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Written by Club Reporter
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Wednesday, 20 February 2013 00:03 |
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The following is a look at one of the many 4-H clubs found in the Taber area. Come drop by the Taber Times and pick up a copy of our special supplement commemerating 100 years of 4-H in Canada.
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Written by Garrett Simmons
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Wednesday, 05 December 2012 17:06 |
Many young people regularly help out on the family farm.
Scenes like a farmer’s son driving a tractor, helping collect bales or working during the busy harvest season are iconic images of what the rural, Prairie lifestyle is all about.
Those images have also served to muddy the waters of the child-labour debate on Alberta farms, according to some.
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Written by Garrett Simmons
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Thursday, 29 November 2012 18:31 |
They call it The Great White Combine.
When the sky darkens, the temperature drops and the summer winds kick into gear, agricultural producers know they’re in for a battle with hail.
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Written by Stan Ashbee
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Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:44 |
It’s just a matter of wait and see for Eric Musekamp, president of the Farmworkers Union of Alberta (FUA).
Musekamp wants an extension of mandatory worker’s compensation paid to farmworkers so that these costs and more are paid for by the agriculture industry through the Worker’s Compensation Board (WCB) and not paid for by taxpayers through Alberta Health Services (AHS).
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Written by Trevor Busch
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Wednesday, 26 September 2012 18:18 |
The Marose family farm south of Taber is dwarfed by many of the agricultural operations which surround it, but when it comes to prestige, size doesn’t always matter.
The 200-acre farm (SE 15-9-16 W-4), currently operated by Norman and Ruby Marose, was recently honoured with the provincial Alberta Century Farm and Ranch Award, which celebrates any farm that has been continuously operated by a single family for more than a century.
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