Better Farming Prairies Magazine Archive January 2024 Better Farming Prairies January 2024 edition features Morgan Duggan on the cover and the following articles: Preparing your Taxes - Tips & To-Dos, Supporting Your Soil - Calcium Benefits, Business or Lifestyle? - Profit Either Way, and Calving Prep. February 2024 November/December 2023
What Can Canadian Canola Growers Learn from the Decline of Rapeseed Oil in the United Kingdom Thursday, June 18, 2026 The Farms.com team recently attended the Cereals Show in the United Kingdom. This year, the show was held in the Cotswolds at Diddly Squat Farm (owned by Jeremy Clarkson, from Clarkson’s Farms). We were intrigued to learn about the dramatic decline of the rapeseed sector. The United... Read this article online
Manitoba Pressed to Use Portage Diversion During Heavy Rains Wednesday, June 17, 2026 The Manitoba Progressive Conservatives are urging Premier Wab Kinew and Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Lisa Naylor to activate the Portage Diversion as heavy rainfall continues to threaten communities across southern Manitoba and the Interlake region. Lakeside MLA and PC... Read this article online
Hong Kong suspends Alberta egg and poultry shipments Wednesday, June 17, 2026 Alberta eggs and poultry have temporarily lost access to an Asian trading partner. Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) which under the Food and Environment Hygiene Department is responsible for ensuring food is safe, suspended the import of poultry meat and eggs from Alberta on May... Read this article online
Alberta RCMP launches Rural Organized Crime Team Wednesday, June 17, 2026 The Alberta RCMP is launching a new unit to monitor crime in rural communities. Following a $2 million investment from the provincial government, the RCMP announced part of the funding will support the creation of a new Rural Organized Crime Team (ROCT). The ROCT will be “a mobile unit... Read this article online
Copper thefts occurring on Manitoba farms Wednesday, June 17, 2026 Manitoba farmers performing equipment checks are realizing thieves targeted their operations over the winter. “We were getting ready for the season and noticed the copper wire had been cut and pulled off of an entire irrigation pivot,” Rachel Proden, who farms near Portage la Prairie,... Read this article online