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Northwest Manitoba’s Duck and Porcupine Mountains are a top-tier fishing destination, thanks partly to four decades of work by Swan Valley Sports Fish Enhancement Inc. 
Forget any social media fear mongering about oats — Oats are a healthy, nutritious, Prairie-grown option to add more whole grains to your diet. 
The snowy owl is the iconic species, but there are plenty of other superb owls to be seen in winter throughout Manitoba, Donna Gamache writes.
Leftovers and extra food abound in the first weeks of January. Give your kitchen a winter reset, clean out the fridge and save on your grocery bill
Manitoba, 1946 — Post-war rations for both people and cows: The latest look back at over a century of the Manitoba Co-operator
From new tractor announcements to the increasing pace of robot technology in agriculture, Glacier FarmMedia’s John Greig and Greg Berg share some of their impressions from Agritechnica 2025 in Hanover, Germany.
Scott Duguid, who raises cattle near Arnes, Manitoba, wanted his cattle to access water easier to keep them from getting bad cases of foot rot. The solution? An above-ground, solar-powered portable water trough that feeds from the dugout and keeps his cattle out of the mud.
Marla Riekman, soil fertility specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, talks about reducing the effects of soil erosion from tillage. (Recorded at Crop Diagnostic School 2025 in Carman, Man.)
Brennin Jack, branch manager of Heartland Livestock Services at Virden, Manitoba, heads to the 2026 World Livestock Auctioneering Championship.
Interlake farmer Mike Duguid has become the latest to join the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association’s Wall of Fame. The mixed farmer and long-time board member was named to the honour Nov. 12, during the MFGA’s annual regenerative agriculture conference in Brandon, an event that, as 2025 conference committee chair, he helped bring about. WHY
Philippe Sabourin’s memoir shares author’s formative farm years in the Red River Valley, as well as lessons rooted in world travel and the food systems found there.
Manitoba, 1946 — Post-war rations for both people and cows: The latest look back at over a century of the Manitoba Co-operator
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From new tractor announcements to the increasing pace of robot technology in agriculture, Glacier FarmMedia’s John Greig and Greg Berg share some of their impressions from Agritechnica 2025 in Hanover, Germany.
Watch the video
Scott Duguid, who raises cattle near Arnes, Manitoba, wanted his cattle to access water easier to keep them from getting bad cases of foot rot. The solution? An above-ground, solar-powered portable water trough that feeds from the dugout and keeps his cattle out of the mud.
Watch the video
Marla Riekman, soil fertility specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, talks about reducing the effects of soil erosion from tillage. (Recorded at Crop Diagnostic School 2025 in Carman, Man.)
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While the show goes on for Spenst Brothers in Winkler, the day to day looks a bit different. Markers on the floor show customers where to stand. Staff are signing in each day to say they have no symptoms of COVID-19. People call in wondering if they need to stockpile meat — they don’t, said
June 3, 2020On May long weekend, St. Norbert opened its outdoor market to the least fanfare in recent memory. Market co-ordinators had prepared to limit shoppers, but that proved not to be necessary. According to a Facebook post, they never reached capacity as crowd-leery folks stayed away. While the physical market continues to operate, more and more
June 2, 2020The pandemic has revealed critical weaknesses in the country’s agriculture and food systems — and the need to invest in their future, say experts. “It’s continuing to show the importance of technology, and adopting technology, on the farm,” said Remi Schmaltz, CEO and co-founder of Decisive Farming, a digital ag and farm management company. “We
May 27, 2020As new tools and technology rapidly enter the agriculture sector, the challenge will be training farmers and farm workers to make the most of them. METOS, a division of Pessl Instruments, is launching a new online training portal to tackle this challenge, that will train and certify operators of the company’s technology. Guy Ash, global
May 25, 2020Graham Curnew didn’t intend to spend his life teaching kids with disabilities how to ride horses. He didn’t want to volunteer when his dad dragged him to an evening class with Manitoba Riding for the Disabled Association. He didn’t even ride horses. The most exposure he’d had to riding was as a kid on a
May 20, 2020Most Canadians probably never dreamed they’d spend so much time this year in line to get into Costco. As COVID-19 shut down society mid-March, grocery stores became different places. Signage told customers to buy only one pack of toilet paper, bag of rice or jug of milk — if they were even on shelves. Headlines
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