At Manitoba Ag Days 2025, Premier Wab Kinew talked about the plan to protect Manitoba’s trade now that U.S. President Donald Trump is in office and threatening tariffs against Canada.
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Grain grade changes 2024
The CGC says the changes, announced June 12, will better meet the needs of the domestic grain sector and global buyers in the 2024-25 crop year.
Bovine tuberculosis found in Manitoba
A dairy farm in south-central Manitoba has been declared infected with bovine tuberculosis after samples from a cow tested positive for the bacterial disease. It’s the province’s first bovine TB case in years.
Manitoba lifts state of emergency
Rampant wildfires put Manitoba under a state of emergency for the better part of a month across May and June. The state of emergency was lifted June 23, 2025.
Price peaks require smart marketing
Rick Wright of Cattle Consulting doesn’t see any signs that the cattle price gravy train will be slowing any time soon. “There’s more than just optimism out there. The fundamentals support a pretty good market moving forward,” he said. “Will it be better than 2023? Maybe not, but I think it will be every bit[...]
Canada’s interprovincial trade push makes for strange allies
Breaking down interprovincial trade barriers has become a national group project among Canada’s provincial governments, and that’s made for some strange alliances
TRADE WAR (Updated April 4): Our list of U.S. and Chinese tariff stories for Manitoba farmers
Trump tariffs are going ahead: Find all the Manitoba Co-operator’s tariff stories here, from farm industry reaction to market forecasts to advice on how Canadian and Manitoba farmers can navigate more hostile Canada-U.S. trade.
No straw allowed for Royal Manitoba Winter Fair
Anyone who beds animals at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair this year won’t be doing it with straw. The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba, which holds the major agro-tourism event in Brandon each year, says straw animal bedding will no longer be used at its events due to the cost of dealing with the used material.[...]
Trade war worries bring back pandemic ills
Tariffs threats out of the U.S. are reviving some livestock market concerns and consumer conversations that last hit a fever pitch early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
New crop insurance offices to open for Shoal Lake, Virden
Two more western Manitoba communities will have Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) offices for in-person agricultural insurance service this summer: Shoal Lake and Virden.
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