Miranda Leybourne

Manitoba Cooperator

What a warmer climate could mean for Manitoba grazing

By: Miranda Leybourne

Modelling for three Manitoba watersheds points to a higher risk of pasture drying and reduced forage yields as evapotranspiration rises.

Estevan Mercury

Tariffs put Prairie pork investments on alert

By: Miranda Leybourne

Industry representatives say the immediate impacts may be limited, but potential longer-term costs remain a concern.

Manitoba Cooperator

Métis rancher hangs hopes on regenerative agriculture

By: Miranda Leybourne

Mossy Rock Cattle Company sees regenerative agriculture as an answer to their long-term viability. They’re not the only Indigenous farm to think so.

Truth and reconciliation: Future farming is regenerative, Métis rancher says

By: Miranda Leybourne

Mossy Rock Cattle Company owners have made regenerative agriculture key to their goals to keep the farm thriving on their Métis ancestral homeland

Estevan Mercury

Manitoba confirms Canada's first bird flu infections of fall

By: Miranda Leybourne

Manitoba bird flu cases climbed to six Sept. 22, found in six different municipalities in central Manitoba and the Interlake.

Manitoba Cooperator

Farming meets Manitoba’s Net Zero Action Plan

By: Miranda Leybourne

Several fertilizer action items named in Manitoba’s Net Zero Action Plan. Conversations on emission targets and carbon offsets still to come.

Estevan Mercury

Indigenous knowledge systems called key to food sovereignty

By: Miranda Leybourne

A new report says Indigenous knowledge systems and healthy food systems are so closely linked that they need each other.

Manitoba Cooperator

Fruit farms urged to watch for roundheaded apple tree borer

By: Miranda Leybourne

Roundheaded apple tree borer is a rare fruit crop pest in Manitoba, but it’s still worth watching for in apple and saskatoon orchards.

Estevan Mercury

Manitoba funds RCMP ‘cattle cop' officer to tackle livestock theft

By: Miranda Leybourne

Manitoba's cattle farmers have pushed for a dedicated police officer to combat livestock theft for years; they're getting their wish.

Canadian Cattlemen

Manitoba funds RCMP ‘cattle cop' to tackle livestock theft

By: Miranda Leybourne

Manitoba cattle producers are getting a dedicated police investigator for livestock theft and fraud, after years of pushing for it