Colin Elgie, fertility specialist, says improving soil fertility can boost farm profitability, increase forage yields, and promote healthier pastures.
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Improved fertility key to boosting pasture productivity, specialist says
Improved pasture health and yields start with investing in the ground beneath your feet
Feed costs on rented pasture now eligible for AgriStability
Pasture-related feed costs are now allowable expenses for AgriStability participants.
VIDEO: Manitoba’s Past Lane – Jan. 31
Slices of past farming life in Manitoba, and over a century of the Manitoba Co-operator
Manitoba, 1946 — Post-war rations for both people and cows: The latest look back at over a century of the Manitoba Co-operator
Grazing ‘sweet spot’ boosts pasture performance
Timing-focused approach to pasture management touted to boost forage growth, livestock gains while also cutting farmer labour and inputs
Timing-focused approach to pasture management touted to boost forage growth, livestock gains while also cutting farmer labour and inputs
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
Cattle prices are good, but trade uncertainty and rising costs add some damper to Manitoba beef farmers’ celebration looking into 2026.
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 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
Saskatchewan harvest advances, but behind five-year pace
Lack of rain spurs progress
Saskatchewan farmers advanced their harvest 11 points during the week ended Sept. 1, bringing it to 23 per cent complete. However, that’s still 17 points behind the five-year average despite dry conditions throughout most of the province.
Grazing cattle in a drought year
Manitoba beef farmer keeps his grazing plan adaptable to weather another drought year in the Interlake
It’s been another drought year in Manitoba’s Interlake in 2025. This beef farmer keeps his grazing plan adaptable to weather dry conditions and keep his farm resilient.
Rain brings relief to parts of Alberta
Some regions improve, other slip back
Major crops throughout Alberta remained relatively steady during the week ended July 22. The provincial agriculture department rated the crops at 65 per cent good to excellent, a dip of one point from the previous week.
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