Insights and Stories on Livestock

Dec. 7, 2022 at 3:47 pm CST

It’s the night of the banquet at the Canadian Beef Industry Conference (CBIC) in Penticton, B.C. Cowboy hats are found sporadically throughout the room. Banquet staff have cleared supper plates, and now the crowd’s attention is focused on Duane Thompson with the Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) as he lists all […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Nov. 22, 2022 at 5:13 pm CST

Moving cattle can be a stressful situation for both human and animal, but Lee Sinclair with Merck Animal Health says it doesn’t need to be. At Ag in Motion earlier this summer, Sinclair offered a workshop on cattle handling techniques and discussed some of the common mistakes people make when […]

Nov. 4, 2022 at 10:25 am CDT

Hodgeville, Sask., looks like it could be a postcard for the province — surrounded by flat fields and cattle grazing in nearby pastures, while an old elevator stands watch at the edge of town on Railroad Avenue, just like so many other small towns in the Canadian Prairies. In contrast, […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Oct. 19, 2022 at 4:38 pm CDT

Good quality water is essential to raising a healthy herd, but if your water supply became toxic, any number of health issues can crop up. At Ag in Motion this past summer, Rikki Wilson, livestock and feed extension specialist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, looked at some of the […]

Sep. 23, 2022 at 9:05 am CDT

Dark clouds roll in as a charter bus drives down gravel roads near McCord, Sask. Marla Gavelin, one of the people hosting the field day from the Prairie South Holistic Management group, speaks to the people in attendance. She compares the Gavelins’ farm to the Sahara Desert with a fond […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan