Better Farming Prairies Magazine Archive November 2021 Better Farming Prairies November 2021 edition features the following articles: Seeding Plans for 2022 - Looking Ahead, Rural Vaccination - Catching Up, Labelling Lab 'Meat' - What Should We Call It?, Tile Drainage Project - Improving Soil Quality, and Wintering Calves. January 2022 October 2021
Smarter Soil Mapping Supports Better Farm Planning Tuesday, November 25, 2025 Croptimistic Technology Inc. has partnered with Farm Credit Canada (FCC) to support sustainable farming through the integration of SWAT MAPS with FCC’s AgExpert software. This collaboration is part of FCC’s Sustainability Incentive Program and gives farmers a reliable way to manage field... Read this article online
Recall petition against Alberta ag minister gathering signatures Tuesday, November 25, 2025 An effort to recall Alberta’s agriculture and irrigation minister is in the fifth stage of the seven-stage process. As of Nov. 25, 2025, organizers in Minister RJ Sigurdson’s riding of Highwood have 90 days – until Monday, February 3, 2026 – to collect the required number of signatures –... Read this article online
Workers at Maple Leaf pork plant in Manitoba support strike mandate Monday, November 24, 2025 Workers at a pork product production facility in Winnipeg, Man., may be going on strike. UFCW Local 832, which represents 1,880 workers at Maple Leaf’s facility at 870 Lagimodiere Blvd., received 98 per cent of support for a strike mandate, the union announced on Nov. 15. This means... Read this article online
Battle River Railway and CN collaborate on Alberta wheat movement Monday, November 24, 2025 A rail shipment of wheat in Alberta marked a significant milestone. Battle River Railway (BRR), a farmer-owned shortline railway, and CN, worked together to bring five cars of wheat to Westlock Terminals – its first ever wheat shipment by rail – from Battle River’s elevator in... Read this article online
Manitoba throne speech touches on ag and rural communities Monday, November 24, 2025 Manitoba’s agriculture and rural communities received a few mentions in Nov. 18th’s throne speech to open the third session of the 43rd legislature. One mention included future support for the livestock sector. Over the coming year “we will develop the legislative tools for a new... Read this article online