Cuba said on Wednesday it had leased farmland to a Vietnamese company to grow rice, a first since the 1959 revolution which kicked all foreign landowners out.
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In first, Cuba leases farmland to foreign firm
Food and beverage sector sees softening demand for workers
Job vacancies in food and beverage manufacturing fell to 2019 levels this year, but softening demand for workers isn’t necessarily a positive sign says Farm Credit Canada.
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION: Did someone steal my land?
A Mennonite’s journey to square history, reconciliation and cultural snobbery
This story has been reposted in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30. For more stories of Indigenous farming, food sovereignty, challenges and triumphs in the ongoing work of reconciliation, see our Truth and Reconciliation landing page. Whose land was this? As truth and reconciliation have come to the fore of public
Prairie forecast: Summer weather not over yet
It looks like summer is not over yet. After a week of fairly unstable weather across much of the Prairies, it looks like we're moving into a period of stable warm weather to start September.
VIDEO: Weekend windstorm lifts soil airborne, damages grain elevator
Manitoba got another dose of wild weather June 15-16. Worries about sandblasting joined earlier hail damage over the Father’s Day weekend. A powerful wind storm blew into western Manitoba overnight June 15, followed by strong winds that whipped soil airborne. In Sinclair, 14 km west of Reston, high winds damaged a local elevator. Western Manitoba
Canada forecasts hotter-than-average summer as peak wildfire season nears
Reuters – Canada is expecting a hotter-than-usual summer with slightly below-average precipitation in central Canada, government officials said on Tuesday, offering little relief from ongoing drought and the risk of another bad wildfire season. Last year, Canada experienced its worst-ever fire season, with more than 6,600 blazes burning 15 million hectares, an area roughly seven
The north is calling: all about the common loon
Loons are an icon of Manitoba’s wild shorelines
Most Canadians recognized a loon call, but how much do you know about the common loon?
Alberta to be warmer, drier than Manitoba, Saskatchewan ‘a mixed bag’
“We are starting to see hints of warmer weather arriving in Alberta,” the chief scientist for Weatherlogics stated, noting that Manitoba and Saskatchewan are to get temperatures that are normal to below normal.
Smoke and weather a complex topic
It can either limit or enhance rainfall, depending on climatic conditions
When I started my yearly review of severe summer weather, we had smoke from forest fires across the Prairies. Then some annoying upper lows affected our weather, bringing cool and wet conditions, so I wrote about that. Now that is time to write about forest fire smoke, it is no longer an issue, hopefully for
Peer into the past with a museum tour
The Shoal Lake-Strathclair area is ideal for a history-focused day trip
If you are interested in exploring some of Manitoba’s museums, plan a trip to the Shoal Lake-Strathclair area. There are at least three in this area well worth a visit. The largest is the Prairie Mountain Regional Museum along Highway 16, about five kilometres east of Shoal Lake. Construction at the site began after 1997,
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