CALVING 2026: Keep those newborn beef calves healthy
Reading Time: 2 minutes Biosecurity, vaccines, vitamin injections and colostrum — veterinarian Roy Lewis runs down how beef farmers can…
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Biosecurity, vaccines, vitamin injections and colostrum — veterinarian Roy Lewis runs down how beef farmers can…
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Cattle Association says it won’t support proceeding with the CFIA’s proposed changes to federal…
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Government of Canada has extended the tax deferral period for livestock producers affected by bovine…
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending March 21, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $10/cwt higher to $10/cwt…
Reading Time: 2 minutes One expert says producers need to enhance their biosecurity in the face of porcine epidemic diarrhea…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada added 2.92 million hens to its egg-laying flock in 2025, Egg Farmers of Canada said…
AFSC says a modelling inconsistency in heavy weight cattle prices led to overpayments in the 2024 program year and is offering flexible repayment arrangements to affected clients
A confirmed case of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus on a southern Alberta farm — the province's first since 2022 — has reignited calls to ban spray-dried porcine blood plasma from pig feed, with 10 producers pulling the ingredient immediately after the positive test
The 2026 calf crop is, or will soon be, hitting the ground on beef farms across Prairies — here’s an overview of how to keep those calves healthy and growing
PEDv can be devastating to an operation, with mortality rates for suckling piglets reaching 100 per cent