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“Our focus is on sustainable protein and growing that industry, including the beef sector, and we’ve had a lot of announcements that we’ve done here recently that will help with that.” – Derek Johnson, Manitoba Agriculture Minister.

Johnson not giving up on cattle numbers

It’s been a tough few years for the cattle sector, but the government still has hopes of bringing it back to its former glory

By Alexis Stockford October 27, 2022

Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson hasn’t abandoned the idea of getting Manitoba’s cattle herd back to its pre-BSE size. “Of course it’s still on the table,” he said, as he sat outside a veterinary clinic in Ste. Rose du Lac, the heart of the province’s cattle country. “It’s a very vibrant industry here in Manitoba.

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Province, KAP renew 4R agreement with Fertilizer Canada

The partnership has worked to create training and promotional resources since 2013

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 25, 2022

The province, Keystone Agricultural Producers and Fertilizer Canada have renewed an agreement to promote 4R Nutrient Stewardship in Manitoba. “This [memo of understanding] supports and strengthens our government’s objectives in food security and affordability, in addition to environmental performance, with the nutrient stewardship programming developed by Canada’s fertilizer industry,” said Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson in an Oct. 13

Dr. Gillian Muir, dean of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, welcomes new funding announced by Manitoba’s provincial government.

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Rural kids prioritized for new veterinary seats

Manitoba will be getting five new slots per year at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, and farm experience is the golden ticket

By Alexis Stockford October 20, 2022

The province has released more details on its plan to increase Manitoba vet student seats at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM). In particular, Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson says his department will work with the college to target future poultry and large animal veterinarians. “The health of these animals is the most visible

Cattle receive supplemented feed at the Myhre farm near Crane River, Man.

Beef cattle, News

Fighting for footing: The great cattle exodus

Is there a way back from Manitoba’s continued slide in the cattle sector?

By Alexis Stockford October 13, 2022

In 2017, then-provincial agriculture minister Ralph Eichler set an aspirational goal for Manitoba’s place in the cattle industry. It was his intention to see as many cows on the landscape as there were before BSE devastated the market 15 years before. The day he uttered that objective, to a crowded auditorium at Ag Days in

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Province funds nutrient budgeting app, biocarbon project

The province pledged $1.5 million through its Conservation and Climate fund

By Geralyn Wichers October 11, 2022

An app that calculates available soil nutrients and a research project that turns human waste into biocarbon are among 14 projects funded through the Conservation and Climate Fund, the province announced Sept. 22. “These environmentally responsible initiatives will help protect the environment while advancing the Manitoba government’s priority to transition the province to a sustainable, low-carbon

Dale Myhre feeds heifers housed on his leased Crown Land near Crane River, Man. Like many farmers in the area, most of Myhre’s land base is actually leased Crown Land.

Livestock, News

Crown lands to get rent relief

Weather and rent increases have been a double whammy for Crown land leaseholders

By Alexis Stockford October 7, 2022

Pasture and forage Crown land leaseholders say they sense progress after the province announced rental relief for the next three years. Leaseholders can expect rents to be halved for 2023, the province said Sept. 28. Rates will gradually ramp up over the final two years, to 77 per cent of current levels in 2024 and

Then Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler at an announcement in 2017.

News, Other

Eichler not seeking re-election

Respected former agriculture minister will serve out remainder of his term

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 4, 2022

Long-time Lakeside MLA Ralph Eichler says he won’t seek re-election in 2023. The former two-time provincial agriculture minister made the announcement to colleagues on Oct. 4. Eichler was first elected in 2003, and his first term as agriculture minister began after the 2016 election when the Progressive Conservatives formed government. He held the portfolio for

The Roquette plant in Portage was already well under construction by the time the strategy was announced.

News, Pulses

Province’s protein strategy means playing the long game

Deep industry-academic-producer group connections are priceless, but need sustained effort to bear fruit

By Geralyn Wichers September 22, 2022

This spring, the province proclaimed itself halfway to achieving some key Protein Advantage Strategy goals — namely in investments and job creation — yet the Manitoba Protein Consortium and its sub-groups appear to still be in the planning stages. How does one square the two? While flashy figures of jobs created and investments made are

Manitoba is in favour of carrots over sticks when it comes to sustainability programming, and that will factor into any plan, says Derek Johnson, Manitoba Agriculture Minister.

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Assessing the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership

New five-year partnership agreement takes effect April 1, 2023

By Don Norman August 8, 2022

As the dust settles around the new partnership agreement signed by Canada’s federal and provincial ag ministers, many wonder what it means for Manitoba. The Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership (SCAP) is the next five-year agricultural policy agreement that replaces the current Canadian Agricultural Partnership, which expires March 31, 2023. The agreement was the outcome of

Expanded mandatory sample zone: CWD is an incurable fatal disease that affects members of the deer family.

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Province expands mandatory CWD sampling

Hunters in areas along the western and southern provincial boundaries affected

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 7, 2022

Manitoba Natural Resources and Northern Development has made some changes to help prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD). The province has expanded the harvested cervid mandatory sample submission zone and established a strictly regulated and managed mule deer hunting season in defined areas along the western and southern borders of Manitoba. All hunters

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U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

JBS profit falls amid still-challenging US market environment

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month high, corn to four-month top as trade braces for U.S. data

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Johnson not giving up on cattle numbers

Province, KAP renew 4R agreement with Fertilizer Canada

Rural kids prioritized for new veterinary seats

Fighting for footing: The great cattle exodus

Province funds nutrient budgeting app, biocarbon project

Crown lands to get rent relief

Eichler not seeking re-election

Province’s protein strategy means playing the long game

Assessing the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership

Province expands mandatory CWD sampling

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