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Strong demand for direct-marketed, grass-fed beef

Successful forage-finished beef entrepreneurs share marketing strategies at Ag Days

By Daniel Winters February 12, 2014

It takes longer and costs more to produce grass-finished beef, but Jim Lintott’s customers are willing to pay the asking price. The key is quality, which he describes as job No. 1. “I’ve almost never had a consumer tell me, Jim, your rib-eye steak at $17.99 a pound — twice what it’s worth at Safeway […] Read more

Livestock

Patience pays with grass-finished beef

Retail-level profits for 30-month-old beef more than double that of 18-month-old beef

By Daniel Winters February 5, 2014

In the grass-finished beef business, keeping a yearling an extra year is worth the wait. In fact, one could hardly afford to do otherwise, because those extra 12 months can mean the difference between profit and loss, Jim Lintott told a presentation on grass-fed beef production at Manitoba Ag Days. Lintott, a grass-finisher and marketer […] Read more

Livestock

RCMP investigate reported hayjacking

By Daniel Winters January 9, 2014

Someone is evidently in possession of a few loads of “hot” hay — and if it isn’t located soon, the goods are likely to be laundered by munching cows. RCMP at Brandon, Man. are investigating the reported theft of 60 round hay bales that have gone missing from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Brandon Research Centre. […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery

BIXS reboot expected to ease access to carcass data

By Daniel Winters August 28, 2013

Ranchers who don’t double as computer geeks may be pleased to hear that the Beef InfoXchange System (BIXS) is due for an update aimed at smoothing out its rough edges. Larry Thomas, the national co-ordinator for the program supported by the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA), said that after almost two years in operation, the online […] Read more

Livestock

Shepherds urged to add their say in draft sheep industry code

By Daniel Winters July 29, 2013

Sheep producers, consumers and anyone with an interest in the welfare of sheep are being asked to review and comment on a new sheep code of practice that is available online. The code is one of eight livestock codes that have been undergoing revision, with a focus on a number of welfare issues, including painful […] Read more

Livestock

Nationwide co-op to buy lambs this fall

By Daniel Winters July 17, 2013

The Canadian Lamb Producers Co-operative is ready to launch. Notices have been sent out to lamb producers, who have until Aug. 6 to sign a 36-month production agreement committing them to sell a minimum of 25 lambs each year, buy a $500 share, and pay a one-time $35 per head fee for each lamb they […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Grasshopper today’s top pest issue in Manitoba

By Daniel Winters July 11, 2013

Weird weather appears to putting the lie to the age-old assertion that on the Prairies, you get either grasshoppers or mosquitoes, but never both. In scattered pockets around the province, young hoppers are boiling underneath the grass canopy even as hordes of mosquitoes hover above creating misery for man, bird and beast. “Currently, the biggest […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Weather impact info now on the AIR

By Daniel Winters July 10, 2013

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has created a new application Canadians can access over the Internet to report on how weather and climate conditions affect their farm operations. “It allows a producer to provide their story to us,” said Trevor Hadwen, an AAFC agroclimate specialist based in Regina. The Agroclimate Impact Reporter (AIR) is an […] Read more

Livestock

Hog sector aims to head off PED at pass

By Daniel Winters June 7, 2013

Keeping a newly emerging swine disease out of Canada will require a team effort, according to the Manitoba Pork Council’s point man on the issue. That means truckers, gathering yards and farmers need to work together to make sure porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), a virus spread by fecal matter, isn’t given a free ride into […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Winter wheat hit hard in southwestern Man.

By Daniel Winters May 29, 2013

One of the first casualties of this spring’s unusually cold weather appears to be the winter wheat crop in Manitoba’s southwest. The recently-released crop report, compiled by Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Iniatives staff across the province, says winter wheat however continues to struggle, with poor winter survival being reported across much of the southwest […] Read more

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Author Archives Daniel Winters

Strong demand for direct-marketed, grass-fed beef

Patience pays with grass-finished beef

RCMP investigate reported hayjacking

BIXS reboot expected to ease access to carcass data

Shepherds urged to add their say in draft sheep industry code

Nationwide co-op to buy lambs this fall

Grasshopper today’s top pest issue in Manitoba

Weather impact info now on the AIR

Hog sector aims to head off PED at pass

Winter wheat hit hard in southwestern Man.

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