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Leases and permits are available to farmers and ranchers to provide additional land base for agricultural activities.
Livestock, News

Crown land auctions headed online next month

Provincial government says going digital will mean potential lessees will have equal access

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The Manitoba government’s agricultural Crown land lease and permit auctions will be held online Feb. 6 to 10. “Manitoba’s agricultural Crown lands play a vital role in supporting a vibrant and sustainable agricultural sector. The online approach ensures Manitoba producers have equal opportunity to rent lands that will support their farming operations,” said Agriculture Minister
Manitoba Beef Producers general manager Carson Callum.
Beef cattle, News

Crown lands, disaster aftermath top MBP’s advocacy agenda

Manitoba Beef Producers launched its fall meeting season in late October

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Agricultural Crown lands continue to be a top priority for the Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP), says general manager Carson Callum. “This is an important file for MBP,” he said. “MBP continues to advocate in our submissions for things like the continuation of unit transfers, adjustment to the auction process, and better ways to value the
“Our focus is on sustainable protein and growing that industry, including the beef sector, and we’ve had a lot of announcements that we’ve done here recently that will help with that.” – Derek Johnson, Manitoba Agriculture Minister.
Livestock, News

Johnson not giving up on cattle numbers

It’s been a tough few years for the cattle sector, but the government still has hopes of bringing it back to its former glory

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Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson hasn’t abandoned the idea of getting Manitoba’s cattle herd back to its pre-BSE size. “Of course it’s still on the table,” he said, as he sat outside a veterinary clinic in Ste. Rose du Lac, the heart of the province’s cattle country. “It’s a very vibrant industry here in Manitoba.
Dale Myhre feeds heifers housed on his leased Crown Land near Crane River, Man. Like many farmers in the area, most of Myhre’s land base is actually leased Crown Land.
Livestock, News

Crown lands to get rent relief

Weather and rent increases have been a double whammy for Crown land leaseholders

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Pasture and forage Crown land leaseholders say they sense progress after the province announced rental relief for the next three years. Leaseholders can expect rents to be halved for 2023, the province said Sept. 28. Rates will gradually ramp up over the final two years, to 77 per cent of current levels in 2024 and
Letters

Letters: ‘Be careful what you ask for’ on Crown lands

Crown land leaseholders are frustrated and financially drained, but industry lobbying is what set the ball rolling on the changes they blame

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Many beef producers currently leasing Crown land are questioning whether their organization’s lobbying efforts, adopted by the previous Pallister government, have achieved any of the organization’s expectations of “advantaging young producers” and making the system “more flexible and transparent.” “Modernization” has relieved the current minister of agriculture of any responsibility for the reported annual increases
“We’re kind of optimistic... but we’re a little cautious because many members are still mistrustful of the government due to the changes the last time they were dealing with Crown land.” – Brent Benson, Manitoba Crown Land Leaseholders Association.
Livestock, News

Wariness and hope mix under Crown land forage pilot

Leaseholders say they appreciate the chance to improve rented land, but their guard is still up

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Crown land leaseholders say they’re cautiously optimistic about a joint federal-provincial pilot meant to bolster carrying capacity on their leased grazing land. The one-year Agricultural Crown Lands Forage Productivity Pilot Program will be funding 42 projects, a joint government release said April 22. Under the program, projects such as increased water infrastructure, bush management, seeding, cross-fencing or grazing
Letters, Op/Ed, Other

Letters: Crown land pain continues

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Two years have gone by since the Manitoba Conservatives dropped a bombshell on the leaseholders of this province. How are things going out here? Really bad. Crown land lease bills came out, late last year, due Jan. 1. Most bills had tripled since 2019. Calf prices are pretty rough and input costs have gone through
Second list of Crown lands opened for hay
Forages, News

Second list of Crown lands opened for hay

Producers have until June 21, after the province announced a second list of Crown lands opened for haying due to concerns of looming poor forage

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Livestock producers have one more week to put their names in the hat for an extra list of Crown lands opened for haying this year. On May 18, the province announced that parcels of wildlife management areas and non-agricultural Crown land would once again be listed for casual hay permits, echoing similar provisions made in

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