The farmer-led Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association has earned the Early Adopter/Innovation Partnership Award from Water Canada for the MFGA’s collaborative Aquanty hydrological modelling project for water management.
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Manitoba Forage and Grasslands Association wins Water Canada innovation award
Recognition comes for the group’s work on the Aquanty project
Farmer musings of post-harvest Manitoba
Harvest 2025 results, tariffs and the push to prepare for winter and beyond on Manitoba beef and grain farms
A former board member of the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA) offers thoughts on harvest 2025 yields, tariffs and the push to prepare for winter and beyond on Manitoba beef and grain farms.
Neepawa family guards endangered grasslands
The Langford Escarpment, a 178-hectare parcel of grasslands, treed areas and wetlands, will be preserved for endangered species and sustainable grazing practices
The Langford Escarpment, a 178-hectare parcel of grasslands, treed areas and wetlands, will be preserved for endangered species and sustainable grazing practices through a deal between the Harper family and the Nature Conservancy of Canada.
Protecting Prairie grasslands
The Nature Conservancy of Canada has committed to conserving 500,000 hectares of native Prairie grassland by the end of the decade
A plan to protect 500,000 hectares of Prairie grasslands by 2030 is coming to fruition under the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Prairie Grasslands Action Plan, which was unveiled June 5 to coincide with World Environment Day. “Grasslands are the most endangered ecosystem in Canada,” said Jeremy Hogan, director of prairie grassland conservation for the Nature
Video game aims to educate on grasslands
"Guardians of the Grasslands: The Game” offers interactive way to engage youth on ecology of grazing
Building on the success of their 2019 “Guardians of the Grasslands” documentary film, the Canadian Cattle Association is launching a new video game under the same brand. “Guardians of the Grasslands: The Game” is a sim-based video game geared towards students in grades seven to ten. The game is scheduled for launch at the end
Three more for MFGA wall of fame
Regen ag advocates, former leaders and government researchers make up this year’s round of inductees
The Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association has three more names to hang on its wall of honour. Michael Thiele, Mae Elsinger and Henry Nelson are the newest faces on the association’s wall of fame, the MFGA announced during its Nov. 14-15 regenerative agriculture conference in Brandon. Board chair Lawrence Knockaert said the three were chosen
Nature Conservancy of Canada inks massive land deal
Grazing will remain an integral part of the 6,700 acre Lake Ranch project
The Nature Conservancy of Canada is launching a “once in a generation” project in the wake of a 6,700-acre private land donation. The property is northwest of Winnipeg in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands, on the shores of East Shoal Lake. The NCC wants it to become an accessible conservation area that will engage local
VIDEO: What does a healthy pasture look like?
Rangeland biologist answers the question, ‘can cattle be trained to eat spurge?’
A number of situations – some within a producer’s control, some not – can compromise the health of pastures and grasslands of not being able to grow quality forages to feed livestock. During a field day in July hosted by Manitoba Beef & Forage Initiatives, Mae Elsinger, a rangeland and pasture biologist with Agriculture and
Supply chain improvement funds pledged in federal budget
Money also added for support of TFWs, P.E.I. potato sector
The federal government’s release last week of its Emissions Reduction Plan has turned out to be the spoiler for new ag funding in Thursday’s 2022 budget — although more money is also pledged to help strengthen cross-country supply chains generally. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Thursday laid out a federal budget with about $452.3 billion
The Conservation Trust pledges $2.86 million to conservation projects
The investments will make the landscape more resilient to the effects of climate change, says MHHC
A Ducks Unlimited project to restore native grasslands; support for cattle producers to conserve grasslands; and an initiative to protect land along Lake Winnipeg are among projects funded by the Conservation Trust this year. “These funds provide new opportunities to improve wildlife, water and soil conservation across the province,” said Stephen Carlyle, chief executive officer
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