Canada’s Indigenous groups and communities must be heard in the national strategy to control wild pigs, attendees of the 2025 Canadian Wild Pig Summit II hear.
Canada’s wild pig plan needs Indigenous voice: invasive species expert
Indigenous groups and communities must be heard in Canada’s national fight to control wild pigs, attendees of the 2025 Canadian Wild Pig Summit II heard
Powdery scab a puzzling potato problem
Biosecurity helps avoid powdery scab infections in Manitoba potato fields, like avoiding the use of manure from livestock that ate infected potatoes
Soil-borne potato disease powdery scab thrives in cool, moist conditions and is hard for crop researchers to study, but there are things Manitoba farmers can do to keep it out of fields.
Seeding advances in Manitoba amid growing moisture concerns
Dry conditions have been ideal for field work; seeded acres ahead of five-year average
Manitoba farmers are making significant seeding progress under good conditions, although moisture concerns are emerging.
Industry wrestles with regenerative certification
Canada needs flexible, farmer-driven standards to guide regenerative agriculture, experts say
Standardizing regenerative agriculture could make the system easier to market, but too much rigid definition could also alienate farmers and undermine grassroots progress, experts worry.
Wild pig control goes high-tech
From drones to scent-lured cameras, digital tools are transforming how Canada finds and eradicates invasive wild pigs
Digital tools and new technology is transforming how Canada finds, traps and eradicates invasive wild pigs
Farms fight unpredictable spring weather
Late season snow and unpredictable forecasts complicated spring planning for Manitoba farmers
Late season snow and unpredictable forecasts complicated spring planning for Manitoba farmers coming into the 2025 season.
Watch early for insect crop pests
Scouting early can help Manitoba farmers protect against crop-damaging insects this year
Scouting early can help protect Manitoba crops from pest insects like flea beetles, cutworms or grasshoppers.
Farm ID system pitched to trim tax exemption paperwork
A Manitoba bill would replace point of sale tax-exemption paperwork with a farm ID number and biennial declaration
A Manitoba bill would cut point of sale paperwork when farmers buy things exempt from the provincial sales tax.
Too early to check winter cereal survival
Manitoba wasn’t warm enough in the first half of April for winter wheat and fall rye to consistently grow
Manitoba’s weather in the first half of April wasn’t warm enough for winter wheat and fall rye to consistently grow
Farmer buy in for regenerative agriculture notes gaps and gains
Regenerative agriculture is getting more popular for farmers on the Canadian Prairies, but the transition from conventional farm practices isn’t without hurdles
Regenerative agriculture is getting more popular for farmers on the Canadian Prairies, but the transition from conventional farm practices isn’t without hurdles.
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