Two bison feed on a Canadian bison farm.

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.

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.




A still from one of Brendan Liske's trail cameras capturing a black truck hauling away the carcass of a bison.

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.






Jason Cardinal talks market gardens and tech to attendees of the Indigenous Ag Summit at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina. (Lisa Guenther photo)

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 on pasture near Teulon, Man. on May 30, 2023. (MarketsFarm photo by Glen Hallick)

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