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So you want to farm strawberries

Fall is the time for Manitoba farmers to set the wheels in motion for the 2026 strawberry field crop

If you’re considering starting or expanding a Prairie strawberry farm, autumn is the time to start sourcing and securing the plants and inputs you’ll need, a producer from one Alberta-based U-pick says.

Beef cattle to be sold at an Alberta auction mart in 2019.

Livestock movement scanner looks for proving ground

Canadian Cattle Identification Agency looking for ranchers to test RFID ‘wand’ technology, meant to make traceability easier in the lead up to incoming regulations

The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) will test new technology intended to simplify the recording of animal movements, linked to proposed federal livestock traceability regulations.



Wheat is straight cut as combines hit the fields to harvest in Binscarth, Manitoba on Sept. 25, 2025. Photo: Greg Berg

UPDATED: Mail strike disrupts grain sample delivery

The Canadian Grain Commission has asked farmers to consider delivering harvest samples directly to CGC offices, services centres or approved drop offs as Canada Post strike delays mail

The Canadian Grain Commission has asked farmers to consider delivering harvest samples directly to CGC offices, services centres or approved drop offs as Canada Post strike delays mail.



Farmer-facing recommended changes to the Advance Payments Program have started to roll out this year with a different approach to credit checks.

Advance payment changes still mostly in waiting

APP cash advances for 2025 included a credit-worthiness change, but another three recommended updates for the federal farm lending program are still in limbo

APP cash advances for 2025 included a credit-worthiness change for farmers, but another three recommended updates for the federal farm lending program are still in limbo.


These three Jalon Jerseys cows are channelling Miller's Dairy's emblematic cows, Pamela, Mary and Candice, etched onto the glass bottles, said to represent the Jersey cow character, the farm's roots and heritage and the quaility of their animals and products.

Canadian dairy farmers firm on expecting trade protection

Recent Canadian laws limit trade concessions on dairy supply management, but with U.S.-Canada trade negotiations set to heat up, the first big test might be looming

Recent Canadian laws limit trade concessions on dairy supply management, but with U.S.-Canada trade negotiations set to heat up, the first big test might be looming

SOURCE: FARM CREDIT CANADA (FCC)

Livestock leads Canada’s farm economic outlook

Canada’s general economic growth is in decline, but pockets of good news exist in the agricultural world, largely for cattle and hogs

Canada’s general economic growth is in decline, but pockets of good news exist in the agricultural world, largely for cattle and hogs, according to Farm Credit Canada’s September 2025 economic update.