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Mar. 25, 2025 at 11:31 am CDT

At Manitoba Ag Days earlier this year, Brunel Sabourin with Antara Agronomy offered a presentation on how growers can more effectively use on-farm data for better decision-making in the field. Sabourin, an agronomist and certified crop advisor, spoke about how growers can apply benchmarks to their farm operations, how technology […]

Mar. 21, 2025 at 10:14 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia — Talking about cybersecurity not only raises awareness in the farming community — it can help reduce the stigma suffered by those victimized by cyberattacks. That was the message from Janos Botschner, a behavioural scientist and researcher with the Community Safety Knowledge Alliance. Botschner spoke at the CropConnect Conference […]

By Geralyn Wichers

Mar. 14, 2025 at 10:02 am CDT

It’s a fact that most families squabble. Individuals don’t always see eye to eye, and they can’t always work together. But if they can find a way, it can make a world of difference to the profitability and future of their farm — and the success of their relationships with […]

By Angela Lovell

Mar. 7, 2025 at 3:13 pm CST

Glacier FarmMedia – With a driving distance 131 kilometres south of Manitoba’s southern border, the recently announced Agristo potato processing plant in Grand Forks, North Dakota, should be exciting news for the province’s potato producers. That’s assuming the normal trade landscape though. The new reality, where U.S. president Donald Trump […]

By Jeff Melchior

Feb. 27, 2025 at 10:55 am CST

Glacier FarmMedia—Keith Currie was re-acclaimed as President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) at the group’s annual general meeting in Ottawa. The discussion, including several of the resolutions tabled Wednesday afternoon focused largely on the tariff threat and how Canada’s agriculture groups can work together to address it.