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Staying Sharp

By Daniel Winters October 27, 2011

CO-OPERATOR STAFF / WAWANESA It may seem counter intuitive, but a sharp chainsaw is a safer chainsaw. Even a brand-new chain right out of the box, I sharpen it before I cut with it, said Ian Kirby, a woodlot forester who spent a few years in Ontario logging camps before joining MAFRI’s agro-woodlot program. That

Forages, Livestock

Cattle Producer Impressed With Twice-Over Rotational Grazing System

By Lorraine Stevenson September 1, 2011

BSE wasn’t the only crisis that Grande Clairiere beef producer Gerry Bertholet faced in 2003; the native grass in this part of Manitoba was so dry that year he was feeding cows in August. It was around that time Bertholet struck up conversations with staff from Manitoba’s Critical Wildlife Habitat Program about the native grassland

Forages, Livestock

Carrying Capacity Is Not Just About Numbers

By Angela Lovell July 21, 2011

Assessing the carrying capacity of your pasture is about more than just stocking rate. Calculating the carrying capacity of the land will help you stock to a level that maintains the health and productivity of both the land and the animals that feed on it. But how do you make that calculation? The 13 participants

Opinion

The Three “R” S Of P

By Laura Rance-Unger June 16, 2011

We’ve often heard of the three Rs– reading, writing and reckoning (a term related to mental math dating back to the Victorian era) whenever the subject of keeping the education on track arises. Or the three Rs of garbage– reduce, reuse and recycle. Right now, Manitoba is caught up in the three Rs of phosphorus

Crops, Forages, Livestock, News

MBP Is First Stop For Cattle Evacuation Information

By Ron Friesen May 19, 2011

Cattle producers affected by the flooding crisis are urged to get in touch with Manitoba Beef Producers as their first point of contact. MBP is an information clearing house about available pasture land for producers who need to evacuate cattle. It can also advise producers forced to move animals about sources to contact and procedures

Forages, Livestock, Other livestock

Introducing Your Horse To Spring Pasture

By Carol Shwetz May 19, 2011

DVM It is tempting to allow horses unlimited access to spring pastures as soon as the grass turns green, particularly after a long winter. But management practices which make this transition a slow and steady one are beneficial to both the horse and the pasture. In natural rangeland conditions, the new spring grasses are covered

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Milk Board Ready To Help

By Ron Friesen April 21, 2011

The provincial milk board is poised to help dairy producers whose farms are threatened by rising spring flood waters. Dairy Farmers of Manitoba and the Emergency Measures Organization can help producers temporarily relocate their cows if their farms are at risk, says chairman David Wiens. But moving dairy cows is so stressful for the animals

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Dairy Expansions Slow, Quota Shortage Feared

By Ron Friesen April 21, 2011

Aslowdown in the consolidation of dairy farms across Canada may create a shortage of quota for producers who want to expand, an industry official warns. The current rate of dairy farm consolidation is about half of what the rate was at the start of the decade. This will put pressure on producers’ ability to expand

Cereals, Crops, Forages

Two Growers Needed To Try Something New

By Daniel Winters April 7, 2011

Ever wonder what would happen if you just dumped a shotgun blast of legume, cereal and brassica seeds into the seeder and drilled it in? Two or more growers in the southwest and southeast corners of the province are needed to do just that, as MAFRI’s polycrop trial enters its second year. “The multicropping thing,

Forages, Hogs, Livestock

Deadline Extended

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 24, 2011

The deadline for the Canada-Manitoba Feed and Transportation Assistance Program (CM-FATAP) has been extended to March 31. The program helps livestock producers whose feed supplies were reduced due to excessive moisture last year with transportation costs to bring feed to their livestock or take the livestock to the feed. The program also provided money to

Daily Network News

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