Videos

When it comes to soil erosion and farm implements, not all tools are created equal. While the effects of tillage erosion on flatlands can be less common, hillier areas can often see erosion compounded. In this video from Crop Diagnostic School this past summer, Marla Riekman with Manitoba Agriculture spoke about the effects of tillage […] Read more

U.S. rules frustrate Canadian organic exporters Organic grain and food exporters are struggling to get their products to the American market. U.S. regulations designed to curb organic fraud require all products to have a National Organic Program import certificate. This wasn’t required for Canadian companies until this July. In the past, many Canadian organic exporters […] Read more

Faster growth for farmland values in first half of 2025 Canadian farmland values rose by an average of six per cent in the first half of 2025 according to a new report from Farm Credit Canada. That’s an acceleration over last year, which saw a 5.5 per cent gain in value in the first six […] Read more

At Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in September, one of the crop plots at the Maizex booth was dialled in for a specific goal: 300 bu per acre of corn. Here, Henry Prinzen, agronomy lead with Maizex Seeds for Ontario, talks about what their team did in order to reach that target and how accessible a […] Read more

Bunge-Viterra deal alarms global think tank A Russia-based think-tank says the Bunge-Viterra merger in Canada will cost other grain exporting countries at least $2.5 billion annually. It called for an inquiry into the global grain trade and “cartel-like activity” of some traders. The BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre looked at four elements of economic […] Read more

Sask. premier points to signs of tariff progress after trip to China While a recent trip to China brought no immediate changes, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said the tone of discussions was more positive than he expected. Moe and Kody Blois, who is parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister, met with Chinese trade officials to […] Read more

Earlier this summer in many parts of Manitoba, waterhemp was downgraded to a Tier 2 noxious weed, reflecting the new reality that there is simply too much of the invasive species to eradicate in the province. At Crop Diagnostic School this year, Kim Brown with Manitoba Agriculture talked about what this means for Manitoba farmers […] Read more

Agriculture ministers say relations with China volatile Agriculture ministers from across Canada say they hear canola farmers concerns about tariffs but it seems unlikely they can do much about them. Federal, provincial and territorial ministers met in Winnipeg earlier this month, and sat down with leaders of canola groups. The groups aren’t happy with government […] Read more

Tx Trimble’s OutRun autonomous grain cart system came to Manitoba this fall and the company was demonstrating the system on a farm. Scott Garvey spent time in the combine cab controlling the OutRun system to see first-hand how the system works.