Livestock
Reading Time: 5 minutes Alberta's Shipwheel Cattle Feeders is one of Canada's pioneers in holistic regenerative agricultural practices.
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
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.
Egg Farmers of Canada, University of Guelph appoint new poultry welfare research chair
The Egg Farmers of Canada and the University of Guelph have a new research chair tasked with driving poultry welfare research.
Incoming Canadian Cattle Association CEO embraces winds of change
Andrea Brocklebank, the incoming CEO of the Canadian Cattle Association, is open to revitalizing the organization while maintaining national delivery.
Feed costs on rented pasture now eligible for AgriStability
Pasture-related feed costs are now allowable expenses for AgriStability participants.
Klassen: Feeder market remains firm
For the week ending February 21, Western Canadian markets for yearlings or backgrounded cattle traded steady to $10/cwt higher. The calf market was mixed with values quoted $5 higher to $10/cwt lower. Feedlot margins appear to be improving in the short-term which supported the yearling market. Extremely cold temperatures across most of Alberta may have […] Read more
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea found on a southern Alberta farm
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus has been detected at a southern Alberta farm, Alberta Pork said Feb.23.