Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Indigenous farmers, communities and governments can access new funding to help strengthen food security and sovereignty, and increase Indigenous participation in B.C.’s agriculture and food sectors.
The new Indigenous Food Pathways program is supporting new projects,...
What are the limiting factors to farm expansion? How do you layout pens to optimize cow flow and what are the essential elements to pen design? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this episode.
Maizex Seeds will once again be presenting their popular in-person agronomy meetings this January and February. New for 2025 are two dates in Manitoba.
The Maizex Winter Agronomy Meetings will provide Ontario and Manitoba farmers with a day of access...
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced a $7.2 million investment in four projects under the AgriInnovate Program, part of the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. This funding aims to foster innovation, enhance sustainability, and strengthen Canada's...
Proper hoof care is essential for maintaining the health, productivity, and overall well-being of cattle. Hoof-related issues can lead to pain, decreased mobility, and reduced feed intake, which in turn impact milk production and weight gain. While some hoof...
Source: University of Queensland
University of Queensland researchers are setting the agenda for breeding high yield, heat tolerant and disease-resistant crops and low emission cattle with excellent feed conversion efficiency as they search for the ultimate genotype.
Professor Ben Hayes from...
Wisconsin's dairy industry continues to lead the state's agricultural sector, contributing nearly half of its agricultural revenue and making up 6.5% of the state’s total economy. According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s 2022 report The Contribution of Agriculture to...
The Council for Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) releases updated dairy sire summaries three times a year to help producers make informed decisions about herd genetics. Advances in genomic data and expanded trait evaluations have made it easier to identify...
Advances in computer vision are enhancing dairy cattle welfare monitoring by enabling precise detection of posture transitions, such as lying-to-standing movements. A recent study conducted in a Swedish freestall barn housing 183 cows tested a multiview computer vision system...
Enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL), caused by the bovine leukemia virus (BLV), is a common disease in dairy cattle worldwide, particularly in North America. While only a small percentage of infected cows develop malignant lymphoma, BLV prevalence in U.S. and...
