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.
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Grazing cattle in a drought year
Manitoba beef farmer keeps his grazing plan adaptable to weather another drought year in the Interlake
Manitoba’s trout fishing jewels
Want trout fishing in Manitoba? Look to the west: stocked and aerated lakes in the Parkland boast a first-class experience for anglers
Want a trout fishing spot in Manitoba? Stocked and aerated lakes in the Parkland boast a first-class experience for anglers
Drought, farms and The Beaver Manifesto
Beavers have a water management role — especially during drought — book argues, despite the rodents being less than popular with farmers
Beavers have a water management role — especially during drought — book argues, despite the rodents being less than popular with farmers
It’s Your Business: China hammers down on Canadian canola
Tarriffs will make Canadian canola unaffordable for Chinese importers
China’s new anti-dumping duty on Canadian canola imports did shock prices, but the damage to canola values at the farm gate may not be as bad as previously feared.
Basket rakes pitched for top-quality windrows
Forage growers see more rotary rakes in the marketplace, but basket rakes still have their fans
Boxy, clean windrows help make better hay bales for livestock farms and forage growers, and a basket rake excels in those areas, Bart Elder of Vermeer says.
Warmer and wetter future for Prairie farms
Higher humidity and intense rainfall events are all but inevitable as the planet warms
Warming oceans and warming air translate to more humidity. For Manitoba farmers, greater availability of water vapour will make it more likely for precipitation events to tend to the extreme.
Simplified BSE testing shows good uptake
Canada changed its BSE surveillance after lower global incidence of ‘mad cow disease’ led to international standards shift
The number of samples Canada’s cattle producers have submitted to the BSE surveillance program, since it was updated earlier this year to new international standards, should offer a level of assurance to Canada’s beef export customers.
New Morris 1440 Air Cart Flexes Big Capacity
At the Ag in Motion farm show in July, Morris debuted its largest air cart yet, the 1440. The new air cart has a 1440 bushel capacity and introduces a few new features for the Morris 10 Series carts, such as a dual-caliper braking system.
AGI “smart” grain auger offers remote operation
Grain handling equipment manufacturer AGI unveiled a prototype “Smart Auger” at the Ag in Motion. The auger uses a battery pack with a four-hour run time to operate and incorporates a number of new features to provide management data on its use.
Horsch rolls out new Avatar 66-10 TD disc drill
Horsch Product Manager Jeremy Hughes points out the key features of the brand’s new Avatar 66-10 TD combination single-disc drill and air cart seeder at the Ag in Motion 2025 show in July.
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
