Manitoba Agriculture

Manitoba Agriculture has released its 2025 cost of production analysis for crops and the picture isn’t rosy. All 16 crops in the Manitoba analysis show a return over operating costs, but only pinto beans show a return over total costs. That return is small and pinto beans are a minor acreage crop with only 111,000 […]

There’s more evidence of just how quickly farm equipment costs have escalated.  Manitoba Agriculture updates its Farm Machinery Guide every two years. To come up with custom and rental rates for equipment, they need the new price values of all the various pieces of equipment. A new Farm Machinery Guide has just been generated with much […]

From this week’s Manitoba Crop Report. Harvesting of winter wheat and fall rye continued over the past week.  Harvest in the Dauphin and Swan Valley area is approximately 80% complete. Early yield reports on winter wheat were averaging around 65 bushels an acre. Most spring cereal crops are in the intermediate to hard dough stage.     Overall, […]

The Manitoba government is encouraging Manitobans to shop, cook, dine and celebrate the quality and diversity of local and Canadian foods and cuisine by participating in the 20th anniversary of Food Day Canada tomorrow.   Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson says he encourages people across the province to take part in the conversation about all the ways […]

Manitoba Pork has released the details of a new economic analysis of the hog sector in the province. The report indicates 55% of all agriculture and food processing jobs in Manitoba are tied to the hog sector, and the sector contributes 22,000 jobs across Manitoba in both urban and rural communities. The economic analysis report […]

Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson has announced changes to the Agricultural Crown Lands Leases and Permits Regulation. The program is designed to support improving forage productivity, growing the livestock industry and advancing sustainability. Johnson says after a 45-day public comment period the province is revising the Agricultural Crown Lands Leases and Permits Regulation to improve the […]