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The Royal Manitoba Winter Fair has officially kicked off in Brandon. Clay Young got a look at the sights and sounds bright and early this morning from Westman.

Depth of Field: Films about Farming is being screened across the country to help spread the word about what’s facing Canadian agriculture.

Hundreds of Belgian farmers drove their tractors to the European Union district in Brussels on Tuesday to protest against what they see as overly strict environmental standards and unfair foreign imports. The protest comes ahead of a meeting of EU agriculture ministers, where the farmers hope to demand better prices and a shift away from...

The first Kawartha Lakes Bridal Show was held at the Lindsay Agricultural Society on Sunday. Germain Ma reports on what has become a booming industry.

Feb. 13 marks Canadian Agriculture Day, a vital sector in Alberta providing a livelihood to tens of thousands in the province along with needed food and products for Canada and its international trading partners. Stan Blade, dean of agricultural, life and environmental sciences at the University of Alberta, joined us on Global News Morning Edmonton...

Bulgarian and Spanish farmers protested on Tuesday against what they say is their governments’ insufficient compensation and the crisis in the agricultural sector. Bulgarian farmers blocked roads across the country, while Spanish farmers set up makeshift barricades on several major highways, joining colleagues in other European countries protesting high costs, bureaucracy and competition from non-EU...

From show jumping to entertainment from clowns, the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair has the competition heating up in Brandon. Clay Young got a look at the agriculture industry front and centre in western Manitoba.

From show jumping to entertainment from clowns, the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair has the competition heating up in Brandon. Clay Young got a look at the agriculture industry front and centre in western Manitoba.

The agriculture sector is seeing an injection of new talent and they’re breaking both barriers and gender norms. Danielle Miller, Mariah Vermeer and Vanessa Oddy talk about their lives running Greendale Acres and how they’re hoping to empower the next wave of female farmers.

WATCH: The provincial agriculture budget includes increases to the overall total as well as for risk management measures like crop insurance. Erik Bay shares thoughts from Saskatchewan’s producers.

Dozens of Alberta municipalities declared agricultural disasters due to severe drought conditions in 2024 and this year may be a repeat. Boyd Mori, a University of Alberta professor of agricultural and ecological entomology, warns of a potential spike in grasshopper populations on the Prairies due to the absence of a prolonged winter cold snap and...

With the high likelihood of Alberta drought on the horizon, its impacts will be felt by Albertans in many ways. One of those ways is what we choose to buy. University of Alberta professor of agricultural economics Ellen Goddard joined Global News at Noon to talk about the impacts.

Drought – or near drought – conditions in southern Alberta over the last several years have been devastating for the agriculture community. But a man in Glenwood believes he has a solution. Brandon Cassidy has more.

Hundreds of farmers blocked the main road of the French northwestern city of Rennes on Thursday to press the government to protect them from cheap imports, rising costs and red tape. “Europe kills French farmers, Europe kills French agriculture,” Calvados Rurale president Jean-Jaques Pesquerel said.

Today is the final early bird deadline for the St. Boniface Mega Millions Choices Lottery, where your support helps fund medical research here in Manitoba. Thomas Netticadan, team leader with Centre for Agriculture in Food & Medicine joins Global News Morning to discuss what his team is working on and how it helps the entire...

There’s no business like snow business, and the unusually warm winter in Western Canada is drying up profits for some. Neetu Garcha looks at the struggles of British Columbia’s ski resorts, and the Prairies’ agricultural sector.

The Lethbridge Agriculture Expo kicked off on Tuesday. It’s one of the largest in Canada, with shiny new tractors and machinery on display. As Brandon Cassidy found out, the focus this year is on sustainability.

Thousands of German farmers gathered in Berlin on Monday to protest against the federal governments plans to raise taxes on farming operations and to implement “fair prices” for farmers’ products.

The first in a series of drought management workshops begins today. The sessions are designed to help farmers prepare for a potential dry summer. Angela Boss, Director of Agriculture Development (South) at B.C.’s Minstry of Agriculture and Food shares the details.

Manitoba’s environment minister said the silica mining proposal was rejected due to too many unknowns: “the risk is too great for clean drinking water and agricultural producers in the area.”