Manitoba is not known for its animal breeding, at least not until recent years, which are marked by an astonishing growth in poultry breeding and swine raising.
The raising of dairy cattle has, nevertheless, existed since the colonisation period and, over the past thirty years, has experienced major technical transformations. Traditionally, many grain farmers also practiced some animal husbandry. More recently, though, raising animals is becoming a highly specialized activity, and has practically become a rural industry on its own. Mention should be made, however, of the emergence of alternative animal-breeding farms of a deliberately smaller size, focused on a so-named natural or biological approach.

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