The Canadian Bison Association and National Circle of Indigenous Agriculture and Food have plans to work together toshare knowledge about bison industry and empower Indigenous bison ranchers.
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Bison sector deepens Canadian Indigenous ties
The Canadian Bison Association and National Circle of Indigenous Agriculture and Food have plans to work together to share knowledge about bison industry and empower Indigenous bison ranchers.
U.S. bison ranchers rally against potential tariffs
Threatened tariffs remain a major concern for U.S. bison producers
U.S. bison producers say tariffs on Canadian animals shipped into the U.S. could disrupt the market for bison meat causing it to lose steam.
Bison producers look forward to rebuilding
Strong national sale prices come on the heels of strongest rail prices in years
Strong national sale prices for Canadian bison producers come on the heels of strongest rail prices in years.
Bison hunt incident a cautionary tale: industry
Events leading up to fraudulent bison hunt underline need for due diligence: industry
The president of the Manitoba Bison Association says producers can take lessons from a recent incident that cumulated in an fraudulent bison hunt on a Binscarth-area ranch without the landowne's knowledge.
Charges laid in connection with illegal bison hunt
Fraudulent hunt saw six bison killed on a northwestern Manitoba farm
A northwestern Manitoba farmer has six bison killed after a hunt on his land that he says he was not aware of and did not approve.
Bison industry looks to build better genetics
Recent tools are helping the bison sector manage its genetic diversity
Limited biodiversity a challenge for bison producers looking to build herd genetics.
Banding together on bison marketing
Bison producers turn to co-op to ease labour burden of direct marketing
Bison producers in Western Canada turn to co-op to ease labour burden of direct marketing.
At Agribition: Northern community integrates tech, education into market garden
Flying Dust working to improve operation's food distribution
Riverside Market Garden, operated by Flying Dust First Nation, started in 2009 with two people and an old alfalfa field. Today it employs about 20 people, plus summer students; provides food for the community and some wholesalers; and gives youth a chance to learn about agriculture. Over the years the First Nation, just north of
Bison industry expanding, becoming mainstream
Bison meat emerging from 'seasonal' perception
MarketsFarm — The Canadian bison industry has been through some difficult times during the last few years but is now emerging from those doldrums, according to Manitoba Bison Association president Robert Johnson. “Between the two drought years and the COVID-19 pandemic, then high feed prices, probably the last two years have been pretty crappy for
Bison in the blood
Faces of Ag: Erin and Jason Boily started a bison cow-calf operation from scratch before the pandemic forced them to pivot
The plan was to grow slowly. When Erin and Jason Boily of Iron Head Bison Ranch bought the farmstead that once belonged to his grandparents, they took a year to tear down old fences, put up new ones, clear brush and generally lay the groundwork for their bison herd. When their first animals arrived in
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