Agricultural Service Board Duties

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.

The ASB is bound by the terms of the Agricultural Service Board Act. 

Agricultural Fieldmen are unique to Alberta and belong to the Association of Alberta Agricultural Fieldmen. Agricultural Fieldmen help develop, implement, and control programs designed to carry-out priorities and policies set by their local ASB and are appointed as inspectors or regulatory officers to administer the 4 acts for which Alberta municipalities and counties have legal obligations. The 4 acts are:

• Agricultural Service Board Act
• Agricultural Pests Act
• Soil Conservation Act
• Weed Control Act
  

Agricultural Fieldmen also assist in the provincial enforcement of the Animal Health Act.