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Few details on rural Manitoba vaccine roll out
The province has teased additional vaccination sites and vaccines out of doctor offices, but logistics are gumming up the works

Direct-seed potatoes show no harvest hit
Both yield and quality were comparable in an initial trial comparison of traditional spring tillage and direct seeding

Crown land leaseholders eye legal challenge
Forage leaseholders have started the legal wheels turning in their ongoing spat with the changed Crown land system

Livestock sector benefiting from mild winter weather
Producers entered the fall worrying about feed supplies, that are now stretching further

Innovations Showcase heads up reined-in Ag Days
The ag sector will have to make do with a few online efforts and a special publication this year

Loblaw joins sustainable beef marketplace
The supermarket chain announced the purchase of one million pounds of certified sustainable beef Dec. 18

Processing clogs and market bogs
Processing issues, and the market fallout, will be among the livestock sector’s major memories of 2020

Time to sweat the small things
Eking out a little improvement here and there may pay off exponentially for cow-calf producers

Home ice advantage: Backyard rinks a winter oasis
A grassroots movement to resurrect the outdoor rink has got rural Manitobans back on skates despite pandemic restrictions

Sheep producers push for relaxed ultrasound tech rules
Currently, only vets can provide ultrasound preg checking on a flock that isn’t theirs or their employer’s
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