Insights and Stories on Manitoba

Prairie hay crops look thin in many areas

Jul. 19, 2018 at 7:56 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Many farmers taking off their first hay cuts are also gathering more talking points to grumble over at coffee row. While many producers are still working to get the first cut done and the situation could change with the second cut, many regions are already reporting below-average […]

Canopy Growth to buy Tokyo Smoke owner Hiku Brands

Jul. 10, 2018 at 6:26 pm CDT

By Reuters

Pulse weekly outlook: Edible beans in good shape for now

Jun. 12, 2018 at 6:43 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Flea beetles take advantage of late seeding

Jun. 1, 2018 at 10:38 am CDT

By Dave Sims

CWB class action suit takes step forward

May. 31, 2018 at 12:46 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

Deal in principle announced for Churchill railway, port

May. 30, 2018 at 8:54 pm CDT

The federal government has announced an “agreement in principle” which will see a new partnership fix up northern Manitoba’s washed-out Hudson Bay Railway and take over the mothballed Port of Churchill. Details of the agreement were slim at best in the government’s announcement Wednesday, except to say the buying group […]

By Staff

Manitoba sunflower acreage set to drop

May. 18, 2018 at 7:59 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The closure of a sunflower processing plant in southern Alberta has Manitoba sunflower growers feeling uneasy this year. “Because of the plant closure there’s quite a bit of delay in delivery of the ’17 crop. So it’s discouraged quite a few guys from growing more (sunflowers),” said […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Manitoba soybean acreage predictions mixed

May. 9, 2018 at 8:18 pm CDT

CNS Canada — While some in the soybean sector think Statistics Canada is right about its predictions for a decline in Manitoba acres, others think plantings should still end up close to the record in 2017. Statistics Canada is predicting soybean acres in Manitoba to drop to 1.96 million from […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Churchill possibly to return to shipping grain

May. 4, 2018 at 7:17 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Grain could once again be shipped out of northern Manitoba’s Port of Churchill if all goes according to plan for a new potential ownership group. “The port has got all of the grain handling equipment and simply said, the first thing we want to do is resume […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Prairie potato planting slightly behind schedule

Apr. 30, 2018 at 8:46 pm CDT

CNS Canada — After a delayed start due to the long winter and spring flooding, western Canadian potato growers are out in the fields. “We’re probably only a couple of days behind… we had farmers out on the fields last week and I think quite a few more will be […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm