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Farmit Manitoba, Letters

Letters: Crown land sales already raising ire

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In response to Agriculture and Resource Development Minister Blaine Pedersen’s letter in the Jan. 16 issue of the Co-operator: Minister Pedersen, I am new to this part of the world, but not to ranching. And I’m a fast learner. I understand that many producers were unhappy with the old points system used, in this province,
Ray Archuleta (left) with his volunteers, (left to right): Mike Bennet, Tyson Dueck, Codie Dueck and Markus Dueck.
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Spreading the word

Pioneers of regenerative agriculture speak in Rosa

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In late January, U.S. conservation ag guru Ray Archuleta asked for four volunteers to come to the front of the room and help him with an experiment. Called the ‘slake test’ it was designed to demonstrate soil stability to the 100 attendees at a soil health workshop at the Shevchenko Ukrainian Centre in Rosa. Archuleta,
More tax deferral zones announced for ranchers
Livestock, Weather

More tax deferral zones announced for ranchers

Final list released for 2019 tax year

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More ranchers who were up against a dry 2019 may now be eligible to defer some income from their livestock sales for the income tax year. The federal government on Tuesday released the “final list” of designated regions where income tax deferral on sales of breeding livestock has been authorized for 2019. In a prescribed
Milder weather this winter is helping producers manage feed, but there’s still plenty of winter left.
Livestock

Warm weather grants reprieve for livestock producers

Manitoba’s winter has been comparatively mild
 but is it enough to get feed supplies through the winter?

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A so-far mild winter has helped bolster feed supplies, but producers aren’t out of the woods yet. The weather has given livestock producers some reprieve compared to last year, when several weeks of consistent temperatures below -30 C hit at already strained feed supplies. Livestock specialists are still most worried about poor nutrition for the coming calving and
File photo of a storm cloud from the southwestern end of Lake Winnipeg at Matlock, Man. (IanChrisGraham/iStock/Getty Images Plus)
Weather

Average Prairie heat, more rain in summer forecast

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MarketsFarm — Canada’s Prairies should see higher-than-normal precipitation and generally average temperatures during the 2020 growing season, according to a forecast from Scott Kehler of Weatherlogics. Speaking Thursday at CropConnect in Winnipeg, Kehler said “there’s not really a strong pattern one way or the other” when it comes to the temperature outlook. The Weatherlogics forecast
Charles Baron and partners brought FBN to Canada in 2017, buying Saskatchewan-based Yorkton Distributors. (FBN video screengrab via YouTube)
Crops

Court orders big ag firms to hand over documents in antitrust probe

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Ottawa | Reuters — A Canadian federal court has ordered a group of major agriculture companies to hand over records and communications in an antitrust probe sparked by allegations some businesses tried to block online farm-supply startup Farmers Business Network (FBN). In a series of court orders issued Tuesday, Federal Court Justice Denis Gascon said
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Crops, Forages, Weather

Manitoba reviewing underused forage insurance plans

About 18 per cent of forage acres insured

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The Manitoba government is taking a look at its Crown crop insurance agency’s relatively under-subscribed offerings to forage growers. The provincial ag department said Tuesday it has launched a review “to better understand the purchasing decisions of Manitoba producers when it comes to forage insurance products” available via Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp. (MASC). Over 1,200
This cow herd at NDSU’s Dickinson Research Extension Center is in the last trimester of gestation.
Beef cattle, News

Body condition vital to calving success

Proper feed, good water and a reasonable space with wind protection will keep a cow content

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During the last trimester of pregnancy in beef cows, the fetus grows rapidly, placing increasing nutrient demands on the cow. In addition, cold weather increases the cow’s nutrient requirements. “Body condition plays an important role in successfully wintering beef cows,” says Yuri Montanholi, North Dakota State University Extension beef cattle specialist. “Late weaning, overstocking, late
In the tight-margin business of raising cattle, a host of smaller factors is pulling down profitability – and herd numbers along with it.
Farmit Manitoba, Livestock

Cattle sector facing silent crisis

The cattle sector isn’t facing one big crisis, but rather the cumulative effect of many challenges, a new study says

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Canada’s cattle industry may not be facing another near-fatal blow like BSE, but it’s hemorrhaging all the same. And this time, it’s a death by a thousand cuts, says a new study from the heart of Canada’s cattle country. Government regulations. Global trade wars. Rising land prices and ever-higher costs. Drought. Feed shortages. Head taxes
Two youngsters play a farming simulation game in one of the exhibitor halls.
News, Other

Manitoba Ag Days makes 2020 the year of innovation

Technology and new ideas were front and centre on the stage and in the exhibition halls

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It’s about 10 minutes after Steve Rogoschewsky found out his invention had taken first prize in its Innovation Showcase category, and the shock hasn’t quite worn off. He can’t stop moving. He appears a little shaken. “We’re passionate about this business,” he tells the Manitoba Co-operator. “We’ve helped a lot of people.” The Saskatchewan-based inventor,

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