Agricultural Service Board

Agricultural Services administers the County of Grande Prairie's Agricultural Service Board (ASB), which sits as an advisor to County of Grande Prairie Council and the Alberta Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation. 

Agricultural Service Boards work under the authority of the Agricultural Service Board Act. Section 2 of the Act assigns duties to ASBs as follows:

1. To act as an advisory body and to assist the council and the Minister in matters of mutual concern,
2. To advise on and to help organize and direct weed and pest control and soil and water conservation programs;
3. To assist in the control of animal disease under the Animal Health Act,
4. To promote, enhance and protect viable and sustainable agriculture with a view to improving the economic viability of the agricultural producer and,
5. To promote and develop agricultural policies to meet the needs of the municipality.