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The 2018 Bill Lenton Memorial Award was presented to Brad and Carmen Ramstead of Fort McMurray, Alta., by the Manitoba Bison Association March 30.

Alberta bison ranchers earn Bill Lenton Memorial Award

Fort McMurray-area ranchers Brad and Carmen Ramstead  are the latest to earn the Bill Lenton Memorial Award for their efforts on behalf of the Manitoba bison industry

By Alexis Stockford April 24, 2018

This year’s Bill Lenton Memorial Award went to a bison ranch a bit further afield. Brad and Carmen Ramstead of Fort McMurray, Alta., added their names to the award during the annual Manitoba Bison Association Great Spirit Bison Show and Sale March 30. “We were pretty humbled,” Carmen Ramstead said. “We’ve been through a lot

Louise Miller’s passion is to share her farm story with visitors.

Country Crossroads, Local news

Binscarth woman receives distinction award

Louise Miller is an advocate and supporter of women in agriculture

By Darrell Nesbitt April 11, 2018

Louise Miller, a staunch advocate and supporter of women in agriculture was among the rural citizens to win a 2018 YWCA Brandon Women of Distinction Award. Miller is the matriarch of Silver Creek Bison Ranch, located between Binscarth and Russell. Operating for over 50 years, the family business was initiated when husband Lorne purchased six

Manitoba’s 2018 Outstanding Young Farmers are Brooks and Jen White of Pierson.

Local news

Pierson couple 2018 Outstanding Young Farmers

They’ll move on to the national competition  this fall in Winnipeg

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 21, 2018

A Pierson-area farm couple are Manitoba’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2018. Brooks and Jen White, of Borderland Agriculture, took over the family grain farm and bison ranch in 2012. It’s so named because the southern boundary of the operation nestles along the U.S. border and the western fringe creeps into Saskatchewan. The couple’s vision for

Livestock, Local news

VIDEO: Challenges and rewards in Manitoba’s bison industry

Two of Manitoba's bison producers see hurdles for their industry, but also a bright future

By Greg Berg January 23, 2018

Take the road less travelled in some parts of rural Manitoba and you may see an iconic animal on the other side of the fence. There’s a good number of bison on the Prairies and Manitoba’s bison producers are hard at work meeting the demand of consumer appetites, but it won’t come without its own

Canada’s bison industry is in the midst of its quinquennial producer survey.

Livestock, News

Bison farms stand to be counted

Canada’s bison producers are taking a snapshot of their industry with a recently released census

By Alexis Stockford January 12, 2018

The Canadian Bison Association is counting heads for the first time in five years. The group has released its 2018 bison census survey, available until Jan. 15. Terry Kremeniuk, Canadian Bison Association executive director, says the census will provide much-needed information on herd distribution, animal numbers, age groups, gender and size of the breeding herd.

Nolan Miller, president of the Manitoba Bison Association, pitches the idea of a video auction to members March 31 during the association’s AGM.

Livestock

Bison industry considers video auction

The Manitoba Bison Association hopes a video auction will open doors for public engagement, should the suggestion become reality

By Alexis Stockford April 25, 2017

The 2017 Great Spirit Bison Show and Sale might be one of the last to run a sales ring. The Manitoba Bison Association is eyeing video auctions to improve safety and public engagement during sales. The system would replace the sales ring with video taken of animals within their pens and then uploaded online. Online

Jamie Moran of Shale Creek Bison Ranch near Russell, Man., poses with the 2017 Bill Lenton Memorial Award.

Livestock, Local news

Manitoba Bison Association awards industry leader honour

Jamie Moran has been named this year’s Bill Lenton Memorial Award winner by the Manitoba Bison Association

By Alexis Stockford April 17, 2017

Jamie “Malone” Moran is the latest recipient of the Bill Lenton Memorial Award from the Manitoba Bison Association. The Russell-area bison producer, fittingly, entered the business 20 years ago by purchasing his first animal from Lenton himself. He currently keeps 60 breeding cows and 50 yearling heifers on his ranch, and he says the tough

Livestock

Canada reintroduces bison to Banff National Park

By GFM Network News, Nia Williams February 6, 2017

Calgary | Reuters — Parks Canada has reintroduced a herd of plains bison to the country’s oldest national park in Banff, Alta., officials said on Monday, more than 130 years after the iconic North American animal last grazed the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies. The conservation team moved 16 bison from a protected herd

Recipe Swap

Go wild for wild game

Wild game meat is a healthy alternative and part of an important hunting tradition

By Julie Garden-Robinson November 11, 2016

We might see men and women dressed in blaze-orange coats, vests, caps and overalls at this time of year. The bright clothing is for safety and not necessarily a fashion statement. Fall is hunting season after all. When I was a kid, I saw many people in orange clothing around my hometown in the fall.

Did you know?, News

In vitro a bison first

Saskatchewan researchers say the techniques will pave the way to battling TB and brucellosis in wild herds

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 15, 2016

In a world first, veterinary researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have produced three bison calves using in vitro fertilization. Researchers produced them in a laboratory, then transferred the embryos into surrogate mothers. A fourth calf was produced from a frozen embryo that was taken from a bison cow in 2012 and transferred to a

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

Federal budget shows remaining disconnect between agriculture, policymakers, panelists say

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue downward

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