Cattle prices are good, but trade uncertainty and rising costs add some damper to Manitoba beef farmers’ celebration looking into 2026.
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Manitoba beef weighs farmer futures
Cattle prices are good, but trade uncertainty and rising costs add some damper to the Manitoba beef sector’s celebration
Three paths of regenerative agriculture
From integrating livestock to grassland financial incentives to precision grazing, Canadian farmers are searching for practical paths to marry farm resilience with profit
From integrating livestock to grassland financial incentives to precision grazing, Canadian farmers are searching for practical paths to marry farm resilience with profit
Manitoba farmers offered crop insurance carrot on marginal acres
Farmers planting unproductive crop acres to perennial forage can get a break on forage crop insurance programs under new Forage Advantage pilot program
Farmers planting poor field acres to perennial forage can get a break on forage crop insurance programs under new Forage Advantage pilot program.
Duguid named to MFGA Wall of Fame
Outgoing chair Mike Duguid earned a 2025 nomination to the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association Wall of Fame
Interlake farmer Mike Duguid has become the latest to join the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association’s Wall of Fame. The mixed farmer and long-time board member was named to the honour Nov. 12, during the MFGA’s annual regenerative agriculture conference in Brandon, an event that, as 2025 conference committee chair, he helped bring about. WHY
Nuffield journey shapes Manitoba farm, years later
Clayton Robins travelled across the world on a Nuffield scholarship over a decade ago; it profoundly impacted how he now farms in western Manitoba
Clayton Robins travelled across the world on a Nuffield scholarship over a decade ago; it profoundly impacted how he now farms in western Manitoba
Dormant seeding forages for a leg up on weeds
Dormant seeding can free up time in early 2026 and give hay stands a head start against spring weeds; there are some techniques to give Manitoba farmers an edge
Dormant seeding a hay stand can free up time in early 2026 and give forage a head start against spring weeds; here are some techniques to give Manitoba farmers an edge.
Most of Manitoba harvest wraps up for 2025
Manitoba Agriculture issued its final crop report of 2025, showing the overall provincewide harvest at 97 per cent complete as of Oct. 20. Nearly all major crops have finished combining, with 37 per cent of Manitoba’s sunflowers finished, plus 71 per cent of grain corn and small amounts of soybeans and potatoes left to do.
Manitoba Forage and Grasslands Association wins Water Canada innovation award
Recognition comes for the group’s work on the Aquanty project
The farmer-led Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association has earned the Early Adopter/Innovation Partnership Award from Water Canada for the MFGA’s collaborative Aquanty hydrological modelling project for water management.
Farmer musings of post-harvest Manitoba
Harvest 2025 results, tariffs and the push to prepare for winter and beyond on Manitoba beef and grain farms
A former board member of the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) offers thoughts on harvest 2025 yields, tariffs and the push to prepare for winter and beyond on Manitoba beef and grain farms.
Manitoba extends Crown land rent freeze
Manitoba government links the continued rental rate freeze on grazing and forage leases to economic and environmental challenges facing the farm industry
Manitoba government links the continued rental rate freeze on grazing and forage leases to economic and environmental challenges facing the industry
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