Manitoba agriculture minister Ron Kostyshyn, left, and premier Wab Kinew shake hands during Kostyshyn’s swearing in last month. The new ag minister says rural economic development is critical to the health of the sector in the province.  |  Ed White photo

New Man. ag minister focuses on economy

Ron Kostyshyn says rural economic development is critical to the health of agriculture in Manitoba. “We don’t need to be chasing producers away. We need to have more of them involved for the economic development of rural Manitoba,” said Manitoba’s reappointed agriculture minister. Kostyshyn represents the Dauphin region, the only heavily agricultural electoral district to […] Read more

The 2023–28 Canola AgriScience Research Cluster is a five-year research program funded through S-CAP and the canola industry. | File photo

Canola industry gets research boost

A federal funding announcement for Canada’s Canola Cluster aims to drive the sustainable growth of Canada’s canola industry. The $9 million comes from the AgriScience Program-Clusters Component, an initiative under the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (S-CAP). “This new canola cluster will build on the great work of the previous one, which I was proud to […] Read more