Producer dies on Manitoba farm

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A Manitoba farmer was found dead yesterday near Souris.

RCMP from the Souris detachment were called to the farm Tuesday morning, after the body of a 61-year-old man was discovered between a tractor bucket and a hay bale.

Manitoba Workplace and Health and the RCMP are investigating the cause of the fatality. Foul play isn’t suspected because the farmer was likely working alone at the time of the accident, an RCMP spokesperson said.

The name of the victim has not been released.

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Robert Arnason is a reporter with The Western Producer and Glacier Farm Media. Since 2008, he has authored nearly 5,000 articles on anything and everything related to Canadian agriculture. He didn’t grow up on a farm, but Robert spent hundreds of days on his uncle’s cattle and grain farm in Manitoba. Robert started his journalism career in Winnipeg as a freelancer, then worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Nipawin, Saskatchewan and Fernie, BC. Robert has a degree in civil engineering from the University of Manitoba and a diploma in LSJF – Long Suffering Jets’ Fan.