Manitoba Beef Producers president Tom Teichroeb addressed worries on Agricultural Crown Land changes, and what MBP will do about them, during a packed lease holders' meeting in Ste. Rose du Lac Oct. 2, 2019.

Crown Land changes outrage Manitoba ranchers

Tension was high in the Ste. Rose du Lac community hall Oct. 2 during a last-minute meeting of forage and grazing Crown Land leaseholders

Ranchers in the Parkland and Interlake say they are worried that changes to the province’s Agricultural Crown Lands regulations will cost them their farms. It was standing room only at the community hall in Ste. Rose du Lac Oct. 2 as over 350 leaseholders came to express their outrage over incoming regulations. The new regulations,

Light at the end of the tunnel on Crown lands leases?

Light at the end of the tunnel on Crown lands leases?

Livestock producers have been stuck in limbo, but the province has released some of the details that farmers have been waiting for

Farmers awaiting new agricultural Crown lands regulations after months of suspended unit transfers and an uncertain regulatory future finally have some clarity. In 2018 the province froze new lease applications and unit transfers during their rework of the Crown lands system and shifted grazing and forage leases to an open auction system rather than the



Bison producers chime in on Crown lands

Bison producers chime in on Crown lands

Bison producers have their own opinions and concerns when it comes to Crown land changes

Manitoba’s bison producers are hoping for a bigger piece of the pie when it comes to Agricultural Crown Lands. The Manitoba Bison Association is among the producer groups weighing in as the provincial government looks to overhaul Crown land allocations. In fall 2018, the province changed the Crown Lands Act to include open auctions instead

Some producers are worried of the financial impact to their operations once the province releases their new Crown lands regulations.

Ranchers call for certainty on unit transfers

Northern ranchers are worried that Crown land unit transfers might disappear ‘with a stroke of the pen’

Northern beef producers say they stand to take a big hit on farm value, should unit transfers not be on the table when the province releases their Crown lands regulations. The province froze both new Crown land leases and unit transfer applications in the wake of changes to the Crown Lands Act, pending a review.



Crown lands can make up a significant proportion of some operations’ land bases, which means clarity is needed quickly 
within the regulations.

Playing the waiting game on Crown lands

Anyone hoping to put their bid in for Agricultural Crown Lands access was out of luck this fall as everything has been put on hold

Producers are still in limbo if they are looking to transfer their right to Agricultural Crown Lands. The province’s freeze on new lease applications and unit transfers is still in effect, following the end of the points system and the adoption of tenders or open auctions last year. The province has said that applications received

Manitoba Crown land grazing leases are going to be subject to new rules but the details are still vague.

Livestock producers worried as grazing leases head to auction

Farmers say too many details are still undetermined as the new system gets closer to reality

Producers are looking for details as the province hashes out its new Crown lands auction system. Bill 35, which introduced open auctions to allocate agricultural Crown lands and gave the province power to designate Crown lands and community pastures, received royal assent Nov. 8. Although approved on proclamation it has not yet come into effect.


Details of Crown land changes for grazing raise concerns

Details of Crown land changes for grazing raise concerns

Beef producers have won a few battles as the province pushes Crown grazing land changes, but others have raised some questions


Upcoming changes over how provincial Crown grazing land will be meted out is raising some dust in the livestock industry. Manitoba Beef Producers says it won’t be shedding any tears for the existing points system, should the government go ahead with changes, but some aren’t so sure, especially about some of the finer details of

cattle on pasture

Beef producers put spotlight on Crown Land changes

Producers raise questions on access, lease terms as MBP makes its membership rounds and Bill 35 makes its way through the Legislature

Crown Lands have come up more than once as the Manitoba Beef Producers makes their annual membership rounds. The topic of conversation is a proposed bill to change the Crown Lands Act and legislate changes that do away with the previous points system (under which Crown Lands have historically been allocated but that critics, including