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“As long as you can live with the animals, that’s great, but once you’ve got one or two generations that have been trained to feed on your animals, there is no other option with them.” – Mary Paziuk.
Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Big Bad Wolves: Beef producers call for support on problem predators

Producers say removal options are often too slow to arrive to be effective

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Manitoba’s beef producers want more resources to go after problem predators. In particular, according to farmers stepping up to the mic during the Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) annual meeting in early February, there are issues with wolves. Interlake producer Glen Metner said that farmers in his area have individually lost dozens of head, sometimes despite the use
Deer nicking winter feed a problem
News

Deer nicking winter feed a problem

Beef producers call for expanded fencing funding to stop pilfering wildlife

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Livestock producers around Riding Mountain National Park have long gotten financial help to keep deer away from their herds and feed. Now, beef producers in other parts of the province would like to see the same treatment. The Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) will be lobbying the province for financial assistance in setting up fence to
Birds settle in the birdhouse on Linda Maendel’s property this spring.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

Summer of the swallows

The ups and downs of bird watching, from nest to fledgling

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In our front yard, there is an old barn. It’s a little smaller than its full-scale cousins that still smatter Manitoba’s landscape. This one is in a tree. Small changes to a long-abandoned birdhouse was all it took to attract new feathered residents. A remnant of a school project from bygone years, the barn’s red
The loss of a rodent species – even the smallest – can have cascading consequences for humans and the environment.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: In defence of rodents

Humans may not like them, but healthy ecosystems need them

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You might think you have the measure of the rodent family. Perhaps just the word “rodent” conjures images of invasive rats, those urban denizens accused of spreading pathogens and parasites, chewing through wires and spoiling food. Most rodents are, in fact, more elusive and inhabit quiet corners of rainforests, mountains, deserts and rivers. These small
Birds gather at Whitewater Lake, the only key biodiversity area that’s been recognized in Manitoba so far.
News, Other

Many key biodiversity areas identified in Manitoba

The rigorous international standard has now entered the conservation toolbox in Canada

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The Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada has identified 75 sites across the province as potential candidates for designation as Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs). The designation is a relatively new conservation standard adopted in Canada in 2021. KBAs are evaluated using international criteria that recognize special areas that support rare and threatened species and ecosystems, and areas of importance within the life
Chronic Wasting Disease is a contagious, fatal disease affecting members of the deer family.
News

Province expands mule deer season after more CWD cases detected

Expanded testing, hunting, found seven more cases along the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border

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Hunters will be able to harvest mule deer over the winter in an attempt to curb the species’ population, currently believed to be the vector of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Seven cases have been confirmed this year near the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border, the province said in a Dec. 15 news release. All confirmed cases were mule
Crow-sized pileated woodpeckers survive on a diet of grubs mined from decaying trees.
Farmit Manitoba, Other

Nature as seen from the deer stand

As the wait for a deer runs to hours, or even days, nature reveals itself in interesting ways

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One of my valued outdoors mentors summed up deer hunting perfectly: “It’s lousy, until it’s good, and then it’s over.” Actually, he used a stronger word than lousy, but this is a family audience. Like me, he favoured hunting from a blind, waiting for the deer to come to the hunter. Depending on where you
The Lake Ranch project marks the start of NCC’s grasslands campaign in Manitoba.
Farmit Manitoba, News

Nature Conservancy of Canada inks massive land deal

Grazing will remain an integral part of the 6,700 acre Lake Ranch project

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The Nature Conservancy of Canada is launching a “once in a generation” project in the wake of a 6,700-acre private land donation. The property is northwest of Winnipeg in the Rural Municipality of Woodlands, on the shores of East Shoal Lake. The NCC wants it to become an accessible conservation area that will engage local
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock

U.S. avian flu outbreak of 2022 wipes out record number of birds

Vast majority of caseload originated with wild birds: USDA

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Chicago | Reuters — Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country’s deadliest outbreak in history, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed Thursday. The deaths of chickens, turkeys and other birds represent the worst U.S. animal-health disaster to date, topping the previous record of 50.5
A white breasted nuthatch — otherwise known as the ‘upside down bird’.
Farmit Manitoba

Help keep count at your bird feeder

If you like birds, you can use your hobby to become a citizen scientist

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Project FeederWatch is an interesting and useful winter activity for bird enthusiasts. If bird-watching and/or feeding is one of your hobbies, consider helping a scientific project at the same time. The citizen-science research project is operated by Bird Studies Canada and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It runs from Nov. 1 through April 30 and

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