Canada’s federal government trumpets fiscal responsibility; their silence on a day of massive Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada cuts was baffling at best.
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Government silence loud on AAFC cuts
Fiscal responsibility should mean owning the responsibility for fiscal decisions
Pragmatism prevails for farmers in Canada-China trade talks
Canola tariff reductions and a more even-keeled trade tone with China a positive for Canadian farmers, despite risk of irritating a volatile U.S.
Canada’s trade concessions from China is a good news story for Canadian farmers, even if the U.S. Trump administration may not like it.
Bug farming has a scaling problem
Insect farms hoped to tap into protein markets, particularly for animal feed, but around the world companies have hit financial difficulties in 2025
Why hasn’t bug farming scaled despite huge investment and subsidies? A look at the technical, cost and market realities behind its struggle.
The poetic epic of Manitoba farming 2025
Former Manitoba Co-operator editor John Morriss returns for his yearly poetic sum up of the farming year and look ahead into 2026
Former Manitoba Co-operator editor John Morriss returns for his yearly poetic sum up of the farming year and look ahead into 2026.
Roundup retraction makes public trust ripples
Bayer has already hinted they might ditch Roundup production, given lawsuits against the key agricultural herbicide
A foundational study on glyphosate safety was recently retracted, while Roundup maker Bayer has already said it may ditch the key agricultural herbicide after lawsuits piled up.
Introducing the purple tomato
Recently approved, genetically altered purple tomato promises an antioxidant boost to Canadian diets, and maybe a resurrection of fun-coloured food?
Health Canada has approved bioengineered The Purple Tomato (TM), maybe leading to new culinary uses and health benefits?
Calling all Co-operator readers
We want to hear your stories of the Manitoba Co-operator: the memories, the articles that stuck out, the farm history you watched play out on our pages
Hey farmers, we want to hear your Manitoba Co-operator stories: the articles that stuck out, the farm history you watched on our pages.
100TH ANNIVERSARY: Where does ‘co-op’ fit in the Manitoba Co-operator after a century of farm reporting?
The Manitoba Co-operator is no longer owned by a co-operative, as it was at the start of its run, but Manitoba’s farm paper still reflects the spirit of co-operation that built this province
The Manitoba Co-operator is no longer owned by a co-operative, as it was at the start of its run, but Manitoba’s farm paper still reflects the spirit of co-operation that built this province
‘Everything is tuberculosis,’ ag funding debates included
Even in this advanced technological age, our tools against tuberculosis in both people and cattle still date back to the dawn of germ theory
Tools available against tuberculosis, in people and cattle alike, still appear to date back to the dawn of germ theory, showing a gap still exists between public interest and commercial profitability when it comes to innovations in human and animal health.
Resolving Chinese tariffs will require balancing act
China’s tariffs are very clearly tied to Canada’s decision to impose our own tariffs on its electric vehicles and steel and aluminium.
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