Stories out of rural Manitoba: A fear of frogs comes head-to-head with a bucket full of the amphibians.
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Who let the frogs out?
A fear of frogs comes head-to-head with a bucket full of the amphibians
Farm safety requires grassroots, cultural shift
Farm safety means deliberately changing how we as members of the agricultural community think and behave, even when it’s inconvenient
Better safety on Canadian farms means deliberately choosing the safer way of doing this, even when it flies in the face of what we’ve always done.
Canada losing farmland to development as rental costs squeeze farmers
Canada’s dwindling farmland base and rising rental costs threaten the country’s agricultural sustainability, researchers warn
Urban development is eating up a worrying amount of Canada’s farmland base, rising rental costs threaten the country’s agricultural sustainability, researchers warn
Friends of the Bluebirds to mark 50 years
Conservation group Friends of the Bluebirds has been putting out nesting boxes and performing bird counts for the last half-century in western Manitoba
Conservation group Friends of the Bluebirds has been putting out nesting boxes and performing bird counts for the last half-century in western Manitoba.
Which is Manitoba’s real Halfway Tree?
The drive between Brandon and Winnipeg in Manitoba has long been broken up with the sight of the Halfway Tree, but there’s not just one tree vying for the title
The drive between Brandon and Winnipeg has long been broken up with the sight of the Halfway Tree, but there’s not just one tree vying for the title in Manitoba.
School bus collides with tractor in rural Manitoba
Eight children taken to hospital with minor injuries after collision near St. Claude
The school bus was carrying students when it collided with a tractor near St. Claude, Man., in the morning of May 13.
Sandwiches and wraps keep farmers fuelled during seeding
Canadian farmers work long hours during seeding; these sandwich and wrap ideas are easy field meals that work as hard as they do
Canadian farmers work long hours during seeding; these sandwich and wrap ideas are easy field meals that work as hard as they do.
How to grow a giant pumpkin
Pumpkin growing champion shares tips at Selkirk seminar for getting the biggest pumpkin possible
Want to grow a giant pumpkin? A two-time winner for the heaviest pumpkin at the Roland Pumpkin Fair has tips to grow your gourds to massive sizes.
Once king of the field: Tales of an antique tractor
Looking back at the legacy of one Aultman Taylor 30-60 tractor in Manitoba
Looking back at the legacy of one antique Aultman Taylor 30-60 tractor in Manitoba.
Farm women face old challenges
There are more female farmers around, but gender bias continues to rear its ugly head, panelists say
Farm women’s contributions are more recongized than past decades, but women still face challenges, exclusion and bias in the agriculture sector, according to Influential Women in Canadian Agriculture Summit panelists.
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
