Insights and Stories on Manitoba

Manitoba soybean acreage looks to inch upward

Apr. 5, 2016 at 6:42 pm CDT

CNS Canada — U.S. farmers may be seeding fewer soybean acres this spring but expectations for the crop remain relatively steady north of the border, according to Francois Labelle, executive director of Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers. “Our first indications are that acreage will be the same as last year […]

Other Manitoba pulses may eat edible beans’ lunch

Mar. 24, 2016 at 2:15 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Manitoba hunters, ranchers seek rural night-hunting ban

Feb. 18, 2016 at 5:16 pm CST

By Staff

The new way into farming

Dec. 4, 2015 at 10:32 am CST

By Maggie Van Camp

Manitoba corn locked in sideways trading mode

Dec. 2, 2015 at 4:02 pm CST

By Dave Sims

Manitoba pledges more law on nutrient loading

Nov. 21, 2015 at 3:33 pm CST

More legislation to cut nutrient loading into Lake Winnipeg and other water bodies is among the shorter-term commitments in the Manitoba government’s latest throne speech. In the speech, which Lt.-Gov. Janice Filmon delivered Monday, Premier Greg Selinger pledges to “work with all partners to reduce nutrient loading” in Lake Winnipeg and work […]

By Staff

Co-operator website earns national silvers

Nov. 20, 2015 at 12:35 pm CST

The website for Manitoba’s farm newspaper of record has earned two silver medals from the Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPAs). The Manitoba Co-operator’s website, ManitobaCooperator.ca, part of Glacier Media’s Farm Business Communications division in Winnipeg, won silver for Best Media Website, coming in second behind SalonMagazine.ca in the Blue division […]

By Staff

Manitoba winter fertilizing ban back on

Nov. 19, 2015 at 6:50 pm CST

Snow’s arrival throughout Manitoba means no more extensions for the province’s farmers to apply winter fertilizer or manure. The province said Thursday its second extension, which was to run until the end of the day, has been rescinded, and the winter nutrient application ban is in place effective immediately, given […]

By Staff

Warm Prairie soils delay fertilizing ban, winter weights

Nov. 13, 2015 at 7:08 pm CST

Manitoba’s winter ban on nutrient application has been postponed, again, while Saskatchewan has postponed its move to winter weights on its highways, due to warmer-than-average soil temperatures. Manitoba’s water stewardship department announced Friday it will further extend its nutrient application window until midnight, Nov. 19. Variances to Manitoba’s winter fertilizing […]

By Staff

Manitoba extends fertilizing deadline to Saturday

Nov. 9, 2015 at 3:15 pm CST

A warmer-than-usual November has allowed Manitoba’s conservation and water stewardship department to delay its winter fertilizing ban until Saturday (Nov. 14). With soil temperatures not yet at the freezing point, the province announced Monday it would extend its deadline for spreading of phosphorus and/or nitrogen, including synthetic fertilizers and/or manure, […]

By Staff