Insights and Stories on Pasture

Taking stock of your soil’s health

Nov. 3, 2022 at 4:37 pm CDT

Soil health is on the minds of many producers these days, and for good reason – if you aren’t monitoring the health of your soil, whatever you expect to get from it may not offer the results you’d like. At a workshop hosted by Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives earlier […]

AgCanadaTV Special Feature: Pasture and grassland risks

Aug. 26, 2022 at 3:48 pm CDT

Learning from McCain’s regenerative farming practices

Jun. 24, 2022 at 10:11 am CDT

By Liam O’Connor

Anthrax kills southeastern Saskatchewan sheep

Jul. 9, 2021 at 7:48 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Tips for managing cattle through a drought

Jul. 8, 2021 at 8:21 pm CDT

By Canadian Cattlemen staff

Eastern drought zones set for livestock tax deferrals

May. 11, 2021 at 8:37 pm CDT

In a decision that may have come late for some, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and parts of southeastern Quebec and northwestern Nova Scotia have been declared drought zones for eligible livestock producers’ 2020 tax purposes. The federal government on Monday released its list and map of prescribed drought regions […]

By Dave Bedard

Manitoba to open more Crown lands to haying, grazing

Jul. 24, 2020 at 7:06 pm CDT

Manitoba livestock producers up against dry conditions can now apply for temporary passes to get onto Crown land not normally designated for grazing or haying. The province announced Friday it will make such lands available this year for agricultural use “under certain circumstances.” Permits and land uses will be handled […]

By Dave Bedard

Alberta to lift residency rule for public grazing lands

Sep. 25, 2019 at 2:55 am CDT

The Alberta government plans to remove a restriction on non-Albertans’ use of public lands for grazing, in a bid to smooth out paths for interprovincial trade. The province on Saturday announced it will do away with eight of its declared exceptions under the interprovincial Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA). Of […]

By GFM Staff

Hay shortage in Manitoba Interlake reaches tipping point

Sep. 5, 2019 at 3:45 am CDT

MarketsFarm — A state of agricultural emergency has been declared in 12 municipalities, mostly in Manitoba’s Interlake region, due to chronically low hay yields. Drought and grasshoppers have hindered crops to the point that hay production is about 25 to 30 per cent of average. “We’ve moved cows out of […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Alberta to lengthen public leases for ‘exemplary’ ranching

Jul. 12, 2019 at 9:36 pm CDT

Ranchers who display “exemplary” stewardship as tenants on Alberta’s public lands could soon be eligible for double the term of the usual lease. The province announced Tuesday it expects the new policy to come into effect in late autumn this year and “in the coming months” will release new guidelines […]

By GFM Staff

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