Canada’s farmers can stretch out how long herbicides work, but nature is designed to help weeds develop herbicide resistance eventually.
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Farmers, don’t get trapped by herbicide resistance
Canadian farmers can stretch out how long herbicides work, but nature is designed to help weeds develop resistance
Northern Manitoba fire claims livestock
Farmers in northern Manitoba have been working their fields, but for those watching wildfire near The Pas creep closer, it’s been about fire breaks more than seeding; the fire has reportedly claimed livestock as well
A Manitoba farm near The Pas has lost seven goats to wildfires, according to a local emergency services worker. Farmers near the fire zone have been working their fields, but it’s been about fire breaks more than seeding.
Which is Manitoba’s real Halfway Tree?
The drive between Brandon and Winnipeg in Manitoba has long been broken up with the sight of the Halfway Tree, but there’s not just one tree vying for the title
The drive between Brandon and Winnipeg has long been broken up with the sight of the Halfway Tree, but there’s not just one tree vying for the title in Manitoba.
Finish in sight for Assiniboine College agriculture hub
Assiniboine College can start tendering for the long-awaited Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture after provincial funds and financing announced
Assiniboine College can start tendering for the long-awaited Prairie Innovation Centre for Sustainable Agriculture following announcement of provincial funds and financing.
Seeding at halfway mark in Saskatchewan
Good weather aids planting
Favourable weather has allowed Saskatchewan farmers to make good seeding progress, with 49 per cent of intended acres in the ground as of May 12, according to the latest provincial report. That's up from 31 per cent the previous week and compares with the five-year average of 32 per cent.
Elbows up, but Canada’s response to tariffs and Trump must keep eyes open as well
If Canada doesn’t want supply management, what does it want instead? Canada’s got some internal searching to do as trade tensions with the U.S. continue
If Canada doesn’t want supply management, what does it want instead? Canada’s got some internal searching to do as trade tensions with the U.S. continue.
Manitoba seeding pace ahead of average: Report
32 per cent of intended acres in the ground
Seeding progress in Manitoba is running ahead of average, with 32 per cent of intended acres in the ground as of May 13, reported Manitoba Agriculture in its weekly crop report.
School bus collides with tractor in rural Manitoba
Eight children taken to hospital with minor injuries after collision near St. Claude
The school bus was carrying students when it collided with a tractor near St. Claude, Man., in the morning of May 13.
Bayer: U.S. Supreme Court could decide in June whether it will hear glyphosate case
The crop input giant is looking for greater protection against costly product liability lawsuits
Bayer said on Tuesday that the U.S. Supreme Court could decide as early as next month whether it will hear the company's request to sharply limit costly litigation over disputed claims that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer.
Time to increase crop research funding
Canada has to take action to give agricultural productivity growth a booster shot
There’s much talk these days about diversifying Canadian agriculture’s exports away from their reliance on the sector’s two biggest, and currently most unpredictable, customers.
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