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Wetlands Policy Needs Incentives: McPa

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Policies to protect wetlands in Manitoba should not be a financial burden on farmers, a public consultation hearing was told last week. Producers should receive financial incentives to preserve wetlands. They should not be forced to do so by expensive environmental rules, according to the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association. Art Jonasson, an MCPA director, told
Livestock, News

Quiet Progress Being Made, Says MCPA Director

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“We haven’t abandoned these producers.” – RAY ARMBRUSTER Alocal director for the Manitoba Cattle Producers Association says he shares the frustration of ranchers in TB Alley over the lack of progress toward bringing the disease under control. Ray Armbruster, who runs a 150-head operation just north of Rossburn, has experienced the stress producers face first
Livestock, News

Cattle Producers Revive Drought Aid Call

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Manitoba cattle producers have renewed demands for financial assistance to their drought-stricken regions, following a federal drought aid announcement for Alberta and Saskatchewan last week. The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association is calling for a government program to trigger drought relief payments for individual producers as needed. Such a program would avoid arguments between producers and
Livestock

Selecting More Efficient Cattle Focus Of New Study

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“The calves from more efficient sires ate less, grew the same amount, and had no adverse effects on carcass traits. ” – JOHN BASARAB Astudy into getting more bang for the feed cost buck is in the works. Based on prior work done by Alberta Agriculture researchers, the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC)-funded study partnered
Livestock, Opinion

Monitoring Wildlife Disease Key To Protecting Livestock

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“You cannot effectively find the source if you are only testing cattle.” The Manitoba Cattle Producers Association read with interest the article on the front page of the Manitoba Co-operator April 29 edition on the issue of anaplasmosis and disease surveillance in Manitoba. However, there were vital points not covered in the article. The CFIA’s
Cereals, Livestock, Opinion

Letters – for Apr. 15, 2010

Disastrous economic development The warning previews are being posted, as John Oliver speaks out on global energy, with food and water shortages on the horizon. (March 25 Manitoba Co-operator story by Daniel Winters.) We read that more than one billion people go hungry every single day and have little or no clean water to drink,
Livestock, News

Strategy The Topic At EG&S Panel Discussion

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Adecade ago, the notion of paying landowners for the services they provide in maintaining wetlands and critical habitats was so radical that few thought it would ever gain traction among the public or politicians. Now, with the concept firmly established, the only obstacle going forward is funding. “Ten years ago we could barely get people
Livestock, News

Anaplasmosis Intensifies In Southeastern Manitoba

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“It’s not a food safety issue.” “It’s not a food safety issue.” – Dr. Lynn Bates, Cfia Canada’s largest anaplasmosis outbreak in more than a quarter-century continues to spread in southeastern Manitoba. Eleven infected cattle herds have been found in a hot spot within the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn near the Canada-U. S. border. Another
Livestock, News, Other livestock

Riding Mountain Wildlife Cull Will Resume

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An on-again, off-again wildlife cull in Riding Mountain National Park to control tuberculosis in the herd is back on. Parks Canada will kill 30 bull elk and 50 whitetail deer in a TB core area hot spot at the western end of the park in early April, park officials said last week. The wildlife cull
Livestock

Cattle Producers Call For Predator Bounties

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“The populations have just gotten way out of hand.” – SHEILA MOWAT, MCPA Acall by Manitoba cattle producers for a province-wide bounty on wildlife predators looks like a non-starter with the NDP government. “We’re not about to introduce a general provincial removal program for coyotes and wolves,” said Barry Verbiwski, Manitoba Conservation’s head of problem

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