Brett & Chantel McRae own and operate McRae Land & Livestock, located 15 minutes Southwest of Brandon, MB. They raise commercial cattle and a diverse rotation of grain crops including spring and winter cereals, canola, pulses and corn. They also provide custom seeding and bull clipping services, as well as custom corn grazing and manufacture cattle scratchers on farm. They currently operate on 2800 acres (2640 of which is leased), 2200 of which is crop land. They have approximately 300 head of commercial cattle including a replacement heifer enterprise and a commercial cow/calf enterprise.

Brett and Chantel were married in 2020 and now have two children, Corbin and Brylee, who are interested and involved in the farm. Brett works full time on the farm, while Chantel works part time on the farm and part time for Manitoba Beef & Forage Initiatives as the host and producer of their podcast, “Beef & Forage Roundup.”

Both Chantel and Brett have taken the Ranching for Profit program and in 2022 they joined the Ranch Management Consultants Executive Link (EL) program, which has been instrumental in the growth and development of their business.

McRae Land & Livestock is committed to using regenerative agriculture practices to increase soil health and the resiliency. They are very interested in innovation in agriculture, especially in finding ways to make regenerative ag practices practical on a field scale. Brett & Chantel believe an adaptive systems approach to land and livestock management is not only possible but will be needed to bring regenerative agriculture to a large scale. They also believe that land conservation and agriculture can, and must, work together to optimize farm productivity, profitability, and ecosystem services

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