Insights and Stories of John Greig

Feb. 21, 2025 at 9:30 am CST

Glacier FarmMedia – Feeding cows to entice them to visit milking robots has been a best practice since cows started being milked automatically in Canada about 25 years ago. Farms are questioning that rule and getting their cows to milk well without supplementing them in the robot. There are several […]

By John Greig

Jan. 17, 2025 at 10:26 am CST

Glacier FarmMedia – Claynook Farm has charted its own course over the years, in buildings and in the elite genetics of its cattle. The Wagler family at Claynook started milking in a cross-ventilated robotic-milking barn about a year ago and held an open house for the industry on Dec. 14, 2024 at […]

By John Greig

Dec. 27, 2024 at 2:04 pm CST

A pan-Canadian research project will try to understand more about how methane is generated in the rumen of beef and dairy cattle.

By John Greig

Nov. 15, 2024 at 12:11 pm CST

A partnership between McDonald’s and Syngenta in the United States will pay beef producers to use Enogen corn, which will improve the feed efficiency of cattle and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

By John Greig

Nov. 15, 2024 at 10:01 am CST

Glacier FarmMedia – Avian influenza is hitting American cows and dairy farms hard when they have an outbreak of the disease, say farmers who have had it on their operation. Mortality on farms varies greatly, but some have had up to eight per cent. The number of infectious cases also […]

By John Greig