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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.
A cattle ranch and a flour miller from Manitoba talk about their efforts to make local food more accessible for consumers
IDC was a widespread issue in soybean last year as diminishing soil moisture left salts higher in the soil profile
IDC was a widespread issue in soybean last year as diminishing soil moisture left salts higher in the soil profile
Iron deficiency chlorosis was one widespread soybean issue in 2024, agronomists reported during a panel at Manitoba Ag Days 2025
A Manitoba company is pitching the use of airships as a way to connect Canada’s North with food and essential goods
Glacier FarmMedia – Unpredictable weather and warming temperatures are making winter roads increasingly unreliable, cutting off remote northern communities from essential goods, including food, the University of Manitoba’s Fields on Wheels Conference heard in late December. One Winnipeg-based company has an unconventional solution, one that sounds straight out of the Roaring Twenties. Ross Prentice, a […] Read more
Grain Growers of Canada worries there will be little opportunity to extend it now that Parliament has been prorogued
Glacier FarmMedia – Canada’s extended interswitching pilot is running out of track, and Grain Growers of Canada worries that letting the program expire will create significant disruption for the smooth flow of grain. The program, which opens up rival rail routes for shippers under certain conditions, has been in place since 2023 and is set […] Read more
The Manitoba Farmer Wellness Program provides counselling services specific to farmers, their families and employees
Glacier FarmMedia – The Manitoba Farmer Wellness Program is now a registered charity recognized by the Canada Revenue Agency. Founded in October 2021, the program provides up to nine confidential counselling sessions per year to farmers, their families and farm employees. Sessions are delivered by professional counsellors with agricultural backgrounds. The program’s counselling services began […] Read more
The Axten family’s operation was first in the country to join a program that recognizes regenerative agriculture practices
Derek and Tannis Axten of Axten Family Farms in Saskatchewan became trailblazers in 2023. They were the first in Canada to take a gamble on Regenified, a new program meant to assess and verify farms for their regenerative management practices. But while the farm now has an official acknowledgement of their regenerative production, its a […] Read more
Weather and production challenges reduced how much product was produced; beekeepers wary about coming winter
Glacier FarmMedia – Weather woes and disease caused honey production on the Prairies to drop significantly in 2024, especially in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Statistics Canada recently reported that Canadian honey production dropped by more than 18 per cent nationwide compared to 2023, though the number of beekeepers and colonies increased. Beekeepers across the nation drew […] Read more
