There's been enough heat that producers should be on guard against a late summer bloom of blue-green algae in their dugouts.
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Watch dugouts for toxic cyanobacteria
There's been enough heat that producers should be on guard
Putting a dollar to rangeland benefits
Research uses genomics to translate economic goods and services into monetary terms
Genome Prairie is a Prairie-wide, four-year project with an ultimate goal of preserving rangelands across Western Canada.
Haying foiled by frequent rain
First cuts across the province have been hindered by wet conditions
Wet weather across Manitoba has dampened haying hopes for dairy and beef producers. For dairy producers, waves of rain have made it difficult to put up hay before alfalfa reaches the pre-bud stage, after which protein levels decline. “That’s our goal, but Mother Nature’s been making it kind of tough to do that,” said Henry Holtmann, a Manitoba dairy
Incentives boosted for marginal acre conversion
DUC, FCC and PespiCo team up to help producers get the most from unproductive cropland
Ducks Unlimited Canada and Farm Credit Canada have a new partner for their sustainability initiatives. DUC announced in late May that multinational food company PepsiCo will help support FCC’s Sustainability Incentive Program. It links with DUC’s efforts to encourage producers to convert low productivity farmland into perennial cover. DUC’s Marginal Areas Program helps producers absorb
Manitoba pasture outlook cautiously optimistic
GRAZING | Extended fall grazing and a mild winter have bolstered feed supplies while pastures green up
Pastures grazed too early can make plants and roots less healthy and pastures less productive.
Watch out for pasture poisons where livestock graze
Western water hemlock leads the pack on toxic plant grazing risks
After successive dry years, Manitoba Agriculture is warning farmers to be on the lookout for toxic plants on their grazing lands. “In the years where we’ve had drought and we’re struggling to find enough good feed sources, animals end up foraging on species that they wouldn’t normally eat,” said Manitoba Agriculture weed specialist Kim Brown.
Skyrocketing pasture prices concern beef producers
Prime cattle regions saw values jump by well over a quarter
The price of pasture land in Manitoba grew faster than anywhere else in the country last year, according to the latest farmland values report from Farm Credit Canada. The report, posted in mid-March, said Manitoba’s pasture land values had increased 19 per cent through 2023, compared to 12.7 per cent in Saskatchewan and 9.6 per
Crown land auctions cancelled
Province hits the brakes as system goes under review
Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn says there will be no Crown land auctions this month. The province has paused lease allocations while it takes another look at the agricultural Crown land program, he announced Jan. 29. “We’ve paused it for a number of reasons. Actually, we feel that we need to maybe do some consultation
Livestream beams view from Manitoba pasture
Langruth-area ranchers teamed up with McDonalds to highlight the beauty and benefits of Canadian grasslands
Picture this: It’s a mild October day. You’re sitting outside with a pasture spread out before you. Wind rustles through the long grass and through the sun-gilded leaves of the nearby poplar bush. You hear cattle just out of your line of sight and gentle music is playing. Viewers could get hours of that ambience
Sweet and salty: Using sweet clover to fight salinity
Producers use salt-tolerant forage to claw back productivity on previously flooded land
East of Deloraine, in the far southwestern corner of Manitoba, waves of yellow sweet clover are reclaiming farmland that, three years ago, was under the waves of Whitewater Lake. A road runs near the field planted with the legume, a raised snake of land that, in 2019, would have been surrounded by water. In August,
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