We may never be truly ready for the next wave of livestock disease, but more can be done to ensure we are asprepared as possible.
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How the livestock industry can implement better disease surveillance
We may never be truly ready for the next wave of livestock disease, but more can be done to defend ourselves and our stock
National Beef Strategy celebrates gains
The Canadian Beef Advisors, comprised of national beef organizations, is celebrating achieving many of the goals in the 2020-24 National Beef Strategy.
Livestock’s problem with precision tech
Economic risk, lack of knowledge and lack of commercially viable technology flagged as barriers to precision tech adoption in livestock
Precision technology is one promised solution for tight margins and growing pressure to prove sustainability in the livestock sector, but it’s also an investment and producers need to be assured their money is well spent.
Energy-free winter livestock waterer showcased at Ag in Motion
For those tired of sick of cutting ice and looking for a lower-cost alternative, Lee Smith has a solution. The Water Box is a livestock waterer producers can insert through the ice of a dugout, slough or slow-moving creek.
Get that horse a pedicure: Proper trimming for a healthy horse
Proper hoof care mimics natural wear and keeps a horse moving better
Failure to trim hoofs properly can lead to heel deformities, weak frogs, laminitis and affect movement. Here's how to correct toe position and get the horse on the road to recovery.
New feed rules may impact on-farm mills
Long-promised feed rule changes may require more vigilance from farms with their own mills
Incoming feed regs will require more vigilance from farms with their own mills.
Bee U pilot an urban outreach for honey sector
Project bridges urban-rural gap, aids pollinator conservation
Brandon University’s Bee U urban beekeeping project is meant as a model for sustainable agriculture and a way to educateurban residents about the honey sector and the role of pollinators.
Varroa mites compound bee winter losses
Beekeepers blame parasitic varroa mites, waning treatment control for bee mortality
Varroa mite and waning treatment control cited as major causes of Manitoba beekeeper loss this spring
At Agribition: Iowa school group looks in on Prairie ag
Media program students, alumni gather participants' stories
Fresh faces and new blood were injected into the usual cadre of journalism veterans this week at Canadian Western Agribition. Students from Iowa’s CAC Media Group ventured to Regina for hands-on agricultural journalism experience. Hannah Grantz, Jake VanderHeiden and Katlin Truelsen, students from high schools across Clinton County in eastern Iowa, interviewed, photographed and videotaped
At Agribition: Northern community integrates tech, education into market garden
Flying Dust working to improve operation's food distribution
Riverside Market Garden, operated by Flying Dust First Nation, started in 2009 with two people and an old alfalfa field. Today it employs about 20 people, plus summer students; provides food for the community and some wholesalers; and gives youth a chance to learn about agriculture. Over the years the First Nation, just north of
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