Bourgault strip trials suggest Prairie farmers can reduce canola seeding rates without significant yield loss, though weather plays a key role.
Lower canola seeding rates can cut costs without sacrificing yield, Bourgault trials show
Manitoba farmers may be able to cut costs with lower canola seeding rates without sacrificing yield, although the weather in a given year may determine if the gamble pays off
Why the price gap against western Canadian soybeans?
Western Canadian farmers tend to get less for their soybeans than the U.S.; can better data help close the price gap?
Prairie soybeans get 70 cents less per bushel. That price gap is raising questions about protein, data gaps and how soybeans are valued.
Tariffs, biosecurity lead discussion at Manitoba Pork AGM
Upcoming CUSMA review, rising tariff pressure, ongoing disease threats among key concerns for province’s export-dependent pork sector
Trade and biosecurity concerns led discussion at Manitoba Pork’s AGM, with CUSMA, tariffs, African swine fever preparedness and wild pig control all in focus.
Farm praises ‘common sense ruling’ in Manitoba horse-for-slaughter trial
Carolyle Farms of Swan River has been cleared of wrongdoing in the case of a 2022 air export shipment of horses, which landed the farm at the heart of a rare private prosecution from advocacy group Animal Justice
Manitoba horse exporter Carolyle Farms speaks after winning court defence in March 2026 animal welfare trial.
Judge clears Manitoba horse exporter
Case dismissed in Manitoba horse export trial after verdict rules farm not solely responsible for disruption during air export of live horses
Case dismissed in Manitoba horse export trial; verdict cites shared responsibility for animal welfare during air export and reasonable doubt.
How AI is changing on-farm agronomy and decision-making
World Agri-Tech summit shows the agronomist's role isn't disappearing, but the job is shifting from data interpretation to ground-truthing AI recommendations
Discussions at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit point to shift in farm agronomy — less time pulling data, more time stress-testing AI recommendations.
Selecting IDC-tolerant soybeans doesn’t reduce yield, Manitoba study confirms
Iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC) often affects only parts of a field — but you’re buying a variety for the whole field
University of Manitoba research shows soybean varieties selected for iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC) tolerance protect yield in affected areas without reducing performance elsewhere in the field.
Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers built success through diversification
Oakburn couple launched equipment assembly and seed businesses to support multi-generational grain operation
Braden and Misty Drul of Oakburn, Man., earned Manitoba's Outstanding Young Farmers 2026 award for building a multi-generational operation through diversification. With land prices rising, they launched an equipment assembly business and Pioneer seed dealership to create revenue streams that support two families.
FieldView prescriptions can now move wirelessly to John Deere Operations Center
A new link between Bayer's FieldView platform and John Deere Operations Center eliminates USB transfers and sends variable-rate prescriptions straight to the cab
A new integration between Bayer's FieldView platform and John Deere Operations Center lets farmers send variable-rate prescriptions directly to connected equipment without USB drives. As-applied data flows back automatically for post-season review.
Manitoba farmers must be flexible on white mould control
Trials in dry beans and soybeans show that spray timing shifts depending on the number of planned passes
Farmers should watch their bean and soybean canopies and disease risk, not the calendar, when choosing when to spray fungicide against white mould.