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Yearlings are like early teens — they can be physically mature, but they still have plenty of maturing to do.
Livestock

What to do for a yearling?

Horse Health: They’re often pressured into growing up too soon which is a husbandry error

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As the equine version of an early teenager, the yearling is a bit of a peculiarity within the modern-day horse world. Yearlings generally appear and act physically ungainly, have a naive mindset and are often emotionally raw. For these reasons a pressure and haste is often placed upon the yearling to be more than it
The European honeybee, vital to pollination and the honey industry but not suitable for all crops such as seed alfalfa or some fruit or greenhouse crops.
Farmit Manitoba

A multitude of bees are your tireless workers

You might be surprised to find out just how much extra canola a few more pollinators can bring to your bins

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Canola growers like what happens when they enlist hives of honeybees to help tend their crops. According to figures presented to the Manitoba Agronomist Conference earlier this winter by Melanie Dubois of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, pollination increases production by as much as 46 per cent. And the quality of the seed set is significantly
Letters, Op/Ed

Letters: Manitoba government callous to leaseholders

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It is early morning as I write this, and I am having my first cup of coffee. Normally, I would be enjoying this small luxury of peace and quiet while my children sleep. That was before. I now spend every minute worrying about how am I going to keep my ranch… my livelihood. The threat
Wayne and Maria McDonald are the 2021 
Conservation Award winners.
News

McDonald Farms honoured with conservation award

The Cartwright-area operation has been longtime advocate of grass-based production

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McDonald Farms is the winner of the 2021 Conservation Award. The honour is presented every year by a Manitoba watershed district — in this case the Pembina Valley Watershed District (PVWD) — to recognize an individual, organization, family or business who actively promotes wise farm management and conservation practices. Wayne and Maria McDonald own and
There are a host of factors to take into account if you’re thinking of changing your calving season, but the main question to answer is: What works best for you?
Beef cattle, Livestock

The right time for calving depends on your farm — and you

While many producers are calving earlier, some have gone the other way

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Calving season looks different on every operation — there is no one right method or time of year to calve a cow herd. While more producers in Western Canada have moved to later calving, some have gone the other way. Here are the experiences of three ranching families. Late-summer/fall calving Taralea Simpson has been calving
After Crown land changes were announced in 2019, producers flocked to a public meeting at Ste. Rose to express their concerns.
News, Other

Crown land leaseholders eye legal challenge

Forage leaseholders have started the legal wheels turning in their ongoing spat with the changed Crown land system

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The organizing voice for Manitoba’s Crown land leaseholders is considering whether they can take the provincial government to court. The Manitoba Crown Land Leaseholders Association now says they have raised almost $28,000 for a potential legal challenge against changes to the Crown land system. “We’ve basically raised enough to start the process with the lawyer,”
Cattle producers finally get a little help from Mother Nature, in the form of a mild winter.
Livestock, News, Weather

Livestock sector benefiting from mild winter weather

Producers entered the fall worrying about feed supplies, that are now stretching further

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As Manitoba basks in a startlingly mild winter, the province’s graziers are catching a long-overdue break. After successive years of poor pasture, extended feeding seasons and disappointing hay harvests, the mild weather has put a cap on their herds’ feed needs. That’s helping them make the most of what they have, producers and industry watchers
Letters

Letters: Manitoba ag minister is disingenuous

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Minister Pedersen’s explanation for the “muddling” of the unit transfer issue in a recent letter published on the Manitoba Co-operator website is deceptive at best. Of course the transitional regulation was not operational. Leaseholders were waiting for it to become so… as was promised October 2019. We know that unit transfer was not enshrined in
File photo of Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau speaking to media in Winnipeg in March 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

Bibeau says government committed to federal plant breeding

Seed royalty consultations stalled

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The Canadian government is committed to plant breeding, federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau told members of the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation on Tuesday. Some farmers and seed industry officials suspect Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) variety development work, along with many other programs, will be on the chopping block post-COVID-19 as the government tackles its
Troy Stozek and Michelle Schram of Fresh Roots Farm near Cartwright will be one of the first Manitoba mentors next year.
News

On the hunt for regenerative ag gurus

A previously Alberta-based apprenticeship program is breaking into Saskatchewan and Manitoba next year

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The Young Agrarians Apprenticeship Program wants to fill its roster for when it launches in Manitoba and Saskatchewan next year. Dana Penrice, Prairie program manager, says five Manitoba farms have signed on as mentors for the paid apprenticeship program. The program will be opening applications for those apprenticeship slots in the near future. Why it

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