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Beef cattle, Livestock

Hormones benefit young calves

Study demonstrates performance of growth implants on suckling calves

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Results are in from a case study at the Manitoba Beef and Forage Institute on growth implants in suckling calves. The study, jointly conducted by the institute and Manitoba Beef Producers, confirms what years of research already suggest: hormone implants are an effective and economical strategy to promote growth and feed efficiency in suckling calves.
Saskatchewan has already expanded its chronic wasting disease wildlife testing program to include bovine tuberculosis.
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Beef Producers eyes wild game surveillance amid bovine TB testing

Preliminary results from testing not ‘overly concerning,’ says beef group

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Manitoba Beef Producers says the province should reinstate testing of wild game for bovine TB as a precaution, while testing continues on a Manitoba cattle herd.  Two Manitoba herds were connected to cases of bovine tuberculosis found in Saskatchewan earlier this year. Testing is complete on one of those herds, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Vet districts get funding
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Vet districts get funding

Joint federal-provincial funding will amount to $2 million for new large-animal veterinary equipment

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Rural veterinary districts are getting a financial boost. In a joint release June 22, the federal and provincial governments announced $2 million for “the capacity of rural veterinary services districts throughout Manitoba.” The funding is earmarked for new large-animal equipment. Districts can apply for up to $75,000 for purchases. The districts “provide essential veterinary services
Livestock

Grant application deadline nears for livestock producers

Manitoba Beef Producers is urging its members to consider funding avenues that could benefit cattle farmers

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As deadlines approach, Manitoba Beef Producers urges members to take advantage of new funding programs under the Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership, the new five-year funding agreement between the federal government and provinces. “I encourage producers to look into the Sustainable Agriculture Manitoba (SAM) program and all the potential available offerings underneath it,” said general manager
"We are feeling the fallout of those decisions that were made in 2020, and we’ll continue to do so until we see a new normal develop.”
Livestock Markets, News, US Markets

Meat industry hits hard times

Inflation, high interest rates and high input costs are catching up to sector

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The meat industry, particularly pork, is facing tough times as inflation catches up with demand. There’s been a torrent of bad news in the meat sector in the last two months. Tyson Foods reported its first quarterly loss since 2009; HyLife’s processing plant in Windom, Minn., declared bankruptcy; Smithfield Foods is closing 40 sow farms
S-CAP rollout getting mixed reviews
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S-CAP rollout getting mixed reviews

Newly announced funding streams target beneficial management practices for climate resilience and environment: government

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As the province rolls out program information about the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, reactions are mixed from Manitoba commodity groups. On April 28, the province announced funding for two new S-CAP programs. The first, the Sustainable Agriculture Manitoba (SAM) program, provides funding for farmers and land managers to implement beneficial management practices that increase environmental
Stephen Carlyle, CEO of the Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation, speaks to media on the banks of the Red River in East St. Paul during the funding announcement.
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Grazing projects receive major funding

Rangeland projects scoop $1.2 million out of larger funding announcement

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[UPDATED: May 1, 2023] Projects related to the Manitoba grazing sector were big winners in the latest round of funding from the province’s conservation trusts. Projects totalling $1.2 million, including $400,000 to the Manitoba Beef producers, will support various conservation efforts on the province’s rangelands. “We were very happy with this announcement,” said Carson Callum,
Letters: Crown land leaseholders deserve vote
Letters, Op/Ed

Letters: Crown land leaseholders deserve vote

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Since 2016 Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) and Manitoba Ministers of Agriculture have badly served 1,700 Manitoba Agricultural Crown Land Lease holders and destroyed the points-based unit transfer system. This is a scandal. It is a scandal that was disguised as ‘red tape cutting’ and driven by the erroneous idea that agricultural Crown land access for
“We have some better pricing than what we’ve seen in a few years. Our industry certainly needed it, but we’ve had a lot of increasing costs of everything else.” – Matthew Atkinson.
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Manitoba Beef Producers names new president

Matthew Atkinson takes the reins from Tyler Fulton

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Matthew Atkinson chose an interesting time to join the board of the Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP). It was spring 2020. In the beef sector, issues around Crown lands were at full boil, following the drop of a new regulatory system the previous fall. Leaseholders in the Parkland and Interlake were furious about changes to their
Dr. Gillian Muir, dean of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, at a 2022 funding announced by Manitoba’s provincial government.
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Beef producers push province on veterinary funding

More money for rural clinics, more seats at vet college key to addressing shortfall

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Manitoba’s beef producers want a second look at funding for veterinary service districts. A late resolution brought before the Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) annual meeting Feb. 2 hoped that would ensure government contribution “is more reflective of the actual cost of delivering the needed rural veterinary services that are so important to the livestock sector and others.”

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