Insights and Stories on Livestock

Cow antibodies show a path to fighting human disease

Nov. 4, 2016 at 9:14 am CDT

Old Bessie may have shown researchers a new way to fight human diseases. A recent paper from University of Guelph scientists says a novel vaccine that protects cattle from a viral-driven respiratory disease may hold the secret to creating similar treatments for human diseases, ranging from gut infections to HIV […]

Canada’s cattle herd stubbornly refuses to expand

Oct. 14, 2016 at 10:00 am CDT

By Jennifer Blair

Direct marketing grass-fed beef is a family business

Oct. 7, 2016 at 9:26 am CDT

By — Heather Smith Thomas

Deadly cattle condition returns to the Prairies

Sep. 16, 2016 at 10:20 am CDT

By Alexis Kienlen

Sustainable beef is within our grasp

Aug. 19, 2016 at 9:36 am CDT

By Lee Hart

New verified beef program makes a timely debut

Jul. 14, 2016 at 9:52 am CDT

The newly launched Verified Beef Production Plus program is taking Canada one step closer in its quest towards verified sustainable beef, says one of its designers. “This is just from my perspective, but we have always had early adopters — the people who believe in it — but there have […]

By Alexis Kienlen

Loving the ‘burn’ of roping prompts youth into rodeo

Jun. 30, 2016 at 11:20 am CDT

Watching his older sister Rachelle competing, along with the fact that his family — parents, uncles, cousins — all competed in rodeo, prompted Shane McCannell of Pierson into the Cinch Junior High ranks of the Manitoba High School Rodeo Association (MHSRA). Before that, McCannell loved the “burn” of roping at […]

By Darrell Nesbitt

Cull cow transportation study offers some surprises

Jun. 24, 2016 at 10:45 am CDT

A recently published Alberta study on the transport of cull cows during winter upturns some previous findings on causes of bruising, as well as common industry beliefs about boarding over some of the ventilation holes in stock trailers during cold-weather travel. The study gives the first indication that issues in […]

By Debbie Furber

Where have all the hog farmers gone?

Jun. 16, 2016 at 3:46 pm CDT

Despite losing nearly 14,000 pig farmers since 1971, Manitoba still produces more pigs than any other province, accounting for just under a third of Canada’s total pork production, and well over half of its exports. For nearly three decades, Manitoba has had a front row seat on the peaks and […]

By Shannon VanRaes

Canada sets the bar for feedlot animal care

Jun. 3, 2016 at 9:12 am CDT

Buttons were bursting with pride at the National Cattle Feeders’ Association (NCFA) with the recent release of the first national certified program in North America for assessing the care of beef animals in backgrounding and finishing operations. Officially known as the Canadian Feedlot Animal Care Assessment Program, it is an […]