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Elkhorn farm named to Bill Lenton Memorial Award
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Elkhorn farm named to Bill Lenton Memorial Award

Ken and Sharon Johnson of Elkhorn, Man., took home the top honours when Manitoba’s bison industry met for its annual meeting, sale, show and awards gala this past March

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The winner of this year’s Bill Lenton Memorial Award can tell a story or two about Manitoba bison. When Ken and Sharon Johnson first introduced a handful of bison to their farm in the late ’90s, the industry was a very different place. Manitoba’s producers were just starting to organize — a national bison group
Bison producers chime in on Crown lands
Livestock

Bison producers chime in on Crown lands

Bison producers have their own opinions and concerns when it comes to Crown land changes

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Manitoba’s bison producers are hoping for a bigger piece of the pie when it comes to Agricultural Crown Lands. The Manitoba Bison Association is among the producer groups weighing in as the provincial government looks to overhaul Crown land allocations. In fall 2018, the province changed the Crown Lands Act to include open auctions instead
Details of Crown land changes for grazing raise concerns
Local news, News

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


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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
The 2018 Bill Lenton Memorial Award was presented to Brad and Carmen Ramstead of Fort McMurray, Alta., by the Manitoba Bison Association
March 30.
Livestock

Alberta bison ranchers earn Bill Lenton Memorial Award

Fort McMurray-area ranchers Brad and Carmen Ramstead 
are the latest to earn the Bill Lenton Memorial Award for their efforts on behalf of the Manitoba bison industry

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This year’s Bill Lenton Memorial Award went to a bison ranch a bit further afield. Brad and Carmen Ramstead of Fort McMurray, Alta., added their names to the award during the annual Manitoba Bison Association Great Spirit Bison Show and Sale March 30. “We were pretty humbled,” Carmen Ramstead said. “We’ve been through a lot
Louise Miller’s passion is to share her farm story with visitors.
Country Crossroads, Local news

Binscarth woman receives distinction award

Louise Miller is an advocate and supporter of women in agriculture

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Louise Miller, a staunch advocate and supporter of women in agriculture was among the rural citizens to win a 2018 YWCA Brandon Women of Distinction Award. Miller is the matriarch of Silver Creek Bison Ranch, located between Binscarth and Russell. Operating for over 50 years, the family business was initiated when husband Lorne purchased six
Nolan Miller, president of the Manitoba Bison Association, pitches the idea of a video auction to members March 31 during the association’s AGM.
Livestock

Bison industry considers video auction

The Manitoba Bison Association hopes a video auction will open doors for public engagement, should the suggestion become reality

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The 2017 Great Spirit Bison Show and Sale might be one of the last to run a sales ring. The Manitoba Bison Association is eyeing video auctions to improve safety and public engagement during sales. The system would replace the sales ring with video taken of animals within their pens and then uploaded online. Online
Jamie Moran of Shale Creek Bison Ranch near Russell, Man., poses with the 2017 Bill Lenton Memorial Award.
Livestock, Local news

Manitoba Bison Association awards industry leader honour

Jamie Moran has been named this year’s Bill Lenton Memorial Award winner by the Manitoba Bison Association

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Jamie “Malone” Moran is the latest recipient of the Bill Lenton Memorial Award from the Manitoba Bison Association. The Russell-area bison producer, fittingly, entered the business 20 years ago by purchasing his first animal from Lenton himself. He currently keeps 60 breeding cows and 50 yearling heifers on his ranch, and he says the tough
Len Epp stands with bison about to be exported to the United States.
Livestock, Local news

Bison demand is growing. Producer numbers? Not so much

Surprisingly agile, bison require the right equipment and tough fencing to be handled safely

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Turn down Road 88 North in Manitoba’s Interlake and you can still see the “Gunton Bull Test Station” sign. But don’t expect to see any cattle. “I’m kinda glad they left the old sign up,” said Len Epp. “It’s nice to have the history, even if it’s all bison now.” The co-owner of the Rockwood

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