Thinks to know before you go to Manitoba Ag Days 2025 in Brandon on January 21, 22 and 23.
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Manitoba Ag Days 2025: Nine things to know before you go
Make your show more enjoyable by planning ahead
VIDEO: Sprayer loading invention wins farm safety award
At Manitoba Ag Days earlier this year, Setter Manufacturing took first prize in the Farm Safety category for its Sprayer Companion invention. “The Spray Companion is probably the safest loading device in the industry for loading on high-clearance sprayers or any sprayers that you might have on the farm,” says Greg Setter, president of Setter
Why soil salinity is not a salt problem
If you have issues with soil salinity in your field you have a problem with water, not salt. That may be a challenge to wrap your head around at first as people naturally think of salt when they hear the word ‘salinity.’ But when the subject is soil salinity, Marla Riekman, soil management specialist with
VIDEO: Peer-group benchmarking model takes win
Decision-making in farming can quickly lead growers in any number of different directions, but what if you could see the agronomic practices of other growers in the Red River Valley to help guide your path? This is where Antara Agronomy of St. Jean Baptiste may be of help. It offers a peer-group learning model that
Young cattle producers needed
Youth programs help attract young people to the cattle breeding sector
Glacier FarmMedia – It wasn’t hard to find young cattle folk in the barns at Manitoba Ag Days. “They always say (average age) is getting older, but not in livestock, especially not in this kind of seedstock industry,” said Austen Anderson, as he braced himself against one of his Angus bulls. “It’s a young (person’s)
Microdrones can give farmers a foothold in aerial tech
Microdrones can help scout crops or track livestock and, with today’s advancements, have a farmer-friendly price tag
Any farmer can get into the drone game, according to Matthew Johnson, vice-president at Volatus Aerospace. And with the current price of a minidrone, with its functionality and ease of use, he says it’s kind of crazy not to. “I’ve been saying it for a long time. Since (the) mini came out, I think every
VIDEO: Mini combine an outsized innovation
Inventors are not often the types of people that rest on their laurels for long, so it’s not surprising that Gerry Devloo, inventor of the Canola Crusher, has a new invention that’s attracting attention. Coined the ‘Miniature Combine,’ this battery powered device makes it easier for growers to gauge the moisture content of their crop
VIDEO: Livestock traceability innovation takes top prize
CleanTrace is a low-cost livestock tag that could be a replacement for common RFID tags. Its patented heat release technology allows it to be reused and are a ‘low-cost, low-burden’ option for producers. Coupled with a process that laser prints a marking onto the carcass, CleanTrace’s award-winning innovation showcased at Manitoba Ag Days earlier in
Editor’s Take: In praise of boredom
It would be fair to describe the tone of farmers at this year’s Ag Days as ‘cautiously optimistic.’ Crop prices are down — but not out. And input prices are a mixed bag, according to analysts speaking at the event. They’re expecting urea prices to stay strong over the winter and into spring, but ammonia
U.S. greatest geopolitical risk: Frum
Author and political analyst says U.S. absence harms global prospects
Canadian farmers have front-row seats to the world’s biggest geopolitical risk, according to David Frum. “I think the thing that worries me the most is the threat that lies within the United States,” Frum, a journalist, former White House speechwriter, and conservative intellectual, told farmers at Manitoba Ag Days earlier this month. “If Americans make
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