Insights and Stories of Miranda Leybourne

Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance to push for free trade despite U.S. tariffs

Mar. 4, 2025 at 2:53 pm CST

The Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance says it will continue its advocacy for free and open trade in the agriculture and agri-food industries, despite the imposition of U.S. tariffs.

Newly funded Canadian beef research aims for sector improvements

Feb. 13, 2025 at 2:07 pm CST

By Miranda Leybourne

A soybean crop in Manitoba's Interlake in 2022.

The power of pulses in your crop rotation

Jan. 31, 2025 at 10:22 am CST

By Miranda Leybourne

A close-up of a row of pea seedlings in a garden

New soil health plan aims for flexibility

Dec. 13, 2024 at 11:01 am CST

By Miranda Leybourne

HPAI cases rise in B.C. amid birds migrating south for winter

Nov. 1, 2024 at 2:41 pm CDT

By Miranda Leybourne

New Canada Water Agency to tackle water pollution and protect natural resources

Oct. 16, 2024 at 4:15 pm CDT

The newly-launched Canada Water Agency will protect the country's water from pollution and damaging effects of industrial and agricultural activities, Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said today.

By Miranda Leybourne

Shopping cart in the refrigerator aisle of the grocery store.

Food cost cuts deep in consumer food report

Oct. 11, 2024 at 4:29 pm CDT

The latest survey of Canadian grocery from Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab habits shows food prices are still impacting how consumers buy their groceries.

By Miranda Leybourne

Your fall weed control checklist

Oct. 4, 2024 at 10:26 am CDT

Attention to fall weed control is needed as harvest nears its end. Speaking during a Manitoba Agriculture webinar Sept. 25, provincial weed specialist Kim Brown singled out weeds that thrive in salinity, which concerned many producers this spring. Kochia is perhaps the most infamous weed threat on that list. A […]

By Miranda Leybourne

How to keep last year’s canola out of your soybeans

Sep. 27, 2024 at 10:15 am CDT

Fighting off volunteer canola in your soybean crop begins with added effort to keep your non-volunteer canola from escaping the back of the combine the year before. While there’s already been a lot of work done on the matters of volunteer canola issues and canola harvest loss, recent research from the University […]

By Miranda Leybourne

Meat vending machine connects consumers and local farmers

Aug. 28, 2024 at 3:30 pm CDT

It’s the first of its kind in North America, it brings fresh meat to consumers in the portions they choose, and it’s happening on Main Street in Russell, Manitoba. The E Butchery on Main, created by Nerbas Bros. Angus, brings direct consumer marketing and vending machines together for the ease […]

By Miranda Leybourne

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