Ducks Unlimited Canada's Alex Griffiths stands in front of a field of winter wheat at the Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre in Carberry on Aug. 6, 2025.

Birds benefit from winter wheat

Winter wheat gives better bird nesting habitat, improving biodiversity, and may cost farmers less in seed than typically thought

Winter wheat gives better bird nesting habitat, improving biodiversity, and may cost farmers less in seed than typically thought.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre addresses electric vehicles and China’s recent tariffs against Canadian canola seed at a press event on a Saskatchewan grain farm Aug. 14, 2025. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

Parties unitedly condemn China tariffs on Canadian canola

China’s 75.8 per cent tariffs against Canadian canola seed called ‘unjustified,’ spark calls for immediate federal response from Canada’s Liberal government

China's 75.8 per cent tariffs against Canadian canola seed called 'unjustified' spark calls for immediate federal response from Canada's Liberal government.


Pierre Poilievre speaks at Sixteen Grains farm near Saskatoon, Sask., Aug. 14, 2025. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

Parties unitedly condemn China tariffs on Canadian canola

China’s 75.8 per cent tariffs against Canadian canola seed called ‘unjustified,’ spark calls for immediate federal response from Canada’s Liberal government

China’s 75.8 per cent tariffs against Canadian canola seed called ‘unjustified,’ spark calls for immediate federal response from Canada’s Liberal government.

Healthy, thriving pepper plants grown in peat moss and varying levels of wool fibre additives. Photo: Miranda Leybourne

Manitoba research seeks peat moss stand-ins

Blending peat moss with more sustainable alternatives will hopefully help protect precious supplies of the slow-to-regenerate soil booster and horticulture growth medium

Manitoba researchers hope blending peat moss with more sustainable alternatives will help protect precious supplies of the slow-to-regenerate soil booster and horticulture growth medium.






A winter wheat field at the Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre near Carberry on Aug. 6, 2025.

Carberry field day looks for agriculture solutions

Manitoba farmers explored research solutions for resilient crops, perpetual agronomic issues and new kinds of agricultural products at a field day at the Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre in Carberry on Aug. 6.

Manitoba farmers explored research solutions for resilient crops, perpetual agronomic issues and new kinds of agricultural products at a field day at the Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre in Carberry on Aug. 6.