Livestock
Canadian Pork Council says it supports bids to get public acceptance for pigs gene edited for resistance to PRRS as some consumer and agriculture groups call for mandatory labelling.
No way to segregate gene-edited pigs Canadian Pork Council says as groups call for labelling
How soil fertility management can boost pasture yield by 43 per cent
Soil testing and the right fertility program can make a measurable difference in pasture output, agronomist says
Reading Time: 3 minutes Learn how soil testing and targeted fertilization can increase pasture biomass by 43%. Expert tips on N, P, and K management for beef cattle producers.
Klassen: Strong demand underpins Western Canadian feeder market
For the week ending February 28, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were unchanged from seven days earlier. Calves may have traded $5-$10/cwt higher at some locations. Feeding margins have improved over the past week with Southern Alberta pen-closeouts now hovering near breakeven. Ontario feedlot margins are in positive territory by $20-$40/head. At the Ponoka video […] Read more
Don’t let winter deplete your cows vital vitamin A reserves
Fortify gestation diets with this essential vitamin to ensure a healthy calf crop and peak reproductive performance
Reading Time: 3 minutes Boost your calving season success: prevent weak calves and maintain gestating cow health by fortifying winter beef diets with vitamin A.
Surviving the Chill: High-energy diets key to calving success
Boost dietary energy to maintain body condition, ensure easier calving and increase weaning weights by 25 kg
Reading Time: 3 minutes Boost your calving season success by maintaining a BCS of 5-6 with high-energy diets to ensure healthy calves and increase weaning weights by 25 kg.
Roots of Resilience: The 50-year evolution of Shipwheel Cattle Feeders
From Swedish roots to a 3,862 per cent grazing surge — this Alberta producer proves holistic management drives regenerative profit
Reading Time: 5 minutes Alberta's Shipwheel Cattle Feeders is one of Canada's pioneers in holistic regenerative agricultural practices.
Health Canada stops sales of coccidiosis medication Deccox on procedural issue
Deccox, a medication to prevent coccidiosis in calves and other livestock, is temporarily off the market after Health Canada issued a stop sale order earlier this month.
Canadian cattle herd sees first annual increase since 2018
The Canadian cattle herd was larger on January 1 than it was one year prior — the first year-over-year increase since 2018, Statistics Canada reported on Friday. Hog inventories were down. Sheep and lamb inventories rose.
Saskatchewan Cattle Association demands halt to traceability amendments
Producers call for CFIA reform and board representation amid cost and trust concerns
Reading Time: 2 minutes SCA demands stop to traceability amendments and immediate CFIA reform, citing lost trust and need to move oversight to agriculture.
Beef sector needs more research into protozoal disease
It would be nice if research could eventually be done to allow on-label use of toltrazuril
Reading Time: 4 minutes Reduced federal research capacity may mean more livestock health products have to go extra-label through veterinarians, which puts a lot of pressure on them, veterinarian Roy Lewis writes.
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