Details of Crown land changes for grazing raise concerns

Details of Crown land changes for grazing raise concerns

Beef producers have won a few battles as the province pushes Crown grazing land changes, but others have raised some questions


Upcoming changes over how provincial Crown grazing land will be meted out is raising some dust in the livestock industry. Manitoba Beef Producers says it won’t be shedding any tears for the existing points system, should the government go ahead with changes, but some aren’t so sure, especially about some of the finer details of

Balancing the needs of livestock producers on grazing lands and protecting species at risk don’t have to be competing goals.

What does bird-friendly grazing look like?

Is twice-over grazing the way to go on a SARPAL-committed pasture? The system shows promise, but providers say ideal grazing system may depend on the operation

Cattle producers looking for bird-friendly grazing need to look past the usual metrics like pounds per acre, soil carbon and forage yield. But just what the right system is will depend a lot on the variables of each operation. “We shy away from recommending a specific type,” Carol Graham, habitat conservation specialist with the Manitoba


cattle on pasture

Beef producers put spotlight on Crown Land changes

Producers raise questions on access, lease terms as MBP makes its membership rounds and Bill 35 makes its way through the Legislature

Crown Lands have come up more than once as the Manitoba Beef Producers makes their annual membership rounds. The topic of conversation is a proposed bill to change the Crown Lands Act and legislate changes that do away with the previous points system (under which Crown Lands have historically been allocated but that critics, including

Manitoba Beef Producers is meeting with members throughout the province in the coming weeks.

Manitoba Beef Producers hits the road

MBP expects predation to crop up again during its annual district meetings

The Manitoba Beef Producers is checking the herd. District meetings launched Oct. 22 in the Interlake this year. MBP will spend the next month meeting with members in each of its 14 districts, ending in Oak Lake Nov. 15. Predation is once again expected to feature prominently in discussions held north of the Trans-Canada Highway. Herd


Brian Lemon of Manitoba Beef Producers is pleased that the federal government ratified

Manitoba Beef Producers pleased with CPTPP ratification

MPB general manager Brian Lemon says being in the original six is very important

Manitoba Co-operator reporter Alexis Stockford spoke to Manitoba Beef Producers general manager Brian Lemon at AgEx in Brandon about the recent ratification of theComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade agreement. Below is the audio file of that conversation.

Meeting the mark for sustainable beef

Meeting the mark for sustainable beef

CRSB supporters hope its newly unveiled logos, trademarks and certification marks may help draw in the consumer once they start appearing on product labels and advertisements

The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) hopes consumers will soon be on the lookout for its new logos. The organization launched its trademarks and logos, along with rules on how to use them, to the market Sept. 20. The logos and trademarks may soon be appearing on company advertisements, promotional materials or specific products


Rains early this week are too late to change the outlook for this year’s crop, but farmers will be looking for more to 
help pastures, dugouts and soil moisture levels recover 
for next year.

Tiptoeing around the dreaded ‘D’ word

The word ‘drought’ is being tossed around in Manitoba’s agriculture industry, but the province isn’t ready to go there just yet

Most of Manitoba is dry for the second year running, but is it a drought? The term fits, according to AAFC. The agency’s national drought monitor says most of eastern Manitoba and the Interlake is in moderate or severe drought, along with land stretching through southern Manitoba from the Ontario border and well into Westman.

MBFI researchers recommend giving paddocks at least 75 days of growth between grazings.

Adapting the adaptive grazing program

Planned grazing must be flexible enough to fit real life, experts say

The term may be “planned” grazing, but the plan may not survive contact with the field. That was the message that provincial livestock specialists Pam Iwanchysko and Jane Thornton recently made during a planned grazing workshop at the Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives site. “There’s no silver bullet in any grazing system,” Thornton said. “I


Parklands-area rancher Ben Fox has served as president of Manitoba Beef Producers since February 2017.

Manitoba Beef Producers president resigns to seek federal nomination

Ben Fox is a second farm leader to throw his hat in the ring for Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa

A second prominent farm leader has stepped down to make a bid for federal politics, and for the same party ticket in the same riding. Manitoba Beef Producers president Ben Fox, who ranches near Dauphin, stepped down from his post August 7, announcing his plans to seek the Conservative Party of Canada nomination for MP

Calvin Vaags (far right) poses with some of his senior and front office staff in front of True North Foods north of Carman. The only federally certified slaughter plant in Manitoba,the facility is expected to add the USDA’s check of approval in the near future.

Made-in-Manitoba meat to head south of the border

True North Foods is already Manitoba’s only federally certified slaughter option for beef. Now, it says USDA approval is imminent

True North Foods in Carman might be days away from federal certification in the U.S. Owner and operator, Calvin Vaags, says they are expecting their USDA certification for beef to be finalized any day now. The milestone would open up the American market for the facility, which is currently the only CFIA certified slaughter plant