Insights and Stories on Grassland

Turning back the clock with grazing

Oct. 6, 2023 at 4:04 pm CDT

Cattle are often maligned for their contributions to greenhouse gas levels, but Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Tim McAllister says that’s wrongheaded. “We hear about people advocating for the need to eliminate livestock from agriculture production, basically without really understanding the negative connotations that would have,” the researcher said during a […]

‘Time is ticking’ on drought response for beef cattle sector

Jul. 20, 2021 at 6:55 pm CDT

By Lisa Guenther

Federal budget plays to mixed reviews from ag groups

Apr. 24, 2021 at 4:35 am CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Manitoba forage, grassland growers burned by drought

Apr. 8, 2021 at 8:32 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Beef sector aims for new 2030 targets

Sep. 22, 2020 at 8:50 pm CDT

By Alexis Stockford

Prairie hay shortage on horizon

Jul. 19, 2019 at 5:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While rain across the Prairies has eased concerns of an all-out drought, worries of a hay shortage going into winter haven’t ceased. Darren Chapman, a Virden, Man. producer and chair of the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA), explained that regrowth following the first cut of hay has […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Sask. to open protected grasslands for grazing

Jul. 14, 2015 at 5:39 pm CDT

Crown-held native prairie and other grasslands held for wildlife conservation in Saskatchewan will be opened up to ranchers needing grazing land for cattle in dry areas. Environment Minister Herb Cox announced Tuesday the province will make about 90,000 acres of Fish and Wildlife Development Fund (FWDF) land available to cattle […]

By Staff

Manitoba retiree reinforces need for land conservation

Jun. 12, 2015 at 10:54 am CDT

Gord Hammell came to Manitoba over 40 years ago to count ducks, and after a long interval milking cows, he’s counting again. The University of Guelph science student arrived in 1970 to do summer research for his master’s thesis on lesser scaup, a waterfowl also called “little bluebill” whose numbers […]

By Lorraine Stevenson