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Canada’s largest indoor farm show, Manitoba Ag Days, returns to Brandon’s Keystone Centre Jan. 20-22, 2026. Here’s what to expect this year.
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Manitoba Ag Days 2026 coming up fast
Canada’s largest indoor farm show will return to Brandon’s Keystone Centre Jan. 20-22, 2026
Weight-loss pill approval set to accelerate food industry product overhauls
Packaged food makers and fast-food restaurants may be forced to overhaul more of their products next year as newly approved, appetite-suppressing GLP-1 pills become available in January, analysts say.
Pulse Weekly: Tariffs guide yellow peas in 2025
Tariffs were a major influence on Canadian yellow pea prices in 2025, with levies imposed by China and India. The two countries are Canada’s biggest foreign pulse buyers.
U.K. softens stance on farm tax after months of protests
Britain’s government said on Tuesday it would scale back its plan to raise more tax from farmers, following months of protests since the introduction of an inheritance tax charge on farms was announced in 2024.
US EPA meets with Make America Healthy Again leaders about pesticides, chemicals
Top officials of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency held at least six meetings this month with members of the Make America Healthy Again movement as agency head Lee Zeldin pledges to more closely align with the movement’s agenda, according to four people who attended the meetings.
How to deal with worry this Christmas
Christmas can be hard. For some people, it increases loneliness, grief, hopelessness and family tension, and the festive season has a way of turning ordinary concerns into urgent ones.
Finally getting paid for sustainable farming?
Alberta project might have a line on a workable ecosystem credit model to reward farmers for sustainability. Manitoba might be next
Alberta project says they might have a line on a workable ecosystem credit model to reward farmers for sustainability, and Manitoba might be next
The long march to autonomy
The big players in the machinery market keep adding pieces, but how far away is a final product?
The big players in the machinery market keep adding pieces towards autonomous vehicles for farming, but how far away is a final product?
Five new CWD cases confirmed in Manitoba
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been found in five more Manitoba deer, including in two new municipalities without previous cases
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been found in five more Manitoba deer, including in two new municipalities without previous cases of the disease.
Rural Manitoba to expect lean holiday healthcare
Doctors Manitoba is warning Manitobans to plan ahead, know your healthcare options if travelling in new areas of rural Manitoba
Rural Manitobans may see longer wait times or more emergency room closures over the 2025 winter holiday, Doctors Manitoba president warns.
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