A Lexicon combine harvests crop near Altamont in 2020. PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD

Manitoba farm profits under pressure

Manitoba farmers are facing down a double hit of high input costs, like fertilizer, and low grain prices as they harvest their next crop

Manitoba farmers are facing down a double hit of high input costs, like fertilizer, and low grain prices as they harvest their next crop.


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Canola finding support despite seasonal pressures

It’s Your Business: Canola futures follow U.S. soy action, pending any progress on Canada/China canola trade

Despite harvest pressure as Prairie canola growers continue harvesting, ICE canola futures showed modest strength in the week ended Sept. 12 on chart signals and spillover from Chicago soyoil.

A royalty free image from the farming industry of a farmer in a canola field using a tablet computer and smart phone to surf the internet, check email or make a phonecall.

Digital age farmers need truth sense

Farmers today must be able to sort quality knowledge from misinformation and disinformation, experts warn

Misinformation and disinformation are enjoying a surge in the age of the internet. Experts say agriculture and farmers shouldn’t take that threat lightly.