Former Manitoba Co-operator editor John Morriss returns for his yearly poetic sum up of the farming year and look ahead into 2026.
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The poetic epic of Manitoba farming 2025
Former Manitoba Co-operator editor John Morriss returns for his yearly poetic sum up of the farming year and look ahead into 2026
Regenerative practices meet Indigenous knowledge on the Prairies
The goals of regenerative agriculture have a lot in common with how Indigenous communities historically managed land
What do traditional Indigenous agricultural practices and regenerative agriculture have in common? Quite a lot it turns out.
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
VIDEO: Drone seeding aids cover crop planting
Manitoba cover crop trials this summer tested drone seeding against a traditional drill; with promising biomass results
Manitoba cover crop trials test drone seeding against a traditional drill; the drone-seeded areas stood up on biomass production.
PepsiCo nearly doubles regenerative scope
PepsiCo’s regenerative agriculture program to support 240,000 more acres in Manitoba and Saskatchewan by end of 2025.
Another 240,000 farm acres managed through regenerative agriculture will be supported by PepsiCo across Manitoba and Saskatchewan by the end of 2025.
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
RBC invests $5 million in Prairie sustainable agriculture
The new program, announced in Manitoba, links Prairie farmers, students and researchers with tools and training to promote sustainable agriculture
RBC has launched a farm initiative to support regenerative agriculture, soil health, student training and farm business transition across the Canadian Prairies.
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.
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