Hormone implants can lead to bigger calves — reducing greenhouse gas intensity, land use intensity and giving the beef farmer more profit, Manitoba-based model suggests.
Animal health
Calf hormone implants can give environmental, financial wins
Bigger calves at weaning can cut emissions intensity and land use intensity and put more money in the pocket of cow-calf farmers.
Bovine tuberculosis calls for healthy divide between wildlife and livestock
Elk are commonly considered the problem species for bovine tuberculosis history in Manitoba, but one wildlife expert warns against developing blinders on other host species that could spread infection to cattle herds
Elk are commonly considered the problem species for bovine tuberculosis history in Manitoba, but one wildlife expert warns against developing blinders on other host species, like white-tailed deer, that could spread infection to cattle herds.
Metagenomics change how cattle disease is diagnosed
Researchers are using metagenomics to identify disease impacting beef cattle through bacteria, pathogens and viruses
Canadian livestock researchers are using metagenomics to identify disease impacting beef cattle through bacteria, pathogens and viruses.
Calf hormone implants can give environmental, profit wins
Bigger calves at weaning can cut emissions intensity and land use intensity and put more money in the pocket of cow-calf farmers.
Hormone implants can lead to bigger calves — reducing greenhouse gas intensity, land use intensity and giving the beef farmer more profit, Manitoba-based model suggests.
British company Antler Bio brings epigenetics to dairy farms
Blood tests help tie how management is meeting the genetic potential of the animals
British company Antler Bio is bringing epigenetics to dairy farms using blood tests help tie how management is meeting the genetic potential of the animals.
Greater feed efficiency in calves possible through controlled creep feeding
Advantage Feeders founder talks rumen development, financial benefits of creep feeding at Ag in Motion 2025
Gerard Roney, founder of Advantage Feeders in Australia, spoke at Ag in Motion 2025 about using controlled creep feeding to develop a calf's rumen, allowing for better uptake of energy and protein at a younger age.
Ag in Motion speaker highlights need for biosecurity on cattle operations
Small changes can have big effects on your farm’s biosecurity
Ag in Motion highlights need for biosecurity on cattle farms. Government of Saskatchewan provides checklist on what you can do to make your cattle operation more biosecure.
Smart deworming for sheep starts with individual fecal egg counts
Fecal egg count tests are one step Canadian sheep farmers can do to manage growing dewormer resistance and manage parasites
Fecal egg count tests are one step to managing dewormer resistance and managing sheep parasites on Canadian sheep farms to maintain flock health.
Pig transport stress costs pork sector
Popular livestock trailer designs also increase pig stress during transport, hitting at meat quality, animal welfare and farm profit, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher says
Popular livestock trailer designs also increase pig stress during transportation, hitting at meat quality, animal welfare and farm profit, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher says
U.S. again halts cattle imports from Mexico over flesh-eating screwworms
The flesh-eating livestock pest New World screwworm has advanced closer to the U.S. border with Mexico, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said, prompting Washington to block imports of Mexican cattle just days after it allowed them to resume at a port of entry in Arizona.
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