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Agriculture in Alberta has become an old-timer's game, but the Provincial Government is trying to change that.

Over the last twenty years, the amount farmers over the age of 55 has increased, and the amount of young and middle-aged of agriculture has been in a steep decline.

The Alberta government is trying to change that through changes made to the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC)'s Next Generation Loan Program.

The Okotoks Dawgs came through with a 9-7 victory over the Lethbridge Bulls tonight at Seaman Stadium.

The Bulls have been chasing the Dawgs in the standings and have traded wins with Okotoks all season. With the Dawgs' win, they now trail the Gulls by two games for the top spot in the WCBL West Division and have a three-game lead over the Bulls. The Dawgs and Lethbridge will meet two more times in the final stretch of games before the season's end.

Hey friends!

Wednesday (July 31), we’re rallying for Jasper. Join the Alberta-wide effort to support the wildfire victims through the Red Cross. It’s simple:

There's been a definite increase in grain moving to market as farmers look to clear out bin space for the new harvest.

Elizabeth Hucker, the assistant vice-president of sales and marketing for bulk with CPKC says in grain shipping week #51 they moved just shy of 400,000 metric tonnes to Vancouver, Thunder Bay, Eastern Canada, the United States and to Mexico all out of Western Canada. 

She notes back to around week #49 they were shipping around that 400,000 metric tonne level, adding that movement is stronger than what we would normally see this time of  the year.

Vulcan's own Keyara Wardley and the Women's Team Canada Rugby Sevens team took home a silver medal on Tuesday at the Olympics in Paris.

Canada played two games on the day with the first being the gold medal qualifier against against Australia.

The game was played at 8:00 a.m. and saw Canada take the game 21-12 in a wild comeback.

High River's Sunset Drive-In is set to open for the season on Friday, August 2.

Now in its fourth year, the drive-in supports charities with an equal split on the night's admissions.

The Solace Support Grief Society hosts opening night with Mean Girls and Clueless.

It costs $40 per vehicle, regardless of how many people there are, with half going towards charity and the other to cover costs.

Alberta Agriculture's latest crop report shows crops have started to decline with the prolonged heat wave. In just one week, major crop conditions have gone from 73 per cent good to excellent  to 55 per cent good to excellent.

With the heat and dry conditions Southern Alberta has been experiencing, fires are not allowed in numerous Provincial Parks.

Currently, there are 210 fire bans throughout all of Alberta's Parks, including in one's near Diamond Valley and Longview, such as the Wolf Creek Provincial Recreation Area (PRA), Greenford PRA, Bluerock Wilderness Provincial Park, Bragg Creek Provincial Park, Ware Creek PRA, Wildhorse PRA, and numerous others.

Getting this year's hay crop cut in top condition has been a challenge across the prairies.

The heat over the last couple of weeks is resulting in a decline not just in crops, but in hay quality as well.

Hay conditions have been slowly declining since we started seeing the higher temperatures with many days hitting well into the 30's.

Join us on Wednesday (July 31), for the Alberta Day of Caring for Jasper! 

Radio stations across Alberta are coming together to support those impacted by the Jasper Wildfire through the Red Cross.

We’re hosting a province-wide bottle drive: drop off your bottle donations at our station from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. (shout out to Okotoks Ford helping us with some trucks) or bring them to any Alberta bottle depot and say, "These are for Jasper."