Forage insurance will be getting a sober second look in light of feed shortages in the province.

Province announces programs for drought-stricken farmers

Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler announced a slate of insurance and loan programming meant to help livestock producers tide themselves over the winter

Producers fighting a feed shortage will get some help from the province, Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler announced Sept. 30. The province has been under pressure to help producers deal with yet another year of critically low feed and an expected heavy cull. Why it matters: Producers with short feed have been in a holding pattern, first through



Keystone Agricultural Producers says new drainage regulations are just more of the same and are a "big disappointment."

KAP unhappy with new drainage regulations

Manitoba’s general farm organization was expecting rules that would let farmers manage water better and help protect wetlands

The Manitoba government’s new drainage regulations, which came into effect Oct. 2 are a “big disappointment,” says Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) vice-president Mitch Janssens. “We were trying to convince them to dangle the carrot to create more beneficial wetlands, but also allow producers to improve their land. That’s not what we got. That’s where the big disappointment is. We

The Myhres are one of several ranch families worried that Crown land changes mean a countdown to the end of their family farms.

Manitoba cattle ranchers hear clock ticking on grazing lands’ leases

Lack of long-term leases, right of first refusal has many livestock producers pondering their future

Dale Myhre had plans to expand his ranch near Crane River, before the province announced its new approach to agricultural Crown lands. Now he’s wondering if he is going to lose his farm. The long-awaited agricultural Crown land regulation overhaul was announced Sept. 27, sparking immediate anger from ranchers. The new regulations shortened lease terms


Cattle graze through the snow near Shellmouth, Man., as a forecasted winter storm launches its first salvo on Oct. 9.

Winter snowstorm lands its first blows on rural Manitoba

This week’s forecasted storm is already moving into the northwest, although meteorologists say southern Manitoba and the Red River Valley should be braced for the brunt of the snowfall in the next few days

Farmers are scrambling to harvest few last acres as a forecasted blast of winter moves into the northwest. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has upgraded areas around Dauphin and south to Minnedosa from a special weather statement to a snowfall warning as a Colorado Low looms over the province. The Roblin, Riding Mountain and

Ag-chemical cleanup dates, locations set

Drop off outdated or unwanted products for free

CleanFarms Manitoba is giving farmers a chance to safely dispose of unwanted or obsolete crop protection products and livestock medications at upcoming events around the province. There is no charge for participating in the program, which runs from Oct. 21 to 25, with single day clinics in each participating community, between 9 a.m. and 4


Manitoba farmers haven’t given up on their 2019 crops yet, but a wet September saw harvest grind to a halt last week, including in this canola field near Altamont.

MASC says Manitoba farmers not giving up on harvest yet

Wet weather in September delayed Manitoba’s harvest, but there’s still time

Manitoba farmers aren’t giving up on the 2019 crop yet despite an especially wet September which, for the second consecutive year, has delayed harvest. “We’ve had very few calls from producers who have concluded their crop is in a spot where they can’t harvest it, or it’s not going to be worth harvesting,” David Van

Young people are killed disproportionately in farm accidents, as well as people over 65 years of age.

Delivering emergency services in rural Manitoba a risky business for responders

Farm safety presentation entitled "Trauma, Country Style" designed to ‘scare the crap’ out of paramedics

[UPDATED: Oct. 8, 2019] Tim Hillier got up on stage in front of a conference of paramedics and bluntly told them, “My objective is to scare the crap out of you. “These are very, very dangerous scenes. They’re dangerous for the patients… but they’re dangerous for you as responders as well,” Hillier said. “I don’t


Manitoba Beef Producers president Tom Teichroeb addressed worries on Agricultural Crown Land changes, and what MBP will do about them, during a packed lease holders' meeting in Ste. Rose du Lac Oct. 2, 2019.

Crown Land changes outrage Manitoba ranchers

Tension was high in the Ste. Rose du Lac community hall Oct. 2 during a last-minute meeting of forage and grazing Crown Land leaseholders

Ranchers in the Parkland and Interlake say they are worried that changes to the province’s Agricultural Crown Lands regulations will cost them their farms. It was standing room only at the community hall in Ste. Rose du Lac Oct. 2 as over 350 leaseholders came to express their outrage over incoming regulations. The new regulations,

Dr. Martin Entz.

Entz honoured by Organic Trade Association

Plant scientist recognized for contributions to organic agriculture

Dr. Martin Entz, Professor in the Department of Plant Science, was honoured by the Canada Organic Trade Association with the Leadership in Organic Science Award during the 10th anniversary Organic Week Celebration in Toronto on Sept. 11, 2019. The Organic Science Award is awarded to an individual who has demonstrated a significant impact through their research