Manitoba’s lack of higher-rated RTAC roads creates irritating highway detours and weight restrictions for farmers, University of Manitoba students told KAP.
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Students push for Manitoba road upgrades
Gaps in Manitoba’s RTAC heavy-haul highway network were highlighted in a recent resolution to Keystone Agriculutural Producers
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Closing Market Update: Canola higher, U.S. markets mixed | Feb. 10, 2026
Canola is higher on Tuesday afternoon on support from Chicago soy. The U.S. markets see gains in soy, while corn is steady and wheat is mixed. Here’s your February 10 afternoon grain and oilseed market update.
Income Tax Act changes could help extended family members inherit farms
Consultants say that changing the Income Tax Act could help reduce a decline in family farms
Consultants say that changing the Income Tax Act could help transfer more farms to family who are not immediate children of the owners.
Farm trade policy pundits lay CUSMA odds
What’s the future of Canada’s free trade agreement with the U.S. and Mexico? Policy experts try to read the stars on the issue
What’s the future of Canada’s free trade agreement with the U.S. and Mexico? Policy experts try to read the stars on the issue
A bright side to AAFC farm research cuts?
Cuts to federal agriculture research and departments could mean leaner, more effective operations, former government official argues
Policy wonks say trimming 15 per cent from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s budget may not be a bad thing.
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Closing Market Update: Canola higher, U.S. mostly lower | Feb. 9, 2026
Canola is higher on Monday afternoon, mostly on spillover from Chicago soyoil. The U.S. markets close mostly lower, ahead of tomorrow supply and demand estimates. Here’s your February 9 afternoon grain and oilseed market update.
Vine crusher can smash weed seeds while squashing potato pests
AAFC’s field testing shows the crusher works on weed seeds under real-world potato harvest conditions
Research in P.E.I. shows the potato vine crusher, meant to crush insect pests clinging to vines at harvest, can also help reduce the viable weed seed banks in potato fields.
Spoken questions are what make it an interview
Recently, I was exchanging emails with the media email account at a government agency, hoping to reach a source for a feature story about how agriculture lobbyists can frame the sector’s needs when meeting with politicians and bureaucrats and be heard. That interview fell through for a reason I’ve become all too familiar with as
VIDEO: Manitoba’s cabbage seedpod weevil explosion
Crop pest could pose a problem for Manitoba canola growers in 2026 if last year’s population jump wasn’t a fluke
Crop pest could pose a big problem for Manitoba canola growers in 2026 if last year’s population jump wasn’t a fluke.
Winterkill threat minimal for Northern Hemisphere crops
The recent cold snap in North America has raised the possibility of winterkill damage in the U.S. Hard Red Winter and Soft Red Winter growing regions.
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