Insights and Stories on Livestock

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

Jul. 17, 2015 at 11:08 am CDT

Ruth Kost has never seen a wild boar before but she’s hoping that will change after a summer spent tracking the elusive beast. “They don’t like to show themselves,” said the University of Saskatchewan master’s student. “They are kind of reclusive, they avoid people… and they’re very aware of hunting […]

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

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

By Alexis Kienlen

Guardian dogs earning their keep at Candll Ranch

May. 15, 2015 at 9:28 am CDT

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

Direct marketing beef builds ‘tremendous opportunity’

Mar. 6, 2015 at 12:18 pm CST

“They told me I would fail,” says Colleen Biggs, remembering the phone call she made soon after taking over sales and marketing on the home ranch. It was 1995, and with no room to cut costs any deeper, she had called the Alberta Ag Ministry to find out more about […]

By Steven Biggs

Your calving checklist for 2015

Jan. 9, 2015 at 10:21 am CST

Before calving, you want everything on hand that might be needed, and all facilities and equipment functional and ready for use. Don’t wait till the last minute to get machinery out of the calving barn or maternity pen if that’s where you parked it, or to try to find the […]

By — Heather Smith Thomas

Keep your horse physically active in the winter

Dec. 19, 2014 at 10:02 am CST

Daily physical activity is essential for the overall health of your horse year round and this includes the winter season. Given the limitations that snow and cold and somewhat unsure footing can impose on activities with horses during the winter months, it can be challenging to ensure horses have sufficient […]

By Carol Shwetz Dvm