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A recent Farm Credit Canada report says land purchases by next-generation producers from producers exiting the industry accounted for many transactions.
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A closer look at Manitoba farmland values

Eastman region saw the highest percentage increase at 8.2 per cent

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Manitoba’s modest four per cent increase in farmland values in 2019 coincided with a mixed year for farmers. Cereal and canola yields were generally average, with lower yields for soybeans, corn and sunflowers, the Farm Credit Canada (FCC) report says. A lot of potatoes didn’t get harvested due to wet weather, some crops went unharvested, while hay, pasture and feed corn were hurt during
KAP calls for PPE donations
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KAP calls for PPE donations

COVID-19: Farmers can help with this fight by donating equipment like N95 masks

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KAP is encouraging all producers with personal protective equipment that is not required for spring work to donate to the Manitoba health system. As Manitoba’s health system continues with preparations to ensure our province is prepared to meet the needs of our patients and to ensure appropriate protection from COVID-19 is available to health-care workers,
Farmery owners Lawrence (left) and Chris Warwaruk display hand sanitizer, made in their brewery in Neepawa.
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Brewer, distiller find ‘insane’ demand after pivot to hand sanitizer

Two small Manitoba craft beverage operations are swamped with orders for alcohol-based sanitizer

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It was supposed to be a cool way to help out. Now it’s all they can do to keep up. “It’s been insane,” said Lindsay Gillanders, spokesperson for Capital K Distillery. “We thought we’d produce a little bit of it,” Gillanders said. “We had no idea that the shortage of hand sanitizer was so severe.”
Grain trains have been running fast and furious as CN Rail has made up for lost time.
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CN ships record grain volume in March

The rail backlog from landslides, strike and blockades has been made up despite all odds

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CN Rail is on a roll. The company shipped a record 2.65 million tonnes of grain in March, surpassing the previous 2017 record of 2.47 million tonnes by seven per cent. It’s due to a combination of increased capacity through capital investments, good weather and reduced oil and potash traffic, although lumber and container traffic
Customers wait in line to get into the St. Norbert Farmers’ Market on March 21, part of safety measures the market enacted.
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Farmers’ market moves online amid demand for local food, adjusting to COVID-19

Organizers seek to balance safety while helping small producers sell product

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Shoppers at St. Norbert Farmers’ market can now opt to buy online and pick up instead of browsing in person. The move comes as part of efforts to maintain public health regulations while making local food available during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a market for food and household goods, it will remain open despite recent
Brian (left) and Andy Sterling say the native prairie restoration along the Jackson Creek was a longtime family dream.
Farmit Manitoba, News

Native prairie restoration becomes a family dream brought to life

Tilston-area farmers partner with watershed district to boost habitat and productivity

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Elgar Sterling always wondered what a portion of his farm, along the Jackson Creek, must have looked like before it met the plow. The late Tilston-area farmer often wondered aloud about that prospect, son Brian Sterling recollects. “My dad would often say, “I wonder what this land looked like when it was raw prairie?” said
Every year, Canada requires around 60,000 international workers for the agricultural sector.
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Time running short to bring in international workers

Farms and organizations are putting together safety plans to meet federal guidelines, but most are still waiting on workers

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Nearly two weeks after securing permission for temporary foreign workers to enter the country, agriculture groups were still hammering out the details of how they’d get here. “We’re trying to make sure that everyone is as safe as possible,” said Beth Connery, labour chair of the Canadian Horticultural Council. On March 16, Prime Minister Justin
Trout fingerlings for sale in Manitoba
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Trout fingerlings for sale in Manitoba

Manitobans haven’t had a domestic supply for fingerlings for a few years

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Landowners looking to stock their ponds and dugouts with rainbow trout will now be able to purchase them in Manitoba. Watersong Farms, near Warren, recently was licensed to import trout fingerlings to sell to the public, said owner Rudy Reimer. Watersong Farms is an intensive aquaculture operation raising and selling steelhead trout (which are essentially
Watershed districts optimistic about provincial funding
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Watershed districts optimistic about provincial funding

The four per cent increase in funds may mean waiting municipalities can join the watershed district program

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A funding increase should give Manitoba’s watershed districts some room to expand after previously maxing out provincial funds. “It’s a signal that the Manitoba government believes in the value of our work and wants to work with us to fill the blank spots on our map,” said Ray Frey, chair of the Manitoba Association of Watersheds
A local nursery association is arguing that garden markets should be considered “essential” too as their services offer food to the public as well.
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COVID-19 prunes garden centre operations

For now Manitoba’s garden centres are closed to the public when normally their business would be ramping up

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Manitoba’s nearly 100 garden centres are closed to the public to slow the spread of COVID-19, leaving people wondering how they’re going to get tomatoes and other transplantable vegetables, flowers, trees and shrubs this spring. There likely will be ways, but as of press time, garden centres weren’t an option unless customers ordered online or

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