Honey shortage could extend into next year after devastating winter for beekeepers
This past winter saw record losses for beekeepers, and one expert says the prospects for next year are even worse if they face another frigid winter.
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Field to Forks: Sunflower production
Darcelle Graham with the Manitoba Crop Alliance discusses sunflower production in the province.
FARM STORIES: A PEEK BEHIND THE SCENES
Here's when u-pick strawberry farms will be open in Manitoba
With summer now in early bloom, so too are strawberry fields across Manitoba.
Seeding deadlines loom for Manitoba farmers
Many Manitoba farmers have had to work harder than normal to ensure a successful seeding.
'It's about as serious as you can get': Climatologist says dry conditions may lead to possible prairie drought
A climatologist says dry conditions across Canada's prairie provinces may lead to a drought – a situation he says could be devastating for prairie growers.
'A really neat idea': Selfies with sunflowers fundraiser returns to Manitoba
Along the Trans-Canada Highway stands a sea of sunflowers, a place where Manitobans can go to take selfies, all for a good cause.
Farming in the News
Site selection nears for Ontario agri-food discovery centre
With just two per cent of Canadians living in a rural setting, it means the vast majority have no connection to where their food comes from.
'You have to really pay attention': Berry farmers prepare for field winterization
As famers across southwestern Ontario flirt with record-breaking warmth, many are watching the skies, waiting to start preparations for the colder months ahead.
'Harvest comes first': Ontario farmers log extra hours and work into the night during fall grain harvest
Ontario farmers are logging extra hours, as they work into the night during the fall grain harvest.
Shantz Family Farm moving on from pumpkins
After decades of welcoming the public to their land, the Shantz Family Farm in Petersburg is in its final year of selling pumpkins to the public.
Bison farming 'holding steady' in Ontario
The Mills' have turned the 11 bison they started with in 1992, into roughly 100 bison. Mills said the majestic animals are protective, and have a strong herd mentality, but said as long as you treat them with respect, and stay calm around them, he likes working with them better than beef cattle.
Growing gourmet mushrooms
Mushrooms can make or break many dishes and as more consumers look to buy local, an operation in Baden is looking to fill that gap.
Sheep farmer piloting using excess wool as field fertilizer
Jennifer Osborn, a local farmer, believes Canada, and really, the world, has a wool problem.
State of the art dairy farm opening up barn doors for 'Breakfast on the Farm'
Frank Louwagie is proud of what he does, raising and collecting milk from 150 Holstein cows at his family's state of the art barn near Mitchell, Ont.
Addressing greenhouse growing challenges with new technology
A Kingsville-based data collection company in Ruthven Ont. is bringing autonomous computer imaging and tracking technology inside vegetable greenhouses to fine tune indoor growing methods.
