Livestock Management
Media attention has been focused lately on how livestock manure affects the health of Lake Winnipeg, but a University of Manitoba soil scientist says cattle producers need to start protecting their own water supplies. “Nobody as far as I know has lost an animal due to blue-green algae toxicity in Lake Winnipeg, but farmers every […] Read more
Livestock Management
Spread benefits of manure around: scientist
Grazing operation benefits from rotations, hog manure deals
Steinbach, Man. – If a market-savvy cattle producer had lots of land, grass and a highly efficient operation, how much money could he make buying yearlings in the spring and selling them in the fall? With all of those cards in his hand, Robert Krentz of Evergreen Land and Cattle Co. Ltd. near Steinbach, Man., […] Read more
The inside story on cattle reproduction
Do you get confused when your veterinarian starts talking about cow reproduction? You are not alone. So that you can understand what’s going on with cows, the following is a lesson on female body parts and how they work together to change an egg to a living calf. The logical starting point is the ovaries. […] Read more
Lacombe changed face of livestock breeding
LACOMBE, Alta. – Agriculture Canada’s research centre in Lacombe has come a long way from the days when pigs ran loose outdoors and Clydesdales were used for farm work. Agriculture Canada started the centre in 1907 when the community of Lacombe successfully convinced the federal government to build an experimental farm in central Alberta. Funded […] Read more
Anthrax still evident on some prairie farms
Anthrax continues to appear in Manitoba’s Interlake region. The bacterial infection has been found on 11 quarter sections of land owned by nine farms. “It’s shown up on small farms and large ones. Some of our (Manitoba) staff characterize the situation as swampy land that is drying up,” said Sandra Stephens of the Canadian Food […] Read more
Award recognizes grassland project
WATERTON, Alta. – Preserving nearly 30,000 acres of pristine native grassland in southwestern Alberta has netted the Nature Conservancy of Canada and its supporters an Emerald Award. The Alberta awards are presented annually to recognize environmental excellence. The winning project, known as the Waterton Front Park, bought and preserved heritage ranchlands in the foothills region […] Read more
Federal government grant will rebuild breeding markets
A $2.2 million federal grant to the Canadian Livestock Genetics Association will promote international sales of purebred breeding stock. The grant for cattle and small ruminants like sheep should help Canada regain lost markets throughout the world especially at a time when dairy cattle are in short supply, said Rick McRonald, manager of the association. […] Read more
Treat native pasture right, reap benefits
Most people think they know what native pastures look like: a thin growth of wispy, burnt-up grass interspersed with blue sage, gopher holes and buckbrush. Many farmers think that such land won’t generate enough cash returns to pay the taxes unless it is plowed up and seeded to something useful. It doesn’t have to be […] Read more
Feed likely culprit in latest BSE
Recently concluded investigations into Canada’s 10th BSE case in a British Columbia Holstein cow suggest the infection may have come from contaminated feed consumed when it was a calf. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said the diagnosis of BSE was confirmed May 2 in a downer cow destroyed after calving in April. The cow was […] Read more
Cattle die in U.S. heat wave
RAPID CITY, S.D. – In the American Dakota states, more than 3,000 cattle have reportedly been killed by the heat. Located mainly in the eastern North Dakota and South Dakota border region, many of the dead animals were in feedlots away from cooling winds or dugouts, say South Dakota state officials. While Montana producers have […] Read more
