What’s New at MCA – Manitoba Crop Alliance

More Control, Less Rush: Using Cash Advances to Strengthen Marketing Decisions

Coles Ag on March 10, 2026

The following article is a recap of “Smart Financing for Manitoba Farmers,” a presentation in our Roots to Results Webinar Series. The full webinar recording can be viewed here.

Farming is one of the most capital-intensive businesses in Canada. Seed, fuel, fertilizer and land costs go out months before crop revenue comes in. And while yields and markets can fluctuate, input costs are constant and high.

That’s why cash flow strategy matters as much as production strategy. In the final presentation of our Roots to Results Webinar Series, Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) COO Darcelle Graham shared how an Advance Payments Program (APP) cash advance from MCA can serve as a practical, flexible tool to strengthen marketing power and reduce borrowing costs.

Turn Cash Flow Pressure into Marketing Power

The APP provides access to capital based on up to 50 per cent of your anticipated or stored production value. That means you don’t have to sell grain just to cover spring bills.

Implementation

Map out your 12- to 18-month cash flow needs. If input or rent payments are driving early sales, consider whether an advance could bridge the gap and let you market when prices improve.

Capture Interest Savings That Stay on Your Farm

The federal government covers the interest on the first $100,000 advanced (or up to $500,000 for canola only in 2026). That can translate into thousands of dollars in savings compared to traditional borrowing.

Implementation

Compare your operating loan rate to the APP rate (prime minus 0.5 per cent on interest-bearing portions). Run the math: what would $4,000–$20,000 in interest savings mean for your bottom line?

Match Repayment to Grain Sales

Unlike traditional loans, there are no fixed monthly payments. You repay as you sell your crop, within an 18-month window.

Implementation

Align your marketing plan with repayment timelines. As you price grain, set aside advance repayment within 30 days of receiving payment to stay compliant and avoid penalties.

Use It as a Tool for Transitional Periods

You don’t need to own land to qualify. You must own the crop, having grown and marketed it. That makes it especially helpful for young or transitioning farmers.

Implementation

If you’re farming rented land or gradually taking over the operation, explore whether separate advances (where eligible) could support working capital during transition years.

Treat the Application Like a Business Agreement

The program is flexible, but it requires accountability. Security, crop insurance (or inventory proof) and signed documentation are mandatory.

Implementation

Before applying, read the terms and conditions carefully. Confirm crop insurance coverage, review your creditor priority agreements and double-check signatures to avoid processing delays.

Cheers to five years: Anniversary food and drink collaborations help MCA give back

Coles Ag on February 27, 2026

When we started thinking about how we wanted to celebrate Manitoba Crop Alliance’s fifth anniversary, we knew we wanted to give back to our farmer members, industry partners and the broader agriculture community, who have all helped the organization become what it is today. After much consideration, we decided the best way to do that was with some special food and drink made from MCA crops grown right here in Manitoba.

The result was three unique and delicious anniversary collaborations:

Beer

Our anniversary beer was brewed in collaboration with Trans Canada Brewing Co., a mainstay in the Winnipeg craft brewing community. For the anniversary brew, we couldn’t have asked for a better partner than Trans Canada, which shares our belief in the importance of supporting local farmers, buying (and drinking) local and giving back to the community. The beer was produced using malt from Scythe Malting Co. in Springstein, MB, which is owned and operated by MCA director Jeffrey Stobbe-Wiebe and his family.

Our “Stronger Together” light lager was distributed to MCA delegates during the 2026 all delegates meeting in Brandon, handed out to attendees following the 2026 MCA AGM and also made available to all CropConnect attendees during the Farmer Saloon portion of the conference.

Bread

Our anniversary white pan bread was created by our friends and longtime collaborators at Cereals Canada. Given our strong, existing ties with Cereals Canada through our membership in the organization, and the important market development and access work they do on behalf of our farmer members, it was a natural partnership. The bread was distributed to all farmer members who attended the 2026 MCA AGM.

Coming Soon: Whisky

Our final collaboration is a special anniversary whisky produced with Winnipeg’s Patent 5 Distillery. The base spirit was made from a mixture of locally grown corn, wheat and barley for a unique, Made-in-Manitoba flavour. The anniversary whisky is currently aging in barrels, where it will remain for the next several years, with plans to bottle and release the final product in 2030 when we celebrate MCA’s 10th anniversary. We are sure it will be worth the wait!

Gallery: Behind the scenes at Trans Canada Brewing Co.

Meet Manitoba Crop Alliance’s 2025-26 post-secondary bursary recipients

Coles Ag on February 25, 2026

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Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA) is proud to support agriculture’s next generation. MCA’s bursary program is designed to assist with the financial needs of students pursuing education in a field that will benefit the agriculture sector.

Six post-secondary students from Manitoba have been awarded with MCA 2025-26 bursaries valued at $2,000 each. The 2025-26 bursary recipients are Daniela Heinrichs from Clearwater, Marco Fanzago from Elm Creek, Evan Whetter from Alexander, Kayden Stewart from Rosser, Cohen Crammond from Austin, and Nolan Marginet from Treherne.

“Today’s students are agriculture’s future leaders, and we are proud to support the next generation as they continue their education,” says MCA chair Jonothan Hodson. “This year’s post-secondary bursary recipients all have deep roots in agriculture and a desire to broaden their knowledge. I look forward to seeing how they will advance our industry and give back to their communities.”

Bursary applicants needed to meet the following criteria:

Have completed a minimum of one year (two terms) of post-secondary education at the college or university level (diploma or degree) and are enrolled full-time for the 2025-26 school year in an agricultural program within Canada.
Have achieved a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0.
Have an interest in wheat (spring or winter), corn, barley, flax or sunflower crops, or agriculture in general, as demonstrated in a brief, one-page letter.
Are from a farm that is a member in good standing with MCA.
Have not previously been awarded an MCA post-secondary bursary (past high school bursary recipients remain eligible for a post-secondary bursary).

An independent selection committee was contracted to evaluate the applicants based on their connection to or interest in agriculture, explanation of why they decided to enrol in an agriculture-related post-secondary program, how they hope to benefit the agriculture industry once they have graduated and are in the workforce, and their academics and writing skills.

This year, the selection committee included Melody Caron, the owner/director of independent crop production research company TapRoot Research Ltd., and Elizabeth Karpinchick, a registered professional agrologist working as an independent consultant for Tone Ag Consulting Ltd.

Caron started TapRoot Research Ltd. in 2022 and has been supporting varietal development, pesticide efficacy and fertility research in the Red River Valley and Carman, MB. Her background in soil science, agroecology and as a field biologist have all contributed to her interest and expertise in conducting field research in Manitoba. Caron and her husband have two children and operate a grain farm near Brunkild, MB, where they grow cereals, soybeans and canola.

Karpinchick specializes in field crop agronomy, soil testing, on-farm testing and organic crop production. She serves on the Agrologist Manitoba board of directors and is president of the St. Pierre Agricultural Society, the St. Pierre CDC and the Frog Follies Committee.

Thank you to the selection committee for evaluating the bursary applications and congratulations to the 2025-26 bursary recipients!

Meet the MCA 2025-26 bursary recipients

Rethinking Crop Insurance for your Farm

Coles Ag on February 10, 2026

The following article is a recap of “Beyond Basic Coverage: Unlocking the Value of Crop Coverage Plus,” a presentation in our Roots to Results Webinar Series. The full webinar recording can be viewed here.

Risk management is, in part, about making sure one poor crop year doesn’t severely impact the overall trajectory of your farm.

During a recent webinar, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation’s (MASC) David Van Deynze and Scott Clayton asked farmers to think differently about crop insurance: not as protection for individual crops, but as protection for the farm as a whole.

Crop Coverage Plus shifts the focus from isolated losses to overall farm performance, offering higher coverage levels and, in some cases, meaningful premium savings for diversified operations. By recognizing how different crops succeed and struggle under the same conditions, whole-farm coverage aims to provide protection that matches the way Manitoba farms actually operate.

Shift from Crop-by-Crop to Whole-Farm Thinking

Crop Coverage Plus evaluates the combined value of all insured crops, allowing strong yields to offset weaker ones.

Implementation

Review your insurance decisions across your entire crop mix instead of one line item at a time.

Crop Diversity Can Unlock Better Protection

Farms with multiple crops may qualify for coverage levels up to 90 per cent, sometimes at a lower premium than standard 80 per cent coverage.

Implementation

If you’re growing three or more crops, ask your MASC insurance specialist to model your farm under Crop Coverage Plus.

Not All Crops Move Together — and That Matters

Some crops respond differently to heat, moisture or timing. Those differences reduce overall risk when measured at the farm level.

Implementation

Consider how crops like winter wheat or corn behave differently across seasons when planning rotations.

Fewer Claims, but Stronger Support When It Counts

While small, single-crop claims may be offset, farms tend to receive larger indemnities in years when most crops suffer.

Implementation

Decide whether your operation benefits more from frequent small payouts or stronger protection in difficult years.

Reseed Benefits Increase with Higher Coverage

Reseed payments are calculated as a percentage of coverage. Higher coverage means larger reseed support when conditions force a restart.

Implementation

Factor early-season weather risk into your insurance choice, especially in moisture-prone areas.

MCA-funded research at the 2025 Manitoba Agronomists’ Conference

Ashley Ammeter on February 3, 2026

On Dec. 10 and 11, 2025, Manitoba agronomists met to discuss the latest developments in pest, crop and soil management. This year, the conference theme was “From Gaps to Gains: Unlocking Crop Potential.” Much of the research shared at the Manitoba Agronomists’ Conference was funded in part by Manitoba Crop Alliance (MCA). Below is a summary of the posters shared that feature MCA-funded research!

Crop Management

Growing Together: Learnings from Manitoba Spring Wheat YEN Pilot

Andrew Hector, Madison Kostal, Manitoba Crop Alliance; Anne Kirk, Mark Lysack, Manitoba Agriculture

Digging Deeper: Identifying Long-Coleoptile Wheat for Dry Seeding Success

M.K. Carkner, C.A. McCartney, M.H. Entz, University of Manitoba; S. Kumar, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Effect of Preceding Crop and Residue Management on Corn Establishment in Manitoba

Ramona Mohr, Gordon Finlay, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Diffusion-based Dataset Augmentation for Downstream Crop Segmentation

Alex Senden, Masoomeh Gomroki, Robert Gulden, Christopher Henry, University of Manitoba

SOIL MANAGEMENT

Investigating the Effects of Soil Moisture and Temperature on the Transformation of N Fertilizer in Soil

Carlie Johnston, Xiaopeng Gao, Ramona Mohr, Timi Ojo, University of Manitoba; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

The Influence of Nitrogen Stabilizers and Split Fertilizer Application on Agronomic Performance and Mitigation of N2O Emission from Canadian Western Red Spring (CWRS) Wheat

L.H.N. Sawbhagya, B. Sparling, M. Tenuta, University of Manitoba; M. St. Luce, B. May, H. Kubota, B. Beres, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Pest Management

CWRepViT-Net: An Encoder-Decoder Deep Learning Framework with RepViT Blocks for Crop Weed Semantic Segmentation in Soybean Fields through their Life Journey

Masoomeh Gomroki, Dilshan Benaragma, Christopher Henry, Nasem Badreldin, Rob Gulden, University of Manitoba

Bacterial Leaf Streak Transmission Driven by Seed Infection and Irrigation

Vinuri Weerasinghe, Malini Jayawardana, Shaheen Bibi, W.G. Dilantha Fernando, University of Manitoba

For a full list of poster presentations and speakers from the 2025 conference, visit the Manitoba Agronomists’ Conference website.

Thank you to the conference partners, the University of Manitoba Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Manitoba Agriculture, for hosting an excellent conference!

Practical Farm Finance Lessons for Uncertain Times

Coles Ag on January 13, 2026

The following article is a recap of “Staying Ahead of the Curve, “ a presentation in our Roots to Results Webinar Series. The full webinar recording can be viewed here.

Farming has always involved risk, but today the risks feel sharper. Volatile markets, rising input costs, unpredictable weather and tighter margins are forcing many farms to think differently about how they make decisions.

In our latest Roots to Results webinar, Evan Shout, president and co-founder of Maverick Ag, challenged the idea that these pressures are completely out of our hands. While farmers can’t control markets or weather, they can control how they prepare their business to respond. This preparation starts with understanding the right numbers, not all the numbers.

Strong land equity has helped many farms stay stable, but equity alone doesn’t create flexibility. Cash flow, debt structure, cost awareness and timing increasingly determine whether a farm can hold grain, invest wisely or weather a tough year without being forced into making hard decisions.

Know the Three Numbers That Really Matter

Not every ratio deserves your attention, but three do: working capital, debt service ratio and debt-to-equity. These are the numbers lenders watch and they shape your day-to-day flexibility. Strong working capital gives you selling power, a healthy debt service ratio keeps the bank on your side and debt-to-equity tells you how much cushion you really have.

Implementation

Ask your accountant for accrual financial statements and calculate these ratios annually. Track trends, not just single-year results.

Calculate Your True Cost of Production

Cost of production isn’t just seed and fertilizer. It also includes machinery depreciation, family living draws and even the opportunity cost of owning land. When those costs are hidden, pricing decisions become emotional instead of strategic.

Implementation

Use conservative, 10-year average yields and today’s prices. Include personal drawings and realistic equipment depreciation to find your real break-even.

Use Break-Even Numbers to Guide Marketing

Once you know your break-even, marketing becomes clearer. Instead of hoping for a rally, you can decide when selling at a small loss protects the whole farm, or when a crop is carrying the operation.

Implementation

Pair break-even prices with a simple return-on-investment target. Share these numbers with whoever handles marketing, so decisions support the entire business.

Treat Lean Management as Risk Management

In tighter years, controlling costs matters more than chasing yield. Lean management isn’t about cutting blindly; it’s about finding small efficiencies that reduce pressure on cash flow and debt.

Implementation

Review expenses line by line. Ask what can be delayed, downsized or done differently this year without hurting long-term productivity.

Benchmark, But Know the Story Behind the Numbers

Comparing your farm to others can reveal blind spots, especially in machinery, labour and debt per acre. However, numbers only make sense with context.

Implementation

Benchmark against similar farms and against your own five-year history. Use percentages of revenue, not just dollars per acre, to spot trends.

Understanding Fairness, Taxes and Planning in Farm Succession

Coles Ag on December 9, 2025

The following article is a recap of “Harvesting the Future: Farm Succession Planning & Tax-Smart Strategies, “a presentation in our Roots to Results Webinar Series. The full webinar recording can be viewed here.

Succession planning isn’t glamorous. It’s uncomfortable, emotional, and often pushed off until “next year.” But waiting too long can cost you more than just taxes. It can also cost you peace of mind.

In our recent webinar, MNP tax specialist Edith Frison shared real-world stories from decades of working with farm families. Her message was clear: good planning protects both the farm and the family.

Succession planning isn’t just paperwork. It’s a gift that preserves relationships, protects the land, and gives the next generation a fighting chance. Start early, ask questions and create a plan as strong as the farm you’ve worked so hard to build.

Your Will Is the First Gate to a Smooth Succession

Too often a missing or outdated will sends an estate to court, where assets are split “equally” not “fairly.” That’s how non-farming siblings end up owning land they never intended to operate.

Implementation

Set a reminder to review your will every two to five years. Keep it simple, keep it clear and talk about it with your kids so there are no surprises later.

Capital Gains Rules Can Make or Break the Next Generation

The capital gains exemption is a powerful tool, if used correctly. However, rules around land use, rental years, inactive assets and intergenerational transfers are complicated enough to trip up even the most seasoned operators.

Implementation

Make a list of every parcel you own. For each one, write down:

The legal land description
Who farmed it (including which family members or renters)
How many years it was farmed versus rented
Where it came from (when was it bought, was it inherited and, if so, from whom and how long had they farmed/owned it)

This small task can save your family hundreds of thousands in future taxes.

“Fair” Doesn’t Always Mean “Equal”

Splitting the farm equally between farming and non-farming children is often unrealistic. A daughter running a 5,000-acre operation simply can’t buy-out her brother’s million-dollar share overnight. There’s a difference between liquid and cash assets.

Implementation

Think in terms of fairness, not equality:

Farming kids may receive land or shares
Non-farming kids might receive cash, life insurance proceeds or non-farming assets

Written shareholder agreements can also ensure buyouts happen gradually, not all at once.

Be Careful Adding Kids to Land Titles

Adding a spouse or child to a title used to be common to avoid probate, but probate fees in Manitoba are no more. Today, this move can trigger a long list of new problems: land transfer tax, creditor risk, marital disputes and future tax complexity.

Implementation

Before adding anyone to a land title, ask your accountant or lawyer whether it helps or hurts your long-term plan.

Partnerships and Corporate Structures Matter More Than You Think

One of Frison’s strongest recommendations is don’t farm as a sole proprietor. Partnerships can reduce tax on death, provide access to more capital gains exemptions and make transitions cleaner.

Implementation

If you haven’t already, review your farm business structure:

Could a partnership with your spouse or children reduce future tax?
Should you remove inactive assets from your corporation?
Will Bill C-208 allow for a smoother parent-to-child share sale?
- Bill C-208 amended the Income Tax Act to allow for the intergenerational transfer of family farms. It allows these transfers to be treated similarly to a third-party sale for tax purposes.

Using Data & Seasonality to Improve Grain Marketing Decisions

Coles Ag on November 26, 2025

The following article is a recap of “Planning Without Prediction: Using Data to Improve the Odds,” a presentation in our Roots to Results Webinar Series. The full webinar recording can be viewed here.

Grain markets have rhythms. Knowing them helps you sell with more discipline and less emotion. Farmers don’t need to predict the future to make better marketing decisions, says Chuck Penner from LeftField Commodity Research.

Using historic price patterns, seasonal trends and simple, odds-based thinking can increase confidence, reduce stress and improve financial outcomes. There are clear seasonal patterns, including the reliable price rebound after harvest. Timing sales around seasonal highs delivers profits more times than not.

Here are five key takeaways from Penner’s webinar you can put to use on your farm to increase profits, reduce stress and deepen your market intelligence.

Use Patterns Instead of Predictions

Price prediction is unreliable because market drivers such as weather, geopolitics, trade policy and freight costs change constantly. But price patterns repeat often enough that farmers can use them to guide decisions.

Most crops follow predictable seasonal movements, with lows at harvest and recoveries later.
Across nine years of CWRS wheat data, prices were higher by the end of October in all nine years, averaging $0.83/bu higher from the seasonal low.
“History doesn’t repeat, but it often rhymes”—use the rhyme.

Implementation

Build a simple seasonal reference chart for your crops as a check before reacting to bearish harvest news or elevator pressure. Add two markers:

Seasonal low (usually harvest).
Seasonal highs (often November and May).

Seasonal Lows and Highs are Real and Useful

Penner’s “thought experiments” showed that timing sales around seasonal highs historically outperformed both equal-month sales and cash-flow-based sales.

Selling CWRS in the mid-May seasonal high produced the strongest price in nine of 12 years.
Equal monthly sales provided average results; cash-flow-timed sales (October/December/March/June) were nearly identical to monthly sales.
In a sample mixed farm, seasonal-high selling outperformed equal-month sales by an average of $100,000/year across 10 years.

Implementation

You don’t need to sell everything at the high. Instead:

Pre-plan to price a portion during your crop’s historical seasonal high month.
Use firm targets for those months to reduce emotion and decision fatigue.

Watch Post-Harvest Behaviour, Don’t Panic Early

Even in tough years, prices usually rise in the month following harvest.

Panic selling at harvest is often driven by noise, not reality: buyers, analysts and media tend to amplify negative news during post-harvest lows.
In nine of nine years, CWRS prices rose by October—sometimes slightly, sometimes dramatically.

Implementation

When prices drop in July–September, assume the decline is normal, not a warning signal.
Set a no-sale window for the weeks immediately after harvest, unless exceptional opportunities arise.

Test Various Approaches to Clarify Your Decision-Making

Testing different sales approaches, such as seasonal-high sales, equal-month sales, or cash-flow-timed sales, helps you see how each strategy would have performed historically on your farm, replacing guesswork with clearer, more confident decisions.

These comparisons reveal how different choices behave in different market years, not just the good ones.
They help you separate emotion from strategy by showing the range of realistic outcomes.

Implementation

Compare your past bids using three approaches: seasonal-high sales, equal-month sales and cash-flow-timed sales.
Use the strategy that shows the most stable, repeatable results as the foundation for this year’s sales plan.

Seasonal Norms Aren’t Everything, Market Shocks Matter

Seasonal highs and lows work best in “normal” supply/demand conditions.

Trade shocks, policy changes or major global events can break seasonal trends (e.g., pea tariffs, drought years).

Implementation

If markets aren’t behaving seasonally (e.g., no fall recovery or persistent weakness), shift to strategy B:

Sell increments on profitability signals.
Respond quickly to basis improvements and buyer incentives.
Avoid waiting out a pattern that year won’t follow.

Grains Week 2025: Farmers Take Their Priorities to Parliament Hill

Coles Ag on November 5, 2025

Every year, Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) brings grain producers to Ottawa for Grains Week, a focused day of meetings, discussions and events designed to ensure that growers’ priorities are front and centre with parliamentarians. It is one of the most important advocacy efforts we undertake each year, connecting the realities of grain farming directly to the policy decisions that shape our sector.

This year’s Grains Week featured more than 30 meetings with ministers, secretaries of state, MPs, senators and senior staff, capped off by a well-attended Parliamentary reception that drew more than 150 guests from Parliament Hill. Farmers were divided into regional groups to cover as much ground as possible, sharing how federal decisions impact operations and outlining solutions to strengthen the competitiveness of Canadian grain.

In a single day of co-ordinated meetings, GGC members from across the country met with key decision-makers, beginning with a breakfast meeting with Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Heath MacDonald, to discuss how grain farmers and government can work together to advance shared priorities. Throughout the day, producers met with many others, including Leader of the Official Opposition Pierre Poilievre, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister Kody Blois and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Sophie Chatel.

Meetings also included influential voices such as Finance Committee Chair Karina Gould, Secretary of State for Rural Development Buckley Belanger, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance Ryan Turnbull, as well as critics and committee members from across party lines. In the Senate, we met with long-standing agricultural advocates, including senators Rob Black and Mary Robinson.

Across every meeting, our message was consistent: producers are ready to be part of the solution, but they need government to remove the barriers holding the sector back.

Our advocacy focused on four key issues. Farmers emphasized the need to reset Canada’s trade relationships and defend tariff-free access to key markets like the United States and China. With more than 70 per cent of Canadian grain exported, trade disruptions and new tariffs have a direct impact on farm incomes. Attendees urged the government to make agriculture a top priority in trade negotiations and to actively defend CUSMA in the upcoming 2026 review.

The second focus was trade-enabling infrastructure. Canada’s grain supply chain is under pressure, with the Port of Vancouver already at capacity and chokepoints like the Second Narrows Rail Bridge leaving the system vulnerable. Farmers made it clear that without urgent federal investment in ports, rail and bridges, delays will continue to erode both income and market confidence.

The third issue was the urgent need to reinvest in agricultural research and development. Total public spending in research has declined by nearly $200 million over the past decade, putting farmers at a disadvantage globally. We called for renewed federal support for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s breeding and innovation programs, along with stronger partnerships that keep farmers directly involved in setting research priorities.

Finally, farmers reinforced the need to protect family farms by permanently reversing the capital gains tax increase. While government has signalled a possible reversal, the hike remains scheduled for January 2026, leaving uncertainty for farm families. For producers, their land and equipment are their retirement savings, and this tax would make it harder for the next generation to take over.

Beyond meetings, our message was visible throughout Ottawa. Advertisements downtown and in The Hill Times, along with targeted digital outreach, reinforced farmers’ priorities for trade, infrastructure, research and fair taxation.

The week concluded with GGC’s board of directors meeting and participation in stakeholder receptions, where members connected with industry partners and set advocacy priorities for the year ahead. To cap off the week, we were able to celebrate the association’s first ever recognition, receiving a Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE) Award of Excellence for our Protect Family Farms campaign that opposed the capital gains tax hike.

Grains Week is about ensuring farmers are heard where it matters most. By bringing producers face-to-face with decision-makers, we are making sure the future of Canadian grain farming is shaped by those who know it best.

Photo Gallery

: Sally Parsonage with Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Heath MacDonald.

: Sally Parsonage with MP Emma Harrison.

: Leigh Smith with Finance Committee Chair Karina Gould.

: Sally Parsonage with Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Sophie Chatel.

: Leigh Smith with MP Adam Chambers.

: Leigh Smith with Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister Kody Blois.

Roots to Results Webinar Series: tips, tricks and strategies for successful farm businesses

Coles Ag on October 23, 2025

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Want to brush up on your farm business management skills and learn new ways to maximize value for your operation?

Our Roots to Results Webinar Series is your one-stop-shop for grain marketing strategies, tax considerations, farm finance tips, innovative crop insurance options and so much more.

All five presentations in the series are now in the books, but you can get caught up by reading key takeaways or watching the full recordings at the links below.

Roots to Results Webinar Series Lineup

Planning Without Prediction: Using Data to Improve the Odds
Speaker: Chuck Penner, LeftField Commodity Research
Date: Nov. 18, 2025
Key takeaways
Watch the recording

Harvesting the Future: Farm Succession Planning & Tax-Smart Strategies
Speaker: Edith Frison, MNP
Date: Dec. 2, 2025
Key takeaways
Watch the recording

Staying Ahead of the Curve
Speaker: Evan Shout, Maverick Ag
Date: Jan. 6, 2026
Key takeaways
Watch the recording

Beyond Basic Coverage: Unlocking the Value of Crop Coverage Plus
Speaker: David Van Deynze and Scott Clayton, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation
Date: Feb. 4, 2026
Key takeaways
Watch the recording

Smart Financing for Manitoba Farmers
Speaker: Darcelle Graham, Manitoba Crop Alliance
Date: March 3, 2026
Key takeaways
Watch the recording