MITCHELL, MB Agriculture has been the backbone of the economy in southern Manitoba for well over a century. Over the past couple years, however, it has been radically transformed to a wedding venue-based economy, as every young couple seems to want to get married in a barn for some reason. “Oh, sure, you’ll see plenty of barns when you take a drive out in the country,” said local economist Kevin Doerksen. “But the hogs are all gone and now they’…
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