A pilot project of the virtual fencing company known as Vence is underway on the ranch of John and Deanne Chuiko in northern Saskatchewan. The Chuiko’s run CJ Ranching near St. Walburg, Sask.
Virtual fencing piloted in northern Saskatchewan
Testigrip cuts off circulation at Ag in Motion
Jodi Suchoplas has big plans to market her invention around the world. She was an Innovation Award winner at Ag in Motion.
Total mixed ration mixers go head to head at AIM
Ag in Motion attendees got an apples-to-apples comparsion across four total mixed ration mixers from different manufacturers.
LFCE Field Day covers everything from pneumonia to drought
Attendees took in presentations outdoors on genetics and genomics, managing forage, water and drought, plus feedlot health and management. A hot topic of conversation was the drought — or lack thereof. Much of the current research at the University of Saskatchewan focuses on drought.
Livestock Price Insurance coming to maritime producers
At the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) conference on June 10 in Swift Current, Sask., Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) vice president Tyler Fulton highlighted the expansion of Livestock Price Insurance, which will be available to producers in Eastern Canada. Initially announced in February, the expansion will finally come into effect sometime this week. “It’s something […] Read more
Forage blends benefit swath grazing
Winter feeding trial studies virtual fencing as well as potential of moving away from using only one crop in swath grazing
Reading Time: 2 minutes A researcher at Lakeland College says he wanted to investigate using forage blends in winter swath grazing systems to ease producer hesitancy. Obioha Durunna, who is now in the third year of the study, says he was also prompted by the limited information available on backgrounding weaned calves in such systems. Durunna says producers are […] Read more
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