Insights and Stories on Livestock

‘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 […]

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

Oct. 2, 2015 at 10:18 am CDT

By Alexis Kienlen

Why the long face? Horses and humans share facial expressions

Aug. 14, 2015 at 9:33 am CDT

By University of Sussex

Research team takes to the air to capture and collar wild boars

Jul. 17, 2015 at 11:08 am CDT

By Shannon VanRaes

The reward of mentorship, and six pasture ‘tips and tricks’

Jul. 10, 2015 at 10:17 am CDT

By — Steve Kenyon

Manitoba retiree reinforces need for land conservation

Jun. 12, 2015 at 10:54 am CDT

Gord Hammell came to Manitoba over 40 years ago to count ducks, and after a long interval milking cows, he’s counting again. The University of Guelph science student arrived in 1970 to do summer research for his master’s thesis on lesser scaup, a waterfowl also called “little bluebill” whose numbers […]

By Lorraine Stevenson

horses being rescued from an overturned trailer

Are you prepared if an animal emergency arises?

Jun. 4, 2015 at 4:22 pm CDT

When a truck carrying livestock flips, or there’s a need to rescue horses or cattle during a flood, most people don’t know what to do. That’s where Rebecca Gimenez comes in. Gimenez, who hails from Macon, Georgia, will be teaching a workshop on animal rescue and emergency preparedness in Olds […]

By Alexis Kienlen

Guardian dogs earning their keep at Candll Ranch

May. 15, 2015 at 9:28 am CDT

Cody and Liesl Lockhart didn’t know a thing about livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) when they started ranching with Cody’s parents in southern Alberta. That all changed five years ago after moving to their own place near Debden, Sask., where they now own a flock of 1,200 sheep and custom manage […]

By Debbie Furber

Buffalo Girl: Telling farmers’ stories with recipes

Apr. 22, 2015 at 10:15 am CDT

I had to buy a chest freezer when we were dating,” says Jennifer Bain. She pauses while the audience laughs. Then she continues telling us about writing Buffalo Girl Cooks Bison, her latest cookbook. She is Buffalo Girl. Her introduction to bison came when she married Rick, an Alberta bison […]

By Steven Biggs

A cattle ranch to call their own

Mar. 20, 2015 at 9:42 am CDT

In 1859, a Scottish aristocrat travelled through much of Western Canada in pursuit of big game. He rode the endless, remote expanse, joining a buffalo hunt in west-central Saskatchewan, for it seems that it was here that our Scot — the ninth Earl of Esketh — got wind of an […]

By CG Field Editor Lisa Guenther