Insights and Stories on Livestock

cow with a virtual fencing collar and a calf beside her

Virtual fencing for beef cattle gains momentum in Canada

Jun. 13, 2025 at 9:18 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Virtual fencing is growing rapidly as more companies are sprouting up with variations of the technology and more trials are happening across the country. For producers interested in adopting virtual fencing, understanding the differences between technologies, Canadian research and associated costs is crucial. Vence In 2022, the […]

Wild pig control goes high-tech

May. 16, 2025 at 10:05 am CDT

By Miranda Leybourne

Manitoba rancher manages change through education

May. 9, 2025 at 9:23 am CDT

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Colic in beef calves can hint at serious problems

Apr. 4, 2025 at 9:43 am CDT

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs lower on Monday

Mar. 31, 2025 at 3:04 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CATTLEytics creates artificial intelligence system to write dairy protocols

Mar. 28, 2025 at 10:57 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Setting protocols on farms can benefit family and staff, but they don’t always get done. Now a Canadian company is using artificial intelligence to create those protocols for you. CATTLEytics, a company which helps livestock and mainly dairy farmers manage data, created the module for protocols in […]

By John Greig

cattle and a barbed wire fence at sunset

How barbed wire transformed ranching in the West

Jan. 24, 2025 at 9:42 am CST

Ranching in southern Alberta can be divided into two eras. One before the fence, and the one that came to stay, after the fences. From D. Larraine Andrews’s book, Ranching Under the Arch: “Responding to the new lease legislation, four corporate ranches, dubbed the Patriarchs, arrive under open range practices dependent on […]

By Dr. Ron Clarke

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. […]

By Janelle Rudolph

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

Glacier FarmMedia – Data access is vital to success in most businesses these days, and that includes cattle genetics, according to panel members at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference in Saskatoon in August. “I believe genetics can be the motivator that drives success in the beef industry in the next […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Computer vision system weighs pigs without a scale

Nov. 29, 2024 at 10:40 am CST

Glacier FarmMedia – The three metal-framed stations in the pig barn conjure the image of a starting gate at the Kentucky Derby. A pen opens. For a minute, the air is full of galloping hoofs and excited grunts. Twenty pigs run through three short aisles equipped with lights and cameras, […]

By Geralyn Wichers

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