Manitoba Beef Producers E-Newsletter: April 4/2025
Saturday, April 5 Final
4, 2025
Reminder
MBP is pleased to make available six $1,000 scholarships annually for MBP members or their children attending a university, college, other post-secondary institution or pursuing trades training. Preference will be given to those students pursuing a field of study related to agriculture or to those acquiring a skilled trade or pursuing a career that would be beneficial to the rural economy. See page 17 for more information.
Manitoba Government Providing $150 Million for Agricultural Producers
Province Announces $10 Million in Additional Matching Funds for Federal AgriStability Program: Premier
(April 2, 2025 Province of Manitoba News Release)
The Manitoba government will provide farmers and producers with more than $150 million in supports, including $10 million to match federal AgriStability funding, Premier Wab Kinew announced today.
“We’re standing up for Westman and Western Canada, and protecting your jobs,” said Kinew. “With $150 million in supports for agriculture, we’re making sure that farmers and producers can weather the economic uncertainty we’re facing and protecting jobs in the agriculture industry.”
The Manitoba government will provide $10 million in additional matching funds for the AgriStability program, as well as $140.8 million for business risk management programming including AgriInsurance, Wildlife Damage Compensation and AgriInvest.
• identifying opportunities to remove regulatory barriers to grow value-added food processing businesses;
• advancing trade work in Manitoba’s interest including collaboration with other provinces and engagement with key U.S. states critical to Manitoba’s trading relationship that will be hurt by potential tariffs; and
• advocating to the federal government and working to deliver policies and investments in valueadded processing, improvements to business risk management programs and access to the capital producers need.
The premier noted the province is also working with farmers, producers and businesses to protect jobs, strengthen Manitoba’s economy and respond to tariffs from China and the United States, in addition to working with Keystone Agricultural Producers toward a number of shared goals to support Manitoba agriculture including:
“As Manitoba’s general farm organization, advocating for the interests of all Manitoba farmers is our top priority,” said Colin Hornby, general manager, Keystone Agricultural Producers. “We are committed to working collaboratively with the Manitoba government to have the perspectives of all Manitoba farmers reflected in any government efforts to address today’s trade challenges and we thank them for giving us a seat at the table.”
Budget 2025’s tariff budget sets aside contingencies to support Manitobans in the face of U.S. tariffs, including $100 million in support for farmers and producers, bringing Manitoba’s total support for agriculture producers to as much as $250 million, the premier noted.
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Canada–US Trade in 2025
By: Tyler Fulton, President, Canadian Cattle Association
We are just over one-third of the way through 2025, but it seems like uncertainty will be the word that best summarizes the year. At the time of writing, whether additional tariffs will be imposed on Canada, the amount and scope of those potential tariffs, including whether tariffs will be applied to live cattle and beef, and what it will look like if they are, especially for cattle and/or beef that cross borders multiple times, remains unknown. As of the most recent tariff announcement on April 2, Products that are United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)/Canada-United StatesMexico Agreement (CUSMA) compliant will continue to be exempt, which includes both Canadian live cattle and beef.
What has been maintained is the integration of the North American live cattle and beef supply chain; it is still unlike anywhere else in the world. The US and Canada still have the largest two-way trade in live cattle and beef in the world.
We have shared the statistics many times, but they bear repeating: the Canadian beef sector exports about 50 percent of what we produce as both live cattle and beef and 75 percent of those exports go to the US. Growth in demand for Canadian beef cattle and exports has grown significantly over the last 10 years, mainly due to increased demand.
It is important to note that the Canadian beef industry’s advocacy efforts against tariffs did not begin in January 2025. In November 2024 when we knew that we would be working with a new American administration, we began to prepare for the likelihood of tariffs. However, we already had a foundation in place. The Canadian Cattle Association, provincial cattle associations,
Canada Beef, National Cattle Feeders’ Association and numerous other groups had already began looking ahead to the upcoming Canada-US-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) review in 2026
These proactive efforts have roots in the National Beef Strategy, developed by the Canadian Beef Advisors, a group that consists of the current chair or president and senior staff of each of the seven national beef organizations responsible for policy, marketing, research, and sustainability. The National Beef Strategy (www.beefstrategy.com) helps the Canadian beef industry to react and speak with one collective voice. The Canadian Beef Advisors launched the third updated 2025–30 strategy at the end of January. The strategy positions the Canadian Beef Industry for greater profitability, growth and being a high-quality beef product of choice in the world.
Along with our provincial counterparts and other Canadian beef industry groups, CCA has worked hard to keep up with the changing scope and implementation dates for tariffs. CCA has taken the lead on keeping the beef industry informed and sharing speaking points and information In 2024, we led the work of two economic impact reports looking at per capita consumption and potential tariff scenarios. The research indicates a significant negative price impact of 15% percent on boxed beef and fed cattle prices, impacting prices for all Canadian cattle and beef, not just on those destined for the US. Through our collective efforts, national and provincial beef industry groups have come together in a coordinated and unified response with our requests for support and our advocacy on behalf of producers and our industry.
Despite the combined best efforts of Canadian industries and provincial and federal governments and despite some earlier postponements, tariffs were implemented on March 4. When we knew for certain that live cattle and beef were impacted, CCA quickly put
Canada–US Trade in 2025
together a virtual producer town hall for the following week so that we could share as much information as was available, share updates on our advocacy efforts, and answer producer questions. Nearly 300 producers and industry representatives attended the meeting
The town hall presentations and discussion covered CCA’s advocacy efforts over the first 10 weeks of 2025, economic analysis of the impact that tariffs would have, business risk management programs, regulations and answering producer questions.
Canadian Cattle Association representatives have taken every opportunity to travel to the USA and especially to Washington, D.C. to advocate on behalf of Canadian beef producers and to promote the benefits of a continued integrated North American beef industry that is free from tariffs. We are working closely with other beef industry and provincial cattle association representatives who have also travelled to key events to speak on behalf of producers in their regions and on behalf of “team beef”.
provide relief where possible. Our recommendations include removing the caps on AgriStability, cost-shared Livestock Price Insurance, increased agri-marketing funding, and some targeted direct financial support. We also provided advice on potential countermeasures in the event tariffs are applied.
Those who have been following CCA’s ongoing advocacy efforts will recognize that some of our requests for producer support are not new; we have been asking for changes for a while. Some changes are easier than others to implement and the current uncertainty provides an opportunity to finalize some of these discussions and hopefully see the changes implemented. A situation such as the one we find ourselves in with potential tariffs highlights why organizations like CCA advocate for improvements and changes put simply, to sustain our industry through challenging times.
We are encouraged by small improvements announced for two programs. For the fourth straight growing season, the federal government announced an increase to the interest-free portion of loans under the Advance Payments Program (APP) to $250,000 rather than the default of $100,000. CCA has been advocating for the limit to be kept at $350,000 but increasing it to $250,000 is positive for producers across Canada and will help the beef cattle sector manage cash flow in an unsteady economic environment.
We have shared recommendations with the Government of Canada to help address potential impacts of tariffs on producers and
Just before the federal election was called, the Honourable Kody Blois, Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food, announced that the AgriStability cap would double from $3 million to $6 million for the 2025 program year. This is the first time in more than two decades that the cap has been increased. CCA continues to advocate for it to be increased to $15 million and removed entirely in the case of a catastrophic event.
US Congressmen Rep. Dan Newhouse Congressman Don Bacon and Congressman Jim Baird welcoming Canadian Cattle Association President Tyler Fulton and CCA staff members Dennis Laycraft and Jennifer Babcock to Washington, D.C. in late March. (Photo courtesy CCA )
Canada–US Trade in 2025
CCA has also advocated for removal of regulatory burdens and was very pleased with a March 18 announcement from Minister Blois about steps to remove unnecessary red tape and burden including steps to harmonize Canada’s bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) enhanced feed ban with US requirements. The differential cost of the more stringent SRM removal and disposal regulations in Canada in comparison to the United States hinder the competitiveness of the Canadian beef industry and cost approximately $31.7 million annually.
We continue to advocate for cost-shared premiums to be introduced for producers who use Livestock Price Insurance (LPI). We hope that this topic will be addressed following the federal election. In addition, CCA continues to support provincial abattoirs to meet federal standards to increase regional processing capacity, including interprovincial trade.
Producers attending the town hall asked a range of questions, including asking for CCA’s position on mCOOL, the possibility of expansion for Canadian beef in the Asian market, whether tariffs will be imposed if cattle are backgrounded in Canada and sent to a feedlot in the US for finishing (yes), and if tariffs will be imposed if ownership of the animal does not change when live cattle cross the border (yes)
We know that some tariffs were charged for a brief period of nearly 48 hours before an announcement that goods that are compliant with CUSMA will be exempt until April 2, however, it remains unclear whether Canadians who were charged tariffs during the brief period before the amendment are responsible to pay or when we can expect a definitive answer to this question.
The uncertainty and fluidity are a significant challenge. Cattle producers are used to these factors in production where long-term focus helps. The National Beef Strategy pulls our
industry together to guide all necessary responses if tariffs are implemented. We remain prepared for possible tariffs but hope that our free trade and integrated market will prevail.
Nathan Phinney, at the time CCA President, closed the town hall by saying:
“We are a tough as nails bunch of people and as resilient as anybody there is out there in the cattle industry and we have proven that time and time again through difficult situations we always seem to be there to help hold each other up and support each other.
“I think it’s a real important message right now: we stay together as one. One industry from the grassroots to the backgrounder to the feedlot to the processor. We need to now more than ever stand as one voice and continue to push back and fight these tariffs off, continue to build our relationship with the US….
“The industry has never looked brighter. If we can get over this hump with what we have for potential and we look at the youth that we’ve been seeing around in the rooms as we go to our AGMs and provincial meetings, there is a great future here to be had. We’re going to try our best to ensure that it continues to stay that way. Know that you have got a strong team at your provincial levels and at your national level that won’t let a minute go by that we’re not standing up and fighting for the producers and ranchers ”
Prime Minister Carney meets with premiers to discuss next steps in Canada’s response to U.S. tariffs
(April 3, 2025 PMO Office Readout) Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met virtually with provincial and territorial premiers to discuss Canada’s coordinated response to the United States’ auto and reciprocal tariffs. The Prime Minister was joined by the Minister of International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the King’s Privy Council, Dominic LeBlanc.
Canada’s First Ministers condemned the ongoing imposition of tariffs, which put thousands of goodpaying jobs in both Canada and the U.S. at risk. While some important elements of the Canada-U.S. relationship have been preserved, Prime Minister Carney noted that the U.S. trade action will cause profound economic damage.
First Ministers discussed how Canada is responding to the latest U.S. tariffs and defending the Canadian economy. Prime Minister Carney consulted with premiers on a response that maximizes impacts in
the U.S., minimizes impacts on Canadians, and avoids escalating a trade crisis that Canada has worked hard to prevent. Canada will ensure that the proceeds of retaliatory tariffs will support workers and businesses affected by the U.S. tariffs. The Prime Minister noted the importance of maintaining resolve and unity as we confront this challenge.
Prime Minister Carney shared updates with premiers on his recent conversations with U.S. and other international partners, including the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum.
Prime Minister Carney committed to continuing to meet with the premiers in the weeks ahead.
Associated Links
• Canada-United States relations
• Canada’s response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods
Canada announces new countermeasures in response to tariffs from the United States of America
(April 3, 2025 PMO Office Readout) Yesterday, the United States administration announced a series of unwarranted and unjustified tariffs that will fundamentally change the international trading system. While some important elements of the Canada U.S. trade relationship have been preserved, new tariffs on automobiles have now entered into force. These are on top of the previously announced tariffs, including those on steel and aluminum, which remain in place.
The U.S. tariffs will do harm to American workers and businesses, but Canada will also be impacted, with every Canadian feeling the effects. The Government of Canada’s position has always been clear: we will fight these tariffs, protect our
workers, and build the strongest economy in the G7.
The Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, today announced new countermeasures to protect Canadian workers and businesses and defend Canada’s economy. These countermeasures include:
• Twenty-five per cent tariffs on non-CUSMA compliant fully assembled vehicles imported into Canada from the United States.
• Twenty-five per cent tariffs on nonCanadian and non-Mexican content of CUSMA compliant fully assembled vehicles
Canada announces new countermeasures in response to tariffs from the United States of America
imported into Canada from the United States.
• Canada’s intention to develop a framework for auto producers that incentivizes production and investment in Canada.
Most importantly, every single dollar raised from these tariffs will go directly to support our auto workers.
These measures build on the Government of Canada’s previously announced supports to Canadian workers and business, including:
• Temporarily waiving the one-week employment insurance (EI) waiting period.
• Suspending rules around separation for a six-month period, so workers don’t have to exhaust severance pay before collecting EI.
• Making it easier to access EI by increasing regional unemployment rate percentages.
• Deferring corporate income tax payments and GST/HST remittances from April 2 to June 30, 2025, providing up to $40 billion in liquidity to businesses.
• Deploying a new financing facility for businesses.
• Providing more funding to Canada’s regional development agencies, so they can better support businesses.
Quick Facts
• Canada and the United States have the world's most comprehensive and dynamic trading relationship, which supports millions of jobs in both countries. US$2.5 billion worth of goods and services cross the border every day.
• On March 4, 2025, U.S. tariffs of 25 per cent on Canadian goods and 10 per cent on energy and potash exports from Canada to the U.S. came into effect. On March 12, 2025, the U.S. imposed tariffs of 25 per cent on Canadian steel and aluminum products.
• On April 3, U.S. tariffs of 25 per cent on Canadian automobiles came into effect, targeting the auto industry and the more than 500,000 Canadians this industry supports across the country.
o The U.S. also intends to apply 25 per cent tariffs on certain automobile parts before May 3. Under the U.S. tariffs certain exclusions linked to U.S. content may be available, specifically, the application of the 25 per cent tariff only to the value of the non-U.S. content in automobiles and auto parts that qualify for preferential tariff treatment under CUSMA.
• Canada has responded to the U.S. imposition of tariffs on Canadian goods by introducing a suite of countermeasures designed to compel the U.S. to remove the tariffs as soon as possible. These countermeasures include:
o Imposing tariffs of 25 per cent on a valued $30 billion in goods imported from the U.S., effective March 4, 2025.
o Launching a public comment period on potential counter tariffs on additional imports from the U.S.
o Imposing, as of March 13, 2025, 25 per cent reciprocal tariffs on a list of steel products worth $12.6 billion and aluminum products worth $3 billion, as well as additional imported U.S. goods worth $14.2 billion, for a total of $29.8 billion to match U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum dollar-fordollar.
Associated Links
• The Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA)
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR THE 2025 CANADIAN BEEF CHECK-OFF AGENCY AWARD
It is no surprise that Canada’s beef industry continues to focus on the engagement of young entrants into the beef industry, whether that be grassroots producers, future leaders of our national and provincial organizations, or industry partners along the value chain.
The Canadian Beef Check-Off Agency (the Agency) continues to diversify its youth strategy with the renewal of the annual scholarship, aimed at students who intend to make an impact in Canada’s beef industry.
The scholarship is open not only to beef producers and those directly involved with their families, but it is open to students who can see unique ways to make an impact through marketing, research, public engagement, and other areas where check-off dollars are invested to generate value for the beef industry in Canada.
“We are working hard to ensure that we are engaging the next generation of industry leaders,” said Trevor Welch, Agency Chair. “This scholarship allows us to reach pockets of young producers that we often find it challenging to connect with.”
Adeleen Bolduc, the Agency’s Youth Member and member of the scholarship committee, sees value in the extensive range of career paths that can help shape Canada’s beef industry.
“Our scholarship outreach is one of the most successful communications programs to date at the Agency ”, said Bolduc. “We have been focusing on different platforms to get the word out to young beef industry stakeholders and it has been extremely positive.”
While preference may be given to applicants who are beef producers or have a background in agriculture, it is not a requirement for the scholarship.
Applicants are asked to submit a 1-2 minute video, showcasing their desire to improve and grow Canada’s beef industry in a unique way. The investment of the beef check-off in Canada delivers value to the beef industry, and the scholarship seeks to support those who want to make an impact in the same way.
The deadline for scholarship applications is June 30, 2025 and the selected applicant will be announced during the Agency’s AGM in August 19, which will be held virtually.
Apply by June 30 at cdnbeefcheckoff.ca/scholarship
Trevor Welch, Agency Chair
Adeleen Bolduc, Agency Youth Member
CANADIAN BEEF CHECK-OFF AGENCY
SCHOLARSHIP
The Canadian Beef Check-Off Agency has established a scholarship to encourage and support students pursuing post-secondary studies in the field of agriculture, agricultural research, or with an agriculture background pursuing studies in marketing or other areas of impact to the beef industry.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
To be eligible for the $2000 scholarship, applicants must:
• be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
• be accepted to or attending a designated post secondary institution
• be accepted to or attending a full-time program relating to:
• agriculture or agriculture business
• marketing, communications or public relations
• science and research including veterinary medicine
• human health and nutrition
• policy and economics
Note: Preference will be given to applicants who are active beef producers or have a background in agriculture, but it is not a requirement.
HOW TO APPLY
Applicants must submit to the Canadian Beef Check-Off Agency:
• an application form
• a link to a creative video no longer than two minutes, showcasing how their background in agriculture, paired with their education, can help grow the future of the beef industry in Canada
• an official acceptance letter or current enrollment document to a designated post-secondary institution
Videos must be posted to YouTube, marked as public, and the link shared in the application form.
The recipient will be selected by committee on the basis of video content, and desire to improve and grow Canada’s beef industry in a unique way. Knowledge and understanding of Canada’s national beef strategy, checkoff system and national beef organizations is preferred.
Provincial Minimum Wage to Increase to $16 on Oct. 1
(March 31, 2025 Province of Manitoba News Release) Manitoba Labour and Immigration is notifying Manitobans the provincial minimum wage will increase by 20 cents to $16, effective Oct. 1.
Updated annually, Manitoba’s minimum wage is regulated through the Employment Standards Code. This year’s increase of 20 cents per hour raised the minimum wage to $16 from $15.80. This adjustment reflects Manitoba’s 2024 inflation rate of 1.1 per cent, rounded up to the nearest five cents.
For more information on the minimum wage and other employment standards, visit: www.gov.mb.ca/labour/standards
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New consumer research from Food Processing Skills Canada reveals significant shift in Canadian shopping habits due to US trade threats
OTTAWA, ON, April 3, 2025 Food Processing Skills Canada/CNW/ - Today, Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC) released the just published consumer research report, Impact of US Tariffs on Canadian Food Consumer Behaviour.
This report is part of a series of consumer surveys gathering insights into Canadians' grocery shopping habits, perceptions of available products, and response to increasing food prices and inflation. This final report in the series also assessed awareness and concern regarding US tariffs and trade rhetoric.
Research confirmed that the political environment has had a direct impact on Canadian consumer shopping habits. 98% of survey respondents have heard about tariffs or trade restrictions between Canada and the USA and 85% are concerned.
This concern has caused a drastic shift in behaviour with 43% of consumers making significant changes to their grocery shopping habits in the last two months. The primary motivation for these changes is a desire to buy Canadian products (81%) and avoid U.S products (76%). Seniors prioritize buying Canadian, while immigrants and those under 35 place less emphasis on it. Buying products from one's own province is more important to Quebecers (82%) and less so to Albertans (48%).
67% of consumers report buying more Canadian products in the past two months, including 26% who indicate buying "much more." Consumers are most likely to report buying more Canadian produce, followed by bakery and grains, canned goods, meat/poultry/seafood, and dairy products. Alcoholic beverages are at the bottom
of the list. Half of consumers report shopping at Canadian grocery retailers more often.
The top motivations for buying more Canadian products are the belief that it's good for the economy (86%), "anger/frustration" with the U.S. (75%), a desire to help Canadian food and beverage processors (72%), and Canadian pride (71%). Very few are motivated by a belief that Canadian products cost less. 52% of consumers who increased their purchases of Canadian products report an increase in their grocery bills, but only 5% consider the increase to be "much more expensive."
However, identifying Canadian products remains a significant challenge. Only 40% of consumers find it easy to determine how "Canadian" a product is. The most common method for identifying Canadian products is reading product labels (76%), followed by looking for Canadian symbols (e.g., flag) on packaging. Only 11% use mobile apps or online tools and only 47% of respondents correctly identified "Product of Canada" as the "most Canadian" product, highlighting a lack of understanding of labeling.
"There is an opportunity here for Canadian food and beverage businesses to reach consumers looking for local and Canadian products and for policymakers to use the tools at their disposal to get more Canadian products in front of consumers," said Jennefer Griffith, Executive Director, Food Processing Skills Canada.
The research shows that 48% of those who haven't increased their purchases of Canadian products want to start doing so, but difficulty identifying Canadian products is a major barrier
New consumer research from Food Processing Skills Canada reveals significant shift in Canadian shopping habits due to US trade threats
for this group. 70% of all consumers say they would buy a lot more Canadian products if it was easier to determine how Canadian it is.
A total of 1500 adult residents from across Canada were surveyed online, between March 17 - March 20, 2025. An associated margin of error for a probability-based sample of this size would be ±3%, 19 times out of 20.
To learn more about additional consumer insights and industry recommendations download the report here.
Food Processing Skills Canada is the food and beverage manufacturing industry's skills training and workforce development organization. As a
non-profit located in Ottawa with representatives across Canada, the organization supports food and beverage manufacturing businesses in developing skilled and professional employees and workplace environments. The work of Food Processing Skills Canada directly and positively impacts industry talent attraction, workforce retention, and employment culture. Through partnerships with industry, associations, educators and all levels of government in Canada, the organization has developed valuable resources for the sector including FoodAbility, Food Skills Library, Canadian Food Processors Institute, FoodCert, and the Labour Market Initiative.
Manitoba Beef Producers is pleased to make available six $1,000 scholarships annually for MBP members or their children attending a university, college, other post-secondary institution or pursuing trades training. Preference will be given to those students pursuing a field of study related to agriculture or to those acquiring a skilled trade or pursuing a career that would be beneficial to the rural economy.
This application process is for students who will be undertaking post-secondary studies or trades training in the 2025-26 academic year. The deadline to apply is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 20, 2025.
The scholarship criteria are as follows: Eligibility:
• Must be an active Manitoba beef producer or the child of an active Manitoba beef producer Note: This can also include active beef producers returning to school after a period of time in the workforce.
• Must be pursuing post-secondary studies or trades training in the 2025-26 academic year.
• Post-secondary programs or trades training must be a minimum of one academic year in duration.
Items You Are Required to Submit:
• The completed application form;
• Either a typed 600-word (maximum) essay OR a 5-7 minute maximum video submission discussing the topic “What the beef industry means to my family, my community and Manitoba.” Also, you need to identify in the essay or video the reasons you enjoy being involved in agriculture*;
• A copy of your transcript (either high school, or a recognized college, university or trade school);
• Proof of enrolment in a recognized institution (current transcript, or your acceptance letter, or a letter of intent indicating your intended institution and field of study for 2025-26);
• A list of your community involvement (e.g. 4-H, community clubs, volunteer work, etc.); and,
• The names of two references, including their addresses and telephone numbers
*Note: Scholarship winners’ essays or video submissions and photos will be published in Manitoba Beef Producers’ newspaper Cattle Country in fall 2025 or posted to MBP’s social media channels and website.
The completed application, all supporting documents, references, required essay or video, etc. must be submitted to MBP no later than 4:30 p.m. Friday, June 20, 2025 to the attention of:
Manitoba Beef Producers Scholarship Committee
220 – 530 Century Street
Winnipeg MB R3H 0Y4
E-mail: info@mbbeef.ca
Fax: (204) 774-3264
For more information, including steps on how to submit your video, please contact Manitoba Beef Producers at 1-800772-0458 or email info@mbbeef.ca. A selection committee will review the submissions. Winners will be notified by September 12, 2025.
Parents’ names if you are under 18: _______________________________________________________
Are you a beef producer? _____________________________
Are you the child of a beef producer? ________ If yes, what is their name(s)? __
Current institute of enrolment: ________________________________________________________
Institute and your intended program of post-secondary study or skilled trades training in 2025-26:
Duration of post-secondary program or skilled trades training: _________ year (s)
Essay or Short Video Submission Requirement: Please submit either a typed 600-word (maximum) essay* OR a 5-7 minute video on the topic “What the beef industry means to my family, my community, and Manitoba.” Also include the reasons you enjoy being involved in agriculture. No preference will be given to either option.
*Note: Scholarship winners’ essays or video submissions and photos will be published in Manitoba Beef Producers’ newspaper Cattle Country in fall 2025 or posted to MBP’s social media channels and website.
Please return the following no later than 4:30 p.m., Friday, June 20, 2025:
• completed application form;
• typed essay or video submission;
• a copy of your transcript;
• proof of enrolment in a recognized institution or an apprenticeship program (current transcript, letter of acceptance, or a letter of intent to pursue further studies);
• a list of your community involvement; and,
• your references
To: Manitoba Beef Producers Scholarship Committee
220 – 530 Century Street Winnipeg, MB R3H 0Y4
Email: info@mbbeef.ca Fax (204) 774-3264
AgriStability
Plan ahead and protect your farm
What is AgriStability?
AgriStability is an important tool that can help you manage risks and financial losses due to poor yields, low commodity prices or rising input costs. Why should you participate in AgriStability?
• Provides support when risks are beyond your capacity to manage