LETTER: Canola versus cars - Manitoba Co-operator
The Co-operator article ‘Canola or cars? Canada can’t save both’ is bang on, the author writes.| Manitoba Co-operator
One would think that three decades of no ill health effects from eating food made with GM crops would be considered long enough, but that’s the world in which we live. The post GMO market access issues remain concern for growers appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorOp/Ed & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
A former board member of the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) offers thoughts on harvest 2025 yields, tariffs and the push to prepare for winter and beyond on Manitoba beef and grain farms. The post Farmer musings of post-harvest Manitoba appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorOp/Ed & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
Long overdue it may be, but the wider farming and ag science communities are now earnestly revisiting “ancient” techniques, rooted in the principle of maintaining natural balance, for use in contemporary gardening, cropping and livestock husbandry, Janelle Rudolph writes. The post When ag science meets ag culture appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorOp/Ed & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
Canada’s National Farmers Union (NFU) issues a statement condemning Israeli military forces’ targeted damage of a Seed Multiplication Unit in July 2025 in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The post NFU condemns seed destruction in Palestine appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorOp/Ed & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
The Co-operator article ‘Canola or cars? Canada can’t save both’ is bang on, the author writes.| Manitoba Co-operator
Tools available against tuberculosis, in people and cattle alike, still appear to date back to the dawn of germ theory, showing a gap still exists between public interest and commercial profitability when it comes to innovations in human and animal health. The post ‘Everything is tuberculosis,’ ag funding debates included appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorManitoba Co-operator
China’s tariffs are very clearly tied to Canada’s decision to impose our own tariffs on its electric vehicles and steel and aluminium.| Manitoba Co-operator
A new report suggests Canada’s farmers have been “overly reliant” on business risk management programs such as crop insurance, AgriStability and AgriRecovery as “the only risk management solution.” Should farmers now go out on a limb trying new ways to mitigate those risks?| Manitoba Co-operator
Horse slaughter is a fraught issue right now in the Canadian livestock sphere. The author writes that, while it has a role, traceability, transparency and humane handling must be in play. The post Canada’s slaughter horse industry lacks transparency appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorOp/Ed & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
Customer gifts, chemical or seed company merchandise and farm show give aways don’t have to be boring or repetitive The post The case for better farmer swag appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorOp/Ed & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
Indigenous perspectives and farming need co-operation to move ahead as Canada works towards truth and reconciliation.| Manitoba Co-operator
New Canadians can carry highly diverse emotional experiences with food, a communication with them needs to take that into account.| Manitoba Co-operator
U.S. President Donald Trump has been a cold wake-up call for Canadians, and we may have to choose between maintaining our cultural values and the allure of economic integration, Laura Rance writes.| Manitoba Co-operator
Grocery shoppers in Canada are proudly looking for Canadian food in this age of trade disputes, but is it actually making a dint for U.S. exporters? The post The pride of “Buy Canadian” appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorEditorial & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
Canada’s new federal government needs to invest in a strategic trade plan for agriculture and agri-food. The post Trade policy matters, and Canadian agriculture needs to be on the board appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorEditorial & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
Senate report, "Critical Ground: why soil is essential to Canada's economic, environmental, human and social health," marks a pivotal shift in how we value soil and soil health. The post Soil: the great unifier appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorEditorial & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
The anti-competitive tentacles of this deal reach much deeper than a consolidation that makes two competitors into one. This is about who will shape the future of grain handling and oilseed processing in Western Canada.| Manitoba Co-operator
Bayer’s threat to leave the glyphosate market could have wide reaching implications for Prairie farmers. The post Farms will feel aftershocks from glyphosate lawsuit slog appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorColumns & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
It’s time for everyone to step back, take a deep breath, and tone down the rhetoric around the issue of fertilizer emissions. Because right now it’s being| Manitoba Co-operator
Nearby canola futures slipped further back during the week ended Sept. 4, 2025, as they approached C$600 per tonne.| Manitoba Co-operator
Canola is a winning industry for Canada, but right now the Canadian farmers growing it are feeling the squeeze from China’s tariffs.| Manitoba Co-operator
Children have been told for decades not to trust everything they see on a screen; adults today, farmers included, should remember that lesson in their newly online worlds. The post Guarding against misinformation: Do you believe in house hippos? appeared first on Manitoba Co-operator.| Manitoba Co-operatorOp/Ed & Farming Articles - Manitoba Co-operator
Hunting Canada geese in the field requires different tactics than in the marsh; read on for expert tips to a successful 2025 goose hunt in Manitoba fields.| Manitoba Co-operator
The central business district toll did not lead to a traffic influx in the South Bronx, our columnist reveals.| nyc.streetsblog.org
Artificial intelligence could nip food regulation non-compliance at the bud, but it could also detect more issues, leading tomore recalls.| Manitoba Co-operator
Manitoba’s pork industry gives the province a lot to be proud of.| Manitoba Co-operator
Variety resistance is getting more specific on crop disease pathogens, but that information must be conveyed in a way that actually helps producers make rotation decisions.| Manitoba Co-operator
Farm Credit Canada’s artificial intelligence tool, Root AI, has some learning to do before it can really pitch in on Canadian farms.| Manitoba Co-operator
Bill C-202 wound up pitting Canadian farmer against Canadian farmer over supply management and trade losses.| Manitoba Co-operator
If Canada doesn’t want supply management, what does it want instead? Canada’s got some internal searching to do as trade tensions with the U.S. continue.| Manitoba Co-operator
Canadian farm groups are laser-focused on trade and tariffs as the federal election approaches, but the key role of food security in national security should not be forgotten.| Manitoba Co-operator
Canadian farmers are getting dour news on the future of canola prices, but real data might not back up the scope of tariff-driven market chaos everyone is worried about| Manitoba Co-operator
Mayor Adams' "City of Yes" initiative might sound promising, but for many New Yorkers, it raises a big question: are we turning our beloved city into a| QNS
I touched on the theme of a better working world for women for International Women’s Day 2016. My question then is the same as it is now. In the more than three decades since I took the oath and went off to boot camp, have women serving in the US Navy made any great strides?| She Studios
