Rowley Beef Club had a full day of work and fun. Due to the cold weather earlier on in December our meeting and Christmas party was cancelled.

Our club has been busy the last couple of months. We held our annual weight day on Nov. 8 at Dollivers, with meeting and snacks to follow.

Crop producers will be updated on research and techniques during Agronomy Update 2010 conference at Stettler Community Hall on Jan. 19 and 20, hosted by Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rumsey Rowley 4-H has kicked off and is ready for another amazing year.

At the Byemoor 4-H Beef Club, we weighed our calves on Nov. 8, and there was a lot of good looking calves there to start the year off.