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Prairie forecast: Melting in the west, milder in the east

Forecast issued Dec. 4, covering Dec. 4 to 11, 2024

Things are looking not too bad for those who want to see snow or deep freeze temperatures. As we start this forecast period, a strong area of Arctic high pressure is dropping southeastwards over the eastern Prairies behind the strong area of low pressure that zipped through on Tuesday. Over the western Prairies, the weather models show a strong ridge of high pressure building over B.C. which is expected to transition eastwards.



A soybean-flax intercrop trial is tested out at the Westman Agricultural Diversification Organization near Melita.

Commodity groups back diversification centres

The Manitoba Crop Alliance and Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers have announced funds for Manitoba's four diversification centres

The Manitoba Crop Alliance and Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers have announced funds for Manitoba’s four diversification centres.

Find your agriculture news during the mail strike

Find your agriculture news during the mail strike

Glacier FarmMedia making digital editions readily available to readers

With the arrival of a national mail strike, the Manitoba Co-operator wants to ensure that our readers continue to have access to the information they want and need. “We are doing everything we can to make sure Canadian farmers can continue to access their agricultural news and production information during the mail service disruption,” said Laura

Farm women face old challenges

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.




Abbotsford-Mission MLA Pam Alexis speaks on B.C. Agriculture Day in the provincial legislature on Oct. 25, 2022. (Legislative Assembly Of B.C. video screengrab via Facebook)

B.C.’s ag minister downed in fraught election

Governing party to be confirmed next week as votes recounted

Pam Alexis, the minister of agriculture and food for David Eby's New Democrats since late 2022, was defeated in her constituency of Abbotsford-Mission in Saturday night's election by Conservative challenger Reann Gasper, by a spread of almost 2,700 votes.