Beef sector recognized for environmental stewardship

Beef sector recognized for environmental stewardship

Association of Manitoba Community Pastures receives a 2017 Manitoba Excellence Award for Sustainability in Water and Natural Area Stewardship while Manitoba Beef Producers honoured for its work protecting grassland birds

Manitoba’s cattle sector has received substantial recognition for environmental stewardship this month. Sustainability awards were presented by the province of Manitoba to both Association of Manitoba Community Pastures (AMCP) and Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP). The AMCP received a 2017 Manitoba Excellence Award for Sustainability in Water and Natural Area Stewardship while an honourable mention in

The ALUS revolution

From its beginnings in Manitoba 12 years ago, ALUS has evolved into the next generation of Canadian conservation

In response to the Manitoba Co-operator’s March 22 editorial, “Go ask ALUS,” we at ALUS Canada would like to add to the history of ALUS and its current status. Many farmers in Manitoba will remember ALUS as a homegrown idea. A dozen years later, ALUS can rightly be called the next generation of Canadian conservation.


The herd grazes one of 100 paddocks at Nerbas Bros. Angus, part of the operation’s strip grazing system.

Nerbas Bros. Angus recognized for environmental efforts

Grazing systems and forage are key for the winners of this year’s 
Manitoba Beef Producers Environmental Stewardship Award

The Nerbas family of Shellmouth, Man., isn’t interested in a whole lot of inputs for their forage-only Angus herd. Arron and Shane Nerbas, along with their wives, Amber and Sacha, their children, and their parents Gene and Cynthia, run a 525-head commercial herd and 75 head of registered breeding stock under a mix of summer

Clean Farms Challenge entries close April 30

Stories on good environmental stewardship could win prizes

Manitoba farm families have until April 30 to tell non-farmers about their good environmental stewardship, and earn a chance to win an iPad, a hockey weekend in Winnipeg for four or a $1,000 scholarship. The contest is sponsored by CleanFARMS, Canada’s leading agricultural stewardship organization. Participants can spend five minutes filling out the online entry