Insights and Stories on Livestock

Study indicates happy pigs are more productive

Dec. 23, 2024 at 10:11 am CST

Glacier FarmMedia – Incorporating swine enrichment could save producers as much as $10 per animal, according to research from the industrial research chair in swine welfare at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. Martyna Lagoda, a post-doctoral research fellow involved in the project, told the Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium Nov. […]

An inspector looking at sides of beef, which are hanging in a cooler.

Data sharing next big step for beef genetics

Dec. 20, 2024 at 10:13 am CST

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Computer vision system weighs pigs without a scale

Nov. 29, 2024 at 10:40 am CST

By Geralyn Wichers

Serotonin may be key to solving pneumonia puzzle in cattle

Nov. 22, 2024 at 9:37 am CST

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Manitoba trials address livestock predation in farmyards

Oct. 25, 2024 at 9:38 am CDT

By Bruce Derksen

Succession plan drives dairy farm’s journey into poultry

Oct. 18, 2024 at 10:09 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – The big new red barn at Rickeen Farms will house feathered livestock instead of the farms’ traditional four-legged ruminants. “Our passion is in the dairy industry, but we just can’t grow that the way we want to right now,” said Brett Shantz. “So, we’re diversifying.” Shantz, his […]

By Diana Martin

Australia cashes in on beef exports as US cattle herd shrinks

Oct. 17, 2024 at 10:54 am CDT

A slump in U.S. beef production has opened the door for Australia to export record amounts of meat, growing its market share in North America and Asia and channelling billions of dollars to cattle processors and farmers.

By Peter Hobson Reuters

Australia, New Zealand brace for looming bird flu threat

Oct. 9, 2024 at 10:51 am CDT

Australia and New Zealand are bracing for the arrival of a destructive bird flu strain by tightening biosecurity at farms, testing shore birds for disease, vaccinating vulnerable species and war-gaming response plans.

By Lucy Craymer Peter Hobson Reuters

Counteracting livestock predation risks on pasture

Sep. 20, 2024 at 10:26 am CDT

Predators such as coyotes, wolves, bears, cougars and foxes have been threatening and killing young, weak and compromised cattle and sheep in Manitoba since domestic farming began. Financial losses range between minimal to potentially devastating depending on location, workforce numbers, operation size and nearby habitat. To counteract and help mitigate […]

By Bruce Derksen

Beef cow, replacement heifer numbers suggest producers aren’t ready to grow herds: FCC

Sep. 17, 2024 at 11:34 am CDT

Beef cattle prices have trended above the five-year average, but low numbers of replacement heifers and beef cows suggests producers aren't ready to grow cattle herds.

By Geralyn Wichers

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