Organic farmers should take a lesson from conventional farming when it comes to testing for soil nutrients and benchmarking fields frequently: University of Manitoba researcher
Organic farms need soil testing too
Organic farmers should take a lesson from conventional farming when it comes to testing for soil nutrients and benchmarking fields frequently: University of Manitoba researcher
Compost pellets ready for fertilizer trying ground
After years of trials, Saskatchewan farmer Kyle Heggie is ready to take his compost pellets to the field rows in the hopes that they boost crop nutrition
Kyle Heggie has been spreading a unique blend of compost on his crops for years, and has also used on-farm trials to test the practicality of mid-row banding compost “pellets” into the seed row next to the seed.
Tariff anxiety hits Canadian honey producers
Canadian beekeepers are pushing to keep key imported honey supplies out of trade war crosshairs
Canadian beekeepers are lobbying to keep their products out of the trade war. The U.S. tariffs may cause problems for the industry, but the domestic market may be enough to keep the Canadian honey industry strong.
Beef farmers may be missing out on better forage genetics
New and improved alfalfa and grass varieties are out there, but not every livestock producer in Western Canada is fighting to grow them
New and improved alfalfa and grass varieties are out there, but not every livestock producer in Western Canada is fighting to grow those cutting-edge forage genetics.
Is supply management shielding Canada’s poultry and egg farmers from bird flu?
Supply managment experts say Canadian system encourages smaller farms, and that helps limit spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza; U.S. industry disagrees
Supply managment experts say Canadian system encourages smaller farms, and that helps limit spread of highlypathogenic avian influenza; U.S. industry disagrees.
Canadian farm groups say manage U.S. tariffs first
Manage Trump's tariffs first and then talk retaliation if necessary, say agriculture organizations
Canadian farm groups say first U.S. tariffs need to be managed, then retaliatory action can be considered.
UPDATED: U.S. pork group warns against counter-tariff impact as trade war clock ticks
American pork group says counter-tariffs will only disrupt supply chains as Canada gears up tariff defence ahead of April 2
U.S. pork sector says Canadian counter-tariffs on pork would just hurt industry on both sides of the border. A Manitoba pork industry leader agrees.
U.S. pork begs for tariff exemption from Canada
The Canadian pork sector, meanwhile, says U.S. tariffs against Canadian pork creates similar damage to the highly integrated North American pork market
Canada's retaliatory tariffs threaten to hurt North American pork and hog supply chain, U.S. farm group argues.
Republicans might save U.S. agriculture, but it won’t help Canadian farmers
Canadian agriculture sectors counting on U.S. farmer pressure to move the needle on Trump’s tariff policy might be dissapointed
Canadian agriculture sectors counting on U.S. farmer pressure to move the needle on Trump’s tariff policy might be dissapointed
Manitoba follows Prairie trend on farmland value growth
Like the other Prairie provinces, Manitoba showed growth in 2024 but it paled compared to 2023
Manitoba farmland values continued to appreciate in 2025, but more slowly, and at a lesser rate that Canada as a whole.
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