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Erin and Jason Boily say activities on their ranch help pass values to their kids and also aids their Métis community.
Faces of ag, Livestock

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

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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
ACC student Carter Baranyk is putting the bison sector in the spotlight.
Livestock, News

ACC project to spread the word on bison

The final products will highlight the ruminants’ ecological role, history and production in Manitoba

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Carter Baranyk has always been fascinated by bison, so when the time came to choose a capstone project for his land and water management diploma at Assiniboine Community College, he knew his topic. “I thought they were really cool animals,” he said, recalling childhood trips to the Manitoba Museum (formerly the Manitoba Museum of Man
Bison prices have not risen the same way cattle prices have, but feed grain still costs the same.
Livestock, News

Bison market searches for traction

A longer production cycle has done margins few favours given feed costs

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It’s the worst of both worlds for Manitoba’s bison sector. Bison have yet to see the same best-in-decade prices as the cattle market, but bison producers deal with most of the same input cost surges, according to the Manitoba Bison Association. CanFax, the service that analyzes Canadian livestock markets, has cited continued tight cattle supplies
Lori and Len Koop accept the 2023 Bill Lenton Memorial Award in Brandon in February.
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Bison mainstays sent off in style

Long volunteerism earned Len and Lori Koop the Manitoba Bison Association’s 2023 Bill Lenton Memorial Award

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Len Koop has done a lot of volunteering in his life. In the early 2000s, he and a neighbour in his home community of Kola noticed that local kids had only an outdoor rink. Given the province’s frigid winters, that seemed like a problem, and one that Koop figured they could fix. Within a few
Producers say the increased compensation levels are security for if a disease threat raises its head.
Livestock, News

Bison sector praises boosted CFIA compensation

Payouts for destroyed stock would more than double under the proposed changes

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Bison producers may soon expect more money, should the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) ever order some of their stock euthanized due to disease threat. Why it matters: The bison industry says, previous to proposed changes, market value was far outstripping what it could have expected to be paid by the CFIA for destroyed stock.
(Assnat.qc.ca)
Livestock, Markets

Set-aside funded for Quebec hog, cattle, big game producers

Feds, province pledge $21.8 million AgriRecovery plan

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Farmers tending feeder hogs, fed cattle and big game animals such as elk, red deer, bison and wild boar in Quebec can expect $21.8 million in AgriRecovery to compensate for COVID-19’s drag on the province’s slaughter capacity. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and her Quebec counterpart Andre Lamontagne on Thursday announced their governments’ respective 60-40
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Beef cattle, Livestock

Cattle set-aside programs winding down

Final enrolment deadlines set for Saskatchewan, Alberta programs

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AgriRecovery programs set up in Saskatchewan and Alberta to help cover feed costs for cattle producers unable to ship livestock to slaughter are gearing down, while Ontario’s program begins a third intake. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. announced Friday that the province’s AgriRecovery set-aside program will end March 31, 2021, with Jan. 19 now set as
Online bovine export permits set to launch nationwide
Livestock, News

Online bovine export permits set to launch nationwide

A handful of Manitoba producers got a taste of the CFIA’s online export paperwork over the last few months. Now, the agency says it’s ready to expand

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Manitoba producers with cattle or bison headed to the U.S. have been able to get export permits online for months. As of June, 1, so will everyone else. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says it is ready to expand its My CFIA web portal for live bovine export to all ports between the U.S.
Michelle Gaudry has been named this year’s Bill Lenton Memorial Award winner.
Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba

Bring on the bison

Faces of Ag: Michelle Gaudry may not be a bison producer, but her support of the industry earned her this year’s Bill Lenton Memorial Award, the Manitoba Bison Association’s largest annual award

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If you’re a bison rancher in Manitoba, chances are you know Michelle Gaudry. She has spent the last five years promoting the sector’s growth as an industry development specialist with the province. Bison ranchers will have seen her at Manitoba Bison Association (MBA) meetings or hosted her on a visit to their farm. They likely

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