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Hay bales in a field in southern Manitoba in early summer.
Livestock

Haying foiled by frequent rain

First cuts across the province have been hindered by wet conditions

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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
The Marginal Areas Program typically offers $135 to $150 per acre, depending on location.
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Incentives boosted for marginal acre conversion

DUC, FCC and PespiCo team up to help producers get the most from unproductive cropland

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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
Cattle search for forage in low areas during the dry summer of 2019.
Livestock

Watch out for pasture poisons where livestock graze

Western water hemlock leads the pack on toxic plant grazing risks

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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.
Cattle graze in Manitoba’s Parkland.
Beef cattle, News

Skyrocketing pasture prices concern beef producers

Prime cattle regions saw values jump by well over a quarter

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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
Livestock producers share their outrage at a last-minute meeting in St. Rose du Lac in October 2019 after the province released incoming changes to Agricultural Crown Lands regulations.
Livestock, News

Crown land auctions cancelled

Province hits the brakes as system goes under review

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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
A new livestream brings anyone to the grasslands, even if only digitally.
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Livestream beams view from Manitoba pasture

Langruth-area ranchers teamed up with McDonalds to highlight the beauty and benefits of Canadian grasslands

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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
Barry Janssens was among the producers worried about encroaching water levels from Whitewater Lake in 2020.
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Sweet and salty: Using sweet clover to fight salinity

Producers use salt-tolerant forage to claw back productivity on previously flooded land

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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,
Ryan Canart’s training corral helps familiarize calves with his rotational grazing system before they enter the larger pasture.
Livestock

Rotational grazing training ground

Western Manitoba operation trains a new group of animals every year

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Ryan Canart’s approach to pasture management reflects a lot of the principles that have become old hat during grazing tours across the Prairies. He is among the proponents of rotational grazing. His 907 animals are mostly moved daily through relatively small paddocks, with a goal to grow soil health and productivity. His land features an extensive piping system to
“We appreciate the hard work the agriculture minister’s office and department staff did on this file to get it done in such a short time frame, but they will have to forgive us if we watch warily for the implementation.” – Brent Benson, Manitoba Crown Land Leaseholders Association.
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Crown land leaseholders satisfied, for now

The province recently approved changes to the Crown lands system

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The Manitoba Crown Land Leaseholders Association is cautiously optimistic about recent changes to Manitoba’s Agricultural Crown Lands regulations. “We appreciate the hard work the agriculture minister’s office and department staff did on this file to get it done in such a short time frame,” said association president Brent Benson. “But they will have to forgive us

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