Manitobans will have to jump through different hoops to access Crown lands for haying or grazing this year. The province announced an end to the old points-based system in December, to be replaced by a tendering system similar to how cropped Crown lands were already leased. Changes will be in place for the next round
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Manitoba putting points system out to pasture
Producers will have to bid for forage and grazing Crown lands as of next fall rather than the current points-based system
Bumper year for the beef industry, despite dry season
The beef industry is floating on high prices, high cattle volumes and cautious regulatory optimism going into 2018
Manitoba beef producers have plenty of reason to look back on 2017 fondly. The beef sector enjoyed good prices and high market volumes through the fall run, while early concerns about feed quantity evaporated as the province mostly dodged the drought conditions seen in south-central Saskatchewan. “It’s been, actually, a good year,” Brian Lemon, Manitoba
Who’s the father?
Initial data out of the Western Beef Development Centre and University of Saskatchewan shows siring rates in a pasture might vary more than you’d think
That bull has one job — and he might not be doing it. That’s the message from a recent study out of the Western Beef Development Centre and University of Saskatchewan and the focus of the latest Beef Cattle Research Council webinar. The research team, including the BCRC’s Stacey Domolewski, used DNA testing to track
Beef industry speaks to the sector’s future
Manitoba Beef Producers and Manitoba 4-H Council are making the rounds through the province with three youth-focused forums
It’s time for the next generation of beef producers to speak up. Manitoba Beef Producers, which has been engaged in its annual membership meeting circuit this fall, has handed them the microphone at a series of three emerging beef leaders’ forums, as a joint project with the Manitoba 4-H Council. Brian Lemon, MBP general manager,
Manitoba Beef Producers hosting checkoff town hall
The meeting will include representatives from several key industry groups
Manitoba Beef Producers is hosting a town hall Dec. 7 in MacGregor to keep producers in the loop on the national checkoff program. The meeting is one of a series being held nationally, and is slated for the Heartland Multiplex, kicking off at 4 p.m. The program includes presentations from the National Check-Off Agency, Canada
Marketed cattle jump cited as Manitoba Beef Producers ends strong on financial year
An increase in marketed cattle let the Manitoba Beef Producers buck an expected deficit 2017, according to the first financial statements
Manitoba Beef Producers is back in black — black in, that is. A surprise swing in marketed cattle left the organization well ahead on its financials, after initially projecting a $136,100 deficit in 2017. Instead, MBP ended the year with a $214,700 surplus, according to financial documents presented during regular district meetings this fall. MBP
Import changes looming for veterinary drugs
Canadian producers have used the U.S. to access cheaper veterinary drugs, but the list of approved drugs is about to change Nov. 13
Livestock producers are still in the dark on incoming changes to the list of approved veterinary drugs they may source from the U.S. Health Canada is tightening regulations on own-use importation, a practice allowing producers to buy approved drugs in the United States and carry them into Canada. As of Nov. 13, that list of
Manitoba Beef Producers sets eyes on 2021 TB-free goal
Manitoba Beef Producers hopes to get the province back on the USDA’s tuberculosis-free list, saying negative tests from wildlife proves its point
Beef producers around Riding Mountain National Park have their hopes riding on a good hunting season. Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) is waiting on the newest round of bovine tuberculosis tests, sampled from deer and elk harvested near the national park, in a bid to convince the U.S. Department of Agriculture that Manitoba is free of
MBP seeks producer data on predation losses
Beef operators are urged to fill out a survey and help assess the extent of the problem
Manitoba Beef Producers needs members to put some numbers to what they say is the impact predators are having on the provincial beef herd. They repeatedly hear about losses and producers now make impassioned pleas to have something done about the pressure on herds, particularly from wolf attacks, general manager Brian Lemon told district meetings which
Manitoba Beef Producers awards 2017 bursaries
One of the goals of the annual awards is to encourage students to study agriculture-related fields or trades
The Manitoba Beef Producers has announced the recipients of its annual $500 educational bursaries to members of the organization or their children. The awards are made to individuals attending university, college or other post-secondary training, including students pursuing a trade. Preference is given to those students pursuing a field of study related to agriculture, or those acquiring a
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