Alexis Stockford

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Crop Management, News, op-ed

Going beyond “Resistant” on crop seed labels

Variety resistance is getting more specific on crop disease pathogens, but that information must be conveyed in a way that actually helps producers make rotation decisions.

Variety resistance is getting more specific on crop disease pathogens, but that information must be conveyed in a way that actually helps producers make rotation decisions.
Manitoba spent a lot of effort in past decades to keep bovine tuberculosis out of the province’s cattle. In June 2025, the disease made a return in a Manitoba dairy. (Dairy cattle photographed above are unrelated to the recent bovine tuberculosis finding) Photo: File
Livestock Management, News

Bovine tuberculosis found in Manitoba

A dairy farm in south-central Manitoba has been declared infected with bovine tuberculosis, the province’s first bovine TB case in years

A dairy farm in south-central Manitoba has been declared infected with bovine tuberculosis after samples from a cow tested positive for the bacterial disease. It's the province's first bovine TB case in years.
Close-up of a large group of dairy cattle standing in a pasture.
Livestock Management, news-opinion

Bovine tuberculosis found in Manitoba

A dairy farm in south-central Manitoba has been declared infected with bovine tuberculosis, the province’s first bovine TB case in years

A dairy farm in south-central Manitoba has been declared infected with bovine tuberculosis after samples from a cow tested positive for the bacterial disease. It’s the province’s first bovine TB case in years.
Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn addresses 2025 Manitoba Ag Days attendees in Brandon Jan. 21.
News

Premiums to drop

The provincial and federal governments unveiled the 2025 AgriInsurance program at Manitoba Ag Days.

The provincial and federal governments unveiled the 2025 AgriInsurance program at Manitoba Ag Days.
Beef cattle graze on a pasture near Ethelbert, Man.
News

Man. producers welcome livestock insurance changes

Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp. introduces a new maximum value for calculating livestock predation claims

The Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation will over double its maximum value when calculating predation claims this year
Shoal Lake and Virden will be getting new Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp. (MASC) offices this year, premier Wab Kinew announced last month at Manitoba Ag Days. | Screencap via YouTube.com/@masc_mb
News

Man. ag services opens offices in Shoal Lake, Virden

Recently announced offices will once again extend the crown insurance corporation’s footprint west of Brandon

Two more western Manitoba communities will have Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) offices for in-person agricultural insurance service this summer: Shoal Lake and Virden.
A child sits in the driver's seat of a tractor simulator "taking it for a drive" at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon.
Farm Living, News

Manitoba Ag Days – photo essay

Manitoba Ag Days packed the corridors of Brandon’s Keystone Centre from Jan. 21-23. Here are a few images of the event. Check out all our coverage of Manitoba Ag Days 2025 here.
The Canola Council of Canada announced June 26 that three sclerotinia-related links top the page of its Canola Calculator, an online hub that also provides resources and tools for harvest loss, blackleg yield loss estimations, seeding rates, plant density targets and more. | Screencap via canolacouncil.org
News

Farmers handed new sclerotinia weapon

Glacier FarmMedia – Canola growers have new weapons against sclerotinia. The Canola Council of Canada announced June 26 that three sclerotinia-related links top the page of its Canola Calculator, an online hub that also provides resources and tools for harvest loss, blackleg yield loss estimations, seeding rates, plant density targets and more. The first addition […] Read more

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