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Modernization of Crown land access has unleashed the uncertainties of future access and casts doubt for producers regarding future investments.

Comment: On Crown Lands, we get what we ask for

Why is anyone surprised by the recent changes to Crown land allocation?

By Fred Tait November 19, 2019

The Oct. 10 front page of the Manitoba Co-operator read “Feeling Betrayed: Crown land tenants voice opposition” and the article describes a series of events that began at the Manitoba Beef Producers annual general meeting held in Brandon February 2017. A resolution was presented to the convention demanding MBP lobby the provincial government to replace

Comment, Farmit Manitoba

Comment: Crown land changes will hurt young producers

By Jess W. Dyck November 7, 2019

I will start off by saying I don’t envy the position of the people involved in making the decisions to change the Crown lands program. You can never make everyone happy. However, I have some concerns that I would like to express. I went to the last meeting held at Moosehorn about the alterations being

Local news, News

Public urged to call ahead for land access

The province will be asking hunters to inform leaseholders before going onto leased Crown lands

By Alexis Stockford October 30, 2019

Former Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler wants more courtesy when the public accesses leased Crown lands this hunting season. The province will be partnering with the beef industry on an awareness campaign, he said. “It’s a major issue for beef producers but, as a government, that land belongs to all Manitobans, so legally I can’t

Forage leaseholders express their displeasure with the loss of unit transfers at a packed meeting in Ste. Rose du Lac Oct. 15.

News

Leaseholders feel ignored over Crown lands consultation

Forage leaseholders say their concerns were never taken seriously

By Alexis Stockford October 28, 2019

[UPDATE: Oct. 28, 2019] Ranchers say their concerns were ignored while the province drafted its new Crown land lease regulations. Leaseholders at an Oct. 15 meeting in Ste. Rose du Lac criticized the government for what they say was a lack of consultation. Few leaseholders in the room were directly consulted, they said. One rancher,

Local news, News

First Crown land auction dates announced

Auctions will be conducted in late November and early December

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 25, 2019

The Manitoba government has announced the first dates for upcoming agricultural Crown land lease auctions, Agriculture and Resource Development Minister Blaine Pedersen announced Oct. 25. The auctions represent the first time leases have been awarded outside the points system that prevailed for decades. The changes have been very unpopular with many leaseholders, who say the

Comment, Letters

Letters: Crown land changes short sighted

By Iain Aitken October 24, 2019

The Manitoba government’s recent changes to the Agricultural Crown Lands (ACL) Program are a major blow to ranchers operating on leased Crown land throughout this province. It is not surprising that leaseholders are furious at the changes that the government has introduced as they appear to be nothing but a short-sighted cash grab. The regulatory

Dakota Sorensen of Eddystone (right) expresses his concern during a public meeting on Crown land lease changes in Ste. Rose du Lac Oct. 15.

Local news, News

Crown lands renewal promise fails to quench rancher anger

New forage Crown land regulations have earned near-universal scorn

By Alexis Stockford October 24, 2019

[UPDATE: Oct. 24, 2019] Ranchers are deriding what they say are half-measures when it comes to fixing new Crown lands regulations. The changes, announced in September 2018, and outlined this fall, drop the old points system in favour of open auction, extend eligibility to Canadian residents outside Manitoba, drop lease length from 50 years to

On Oct. 2, over 350 outraged producers flocked to Ste. Rose du Lac for a last minute lease holders' meeting after the province released incoming changes to Agricultural Crown Lands regulations.

Local news, News

Province backs down on legacy Crown land lease renewals

Outraged Crown land lease holders will get their first right of refusal for legacy leases, the province now says

By Alexis Stockford October 11, 2019

Ranchers with existing Crown land leases will have a first right of refusal, the province says. The news comes after new Agricultural Crown Land regulations sparked outrage among ranchers. Ranchers argued that the regulations, which dropped term lengths from 50 years to 15 years and cemented allocation by open auction, threatened the future of their

Editorial, Farmit Manitoba, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Should the province sell its agricultural lands?

By Gord Gilmour October 10, 2019

In 1932 my grandfather moved north from the drought-stricken plains of southern Saskatchewan, to the province’s parkland region. Chasing rain and a better life, he first homesteaded a rocky quarter, turned it back in and the next year bought an irregularly shaped piece of property, totalling 204 acres, bounded by two creeks, from the Hudson

The Myhres are one of several ranch families worried that Crown land changes mean a countdown to the end of their family farms.

Local news, News

Manitoba cattle ranchers hear clock ticking on grazing lands’ leases

Lack of long-term leases, right of first refusal has many livestock producers pondering their future

By Alexis Stockford October 10, 2019

Dale Myhre had plans to expand his ranch near Crane River, before the province announced its new approach to agricultural Crown lands. Now he’s wondering if he is going to lose his farm. The long-awaited agricultural Crown land regulation overhaul was announced Sept. 27, sparking immediate anger from ranchers. The new regulations shortened lease terms

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Comment: On Crown Lands, we get what we ask for

Comment: Crown land changes will hurt young producers

Public urged to call ahead for land access

Leaseholders feel ignored over Crown lands consultation

First Crown land auction dates announced

Letters: Crown land changes short sighted

Crown lands renewal promise fails to quench rancher anger

Province backs down on legacy Crown land lease renewals

Editor’s Take: Should the province sell its agricultural lands?

Manitoba cattle ranchers hear clock ticking on grazing lands’ leases

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