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Olds College has welcomed Manitoba Beef & Forage Initiatives Inc. into the Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network. (File photo)

Olds College announces Smart Farm Network has a new member

Manitoba Beef & Forage Initiatives Inc. joins network

 

High school students with Calgary Board of Education will have an opportunity to learn about agricultural technology from Olds College. (File photo by Sergei Belski)

Olds College offers classes to Calgary high school students

Students to learn about agricultural technology

 

Olds College has a new Bachelor of Digital Agriculture Degree program starting in the fall of 2023. (Contributed photo).

Olds College’s new digital agriculture degree program starts in 2023

Graduates will learn how to use new advances to improve sustainability

 

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Olds College gets $1.6 million from Alberta Innovates for cow-calf entrepreneurial program

Olds College will receive $1.6 million for an agricultural technologies project from…

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Stuart Cullum, who has been the president at Olds College for five years, is the new president at Red Deer Polytechnic. (Photo contributed)

Red Deer Polytechnic names new president

New president begins role at pivotal time for institution

Stuart Cullum, who has been the president at Olds College for five years, is the new president at Red Deer Polytechnic. (Photo contributed)
Country singer Aaron Goodvin will help Olds College celebrate agriculture through a live-streamed event on April 8. (Contributed image/Sakamoto Agency).

Singer Aaron Goodvin will help Olds College celebrate ‘Alberta Ag’

A Celebration of Alberta Ag is Back —with a special performance by…

Country singer Aaron Goodvin will help Olds College celebrate agriculture through a live-streamed event on April 8. (Contributed image/Sakamoto Agency).
Olds College student Julie Cobb, Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, Alberta Agriculture Minister Nate Horner, and student Brody Nestorovich during a tour of Olds College. (Photo by Sergei Belski)

Agriculture ministers visit Olds College

A tour of Canada’s first Smart Farm

Olds College student Julie Cobb, Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, Alberta Agriculture Minister Nate Horner, and student Brody Nestorovich during a tour of Olds College. (Photo by Sergei Belski)
Olds College announced its new vice-president of corporate services and chief financial officer. (Image from Olds College)

Olds College announces new chief financial officer

Former Mount Royal University administrator

Olds College announced its new vice-president of corporate services and chief financial officer. (Image from Olds College)
Olds College signed an agreement to collaborate and share research with six other Alberta learning institutions to advance agriculture and food research in the province. (Contributed photo).

Olds College to share agriculture research with other colleges

To support Alberta’s economic recovery, seven of Alberta’s Colleges and Polytechnics have…

Olds College signed an agreement to collaborate and share research with six other Alberta learning institutions to advance agriculture and food research in the province. (Contributed photo).
Students at Olds College will be learning what’s new in agricultural technology at the facility’s Smart Farm. (Photo contributed)

New agricultural technologies explored by students at Olds College

Olds College is launching a new SmartFarm program to help farmers and…

Students at Olds College will be learning what’s new in agricultural technology at the facility’s Smart Farm. (Photo contributed)
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Olds College to welcome students with developmental disabilities

Students with developmental disabilities will soon be able to study at Olds…

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Olds College received 10 Angus heifer calves, donated by The Canadian Red Angus Promotion Society. (File photo)

Olds College and TELUS to develop new agriculture technologies

TELUS Agriculture is investing $1 million in the Olds College Smart Farm.…

Olds College received 10 Angus heifer calves, donated by The Canadian Red Angus Promotion Society. (File photo)
Olds College received 10 Angus heifer calves, donated by The Canadian Red Angus Promotion Society. (File photo)

Olds College gets 10 Angus heifer calves

Donated by Canadian Red Angus Promotion Society

Olds College received 10 Angus heifer calves, donated by The Canadian Red Angus Promotion Society. (File photo)
Alberta’s barley breeding program has successfully developed and introduced several varieties used for livestock feed and for the growing craft brewery market. Black Press file photo

Olds College to get field crop development centre

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry providing $10.5 million for barley research

  • Oct 16, 2020
Alberta’s barley breeding program has successfully developed and introduced several varieties used for livestock feed and for the growing craft brewery market. Black Press file photo
The DOT power platform, which connects to tools such as a sprayer and seeder to perform tasks on the farm, will be at Olds College this summer. Photo Credit: Sergei Belski

Olds College gets $5 million to study agriculture technologies

Money going towards college’s Smart Agriculture Applied Research Program

  • Jun 3, 2020
The DOT power platform, which connects to tools such as a sprayer and seeder to perform tasks on the farm, will be at Olds College this summer. Photo Credit: Sergei Belski
Olds College. (Advocate file photo).

Olds College to expand Smart Farm through $1.2 million land bequest

316-acre gift of land is near Carstairs

Olds College. (Advocate file photo).
New post-diploma ag-tech certificate offered at Olds College

New post-diploma ag-tech certificate offered at Olds College

Olds College will be offering a “dynamic” new post-diploma certificate in Agriculture…

New post-diploma ag-tech certificate offered at Olds College
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AgSmart show will introduce new farm technologies next summer at Olds College

More info on AgSmart is available at Agri-Trade show

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James Benkie is the new dean of program development for agriculture technology at Olds College. (Photo contributed)

Olds College adds new agriculture technology dean

New program under development

  • Aug 27, 2018
James Benkie is the new dean of program development for agriculture technology at Olds College. (Photo contributed)
Olds College president Stuart Cullum. (Contributed photo by Lorelei Hoffarth).

Olds College prepares for the future by opening its Smart Farm

Students will be introduced to ‘next-generation technology’

Olds College president Stuart Cullum. (Contributed photo by Lorelei Hoffarth).