Mike Duguid was installed in the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association’s Wall of Fame at the organization’s 2025 regenerative agriculture conference in Brandon Nov. 12. Photo: Miranda Leybourne

Duguid named to MFGA Wall of Fame

Outgoing chair Mike Duguid earned a 2025 nomination to the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association Wall of Fame

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






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Farmers left waiting on rural crime

RCMP say they’re working to curb rural crime on the Prairies, but response time realities and continued reports of incidents remain a frustration, and the building tension might lead to dangerous escalation

RCMP say they’re working to curb rural crime on the Prairies, but response time realities and continued reports of incidents remain a frustration for farmers and other residents.

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An RCMP logo is seen on a marked Royal Canadian Mounted Police vehicle in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on April 30, 2025. Photo Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Reuters

Man shot in hunting incident

Three teens face charges after a 66-year-old man was shot in the arm outside of his home in the RM of Victoria

Three teens face charges after a 66-year-old man was shot in the arm outside of his home in the RM of Victoria


U.S. grains: soybeans firm ahead of USDA data

U.S. grains: soybeans firm ahead of USDA data

Chicago soybeans ticked up slightly on Wednesday as traders adjusted positions ahead of the release of official U.S. data on global supply and demand on Friday, the first update in weeks, but prices were capped by a lack of large Chinese purchases.




Clayton Robins (centre) shows off the soil health gains he's made through changing his on-farm practices during a 2019 field tour on his western Manitoba farm.

Nuffield journey shapes Manitoba farm, years later

Clayton Robins travelled across the world on a Nuffield scholarship over a decade ago; it profoundly impacted how he now farms in western Manitoba

Clayton Robins travelled across the world on a Nuffield scholarship over a decade ago; it profoundly impacted how he now farms in western Manitoba