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May. 1, 2025 at 9:48 am CDT

Choosing the best seed of your preferred winter cereal crop for fall planting is a great way to help ensure it will come alive and thrive once spring arrives, but how do you know if it has survived the winter cold? Anne Kirk, cereal crop specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, shows […]

Apr. 15, 2025 at 11:47 am CDT

Waterhemp is in Manitoba and management will be key to ensure its spread can be kept to an absolute minimum. How might that look? Planting crops that can better compete against this invasive weed and more targeted herbicide applications. In part 2 from St. Jean Farm Days earlier this year, […]

Apr. 1, 2025 at 10:46 am CDT

Any weeds in your fields are still lying dormant and likely covered by a layer of snow, but that doesn’t mean they don’t require your attention. Nuisance weeds are a perennial issue for growers and their more problematic relatives – herbicide-resistant weeds – are becoming more of a threat each […]

Mar. 14, 2025 at 2:05 pm CDT

Laura Schmidt with Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers talks about what farmers need to consider when including crops such as soybeans, fababeans or black beans into their crop rotation. (Recorded at Manitoba Ag Days 2025)

Mar. 3, 2025 at 11:40 am CST

At Manitoba Ag Days this year, Dennis Lange, pulse and soybean specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, presented on some of the outcomes he’s seen for soybeans in the province as the crop has grown in popularity among growers. Here, Lange offers guidance on choosing a soybean variety for your region and […]