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The new Escarpment Habitat Protection Program is seeking landowners along the Manitoba Escarpment between the border and Riding Mountain National Park to voluntarily preserve their property, or parts of it, in its natural state in return for a one-time payment or tax receipt. The following participated in the program’s announcement July 8 at Alexander Ridge Park on the escarpment west of Miami, Man.: Tatiana Moroz (l), Manitoba Forestry Association, Kristen Malec, Manitoba Forestry Association, Tim Sopuck, CEO, Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation, Murray Seymour, chair, Pembina Valley Conservation District, Candice Bergen, MP Portage Lisgar and minister of state for social development, Roy Wood, chair, La Salle Redboine Conservation District, Justin Reid, manager, La Salle Redboine Conservation District and Cliff Greenfield, manager Pembina Valley Conservation District.

VIDEO: New voluntary program to protect Manitoba Escarpment

Participating landowners can still pasture livestock, produce hay, cut firewood and hunt,  but they can’t burn, break or drain the land

By Allan Dawson July 20, 2015

A new voluntary program will offer financial incentives to encourage landowners to protect and restore the Manitoba Escarpment’s natural cover in perpetuity. The goal is not only to conserve flora and fauna providing esthetic benefits, but improve downstream water quality and reduce flooding and costly damage to infrastructure, Cliff Greenfield, manager of the Pembina Valley

Canada’s agriculture ministers pose for their annual family photo in Charlottetown. (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada photo)

Livestock, Markets

Trade ‘balancing act’ in focus at ag ministers’ meeting

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 17, 2015

With foreign governments urging Canada to open up its protected dairy, poultry and egg markets, the country’s provincial agriculture ministers are unanimously counter-urging in supply management’s defense. Pressure from trading partners and strong regional support in principle for supply management are nothing new. But Canada’s annual ag ministers’ meeting, held this week in Charlottetown, wrapped

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Chinese billionaire buys Australian cattle stations

By GFM Network News July 15, 2015

Sydney | Reuters –– A Chinese billionaire has bought two large Australian cattle stations for A$47 million (C$44.8 million), in at least the third deal this year involving a Chinese investor buying into the country’s farmlands. Xingfa Ma, who owns the Tianma Bearing Group Co., snapped up 40,000 head of cattle along with the 705,700-hectare

Crops, Weather

Prairies should see rain this week, except where needed most

By GFM Network News, Jade Markus July 15, 2015

CNS Canada –– Most of the Prairies are expected to get well-timed rain that will maximize growing potential, except for where it’s needed most, according to a U.S. weather specialist. Saskatchewan Drew Lerner, president at World Weather Inc., based near Kansas City, said the driest areas in southwestern Saskatchewan will not get rain. “That region

Beef cattle, Livestock, Weather

Sask. to open protected grasslands for grazing

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 14, 2015

Crown-held native prairie and other grasslands held for wildlife conservation in Saskatchewan will be opened up to ranchers needing grazing land for cattle in dry areas. Environment Minister Herb Cox announced Tuesday the province will make about 90,000 acres of Fish and Wildlife Development Fund (FWDF) land available to cattle producers. The same grazing lease

Brandon-area farmer, Brett McRae recently began trialling an intensive grazing plan.

Beef cattle, Local news

Cattle producers implement new grazing options

Using forage to finish cattle takes a strong focus on everything from cattle genetics to forage quality

By Jennifer Paige July 14, 2015

Ryan Boyd would rather be searching for newborn calves in waist-high grass than snowdrifts. The western Manitoba grain and cattle farmer has joined the ranks of producers changing things up on the cattle side of their operations in search of lower operating costs and better environmental stewardship. He’s found that producing forage-finished cattle requires a

Crops, Local news, Weather

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 11

Conditions as of July 13, 2015

By Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development July 13, 2015

Hot and humid weather conditions resulted in rapid crop growth across most of Manitoba. Generally, condition of most crop types is rated as good, although variability is noted across the province. Majority of acres and crop types have entered the flowering and grain fill stages of development. Although many areas did receive much needed rainfall,

Crops, Weather

FCC to offer breaks on loans in Sask., Alta.

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 13, 2015

Customers of Farm Credit Canada in parched areas of Alberta and Saskatchewan may be able to get breaks on their outstanding loan payments. FCC on Monday announced it would work with affected customers on “solutions for their operation(s)” such as deferral of principal payments and/or otherwise amending their loan payment schedules. The offer applies to

Crops, Weather

Parched Prairie forages hang in under stress

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News July 9, 2015

CNS Canada — Sporadic rains and prolonged periods of dryness are taking their toll on forage crops in Alberta and parts of Saskatchewan. According to Terry Kowalchuk, a forage crop specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture in Regina, the eastern half of the province is managing, but the situation is worse in the province’s west. The western

Pacific Ocean sea surface temperature anomalies for week centred on July 1. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Crops, Weather

U.S. forecaster sees El Nino likely into N. Hemisphere spring

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 9, 2015

New York | Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday warned that much-watched El Nino conditions are likely to last another nine months, potentially roiling global crops and commodities prices. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center projected a more than 90 per cent chance that El Nino would continue through this winter

Daily Network News

Iran says Strait of Hormuz open as Trump sees deal ‘soon’ to end war

Agriculture groups welcome seed, fertilizer approval bill

AAFC projects tighter canola stocks for 2026-27

Pasture

VIDEO: New voluntary program to protect Manitoba Escarpment

Trade ‘balancing act’ in focus at ag ministers’ meeting

Chinese billionaire buys Australian cattle stations

Prairies should see rain this week, except where needed most

Sask. to open protected grasslands for grazing

Cattle producers implement new grazing options

Manitoba Crop Report and Crop Weather report: Issue 11

FCC to offer breaks on loans in Sask., Alta.

Parched Prairie forages hang in under stress

U.S. forecaster sees El Nino likely into N. Hemisphere spring

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