Reading Time: 3 minutes The lingering drought in parts of the Prairies is changing the way some beef producers feed their cows.

Drought drives stored feed, byproduct use in cow-calf herds
Total mixed ration mixers help make some byproducts more palatable

Canadian ag tech companies mature and grow
Agriculture technology companies maturing with growing customer bases
Reading Time: 2 minutes There are many technology companies that are maturing into businesses with growing customer bases, as shown by updates at the Spark event in Elora, Ontario put on by the Grand River Agricultural Society.

Canadian Dairy Xpo: Consumer support for buying Canadian dairy rises
New Canadians also look to use dairy for nutrition and in cooking
The buy-Canada movement has helped boost support for Canadian dairy products, according to David Hudson of IMI International, speaking at the Canadian Dairy Xpo's Dairy Business Summit.

$7.9 million cattle research project aims to find rumen efficiencies
Cross-Canada project to reduce methane production will be led by UBC researcher
A pan-Canadian research project will try to understand more about how methane is generated in the rumen of beef and dairy cattle.

McDonald’s to pay farmers for feed efficient Enogen corn use
The company is partnering with Syngenta to pay some farmers who use corn with the trait
Reading Time: 2 minutes McDonald’s is paying four cents per animal per day, to farms that use Syngenta’s feed efficient Enogen trait, to help cut greenhouse gas emissions.

McDonald’s to pay U.S. farmers for feed efficient Enogen corn use
The company is partnering with Syngenta to pay some farmers who use corn with the trait
A partnership between McDonald’s and Syngenta in the United States will pay beef producers to use Enogen corn, which will improve the feed efficiency of cattle and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Dairy farm milk price drops for 2025
The Canadian Dairy Commission announced Nov. 1, 2024 that a decline in feed prices and the stabilization of other costs on dairy farms across the country means that the benchmark on-farm price for milk will decline by 0.0237 per cent starting in February 2025.

Dairy farm milk price drops for 2025
The slight decrease is due to a decline in the cost of feed
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Dairy Commission set the farm-gate price for milk in 2025 at 0.0237 per cent lower than in 2024.

Rotational grazing tips from Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show
Managing any eventuality in rotational grazing starts with having a large area surrounding by a perimeter fence, giving flexibility and options, according to James Clark, territory manager for Ontario for Gallagher.

East-west issues are more similar than different
Farmers should put their regional differences aside on common issues
Reading Time: 2 minutes Opinion: Farmers should put their regional differences aside on common issues.