These veterinarians developed a probe for determining pregnancy that is not only accurate but saves the wear and tear on the arm
While preg checking has traditionally be done by arm-in rectal palpation, technology is making it possible to use trans-rectal ultrasound probes to do the job with just as much or more accuracy and it’s a lot easier on the technician as well. Andrew Bronson came to Alberta after graduating from Ontario Veterinary College in 1982. […] Read moreAfter homesteading near Barrhead, north of Edmonton in 1911, the generations of the Messmer family are still running the mixed farming operation today
It was a three-country, two-continent journey that started in Germany in the mid-1800s before the Messmer family finally set roots in the somewhat isolated parkland region of north-central Alberta. This past summer they joined the ranks of an exclusive group of farm families receiving the Alberta Century Farm and Ranch Award. In mid-August 2012, the […] Read moreTough times for U.S. beef producers might bode well for Canadian cow/calf operations and feed grain growers
The U.S. Midwest is undergoing one of the worst droughts on record, which is significantly changing the cattle market complex. Over the past two years, the cattle market has been encouraging expansion through record-high prices for feeder and fed cattle. However, we now find many producers liquidating high-quality cows and heifers due to high corn […] Read moreWith goats, as with any class of livestock, it is important to know which animals have best genetic potential
Artificially rearing our goat kids this spring was the only way we could think of to kid our herd early enough to have the kids gone by fall and to determine which females were our highest-producing does. We don’t have the infrastructure for the does to raise their kids in the winter and after our […] Read more
