Left to right: Michael Nadler, CEO of Ducks Unlimited Canada; Dr. Gordon Goldsborough, Manitoba Historical Society; Hon. Tracy Schmidt, Minister of Environment and Climate Change; Roger D’Eschambault, President of Ducks Unlimited Canada.

March 17 declared Ducks Unlimited Canada Day in Manitoba

Celebrating 85 years of wetland conservation

March 17 is officially Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) Day in Manitoba. The official designation is intended to honour the conservation organization’s long history of restoring and managing wetlands and grasslands and protecting waterfowl and other wildlife in the province. “On behalf of the Manitoba government, I would like to congratulate everyone at Ducks Unlimited Canada

The Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 3, 2018.
 Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

ADM accounting probe escalates in U.S.

FBI agents deliver grand jury subpoenas, sources say

FBI agents delivered grand jury subpoenas to current and former employees of grain trader Archer-Daniels-Midland during the first full week of March, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The subpoenas were signed by officials at the U.S. attorney’s Manhattan office and delivered to recipients’ homes in the region of Decatur, Illinois, where



Future growth in agriculture will require investment

Canadian ag at forefront of growth: FCC president

Glacier FarmMedia – Farm Credit Canada’s president is bullish about the future of Canadian farming. “Consumers around the world are counting on us to increase sustainable food production and, to do so, we will need to take on new risks, new beginnings and form new partnerships,” said Justine Hendricks at Canada’s Agriculture Day in Ottawa



Flooding along the Rat River near La Rochelle in southeastern Manitoba in 2020.

Manitoba expected to dodge spring floods

No serious threat of major flooding in Manitoba, province says

Manitoba’s latest flood outlook isn’t flagging major flood issues on the horizon. The February forecast published by the Hydrologic Forecast Centre March 1 put the risk of spring flooding at low to moderate through the province. Fall soil moisture levels sat at normal to below-normal soil moisture at freeze up, the centre noted. That has



Port of Manila.

Canada opens agriculture office in Indo-Pacific

Office a ‘milestone’ opportunity that will open trade doors, say farm groups

Canada has its first Indo-Pacific agriculture office, and the Canadian ag sector is pretty happy about the news. An Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada release Feb. 21 marked the opening of the office in Manila, Phillipines, and included words of support from commodity groups spanning Canada’s cattle, pork, canola, pulses and cereals sectors, among others. “The Indo-Pacific provides a


Wild foxtail barley on the edge of a canola field.

Garden seeds lead to problem weeds

Problem weeds may be lurking in that garden catalogue

Manitoba rancher Herman Bouw was casually perusing a gardening seed catalogue when a particular ornamental grass item caught his eye. The plant was listed as “squirrel tail grass,” but Bouw thought it looked awfully similar to a species with a more cursed name on the Prairies. A comparison of scientific names confirmed his suspicion. The catalogue was