Insights and Stories on Livestock

Production and profitability on cow-calf operations

Aug. 14, 2024 at 4:49 pm CDT

Which is more important, increasing profits or production? This is the question rancher and seedstock producer Kit Pharo posed at a recent holistic management gathering in Valleyview, Alta. Pharo has strong opinions, speaks his mind and says he doesn’t care what other people think. “I may not always be right, […]

National Beef Strategy celebrates gains

Aug. 9, 2024 at 2:24 pm CDT

By Alexis Kienlen

Bison rest from the summer heat in a paddock in the southern Interlake of Manitoba.

Banding together for bison

Jul. 26, 2024 at 10:09 am CDT

By Janelle Rudolph

WATCH: Kelln solar makes waves in beef industry

Jul. 22, 2024 at 10:49 am CDT

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Beef experts share lessons learned from three years of drought

Jul. 19, 2024 at 11:33 am CDT

By John Greig

Virtual fencing piloted in northern Saskatchewan

Jul. 19, 2024 at 10:33 am CDT

A pilot project of the virtual fencing company known as Vence is underway on the ranch of John and Deanne Chuiko in northern Saskatchewan. The Chuiko’s run CJ Ranching near St. Walburg, Sask.

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Testigrip cuts off circulation at Ag in Motion

Jul. 18, 2024 at 2:02 pm CDT

Jodi Suchoplas has big plans to market her invention around the world. She was an Innovation Award winner at Ag in Motion.

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

From AIM: Perennial and annual grazing mixes go head-to-head

Jul. 18, 2024 at 2:01 pm CDT

Grazing study compares production, animal performance and sustainability metrics across perennial and annual multi-species mixes

By Lisa Guenther

From Ag in Motion: Farm does double duty

Jul. 18, 2024 at 2:00 pm CDT

Rob Wunder, who farms with his family south of Foam Lake, Sask., spoke about the synergies between grain farming and cattle during the Canadian Forage and Grasslands Association lunch and learn at Ag in Motion on Wednesday.

By Lisa Guenther