News - Agriculture

Manitoba Agriculture reports, while spring planting has moved forward over the past week, farmers could use a little more rain.

Manitoba Agriculture reports that while spring seeding is running behind average, farmers are planting into almost ideal soil moisture conditions. Planting across the province is running at about 23 percent complete compared to the five-year average of around 63 percent.

The Manitoba government will release its first crop report for the 2023 growing season on May 16, Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson announced. The weekly reports will be released on Tuesdays by 4pm.

The General Manager of Manitoba Pork is calling on governments to adopt an incentive rather than regulatory based approach to achieving environmental targets and sustainability goals.

The Future of PED Working Group, set up in response to a major outbreak in 2021-2022, to look at PED management strategies including what was working and what needed to change, has created a PED elimination plan for Manitoba.

A Senior Risk Management Analyst with HAMS Marketing Services says pork demand will need to improve significantly to stimulate a recovery in live hog markets.

Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson recently announced $221 million for strategic agricultural initiatives in Manitoba under the new the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP).

A partner with Polar Pork Farms says the conflict in Ukraine continues to influence feed grain prices contributing to reduced profitability for pork producers and higher food costs for consumers.

It’s a triumphant return to the classroom for Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month (CALM) this March, as 6,997 Manitoba students will participate in Agriculture in the Classroom-Manitoba’s (AITC-M) flagship program.

The governments of Canada and Manitoba are investing $98,970 through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership to upgrade the University of Manitoba’s horticulture storage facility so it can conduct innovative potato research.