The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) has joined a growing list of national agriculture groups that are cutting ties with the federal government's "Sustainable Agriculture Strategy." The national cattle producer organization sent a letter to Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Thursday, Dec. 19, informing the minister of the association's withdrawal from the government's SAS advisory committee.... Read More
Category: Livestock
It can be a challenge to talk about ranching in Canada without also talking about winter. For half the year, in most parts of the country, there is little that grows. That means that livestock feed needs to be grown within a very short timeframe, and the animals consuming it are fed for a lot... Read More
The number of active cases of highly-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on farms across Canada continues to climb, with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirming this week the first new case in Ontario in nearly a year. The CFIA confirmed the presence of the H5 virus on a farm in the Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc in southern... Read More
Over the decades, attitudes, thoughts and ideas within the forage and grazing community have shifted; however, the passion that ranchers have for the land and their lifelong commitment to learning have not. While at the Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing (WCCSHG) at Edmonton, Alta., last week, Grant Lastiwka of Renovo Seed spoke... Read More
There are some tools on the farm that simply make life easier. While the FalCan multi-deck is typically thought of as a round-bale deck, the number of jobs that it can be used to accomplish on the farm are numerous, says Stephen Vandervalk of FalCan Industries. From lifting pivots to put on tires, to harrowing... Read More
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is investigating a case of bovine tuberculosis in a six-year old cow from Saskatchewan that was slaughtered at a federally-inspected facility in Alberta. The case was confirmed on Nov. 29, 2024 at the CFIA's Ottawa Laboratory (Fallowfield). Through the Canadian Livestock Traceability System, the agency says it identified a... Read More
The dairy industry has always been a part of the beef business but today the dairy herd in both Canada and the U.S. plays an increasingly important role in the beef production system. In the U.S., one in five fed cattle now comes from the dairy industry; some of those cattle are full dairy but... Read More
Land is a fundamental and finite resource, yet it is easy to overlook its value in our everyday lives. Canada may have an abundance of land, but those acres are under immense pressure to serve multiple purposes—residential and industrial development, food production, biodiversity, carbon sequestration, solar and wind energy generation, recreation, and more. As we... Read More
Underpaying employees will result in less productivity, but simply paying people more doesn't motivate employees as much as you might think, says Tom Wall, the Dairy Coach. Plenty of farms struggle with finding and retaining good people, but Wall says that's at least partially to do with not having a people plan. We have production... Read More
A new program to help attract and retain livestock veterinarians in rural parts of British Columbia promises to deliver timely and better access to animal care for ranchers and farmers. The $1.4 million program will focus on northern B.C. as the priority region. It will help veterinary clinics that provide livestock care with recruitment and... Read More