Alberta Government Announces New Grain Dryer Program

Feb 12, 2020

Details of a new grain dryer program for farmers were announced in a joint news release by the federal government and the Alberta Government on Monday.

The release said the new grant program is available to help grain farmers upgrade their grain handling systems.

Applicants will be able to choose equipment that makes sense for the size and volume of their agri-business and improve energy efficiency within their operations.

Eligible expenses will be cost-shared with 50 per cent funding from the grant and 50 per cent funding from the applicant. Based on the final crop report issued by the province in early December, close to 10 per cent of crops across Alberta were left in the fields and will be harvested sometime this spring.

In the Peace Region, more than 30 per cent of crops were left to be harvested this spring.

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Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.