Patty Rosher is the new general manager of KAP.

Patty Rosher new KAP GM

The new general manager has held roles at Manitoba Agriculture and the Canadian Wheat Board

Patty Rosher is the new general manager of the Keystone Agricultural Producers. The province’s general farm organization announced the hire in a recent press release. “I am very pleased to welcome Patty to KAP. She brings with her a wealth of experience in our industry and the ability to continue KAP’s work of making farms

Teacher Chelsey Kostesky was asked to sort grain product pieces as part of Keegan Gamey’s project on Advancement in Ag Technology.

Strathclair class digs deep into provincial history

Student projects encourage personal study rather than just memorizing facts

Many young people no longer know a world where there was an alternative to the internet when doing a school project, such as going to the local library or picking up an encyclopedia. Although teaching is different than it used to be, schools continue to implement change in finding ways to arm students with the


Emerging opposition

An informal network of drainage 
advocates has formed in Manitoba

Stung by what they see as a lack of response and downright indifference from the province to the plight of local landowners, drainage advocates have begun to organize into an informal network across the province. In October 2017, a dozen of them sent a letter to Rochelle Squires, who then had just been appointed the

Lori Bremner, Tina Shaw and Bre Adams of Dauphin were some of the saddle riders who took part in the event.

PHOTOS: Fifty sleighs converge on Riding Mountain National Park

The annual event known as the world’s largest sleigh ride is a fitting capstone to winter

Just before the warmer weather began to move in, a total of 50 sleighs converged at the base of the Sugar Loaf Hills in Riding Mountain National Park, along with 20 saddle riders, for the annual event that’s said to be the world’s largest sleigh ride. Thirty of the teams travelled north from the Rossburn


Will and Jen Bergmann are Manitoba’s 2019 Outstanding Young Farmers.

Will and Jen Bergmann named 2019 Manitoba OYF winners

The pair has embraced local food and 
social media to promote farming

A Glenlea couple is Manitoba’s 2019 Outstanding Young Farmers. Will and Jen Bergmann of Bergmann Bros. were named the winners of the provincial award earlier this month at an event at the Elkhorn Resort. Will Bergmann grew up on the family operation, south of Winnipeg, and he and Jen returned to the farm about seven

Roquette boosts plant beauty products

The company behind a Portage la Prairie pea-processing plant is going into the plant-based cosmetics business in a big way. Roquette recently announced a “strengthened” arrangement with Sytheon, a U.S.-based specialty ingredient company for the personal care market in a media release. The two are partnering to produce cosmetic ingredients and cosmetic products derived from


Drainage licensing in Manitoba: Policy or politics?

Drainage licensing in Manitoba: Policy or politics?

Landowners say some municipalities are bending the rules when it comes to water management and the provincial government is turning a blind eye. Concerns are boiling over into the courts as the province considers off-loading the responsibility for drainage licensing onto municipalities

Flood forecasts are as predictable as spring in Manitoba and the latest ones have Elm Creek-area landowner Pat Houde bracing for yet another showdown over water. He’s been fighting with the RM of Grey for years over drainage around his home and land he owns between Elm Creek and St. Claude. The blunt-talking Houde doesn’t

Cameron and Lisa Hodgins (on the right side) accept this year’s Manitoba TESA award from the Manitoba Beef Producers, presented by Pam Miller of sponsor Myers Norris Penny (far left) and Jade Delaurier of Manitoba Beef Producers.

Hodgins named 2019 provincial TESA winners

The couple from southwestern Manitoba has made their mark with direct marketing, public outreach and holistic management, earning them a nod from MBP

Cameron and Lisa Hodgins of Lenore will be next to represent Manitoba when the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association hands out its national TESA award later this year. The couple claimed the provincial TESA award in early February, handed out by the Manitoba Beef Producers every year to a farm that demonstrates exemplary environmental stewardship in its management. Why


Martin Unrau (left) receives his lifetime achievement award from Tom Teichroeb, Manitoba Beef Producers president, February 7.

Unrau receives MBP lifetime achievement award

The award is based on his years of service in both provincial and national organizations

There are very few organizations in the Canadian beef sector Martin Unrau hasn’t been a part of. He’s the former head of the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association (the forerunner of Manitoba Beef Producers) and was president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. He helped chair the National Beef Strategic Planning Group. He has been a mentor

Burrowing owl.

For the birds

Ranchers and prairie grassland birds have something in common: they’re both endangered species

Home on Manitoba’s range, there are some discouraging words, especially when talk turns to bird habitat and populations. At a recent meeting in Winnipeg that flagged the importance of conservationists supporting the beef sector and their record of preserving habitat, it soon became clear that stemming the decline of forage-based beef production in the province