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Manitoba Beef Producers provide industry, organization updates

By Jennifer Paige November 23, 2015

Beef producers have been filling community halls across the province over the past month to hear updates on animal health concerns, industry support tools and progress made on trade agreements and research initiatives. Members of the Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) organization gathered in Strathclair on November 6 as general manger, Melinda German reviewed efforts made[...]

Country Crossroads, Local news

Waterlogged organization encourages water stewardship

By Jennifer Paige May 20, 2015

After two devastating floods, Brandon’s Riverbank Inc. has been barely left afloat and is now looking to raise funds to rebuild, all the while keeping water stewardship in mind. “We are excited for this initiative. It will allow us to offer the public a chance to purchase a quality rain barrel for their home or[...]

Livestock, Local news, Poultry

Small-scale chicken quota changes stir controversy

By Jennifer Paige October 11, 2016

Manitoba Chicken Producers is changing the guidelines for small-scale producers. It’s moving to an annual specialty quota program it says addresses the reality that the chicken market is becoming more specialized, and will give consumers access to Manitoba-grown birds. “At the end of the day what we want consumers in Manitoba to have access to[...]

Livestock, Local news

On-farm cost-sharing program quickly taken up by producers

By Jennifer Paige November 22, 2016

Manitoba farmers are giving a program aimed at improving on-farm food safety and animal welfare a strong passing grade. Producers who have participated in Growing Forward 2’s On-Farm Food Safety and Animal Welfare say they’d do it again, noting it cost shares improvements that help farmers. “If you have the chance to get involved with[...]

Country Crossroads, Local news

The rural Manitoba advantage

By Jennifer Paige November 2, 2016

Rural Manitobans have big entrepreneurial dreams. The sizable turnout at this year’s Take the Leap conference in Dauphin Oct. 17 is just the latest sign of this, according to event organizers. Take the Leap, hosted by the Dauphin and District Chamber of Commerce, aims to provide insight into the resources available to these budding business[...]

Local news

CFGB to celebrate successful harvest with fall banquet events

By Jennifer Paige October 19, 2016

The final tally isn’t quite in yet, but communities throughout Manitoba have once again produced a sizable harvest for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB). “You never know exactly at this time of year, but I am seeing about 5,600 acres and that includes a project in Thunder Bay, Ont., as well,” said Harold Penner, CFGB[...]

Livestock, Local news

Showing off the industry to tomorrow’s consumers

By Jennifer Paige November 8, 2016

The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba seized the opportunity to spread some agriculture knowledge to Manitoba youth during its annual Ag Ex event. “At all of our events we like to put a focus on ag education,” said Ron Kristjansson, general manager of the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba. “Having the students come out to our events[...]

Beef cattle, Livestock, Local news

Ag Ex presents marketing opportunities

By Jennifer Paige November 8, 2016

You could have the best cattle in the world, but if nobody knows about them, it won’t do you much good. It’s a reality cattle breeders across Canada struggle with, and a big reason there are cattle shows, say exhibitors at this year’s Ag Ex event in Brandon. The show is the province’s largest all-breed[...]

Crops, Local news

Keeping soybeans at home to be fed

By Jennifer Paige July 28, 2016

Many of Manitoba’s hog barns are surrounded by soybean fields, but the soymeal inside them may have come from hundreds of miles away in the U.S. That prompted Keystone Agricultural Producers members at their recent summer advisory meeting here to support the Brandon Chamber of Commerce’s efforts to encourage industry to construct a soybean-processing plant[...]

Local news

Future farmers raise funds for Manitoba Farmers with Disabilities

By Jennifer Paige October 18, 2016

Its not every day you see a group of young people running down the main drag of small-town Manitoba with a bed in tow. Local residents in towns throughout southern Manitoba may have witnessed a peculiar sight recently as agriculture students from the University of Manitoba got together for their annual Aggie Bed Push fundraiser.[...]

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Manitoba Beef Producers provide industry, organization updates

Waterlogged organization encourages water stewardship

Small-scale chicken quota changes stir controversy

On-farm cost-sharing program quickly taken up by producers

The rural Manitoba advantage

CFGB to celebrate successful harvest with fall banquet events

Showing off the industry to tomorrow’s consumers

Ag Ex presents marketing opportunities

Keeping soybeans at home to be fed

Future farmers raise funds for Manitoba Farmers with Disabilities

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