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“MBP has been advocating since the onset of the program for recognition of some of these other extraordinary expenses that weren’t included in the feed assistance component... ” – Carson Callum, Manitoba Beef Producers.
Livestock, News

AgriRecovery program expands

Harvesting extra feed acres, hauling water, or opening up new areas for grazing are now up for aid funding

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Livestock producers hoping to tap AgriRecovery will now be able to claim things like land rentals, fencing or costs for hauling water or harvesting extra forage acres during last year’s drought. The province and federal government announced the expanded Livestock Feed and Transportation Drought Assistance program Feb. 2. Elk producers are now also able to
Feed only quality grass or hay and free-choice salt, mineral and fresh water for the duration of two weeks.
Livestock

Take the two-week grain-free challenge

Horse Health: Sometimes saying no is the best way to express affection to your horse

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Even though a ‘two-week grain-free challenge’ may be anxiety inducing to a number of horse owners its implementation generally yields valuable realizations and surprisingly beneficial results for both horse and human. Humans often equate food with love and unknowingly project these feelings on to their animal family — the cats, the dogs and the horses. Depending on the
Sea surface temperature anomalies over the equatorial Pacific Ocean for the week centred on Jan. 5, 2022. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)
Other, Weather

La Niña likely to continue into spring, U.S. forecaster says

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Reuters — La Nina conditions are likely to continue during the Northern Hemisphere spring, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. The La Niña weather pattern, characterized by unusually cold temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, has a 67 per cent chance of persisting from March through May this year, the National Weather Service’s
Muscular activity can keep horses warm in the winter.
Livestock

How does a horse stay warm in the winter?

Horse Health: The natural coping mechanisms of horses should be encouraged rather than suppressed

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The horse is remarkably adapted and adept at staying warm as the winter season arises and temperatures plunge into the double digits. In order to satisfy its body’s needs for generating warmth the horse requires resources to do so. If the horse’s environment and circumstance do not meet the requirements of the horse to physiologically thermoregulate and generate
The province’s horse breeders say they’re being frozen out of drought relief programs.
Livestock, Other livestock

Horse breeders push back against AgriRecovery exclusion

DROUGHT | The horse industry argues its ranches were equally drought stricken as its beef-producing neighbours

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Horse breeders in Manitoba are questioning why PMU horses are the only equines eligible for feed and animal transportation programs through AgriRecovery. “There are a lot of horse breeders in the province of Manitoba who have foals on the ground that are just as big and contributing just as much, if not more, to Manitoba’s
Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies in degrees Celsius for the week centred on Nov. 24, 2021. Cooler-than-neutral sea surface temperatures at the equator are known to set up a La Nina event. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)
Weather

Prairie winter weather a sign of La Nina repeat

Full effects won't be seen for a while yet

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MarketsFarm — December marks the start of what meteorologists call “meteorological winter” — and this winter, the Pacific Ocean phenomenon known as La Nina may be rearing its head once again. La Nina (Spanish for “little girl”) is a climate pattern detected over the Pacific every few years where cooler water pools at the equator
Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (second from left) and Nate Horner (right), her Alberta counterpart, during a tour of Olds College’s Smart Farm on Thursday. (Photo: Olds College/Sergei Belski, www.oldscollege.ca)
Livestock, Weather

Alberta looks for feed, Ottawa promises cash for B.C.

Alberta to help with veterinary testing after B.C.'s lab flooded, Alberta ag minister says

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Even though supplies are low because of drought, Alberta is looking for feed to send to B.C. livestock producers, while Ottawa will provide emergency financial assistance to farmers dealing with flooding and closed roads in the hard-hit province. “We’ve been working with the B.C. department of agriculture,” Alberta Agriculture Minister Nate Horner said during a
A grazing horse is receiving benefits well beyond just nutrition.
Livestock

Forage the key to healthy horse diet

Horse Health: Marketing campaigns plant doubts about importance of natural diet

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Horses both need forage and horses need to forage. Both aspects are equally nourishing to the horse and both aspects are necessary to fully satisfy the physical, emotional and mental contentment of the horse. Forage comes without a feed label and receives very little marketing attention when held in comparison to the enterprising sales campaigns that market designer
Flooded roads are seen near Chilliwack, B.C. on Nov. 15, 2021 after rainstorms lashed parts of the province, triggering landslides and floods and shutting highways. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)
Other, Weather

Severe B.C. rainstorms spur landslides, shut roads

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian helicopters carried out multiple missions on Monday to rescue hundreds of people trapped in their vehicles on a highway after huge rainstorms sparked landslides in British Columbia. The rainstorms that started on Sunday triggered landslides, shut roads, prompted the evacuation of an entire community, forced an oil pipeline to close
Macie Glenn, kept close watch as her mom, Lacey Marshall, led her mount around the third and final barrel in the timed barrel racing event.
Farmit Manitoba

Horsin’ Around gathers young participants

The event, aimed at the youngest of horse enthusiasts, brought together families for fun and learning

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“Life isn’t always candy, cowboy boots, and horses, but should be,” is an old saying that definitely fit the bill at the Kids’ Horsin’ Around Day in early September in Russell. Fun was the theme of the day, attracting youngsters and families who had one thing in common, enjoying the warmth and companionship of a

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