Ag News

Manitoba Agriculture's weekly crop report shows the provincial harvest is now complete at 4 per cent complete.

Farmers in southern Manitoba are preparing for what could be one of the biggest harvests in years, with strong yields already being reported and crops looking promising across the region. 

Anticipation at its peak

Evan Erlandson, owner and grain merchandiser at Red River Grain Company in Altona, serves as a delivery point for oats, soybeans, and wet or dry corn, said there is a lot of anticipation in the farming community right now.

The issue of trade and tariffs is on the mind of everyone involved in agriculture.

President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), Keith Currie says there was a lot of uneasiness - especially in the agriculture sector -  back in January when President Trump first started talking about tariffs, but then we didn't know exactly what that would involve.  

Manitoba Agriculture warns of poor water quality risk for livestock during dry summer

Manitoba livestock producers are being advised to closely monitor water quality for their animals as dry summer conditions can concentrate harmful substances in watering sources.

The farmland market in Saskatchewan may be tilting toward the buyer.

It’s not there yet because sellers still have the upper hand, but real estate agents in the province say more land may soon come up for sale, thus tipping the scales in favour of buyers.

As of August 2025, 265 farmland properties were posted on the MLS system in Saskatchewan. That’s down drastically from 2020, when the number of farms for sale was close to 500.

Abtshof Farms owner Alex Boersch says Manitoba’s drainage improvements have had unintended consequences for farmers downstream, which became vividly apparent after the August 20 heavy rains that brought severe flooding to his farm. With GPS-guided systems perfected over the past decade, water now flows off fields faster than ever, overwhelming rivers that can no longer handle the sudden volume.

The dates are set Premier Scott Moe's trade mission to Asia runs September 6th to 12th.

It's a very important region for the province ... In 2024, Saskatchewan exported over $10 billion to Asia—$4.4 billion to China, $929 million to Japan and 162 million to South Korea.

The goal is to reinforce future trade opportunities and engage with China on their temporary duties on peas and canola.

The Premier has invited Prime Minister Mark Carney and any other federal ministers  to join the trade mission.

For Alex Boersch of Abtshof Farms near Elie, the 2025 season has felt like a battle on two fronts. After seeding in spring, heavy rainfall quickly drowned out crops, forcing the family to reseed roughly 500 acres. What followed was nearly two months of severe drought, leaving plants struggling to recover. Then, just as harvest was set to begin, the skies opened again.

“We got four and a half inches,” Boersch notes.

Alberta Agriculture's latest crop report shows two per cent of the crop has been combined. That's down from the 5-year average of eight per cent and the 10-year average of six per cent.

Warm, dry conditions in the Southern part of the province are helping with the harvest, while the cooler temperatures in the North West, North East, and Peace regions are slowing crop maturity and delaying harvest.

The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) are calling for swift action to address ongoing trade tariffs that continue to impact farmers.

APAS met with Kody Blois, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister when he was in Saskatoon for last week's canola meeting. 

APAS President Bill Prybylski emphasized the urgency of resolving tariff disputes with China and the United States, which have disrupted normal trade flows and hurt our agricultural economy.