Wheat harvest in Binscarth, Manitoba on Sept. 25, 2025. Photo: Greg Berg

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.

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Mandatory holiday joy a valid struggle

The festive season may not be that jolly for everyone, farmers included; thoughts on how to prioritize mental health during a not so merry Christmas

Christmas may not be that jolly for everyone. Farm family coach Kalynn Spain suggests those struggling with over-the-top joy during the holidays instead aim for “fulfilled” or “content.”






Bonnie Setter holding her book 'Onion skins and peach fuzz' at a screening of the We Lend a Hand documentary in Strathroy, Ont. Photo: John Greig

REMEMBRANCE DAY 2025: Women who fed a nation

Documentary ‘We Lend a Hand’ chronicles the lives of farmerettes and farm labour during the Second World War

More than 40,000 young Canadian women supported the war effort between the 1940s and early 1950s, helping grow and harvest crops amid labour shortages. They were called Farmerettes.


Young women from across Ontario kept food production going during the war under the farmerette program. Photo: We Lend a Hand.

Women who fed a nation

More than 40,000 young women supported the war effort between the 1940s and early 1950s, helping grow and harvest crops amid labour shortages. They were called Farmerettes.