Insights and Stories on Features

Thrust into the spotlight, the farm sector shines

Apr. 17, 2020 at 10:24 am CDT

Never in our lifetimes has the ordinary been so extraordinary. Take, for example, the simple act of delivering a load of grain. The whole business of receiving, grading, and getting the paperwork to the farmer or truck driver is hands-on work, usually done in close quarters. So you not only […]

Great year for maple syrup overshadowed by pandemic

Apr. 3, 2020 at 10:56 am CDT

By Jennifer Glenney

Is the next ‘jump’ in farm tech on the horizon?

Mar. 20, 2020 at 10:18 am CDT

By Treena Hein

Research finds Canadians want to learn about agriculture

Feb. 28, 2020 at 9:17 am CST

By Piper Whelan

Carbon cost increases concern farmers

Feb. 21, 2020 at 10:03 am CST

By John Greig

Farming in 2030: Managing risk

Feb. 7, 2020 at 9:37 am CST

As farming gets ever more expensive and as margins get tighter, there’s less room for error, which means the need for risk management isn’t going away in the next 10 years. What will change, though, is the type of insurance products farmers will be able to buy, with innovations driven […]

By Angela Lovell

Are you ready to deal with tougher times on your farm?

Jan. 24, 2020 at 10:17 am CST

Managing your financial risk is a little like skinny-dipping — you’ve got to protect your assets, and that’s hard to do when you’re not covered. “When the tide goes out, everybody can see who’s swimming naked,” said MNP agricultural tax specialist Rob Strilchuk (quoting Warren Buffett). “We had a lot […]

By Jennifer Blair

Seeing is believing: Hog manure as fertilizer

Dec. 11, 2019 at 9:48 am CST

Mark Ferguson wants producers to see the benefits of hog manure for fertilizing crops. At Ag in Motion this past summer, Saskatchewan Pork planted demo plots of wheat, barley and canola and applied hog manure at different rates to show the boost these crops can get in both health and […]

Preserving cheese history a regulatory battle

Nov. 29, 2019 at 9:47 am CST

A Manitoba couple says red tape has killed 100 years of cheese history and put them near bankruptcy. Husband and wife team Dustin Peltier and Rachel Isaak, along with Peltier’s parents Gary and Silver Peltier, say the province has blocked them at every turn as they’ve attempted to bring their […]

By Geralyn Wichers

Boost the survival odds of your farm

Oct. 4, 2019 at 9:52 am CDT

We all know the basics of health: Get exercise, watch our weight, don’t smoke. But for better health success over the long term, we know we can go further. We should get regular checkups, eat more vegetables, nurture our personal relationships, maintain good sleeping habits and more. Similarly, we know […]