Insights and Stories of 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

Nov. 1, 2024 at 3:58 pm CDT

The Canadian Dairy Commission announced Nov. 1, 2024 that a decline in feed prices and the stabilization of other costs on dairy farms across the country means that the benchmark on-farm price for milk will decline by 0.0237 per cent starting in February 2025.

By John Greig