Rebekah Sandford planted 28,000 garlic plants by hand last year on her operation near St. Malo, Manitoba. She’s one of the few local garlic growers in the province and on the Prairies.
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A Canadian idea to save the bees
Canada’s beekeepers are losing hives to issues like foulbrood and varroa mites. A B.C. company hopes their product, ApiSave, will help turn the tide for Canadian honeybees.
Manitoba auctions offer respite to fire-evacuated livestock
Heartland Livestock Services in Virden and Grunthal Auction Mart in Grunthal have offered farmers in fire-threatened areas a safe place to evacuate their livestock.
Good agronomy urged under uncertain canola market
With tariffs and trade wars looming, Canadian canola growers are urged to eke out every bit of efficiency in their 2025 canola production.
Industry wrestles with regenerative certification
Standardizing regenerative agriculture could make the system easier to market, but too much rigid definition could also alienate farmers and undermine grassroots progress, experts worry.
Sandwiches and wraps keep farmers fuelled during seeding
Canadian farmers work long hours during seeding; these sandwich and wrap ideas are easy field meals that work as hard as they do.
Fishing the deep water of Manitoba
Bottom bouncers and slip bobbers should be part of every Manitoba angler’s kit when chasing fish in deep water or close to the bottom.
Canadian Financial Close: New highs for TSX, gold
The Canadian dollar was relatively steady on Wednesday. The loonie closed at US$0.7250 or US$1=C$1.3794, compared to US$0.7252 or US$1=C$1.3789 on Tuesday. The United States Dollar Index was down 0.24 of a point at 98.15. Crude oil prices fell on Wednesday after reports suggested OPEC+ could decide at its meeting on Sunday to raise output[...]
Carney’s new green agenda
While some say Justin Trudeau’s government had a much more hands-on approach to environmental issues, appearing to favour deterrents over incentives, the Carney government’s strategy may be more restrained and integrated with its economic agenda.
Industry believes green pea supplies are over-reported
Canada has far fewer green peas than the government is reporting, says an analyst. “Purely from a price perspective, markets believe the Canadian harvest was smaller than estimated by Statistics Canada,” Stat Publishing noted in a recent article.
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