Photos from Britney Jacob, from Burnt River Ranching
If there is one thing that can be said about winters in Canada — weather can be extreme.Certainly that has been the case so far in the winter of 2025-26, with November weather unseasonably nice, and December a month of much snow and cold temperatures and January
What should be included on food labels tends to be a topic which can be a hotly contested one depending who one asks about it.Certainly, it is probably safe to say a sizeable number of consumers pay scant attention to food labels.There is an assumption – and yes some will argue the assumption is
Canada’s food inflation problem is policy-made
Canadians do not imagine higher grocery bills. Food costs more, stays expensive, and refuses to come down. At Manitoba Ag Days, food policy analyst Dr. Sylvain Charlebois laid out why. Canada’s food inflation problem runs deeper than store shelves. Government policy built it, reinforced it, and keeps feeding it.Canada
A gene-edited pig that resists Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome now sits firmly on the radar as a possible new tool to control one of the most costly and persistent diseases facing the global pork industry.Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome, commonly known as PRRS, first appeared in the late 1980s and quickly earned names
Aiden Gillespie
Walking the trade show floor often leads to straightforward conversations that matter to producers. That was the case during a visit with Aiden Gillespie, who represents Farmers Depot, a division of Grand Valley Fortifiers, which also owns Fortified Nutrition at the Hog and Poultry show in Brandon, MB, in December 2025.Gillespie showcased an
Robert MacKay, Canada Packers; Loren Hofer first placeSprucewoods representative; Doug Cramer, organizer
Snow and slippery highways did not slow Manitoba’s hog producers. They came out in strong numbers for the Brandon Hog & Poultry Show at the Keystone Centre, proving once again that commitment to the industry runs deeper than winter weather. By midday, the
Seven weeks before calving, Ian Smith still watched his cows graze green grass near Argyle, Manitoba, in his yard, around his house. He summed it up: life is good. On a single quarter section, Smith runs a mixed operation that includes cattle, hogs, laying hens, and grain. He farms the same 160 acres his
Rising food prices continue to weigh heavily on consumers, and that pressure now shapes how people think about food, farming, and affordability. Dorothy Long, Managing Director of Canadian Food Focus, says food costs remain the issue consumers feel most directly.“High food prices hit people every day,” Long said.Canadian Food Focus tracks consumer behaviour through
Most swine producers know that pig ear necrosis can be a concern in their herds.But the condition which has existed in herds around the world for years, has not been well-understood in terms of its cause, nor in how best to deal with it.So new research from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) which has
Canadian agriculture closed 2025 under pressure from global uncertainty, shifting trade policies, and political risk that reached far beyond the farm gate. Many producers hoped those pressures would ease. They did not.A year ago, Manitoba Pork General Manager Cam Dahl warned that global instability would disrupt markets. He hoped events would prove him wrong.
