Insights and Stories on Livestock

More Alberta sheep producers needed due to high demand for lamb

Dec. 18, 2015 at 10:09 am CST

The want ad isn’t officially posted, but the notice is given: There’s a “great opportunity” for Albertans interested in becoming sheep producers. “Right now, we only produce 40 per cent of the demand for lamb in Canada — there’s a huge market there,” said Lorna Gibson, a sheep producer from […]

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

By Maggie Van Camp

Kiwi dairy farmers battered by global free fall in milk prices

Nov. 27, 2015 at 9:59 am CST

By Shannon VanRaes

Beagles join the battle against invasive species in New Zealand

Nov. 6, 2015 at 10:15 am CST

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

‘Better Beef’ campaign turns out just fine for A&W

Oct. 9, 2015 at 9:50 am CDT

Two years after introducing its controversial ‘Better Beef’ program, A&W seems to have few regrets about how the shift to antibiotic- and steroid-free beef played out. “We were the first national chain in North America to do it, and the response has been tremendous,” said Trish Sahlstrom, vice-president of purchasing […]

By Jennifer Blair

Could a cement mixer be an important part of your operation?

Oct. 2, 2015 at 10:18 am CDT

If you’re in a wildlife corridor, the last thing you want to do is attract predators to your place. But that’s not easy if, like Marty Winchell, you’re raising sheep, pigs, laying hens and bees, as well as custom grazing cattle. Which is why there’s an old cement mixer sitting […]

By Alexis Kienlen

Why the long face? Horses and humans share facial expressions

Aug. 14, 2015 at 9:33 am CDT

Horses share some surprisingly similar facial expressions to humans and chimps, according to new University of Sussex research. Mammal communication researchers have shown that, like humans, horses use muscles underlying various facial features — including their nostrils, lips and eyes — to alter their facial expressions in a variety of […]

By University of Sussex