Canada’s beef farmers could sure use more on-label uses approved for toltrazuril, but that means research in an age of funding cuts, veterinarian Roy Lewis writes.
Columns
Beef sector needs more research into protozoal disease
Beef 911: Canada’s beef farmers could sure use more on-label use of toltrazuril, but that would mean more research dollars
Prairie weather all starts with the sun
Weather takes energy, and the source of that is the star we all orbit around
The sun’s radiation comes to us in many forms, some of which are harmful to organic life while others are completely harmless or even essential, Daniel Bezte writes.
What’s the weather for last half of winter 2025-2026?
A last look at 2025 temperature and precipitation on the Prairies, plus what weather forecasters expect through to March 2026
A last look at 2025 temperature and precipitation on the Prairies, plus what weather forecasters expect through to spring 2026.
Best before doesn’t mean bad after
Good food often goes to waste due to misunderstandings about best before dates
Best before dates are not expiry dates, and the confusion often leads to plenty of food waste.
Farmer gift idea: How about a weather station?
The 2025 holiday season is looming, and a home weather station might make a great Christmas gift for farmers
The 2025 holiday season is looming, and a home weather station might make a great Christmas gift for farmers
The great food summit adventure
Hart Attacks: Higher learning experience at the end of an escalator ride
Alberta Farmer columnist Lee Hart attended the Food Leadership Summit in Calgary, where about 400 ag industry players gathered for the new annual conference.
The double-edged sword of being an agricultural innovator
Canadian agriculture needs innovation and resilience, but being first in line also means taking on risk, sometimes without much of a safety net
A new report suggests Canada’s farmers have been “overly reliant” on business risk management programs such as crop insurance, AgriStability and AgriRecovery as “the only risk management solution.” Should farmers now go out on a limb trying new ways to mitigate those risks?
Farms will feel aftershocks from glyphosate lawsuit slog
Glyphosate lawsuits could have substantial impact on product’s availability
Bayer’s threat to leave the glyphosate market could have wide reaching implications for Prairie farmers.
So your beef cow is lame
What to do when lameness strikes the cow-calf operation, and how the farmer can avoid hoof and leg problems in the first place
How to protect cow hoof health and, if that fails, next steps for cow-calf farmers when one of their beef herd comes up lame.
Delayed U.S. tariffs support Canadian feeder cattle complex
Fears of a possible U.S. tariff on feeder cattle ignited concerns of a sharp market drop, but that didn’t happen
Fears of a possible U.S. tariff on Canadian feeder cattle ignited concerns of a sharp market drop, but that didn’t happen.
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