Agriculture

A Rimbey area-based company continued to receive accolades for their innovate design that allows cattle access to fresh drinking water no matter what the temperature may be outside.

A group that included representatives from Ponoka County, the Grey Wooded Forage Association, the Medicine River Watershed Society and several environmentally-concerned individuals met last Thursday west of Rimbey to discuss and examine methods of reducing or eliminating harmful farming and ranching practices while increasing productivity.

Officials from the federal and provincial governments, along with representatives of the Alberta Beef Producers met with local cattle producers at the Rimbey Community Centre last Thursday night to discuss the new Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy, and by all indications, the locals are not very pleased with the upcoming proposed changes.

2008 Parade Pioneer Floats – 1st Trium Environmental Solutions, 2nd Lorna Killingbeck, 3rd Ponoka Fire Truck Unit

There can be no denying that professional rodeos are a staple of summers in Alberta, but every year the chorus of those who oppose the treatment of animals in specific events such as calf-roping gets louder and louder – but there is a kinder, more-gentle alternative, and it’s growing in popularity.

A Rimbey-based rodeo participant has reached the pinnacle of his sport – and he’s only 14-years old. Levi Lloyd captured the Chute Dogging World Championship in Gallup, New Mexico earlier this month with a time of 2.6 seconds in the final of the Wrangler National High School Rodeo Association’s Junior High Division.