Insights and Stories on Livestock

Restoring vigour to tired pastures

Feb. 19, 2016 at 9:47 am CST

When 4-Clover Ranch, near Rocky Mountain House, Alta. came into existence in 1992, there was one particular pasture close to the farmyard that the previous owner was reluctant to show us. He called it sodbound and needing a good plowing. I hesitated to follow his plowing advice as it had […]

Beef sector wants cattle producers to speak up

Jan. 8, 2016 at 9:55 am CST

By Jill Burkhardt

Winter is the ideal season for healthy weight loss in horses

Dec. 24, 2015 at 9:16 am CST

By Carol Shwetz Dvm

More Alberta sheep producers needed due to high demand for lamb

Dec. 18, 2015 at 10:09 am CST

By Alexis Kienlen

After the video went viral

Dec. 10, 2015 at 12:48 pm CST

By Nicolas Mesly

The new way into farming

Dec. 4, 2015 at 10:32 am CST

A decade ago, a fresh-faced group of graduates jumped into a grain industry beaten down by prices and Prairie drought, and a livestock industry ravaged by the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) debacle. It was hardly the best of times. By the end of 2004, a year and a half after […]

By Maggie Van Camp

Kiwi dairy farmers battered by global free fall in milk prices

Nov. 27, 2015 at 9:59 am CST

Every day, John Fisher loses money. Surrounded by lush, green pastures — some established more than half a century ago — the New Zealand dairy farmer says his cost of production is now above the international milk price and has been for some time. “You’ve got to take a long-term […]

By Shannon VanRaes

Beagles join the battle against invasive species in New Zealand

Nov. 6, 2015 at 10:15 am CST

Biosecurity doesn’t get much cuter than this, and the Kiwis know it. Floppy-eared beagles, with patches of tan and white fur, greet visitors and returning locals alike as they disembark at any of New Zealand’s international airports. But the friendly and curious canines play a vital role in New Zealand’s […]

By Shannon VanRaes

Food farms are a hit

Oct. 23, 2015 at 10:16 am CDT

What kid doesn’t know about tasty burgers, fries and pizza? But how many know that it all starts on somebody’s farm? Too few, sadly. Two years ago some folks in Yorkton, Sask., did something to bridge this gap by laying out their first pizza farm. It’s a fun place, where […]

By Debbie Furber

The story of the Riskan Hope barn

Oct. 16, 2015 at 10:26 am CDT

If you’ve driven north on Highway 11, from Regina to Saskatoon, you’ve seen Riskan Hope Farm. The farm name is spelled out on a big red barn between Craik and Aylesbury. I see it at least twice a year, on my drives home from Canada’s Farm Progress Show and Canadian […]

By Lisa Guenther