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Manitoba Agriculture—officially the Department of Agriculture and Resource Development (ARD; French: Agriculture et Développement des ressources)—is the department of the Government of Manitoba responsible for the agriculture and natural resources sectors in Manitoba, including agrifood, agriproduct, and food safety, as well as animal health and welfare.
Lowe Farm is a farming community in southern Manitoba, Canada in the Rural Municipality of Morris, 10 minutes west of Morris, Manitoba, on Manitoba Highway 23.It was founded in the 1880s, when John Lowe (born February 20, 1824) managed a campaign to attract immigrants, particularly farmers and farm labourers for Manitoba.
Concrete grain elevator in Alberta. Various factors affect the socio-economic characteristics of Canadian agriculture. The 2006 Census of Agriculture listed seven: [2] Quantity and type of farms; Biogeography: crop and land use areas; land management practices; Quantity of livestock and poultry; Agricultural engineering: Farm machinery and equipment; Farm capital; Farm operating expenses and ...
A rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of Manitoba. [1] Under the province's Municipal Act of 1997, an area must have a minimum population of 1,000 and a density of less than 400 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,000/sq mi) to incorporate as a rural municipality. [2]
In 2018, there were 967,700 dairy cows on 10,679 farms across the country. [2] Quebec and Ontario are the major dairy producing provinces, with 5,120 and 3,534 farms, which produce 37% and 33% of Canada's total milk. [3] This is supposed to represent 8% of farmers in Canada. [4]
Burnbrae Farms is a Canadian producer and processor of eggs, supplying grocery store chains, the food service industry, large bakeries and industrial customers. The company has farms in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba, grading stations across the country (with the exception of Atlantic Canada) and processing operations in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba.
The Rural Municipality of Clanwilliam is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on December 22, 1883. [ 1 ] It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the Town of Erickson to form the Municipality of Clanwilliam ...
The Manitoba Agricultural Museum is dedicated to collecting vintage farm machinery and buildings from 1900 and before. Located on 50 acres (200,000 m 2) near Austin, Manitoba in the Municipality of North Norfolk, to date they have amassed over 500 pieces of machinery and a pioneer village consisting of more than 20 buildings complete with artifacts.