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Home to roost: Keeping the land wild

Jun. 3, 2022 at 3:22 pm CDT

Nestled on the south edge of Lake Manitoba’s Delta Marsh, where it meets Portage Creek, there sits a pastoral slice of paradise. The tract covers 31 acres of riparian habitat, wetland, forest and meadow, and is home to hundreds of species of wild animals and birds — plus two humans, […]

Ontario ag minister returns in another Tory majority

Jun. 3, 2022 at 3:03 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Environment Canada sees cool summer for Manitoba

Jun. 1, 2022 at 6:44 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

Wastewater regulation eased for Nova Scotia on-farm processing

May. 25, 2022 at 7:20 pm CDT

By Liam O’Connor

Manitoba’s wetlands a shadow of their former selves

May. 20, 2022 at 9:35 am CDT

By Gord Gilmour

Golden arches to go dark in Russia as McDonald’s exits after 30 years

May. 16, 2022 at 8:00 pm CDT

Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. on Monday became one of the biggest global brands to exit Russia, laying out plans to sell all its restaurants after operating in the country for more than 30 years following the invasion of Ukraine. The world’s largest burger chain, which owns about 84 per cent […]

By Uday Sampath Kumar

Over half Canada’s farm revenue now goes to biggest farms, census finds

May. 12, 2022 at 12:25 pm CDT

While it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the number of larger farms by sales in Canada is rising and the number of smaller farms is declining, Canada’s newest ag census also shows larger farm classes now capturing the majority of total ag revenue. Statistics Canada on Wednesday began releasing data from […]

By Dave Bedard

World could see 1.5 C of warming in next five years, WMO reports

May. 9, 2022 at 6:26 pm CDT

London | Reuters — The world faces a 50 per cent chance of warming of 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels, if only briefly, by 2026, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday. That does not mean the world would be crossing the long-term warming threshold of 1.5 C (2.7 […]

By Gloria Dickie

Drought gone in Manitoba but worsening in Alberta, AAFC reports

May. 9, 2022 at 5:26 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Record-breaking precipitation in southern Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan helped improve moisture conditions in the region in April, taking much of the area out of the drought classification, according to the latest Drought Monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) for the period ended April 30. Two separate […]

By MarketsFarm

CNH confident on navigating supply issues beyond first quarter

May. 3, 2022 at 6:10 pm CDT

Milan | Reuters — CNH Industrial beat first-quarter earnings expectations on Tuesday and the agricultural and construction machine maker’s CEO said he was confident the company could successfully navigate ongoing global supply chain issues. “Don’t underestimate how difficult the environment is, it’s a battle,” CEO Scott Wine told analysts after […]

By Giulio Piovaccari