four silver grain silos in field under bright blue sky

Grain marketing for hard economic times

Manitoba farms face tight profit opportunities this year; what strategies can farmers use to sell their 2025 crop to best financial effect?

Strong harvests in Western Canada clash with low grain prices, trade war-driven market uncertainty and high input costs. What strategies can farmers use to sell their 2025 crop?





"Three sisters" cropping, the traditional intercrop mix of corn, squash and beans, is highlighted during the Indigenous Farm and Food Festival in Batoche, Sask. in late September 2025.

When ag science meets ag culture

Reporter’s Notebook: With traditional agricultural practices of Indigenous peoples gaining scientific backing, a mindset shift may become more possible

Long overdue it may be, but the wider farming and ag science communities are now earnestly revisiting “ancient” techniques, rooted in the principle of maintaining natural balance, for use in contemporary gardening, cropping and livestock husbandry, Janelle Rudolph writes.