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Designing 3D fencing consists of setting up two parallel fences and focusing on height, depth and width to create a daunting barrier.

Adding a third dimension to a wildlife barrier fence

While not quite as effective as a tall barrier fence, the 3D alternative is considerably cheaper

By Jennifer Paige November 2, 2015

With the evolution of livestock management practice such as bale grazing over the winter, more feed is being stored in the field where it is highly vulnerable to wildlife. “With winter feeding being one of the larger costs of any cow-calf operation, we definitely don’t want to be sharing it with the wildlife,” said Elizabeth

Livestock

Preconditioned calves pay big dividends after decades

Preparing calves for the feedlot reduces antibiotic use and  improves feed efficiency and animal health

By Alexis Kienlen October 28, 2015

While preconditioning your calves may not always put extra dollars in your pockets, it’s good for the health of the entire beef industry. That was the message from veterinarian Cody Creelman during a recent Beef Cattle Research Centre webinar. Preconditioning includes anything a producer does to a weaned calf that reduces shrink and chance of

Livestock

Should you precondition your cattle?

By Alexis Kienlen October 28, 2015

While preconditioning makes sense from a health perspective, it’s far from standard practice. In fact, a western Canadian cow-calf survey found only nine per cent of producers preconditioned in 2013. And those who do typically have a clear financial incentive, said Canfax Research Services manager Brenna Grant. “Frequently, producers consider preconditioning when they have extra

Hogs, Livestock

Pork industry wants next federal government to improve risk management

Manitoba pork producers are urged to speak to local election candidates  about their vision for the industry’s future

By Shannon VanRaes September 22, 2015

Canadians have heard all about the economy, and they’ve listened to announcements on terrorism and childcare — although not necessarily at the same time — but those on the campaign trail have said little about agriculture in the leadup to the federal election. Now, the Canadian Pork Council and its provincial counterpart are urging pork

Clayton Robins opened his farm for a tour in mid-August to explain the benefits of his high-energy forage grazing system.

Beef cattle, Livestock

Putting grazing theory into practice

Clayton Robins suggests a grazing system of high-energy  forage can hone the best gains while regenerating pastures

By Jennifer Paige September 22, 2015

Following years of research and the publication of a Nuffield study, Clayton Robins is now seeing the results of implementing a high-energy forage system on his own farm. “The greatest hurdle to the forage-fed beef enterprise lies in the difficulty in providing an adequate level of diet energy, especially in the form of a low-cost

Hogs, Opinion

Editorial: Pork sector making progress

By Laura Rance-Unger September 21, 2015

A recent survey suggests the Manitoba pork sector is making incremental but important gains in repairing its relationship with the general public. A survey of 1,000 households conducted by Probe Research recently found 56 per cent favoured loosening the restrictions the Manitoba government has placed on new barn construction. Thirty-two per cent favoured leaving those

A baby chick, genetically modified to block transmission of bird flu, glows under an ultraviolet light, next to a chick that has not been modified, in this undated handout photo.

Did you know?

Glow-in-the-dark GMO chickens shed light on bird flu fight

But these birds are a long ways from becoming commercialized

By Tom Polansek September 21, 2015

In the realm of avian research, the chicks with the glow-in-the-dark beaks and feet might one day rock the poultry world. British scientists say they have genetically modified chickens in a bid to block bird flu and that early experiments show promise for fighting off the disease that has devastated the U.S. poultry and egg

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

McDonald’s investor wants it to cut antibiotics in all meats

By GFM Network News, Lisa Baertlein September 18, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters –– A McDonald’s Corp. shareholder group is renewing its call for the fast-food chain to stop buying any meat from animals raised with antibiotics vital to fighting human infections. The move from the Congregation of Benedictine Sisters of Boerne, Texas, comes amid growing concern from public health experts that the overuse

PEDv spread like wildfire in the U.S., but Canada successfully limited its spread.

Hogs, Livestock

Standing tall: How Canada’s pork sector survived the attack of a killer virus

PEDv decimated the U.S. hog herd, but Canada showed how to do biosecurity right

By Alexis Kienlen September 16, 2015

When it comes to finding expert advice on biosecurity, cattle producers might want to sit down with their local hog farmer. The country’s outstanding record on controlling the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus has a host of lessons for the cattle sector, says a swine veterinarian who was deeply involved in Alberta’s battle against PEDv. Start

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock

Study alleges U.S. fast food still mostly raised on antibiotics

By GFM Network News, Lisa Baertlein September 16, 2015

Los Angeles | Reuters –– Most large U.S. fast-food chains still serve meat from farm animals that have been routinely fed antibiotics, consumer groups said in a new report, which concluded that many companies have not yet laid out plans to curb the practice. Subway, Starbucks, KFC and Domino’s Pizza were among the industry leaders

Daily Network News

Huge crops in South America says analyst

U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

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