Kaitlyn Mitchell, director of legal advocacy with Animal Justice, speaks to reporters outside the Manitoba Law Courts in Winnipeg after a judge dismissed a private prosecution against a horse exporter. Photo: Don Norman

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.


An agronomist crouches in a crop field examining soil while holding a clipboard as AI tools reshape how on-farm agronomy decisions are made. Photo: Getty Images

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.



Braden and Misty Drul of Oakburn photographed holding their Manitoba Outstanding Young Farmers for 2026 award at a banquet held March 14 at Elkhorn Resort. Photo: Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers

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.

View from inside a tractor cab with a hand on the gear shift and a digital display screen showing field data during precision agriculture operations. Photo: Bayer AG

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.



The Port of Churchill as seen in 2018. The port and surrounding railway have since been the subject of significant investment for improvement. The Port of Churchill as seen in 2018. The port and surrounding railway have since been the subject of significant investment for improvement. Photo: John Woods/The Canadian Press via ZUMA Press/Reuters

Making way for Port of Churchill expansion

Hudson Bay sea lanes could stay open longer, opening the Port of Churchill for more consistent trade, but rail capacity and vessel costs still shape the port’s future plans for expansion

Rail car limits, climate research and marine planning will determine if the Port of Churchill actually can grow beyond its four-month shipping season into year-round trade.