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Manitoba Ag Days organizers say the opportunity to network is one of the biggest benefits of the show for farmers.

Ag Days to shine spotlight on Prairies

Food, ingredients, equipment, livestock, grain and technology just a few areas in which the region excels, say show organizers

By Gord Leathers January 5, 2024

Manitoba Ag Days is celebrating the Prairies, and specifically the products produced here, during the 2024 event slated for Brandon’s Keystone Centre Jan. 16-18. The 47th edition of the event that began as a one-day weed fair will showcase the products and technology that result from the ingenuity and industry of the agriculture sector and

Chair Andy Cardy stands with the winning pork carcass sides at a competition held during the recent Brandon Hog and Livestock Show.

Hogs, News

Carcass competition spices up Hog and Livestock Show

Slumping prices have created trying times in the industry, but producer interest was high at trade show

By Ed White January 2, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia – Anyone who wanted to meet a young, competitive and chatty hog producer last week just had to hang around outside the glass-fronted hog cooler at the recent Brandon Hog and Livestock Show. Throughout the event, groups of young men, mostly Hutterites, approached the glass and appraised the top five carcasses on display.

New Holland’s new CR11 combine showcases a significant boost in processing capacity but with the same weight and width as previous models.

Equipment, News

New Holland combine boosts productivity, maintains size, weight

The new design changes how drive lines work

By John Greig November 28, 2023

Glacier FarmMedia – New Holland’s new CR11 combine moves more bushels than any previous New Holland combine, but takes up the same space on the road thanks to award-winning engineering. The CR11 Increases productivity for the New Holland line, as it has 775 HP, two 24-inch rotors, a grain tank capacity of 20,000 litres and

New Holland’s new CR11 combine showcases a significant boost in processing capacity, but with the same weight and width as previous models. Photo: John Greig

Agritechnica Day 1: Combine launches, giant power units

By GFM Network News November 14, 2023

Agritechnica, the world’s largest farm machinery show is nothing like farm shows we see in North America. The equipment shines to a finer gleam, extreme care is paid to lighting – so much blue at New Holland, red at Case IH, green at John Deere and orange at Kubota. The show is huge – 27

Tracy Wessing trims one of the sheep on display during the commercial shows at Ag Ex 2023.

News

Sheep in the spotlight at this year’s Ag Ex

It was the second year sheep had a major footing at Brandon’s Ag Ex

By Alexis Stockford November 9, 2023

The packed barns and hum of activity were par for the course as hundreds of cattle, some from hundreds of kilometres away, squeezed into Brandon’s Keystone Centre Oct. 25-28. Ag Ex, the third and final fair hosted annually by the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba, has always drawn the cattle crowds. It has typically featured at

Youngsters get their turn in the ring at the 2023 MSA show and sale.

Livestock

Manitoba sheep producers flock to Minnedosa

Manitoba Sheep Association show and sale had something for the whole family

By Don Norman September 6, 2023

Attending sheep shows is among the things that Manitoba Sheep Association vice-president Ingrid Stahlman credits on her journey to become a better farmer. “I absolutely love it,” she said. “I have learned a lot by attending, showing and networking with others.” Stahlman was one of many volunteers that helped put on the MSA’s annual show and

Greg Sparrow of Vintage Iron Cycle. (Western Producer photo by Ed White)

Other

At Ag in Motion: ‘Small iron’ revolution brings bikes to farms

By Ed White, GFM Network News July 21, 2023

There’s a “small iron revolution” happening on farms across Canada. Even though most farmers and people in agriculture probably see “fat bikes” and “e-bikes” as urban phenomena, these new versions of bicycles are leaping into the farmyards and farm fields in hundreds of places. “I have some farm friends who have e-bikes (or) big fat

Single-day attendance at Ag in Motion set a show record on July 19, 2023. (Western Producer photo by Alex McCuaig)

Weather

At Ag in Motion: Wednesday sets single-day attendance record

'I think the feeling here is optimistic'

By GFM Network News July 21, 2023

The anticipated big crowd for the second day of Ag in Motion came through in a hefty way with a new one-day record being set. Show manager Rob O’Connor said 13,084 attendees came to the Langham, Sask. event on Day 2, breaking the record set in 2019 and coming on top of 9,800 people filing

At Ag in Motion: 4-H’ers get bigger-picture view of ag industry

Saskatchewan teens have fun at leading ag show

By GFM Network News, Jeff Melchior July 20, 2023

Whether they were there to learn about leadership, careers in agriculture or just hang out with friends, some happy young people from Saskatchewan 4-H came out in force to Ag in Motion on Wednesday. Shelby Longworth, the provincial programs manager for 4-H Saskatchewan, said the group of older teens wanted to attend for a diverse

At Ag in Motion: More to see per acre in 2023

Pandemic recovery continues for major farm show

By GFM Network News July 18, 2023

The biggest outdoor farm show in Western Canada is getting bigger as Ag in Motion opens its eighth year will the largest number of exhibitors in its history with 572 making their way to the showcase just outside of Saskatoon. “It is the highest amount of exhibitors we’ve ever had,” show director Rob O’Connor said

Feed Grain Weekly: Prices in a slow decline

Fifty-six per cent chance of more stable, ENSO neutral weather conditions in late summer and fall U.S. forecasters say

Europe’s illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs

Daily Network News

Feed Grain Weekly: Prices in a slow decline

Fifty-six per cent chance of more stable, ENSO neutral weather conditions in late summer and fall U.S. forecasters say

Europe’s illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs

Tag Archives farm shows — page 2

Ag Days to shine spotlight on Prairies

Carcass competition spices up Hog and Livestock Show

New Holland combine boosts productivity, maintains size, weight

Agritechnica Day 1: Combine launches, giant power units

Sheep in the spotlight at this year’s Ag Ex

Manitoba sheep producers flock to Minnedosa

At Ag in Motion: ‘Small iron’ revolution brings bikes to farms

At Ag in Motion: Wednesday sets single-day attendance record

At Ag in Motion: 4-H’ers get bigger-picture view of ag industry

At Ag in Motion: More to see per acre in 2023

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