Miranda Leybourne

Miranda Leybourne

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Miranda Leybourne is a Glacier FarmMedia reporter based in Neepawa, Manitoba with eight years of journalism experience, specializing in agricultural reporting. Born in northern Ontario and raised in northern Manitoba, she brings a deep, personal understanding of rural life to her storytelling.

A graduate of Assiniboine College’s media production program, Miranda began her journalism career in 2007 as the agriculture reporter at 730 CKDM in Dauphin. After taking time off to raise her two children, she returned to the newsroom once they were in full-time elementary school. From June 2022 to May 2024, she covered the ag sector for the Brandon Sun before joining Glacier FarmMedia. Miranda has a strong interest in organic and regenerative agriculture and is passionate about reporting on sustainable farming practices. You can reach Miranda at mleybourne@farmmedia.com.

Stories by Miranda Leybourne

A fall rye crop ripens in June 2025 near Selkirk, Manitoba.
News

Keep it clean on pre-harvest chemical use

Farmers urged to toe the line on pre-harvest pesticide application and market product restrictions to avoid grain marketing headaches

Canadian farmers urged to toe the line on pre-harvest pesticide application and market product restrictions to avoid grain marketing headaches.
Thriving pepper plants grown in peat moss sit in three red plastic planters on a desk. The frontmost planter has a label sitting on top of the soil that reads, "5% wool fiber, 95% Peat - no fertilizer."
Farm Living

Manitoba research searches for peat moss stand-ins

Blending peat moss with more sustainable alternatives will hopefully help protect precious supplies of the slow-to-regenerate soil booster and horticulture growth medium

Blending peat moss with more sustainable alternatives will hopefully help protect precious supplies of the slow-to-regenerate soil booster and horticulture growth medium
A beekeeper holds their smoke pot over a hive ready to release its smoke to calm the bees while the beekeeper works on the hive.
News

Manitoba beekeepers battle for survival

Honeybee colony losses have hit 43 per cent, making 2025 the latest in a string of poor bee survival years for Manitoba’s honey producers

Honeybee colony losses have hit 43 per cent, making 2025 the latest in a string of poor bee survival years for Manitoba’s honey producers
A black sheep is in a temporary pen, standing in hay and wearing a green sheep blanket at an industry show.
Livestock Management

Sheep sector navigates changes in traceability

Changes in disease tracking technology and drug availability are front of mind for Canada’s sheep producers

The sheep sector is developing advanced traceability systems and addressing ongoing challenges in accessing veterinary drugs and treatments.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre addresses electric vehicles and China’s recent tariffs against Canadian canola seed at a press event on a Saskatchewan grain farm Aug. 14, 2025. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

Parties unitedly condemn China tariffs on Canadian canola

China’s 75.8 per cent tariffs against Canadian canola seed called ‘unjustified,’ spark calls for immediate federal response from Canada’s Liberal government

China's 75.8 per cent tariffs against Canadian canola seed called 'unjustified' spark calls for immediate federal response from Canada's Liberal government.
Piglets, some of them sleeping, suckle on a sow in an indoor pen.
Livestock Management

First-time pig mothers may need more lysine

Lysine feed recommendations may fall short for gilt pregnancies when it comes to making sure the mother pig can produce as much milk for her piglets as possible

Lysine feed recommendations may fall short for gilt pregnancies when it comes to making sure the mother pig can produce as much milk for her piglets as possible

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