New products are a key feature of Ag Days. Last year MacDon was the big winner with its RI Series pull-type disc mower.

New products highlighted at Ag Days

Manufacturers are always bringing new innovations to market

Once again Manitoba Ag Days is expected to be a launch pad for a wide range of new farming technology and products. “All new products are listed in the show guide and on the website at www.agdays.com,” Kristen Phillips, Manitoba Ag Days general manager said. “All qualifying entries are judged and the Best New Product

AHA member and event competitor Gretchen Heberling shows off her Arabian horse, Vinney, as Cynthia Richardson (r), president of the Arabian Horse Association, discusses features of the breed.

‘World’s most popular’ horse breed struts its stuff

The Keystone Centre was filled with more than 700 Arabian horses 
during the Arabian Horse Association’s Canadian National event

The oldest and most popular horse breed in the world descended on Brandon for the Arabian Horse Association’s Canadian National event. Arabian horses go back at least 4,500 years, according to the archeological record, and remain the most popular type of horse on a global basis. “Throughout the world, Arabians are the biggest breed,” said


Researchers at the Brandon Research and Development Centre are conducting a plot trial on various 
forages to determine what is most productive in Manitoba conditions.

Sainfoin’s forage potential tested

Trials at the Brandon Research and Development Centre aim to see how 
the crop will measure up in a second-cut system compared to alfalfa

Does sainfoin have the potential to be a productive second-cut system, comparable to alfalfa? Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) researchers intend to find out. At the Brandon Research and Development Centre they have seeded two varieties of sainfoin, Melrose and AC Mountainview, in both pure stands and mixed with grasses. Mae Elsinger, an AAFC range

Stan Cochrane is the chair of the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba, 
which is restoring the Dominion Exhibition Building.

Reviving a symbol of Canada’s agricultural past

Built in 1912, the Dominion Exhibition Building No. II is being 
refurbished to resume its place as a host for community events

Once a hub of agricultural activity, in recent years Brandon’s Dominion Exhibition Building No. II has been left idle and close to disrepair. Fearing loss of the valued landmark, in 2009 the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba took on the challenge of restoring the building to its former glory. “As both an organization and a community


As soybean acres continue to expand across Western Canada, the concept of creating a local processing plant lingers.

Keeping soybeans at home to be fed

KAP members support a crushing plant, and a study for the MPGA says it’s worthwhile

Many of Manitoba’s hog barns are surrounded by soybean fields, but the soymeal inside them may have come from hundreds of miles away in the U.S. That prompted Keystone Agricultural Producers members at their recent summer advisory meeting here to support the Brandon Chamber of Commerce’s efforts to encourage industry to construct a soybean-processing plant

There's lots to see and do at Manitoba Ag Days, so put on a pair of comfy shoes and come on down.

LIVE BLOG: Manitoba Ag Days

Event begins Tuesday, Jan. 19 and ends on Thursday, Jan. 21

The city of Brandon rolls out the welcome mat for producers and the public for this year’s Manitoba Ag Days, running Tuesday, Jan. 19 to Thursday, Jan. 21. Visit the Ag Days 2016 live blog page here! For three days, a wide variety of speakers and some of the latest in agricultural equipment and technology will


Manitoba Ag Days Adventure 2016

The theme for this year’s student 
program is ‘Think Local, Act Global’

Manitoba Ag Days Adventure will once again have curious students milling about the agricultural trade show with questions and comments for participants and exhibitors. “Manitoba Ag Days is proud to be a part of educating our youth and we love having the “Ag Days Adventure” as part of our show,” says Ag Days general manager

What was once called the Weed Fair and split between Winnipeg and Brandon has now become Canada’s largest indoor ag show in Brandon.

Ag Days kicks off the agricultural new year

Construction at the Keystone Centre is finally complete, 
and new space has been added for Manitoba’s biggest ag show

Kristen Phillips is straightforward when it comes to what attendees can expect at 2016 Manitoba Ag Days. “We are 100 per cent pure farm,” says Phillips, Manitoba Ag Days general manager. “We have a very diverse selection of exhibitors who know they have a targeted market of approximately 45,000 attendees that come through our doors



Task force examining rural vet services

Task force examining rural vet services

The Rural Veterinary Task Force will be holding three public consultations 
in Dauphin, Brandon and Stonewall beginning on October 20

Manitobans will soon have the chance to weigh in on how the provincial network of veterinary services is performing as the Rural Veterinary Task Force (RVTF) launches its public consultations later this month. “These meetings are certainly open to anyone. We are hoping to hear from livestock producers, large farms, small farms as well as