The livestock industry is coping very well and making great strides with addressing the topic of decreasing antimicrobial usage which indirectly helps with antimicrobial resistance. From veterinarians setting the example and producers from the cow-calf sector to the feedlot...
Imagine turning the handle on the water faucet and nothing comes out. Reaching the scoop into the feedbag only to scrape the bottom and come up empty. Picking up the coffee pot to pour, but no liquid fills your...
Enhancing knowledge is a worthy goal, but it won’t buy you a new barn. With that in mind, researchers on the Genome Alberta beef cattle project took aim at tangible benefits for producers. Given their progress in developing more...
The quality and quantity of forage in Alberta, really Western Canada and below the 49th parallel, is extremely varied. Some producers have all they need, some are looking to buy and others have feed to sell. Those producers looking...
It rained a lot last week. And when it rains here on the ranch, it means we typically have a little more time for TV watching. This also also happened to be the week that A&W Canada launched their...
Alexis “Lexi” Koelling has been pulling a heifer around since she was three. Now 15, she’s no stranger to the winner’s circle, but you wouldn’t know by talking to her.
You’d have to prod her a bit to find out...
As anyone prepping kids for the first day of school can attest, things don’t always go the way you planned them. The same cannot be said for the Genome Alberta project to develop more accurate genomically-enhanced breeding values for...
There is no such thing as an “easy day” or “easy week” at the Gray County Veterinary Clinic – a morning packed with surgeries, an afternoon filled with appointments and a handful of off-hour emergencies is what I’ve gotten...
Given the dynamic nature of animal genetics, it seems fitting that one of its prominent scientists has moved from the family farm in Egypt to groundbreaking research with Genome Alberta.
“I grew up on a small farm in a city...
The success of Canfax over the past 50 years recognizes the commitment of people and the use of technology to create a premier livestock market information source the Canadian agriculture industry has come to rely upon.
Two of the early...
