The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association says Senate soil report should translate to action and wider adoption of farm practices that support soil health.
MFGA applauds Senate soil report
The report looks into the relationship between soil health, and Canada's overall economic and environmental wellbeing
VIDEO: Weekend windstorm lifts soil airborne, damages grain elevator
Manitoba got another dose of wild weather June 15-16. Worries about sandblasting joined earlier hail damage over the Father’s Day weekend. A powerful wind storm blew into western Manitoba overnight June 15, followed by strong winds that whipped soil airborne. In Sinclair, 14 km west of Reston, high winds damaged a local elevator. Western Manitoba
VIDEO: Tornados, hail touch down in Manitoba
The afternoon June 12 saw wild weather in western and central Manitoba
Damaging hail fell over patches of western and central Manitoba June 12 in a series of storms that also spawned several tornadoes.
Leon’s Manufacturing in receivership
Saskatchewan equipment manufacturer had been plagued by complaints over delivery delays
Leon's Manufacturing has been placed in receivership, leaving outstanding customers in limbo.
Grain grade changes 2024
Canadian Grain Commission announces changes for 2024-2025 season
The CGC says the changes, announced June 12, will better meet the needs of the domestic grain sector and global buyers in the 2024-25 crop year.
Varroa mites compound bee winter losses
Beekeepers blame parasitic varroa mites, waning treatment control for bee mortality
Varroa mite and waning treatment control cited as major causes of Manitoba beekeeper loss this spring
Editorial: Do you know your cybersecurity risk?
Farms and agricultural businesses are in danger, and most don’t know the extent of their problem. As reporter Janelle Rudolph notes in our front-page story in the May 30 issue of the Co-operator, Canadian producers, agribusinesses and farm groups have all felt the sting of a cyberattack within the past few years. Technology and digital
Editorial: The bill’s coming for bad roads
It’s been a good spring for bad road stories. To be fair, it’s prime time for it — the season of frost boils, weight restrictions and ruts from vehicles and machinery on gravel roads that are still firming up. Even by the standards of spring, though, it feels like it’s been hard to drive any
Cattle producers look for a break in open rate cycle
Open rates were horrendous last fall: How do we make sure history doesn’t repeat?
Many beef producers got an unpleasant shock at last fall’s preg check, and experts are weighing in on what can be done to avoid a similar problem this year. According to a report from the Western Canadian Animal Health Network (WeCAHN) over 40 per cent of some herds were found open. That was offset by more fortunate herds with
Manitoba confirms porcine deltacoronavirus
Virus comes with similar, but less severe symptoms as PED
It won’t cause the same production hit as its relative, PED, but no one was happy to see a confirmed Manitoba case of porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV). One premise in southeastern Manitoba has confirmed infection, Manitoba Pork has said. Jenelle Hamblin, the industry group’s manager of swine health, said they were unaware of other farms struggling
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
