Breen Neeser talks to Nigel Buffone at Ag in Motion

Farmers Business Network to open Manitoba facility

A new agricultural chemical distribution centre in Brandon will be one of two that Farmers Business Network plans to build on the Prairies

A new agricultural chemical distribution centre in Brandon will be one of two that Farmers Business Network plans to build on the Prairies.




Grain pools in a farmer's hands.
Photo: Tetiana Strilchuk/istock/getty images

New rules for organic farming on the table

Canada’s organic farmers have until July 29 to comment on new organic standards that would open the door to products like municipally derived struvite fertilizer, but would also crack down on lapses in organic management

Canada’s organic farmers have until July 29 to comment on new standards that would allow permit more products, but also crack down on organic management lapses.



McGill University researcher Anjaly Paul says that converting farm waste into biogas and organic fertilizer through anaerobic digestion could provide farmers with additional income and support Canada’s net-zero emissions goals.

Biogas pitched to turn farm waste into renewable energy

Anaerobic digestion can convert manure and other agricultural waste into renewable energy as well as fertilizer, but Manitoba farmers don’t have the best history with the technology

Anaerobic digestion can convert manure and other agricultural waste into renewable energy as well as fertilizer, but Manitoba farmers don’t have the best history with the technology


Maps showing sectional control and overlap in a barley field.

Section control helps weed out double-up input costs

Farm equipment with section control technology helps Canadian farmers dodge the extra cost of overlapping seed or fertilizer application

Farm equipment with section control technology helps Canadian farmers dodge the extra cost of overlapping seed or fertilizer application. It’s one example of how precision farm technology can benefit agriculture.

Bourgault test drives deep-banded phosphorus

Bourgault test drives deep-banded phosphorus

At its test sites, the manufacturer is setting P deep down in soil to see if plants can access it throughout the season

At its home base in northeastern Saskatchewan, cultivator maker Bourgault is attempting to maximize yield by deep-banded phosphorus into typically untouched dirt.