Our History & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator

Dead battery? Don’t panic, plug in the Muscle Man

Our History: November 1976

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 21, 2018

Blanchard was seeking 200 farmers to sell the Muscleman battery charger/booster along with 100 items on commission in this ad in our Nov. 25, 1976 issue. The front page reported that Manitoba’s crop yields for the year were up, but income was expected down because of lower prices. The provincial average wheat yield was 27.1

Other, Our History

The Campbell Farming Corporation

Our History: November 1928

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 14, 2018

The November 1928 front page of our predecessor publication The Scoop Shovel featured photos of the Campbell Farming Corporation in Montana. Wikipedia says that “Thomas D. Campbell (1882–1966) was the ‘World’s Wheat King.’ On the farms of his Campbell Farming Corporation he grew more wheat than any other farmer or corporation. He pioneered industrialized corporate

Our History

Crow era ends on the Prairies

Our History: November 1983

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 7, 2018

Our Nov. 24, 1983 issue reported the end of a long and contentious era in Prairie grain history when royal assent was given to a bill ending the Crowsnest freight rate. While the end of the below-cost rate may not have been welcomed by farmers, it was by CP Rail, which immediately announced it was

Other, Our History

Endless savings on diesel fuel

Our History: October 1981

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 31, 2018

Style and cab comfort were features promoted in this ad for the International Harvester S-Series Sundance truck in our Oct. 29, 1981 issue. If you were buying one on credit, the interest rate would have been more that 20 per cent, and our main front-page story that week was on a spat between federal Agriculture

Other, Our History

Lands for sale on easy terms

Our History: October 1886

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 24, 2018

If you were looking to start farming in 1886, there was plenty of land to choose from in these advertisements in the Oct. issue of the Nor-West Farmer and Manitoba Miller. The Hudson’s Bay Company was offering seven million acres and the Manitoba and North-Western Railway 2.75 million acres. The unnamed author of an article

Other, Our History

Grain toll proposed for St. Lawrence Seaway

Our History: October 1958

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 17, 2018

Farmers’ returns were a theme running through our issues in October 1958. In the main front-page story in the Oct. 9 issue, we reported that the three Prairie pools had raised concerns with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker about the prospect of tolls on grain going through the newly opened St. Lawrence Seaway. Their brief said

Other, Our History

‘Freer trade pact’ lifts tariffs

Our History: October 1987

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 10, 2018

Canada-U.S. trade was also in the news in October 1987 and stories in our Oct. 8 issue analyzed the effect of the newly signed Canada-U.S. Trade Agreement (CUSTA) on agricultural commodities. For grains, Canada would give up the wheat board’s import controls, which would be lifted on oats and barley as early as 1989. The

Our History

Flooded fields and feed shortages

Our History: September 2008

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 3, 2018

This image of a flooded field near Eddystone appeared in our Sept. 18, 2008 issue. Hayfields in the Interlake were going unharvested after weeks of drenching rains, and the week before about 250 local producers had met to discuss ways of dealing with the impending feed shortage. The blow came just as the cattle industry

Our History

Conditions ripe for fusarium, vomitoxin in wheat

Our History: September 1985

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 27, 2018

The front page of the Sept. 5, 1985 issue reported that trace amounts of fusarium and vomitoxin were being found in Manitoba wheat after a wet, cool growing season. Wet weather was to continue and harvesting was delayed, with particular damage reported to that year’s potato crop. On Sept. 19 we reported that there had

Other, Our History

‘While you wait’ truck service when picking up coal

Our History: September 1961

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 19, 2018

With chilly nights approaching, this ad in our Sept. 28, 1961 issue told farmers they could get 10-minute service when picking up their coal at Cumming and Dobie in Brandon. “Rapeseed is here to stay” was the title of the editorial earlier that month, noting that while farmers had not been enthusiastic about the crop

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans mixed on doubts over Chinese demand

Tyson Foods to close U.S. beef plant as cattle supplies dwindle

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures dip as Brazilian beef tariffs lifted

Our History

Dead battery? Don’t panic, plug in the Muscle Man

The Campbell Farming Corporation

Crow era ends on the Prairies

Endless savings on diesel fuel

Lands for sale on easy terms

Grain toll proposed for St. Lawrence Seaway

‘Freer trade pact’ lifts tariffs

Flooded fields and feed shortages

Conditions ripe for fusarium, vomitoxin in wheat

‘While you wait’ truck service when picking up coal

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for Sept. 5, 2025

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Latest Market News