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VIDEO: What does a healthy pasture look like?

Rangeland biologist answers the question, ‘can cattle be trained to eat spurge?’

By Greg Berg August 15, 2022

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

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland holds a news conference before delivering the 2022-23 budget in Ottawa on April 7, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Blair Gable)

Weather

Supply chain improvement funds pledged in federal budget

Money also added for support of TFWs, P.E.I. potato sector

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News April 7, 2022

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

Among projects funded by the Conservation Trust, Ducks Unlimited Canada got $750,000 toward restoring grasslands.

News, Other

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

By Geralyn Wichers March 22, 2022

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

Brian (left) and Andy Sterling say the native prairie restoration along the Jackson Creek was a longtime family dream.

Farmit Manitoba, News

Native prairie restoration becomes a family dream brought to life

Tilston-area farmers partner with watershed district to boost habitat and productivity

By Duncan Morrison April 14, 2020

Elgar Sterling always wondered what a portion of his farm, along the Jackson Creek, must have looked like before it met the plow. The late Tilston-area farmer often wondered aloud about that prospect, son Brian Sterling recollects. “My dad would often say, “I wonder what this land looked like when it was raw prairie?” said

The 160-acre plot northeast of Virden has never been broken and for the most part, kept completely intact.

Local news, News, Other

Rare native prairie to continue in perpetuity

Galawan land donation ensures that habitat will be protected for some species at risk

By Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation April 16, 2019

The New Oxford Dictionary defines ‘gem’ as a person or thing considered to be outstandingly good or special in some respect. By this definition, the quarter section of native prairie grassland formerly owned by mixed grain and cattle producer Peter Galawan of Lenore can undoubtedly be described as a gem. The 160-acre plot northeast of

Christian Artuso of Bird Studies Canada pitches the role of large grazers in grassland bird conservation during a recent SARPAL informational meeting in Hartney, Man.

Livestock, Local news

Range management for the bird and herd

Manitoba Beef Producers seeks more producers for SARPAL program

By Alexis Stockford November 6, 2018

The Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) wants more of its members to get worried about birds. About 27 producers, and 17,000 acres, have signed on so far with MBP’s SARPAL pilot in its first year of implementation. SARPAL (Species at Risk Partnerships on Agricultural Lands), an initiative by Environment and Climate Change Canada to tie farmers

Manitoba still has some of the best tracts of grassland left in the world.

News

Imperilled grasslands need more attention, speakers say

They are the most endangered ecosystem in the world, but there is still time to create conservation programs to protect them

By Lorraine Stevenson October 27, 2017

Efforts to save the grasslands in Canada lag even as the urgency to save what remains of them intensifies. That’s the message Canadian senior biologist Dan Kraus had for an audience at the Canadian Museum of Human Rights (CMHR) earlier this month. “We are witnessing in our lifetime the loss of an iconic Canadian landscape,”said

The rangeland and pasture health assessment tool aims to help land users and producers determine potential plant community composition, forage production, stocking rates and the impacts of management practices on ecological functions.

Forages, Livestock

Creating a better process for assessing pasture

Stakeholders from across the industry are currently working together to develop  a Manitoba-focused rangeland and pasture health assessment

By Jennifer Paige January 16, 2017

Following in the footsteps of our Prairie neighbours, Manitoba is working towards developing a customized rangeland and pasture health assessment. “The project is born out of similar initiatives that started in the United States, Alberta and then Saskatchewan. They have developed these tools for assessing rangeland health, looking at various indicators like bare soil, litter

News

ARBI drafting long-term work plan for Assiniboine basin

New Framework for Watershed Stewardship will help track progress

By Lorraine Stevenson December 13, 2016

The Assiniboine River Basin Initiative (ARBI) has produced a draft plan that lays out what partner organizations hope to achieve for better basin-wide management — and how to go about it. ARBI presented the draft document at its third annual general meeting here last month, asking member organizations for feedback. Called the Framework for Watershed

Manitoba is developing a reputation for its grazing research efforts.

Forages, Livestock

Showcasing the value of the forage industry

The Canadian Forage and Grassland Association will highlight Manitoba’s  unique forage research initiatives at the organization’s national conference

By Jennifer Paige November 16, 2016

If you want to talk about grasslands and forage, go to where the action is — and lately a lot of that action is in Manitoba. In the eyes of the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA), Manitoba has been a standout in its efforts towards forage research and the ideal place to hold this

Daily Network News

FCC raises inflation forecast on surging commodity prices

U.S. urges WTO members to rethink core tariff rule in face of China threat

Speculators add to bullish bets in canola

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