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Farm and industry leaders can now register for CrossRoads – Alberta’s Crop Conference and take advantage of early bird pricing. Brought to you by the FarmTech Foundation of Alberta, CrossRoads is excited to host 800 participants at the Westin Airport Hotel in Calgary, Alberta, from January 29-31, 2024. During the conference, producers and industry will gather to network and share ideas with their peers in the industry, including topics such as farm business management, economic and environmental sustainability of farming operations, policy impacting the farm gate, innovation and agronomy.

“The conference is a forum for producers to gain insight and knowledge to assist their operation today and into the future,” says farmer and foundation chair Todd Hames. “We are excited for this year’s speaker content as it directly relates to issues and opportunities that producers are facing and will help them set their strategic direction and make operational decisions”.

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Expanding and modernizing irrigation infrastructure across southern Alberta will help farms to grow higher value crops. These improvements could increase the province’s irrigable land by approximately 200,000 acres By increasing the amount of irrigable land and improving water access and quality, the project drives investment in farms to connect to the irrigation system and attracts investment in southern Alberta to enable local food processing and storage facilities and support local jobs.