A pan-Canadian research project will try to understand more about how methane is generated in the rumen of beef and dairy cattle.
$7.9 million cattle research project aims to find rumen efficiencies
Cross-Canada project to reduce methane production will be led by UBC researcher
McDonald’s to pay U.S. farmers for feed efficient Enogen corn use
The company is partnering with Syngenta to pay some farmers who use corn with the trait
A partnership between McDonald’s and Syngenta in the United States will pay beef producers to use Enogen corn, which will improve the feed efficiency of cattle and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Dairy farm milk price drops for 2025
The Canadian Dairy Commission announced Nov. 1, 2024 that a decline in feed prices and the stabilization of other costs on dairy farms across the country means that the benchmark on-farm price for milk will decline by 0.0237 per cent starting in February 2025.
Rotational grazing tips from Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show
Managing any eventuality in rotational grazing starts with having a large area surrounding by a perimeter fence, giving flexibility and options, according to James Clark, territory manager for Ontario for Gallagher.
CFIA won’t enforce some ritual slaughter requirements after appeal from Jewish organizations
The CFIA will no longer require three determinations of unconsciousness previously mandated for ritually slaughtered animals after a recent federal court ruling. Jewish organizations and companies had appealed the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) regulations in court, claiming they made kosher slaughter difficult, which resulted in a disruption in supply of kosher meat in Canada.
Beef experts share lessons learned from three years of drought
Prairie beef farmers were forced to find new feed sources, learn new processes and make difficult decisions in managing their feed inventories in the past few years.
Taking the human out of pressure washing
Pressure washing is an unpopular job on livestock farms that is increasingly solved with automation
From Ag in Motion: Livestock goes high tech
A Saskatchewan ag tech startup company helps assure livestock farmers that their animals are receiving adequate water.
New ag tech pitch event to precede AgSmart
Discovery Lab brings its tech startup process to agriculture
A new event in conjunction with AgSmart at Olds College aims to bring mainstream technology startup support to the agriculture sector.
Some farm dealerships back online after cyber attack
Dealers forced to turn to pen and paper after attack knocked out inventory software
Brian Osterndorff, chair of the board of the Canadian Equipment Dealers Association, and president and CEO of Robert’s Farm Equipment, a seven-store group in Ontario, said on June 26 that they had just been informed that they could use the system again.
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
