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Ruth Bonneville / Free Press 49.8 - farm checkup Photo of trenches filled with rain water on a field near Starbuck Manitoba. What: This is for a cross-Manitoba farm check-up story. We're visiting/calling a handful of farmers to talk about how they've coped with a topsy-turvy year, focusing on the impacts of drought and wildfires, tariffs and the lifting of the carbon tax under a new government. Oct 17, 2025