Milk quality and heat detection are the top-of-mind benefits for dairy producers from the data that’s available when upgrading milking equipment to include sensors. But dairy geneticists can also benefit […] Read more| Farmtario
Jennifer Hayes has been re-appointed as Chairperson of the Canadian Dairy Commission by Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.| Farmtario
Canadian sheep and goat farmers have more access to export markets due to recent approval to ship frozen semen to Colombia without the need for scrapie risk certification. That’s in […] Read more| Farmtario
Almost a year after expanding its veterinary telemedicine platform to include direct-to-farm delivery of medications, information technology start-up VETson now offers a medication ordering/distribution/delivery app. The post Remote care start-up adds vet medicine delivery app appeared first on Farmtario.| FarmtarioLatest in Production of Livestock Ontario | Farmtario
Abundant feed grain supplies and improved profitability for the livestock sector should support strong feed demand and sales through the winter, says a new report from Farm Credit Canada. The post Ample supplies and improved livestock sector to boost Canadian feed sector: FCC appeared first on Farmtario.| FarmtarioLatest in Production of Livestock Ontario | Farmtario
At the Ontario Sheep Field Day, farmers compared Rappa’s ATV fencing system and Gallagher’s SmartFence. Both aim to cut labour, speed up grazing moves, and expand access to pasture while working with solar energizers.| Farmtario
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday said Mexico has not adequately enacted protocols to curb the spread of New World screwworm.| Farmtario
To help address veterinary shortages in rural and northern communities, the Ontario government is investing more than $15 million to establish anew Collaborative Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program with the […] Read more| Farmtario
Lactanet’s new Transition Management Index creates one metric that allows dairy farmers to compare the quality of the transition from dry to milking cow across their herd.| Farmtario
eSheperd is designed for cattle 200 kilograms or more . Cattle wear a circular, solar-powered GPS-style collar that allows producers to track, monitor, and fence animals from any smartphone, tablet, or computer with a touch of a button.| Farmtario
Ontario Stockyards will bring a scaled-down version of a “pre-sort” auction to its Cookstown facility starting Sept. 18.| Farmtario
Norwegian genetics leaders Topigs Norsvin and Geno are advancing swine and dairy breeding with a focus on robust animals, higher efficiency, and lower methane emissions—delivering global solutions for farmers facing climate and sustainability challenges.| Farmtario
Focusing on dairy farm productivity without proper financial analysis and monitoring could mean less profit, says a Chris Church, a veterinarian with an MBA.| Farmtario
John Greig talks to Nadia Uhr, who finished second in the senior category of the youth showmanship competition at World Dairy Expo. Uhr tells Farmtario about her first experience at the expo in Madison, Wisc. and why the judge said she placed so high in her category. Also, Young Ontarians cleaned up at the World […] Read more| Farmtario
The pandemic hindered market development for Ontario’s beef industry over the last few years but there were successes. One of them was Chuck’s Roadhouse, a high-volume steakhouse with 60 restaurants that featured Ontario’s Corn Fed Beef (OCFB) this summer, John Baker told Beef Industry Convention attendees last month. Why it matters: Sales volumes of Ontario […] Read more| Farmtario
A customized diet for each pig reduces the farmer’s feed cost, boosts hog growth and bolsters the pork sector’s environmental track record.| Farmtario
The Van Osch Family won the Beef Farmers of Ontario’s Environmental Stewardship Award (TESA) recognizing producers who demonstrate exceptional dedication to environmentally sustainable farming.| Farmtario
New barns and better bedding management improve animal health, cut labor costs, and increase feed efficiency in feedlots. Skilled workers needed to manage these systems.| Farmtario
Ontario Corn Fed Beef’s partnership with Kinsho Stores in Japan is a model for other Canadian agriculture exporters.| Farmtario
Gender-typing technology could provide an ethical and humane solution to the disposal of day-old male chicks, while boosting poultry sector profits and efficiencies. In Ovo, a Netherlands-based poultry sector agri-tech company, has developed and commercially scaled a high-capacity egg gender-typing platform called Ella, which can determine the sex of an embryo at day nine of […] Read more| Farmtario
AgSenze has developed an automated body condition scoring camera for dairy cows which shows when a cow could be losing weight too quickly, allowing for early disease detection.| Farmtario
Brent Herrington’s easy patter never faltered while he transformed a whole lamb carcass into value-added and traditional cuts. Throughout his hour-long craft butchery presentation, attendees of the Ontario Sheep Farmers’ […] Read more| Farmtario
Record data for better decision making and potential need to prove improvements to show lower carbon impact, says Alltech beef leader Bryan Sanderson.| Farmtario
The Beef Farmers of Ontario returned to Queen’s Park this week to host its annual barbecue and lobby day on the lawn of the Ontario Legislature, just prior to Ontario’s Local Food Week, which takes place June 2-8. The BFO Board of Directors and staff said in a release they served over 500 attendees an […] Read more| Farmtario
Leluo Guan University of British Columbia professor is leading a $7.9 million project to better understand methane processes in cattle rumens.| Farmtario
Replacing heifers based on visual phenotype and genetic merit rather than early screening leaves potential long-term herd retention on the table, according to Jordan Thomas, an assistant professor with the University of Missouri’s division of animal sciences.| Farmtario
Demand for beef from dairy cows and expensive replacement heifers mean there’s economic incentive to understand how dairy cows age.| Farmtario
Glacier FarmMedia – Today’s PRRS isn’t yesterday’s PRRS. That means pig producers and veterinarians should mutate their approaches in the same way that Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome is mutating. Why it matters: PRRS has changed, and producers should reassess how they respond to it. “The virus has modified, so we need to do the […] Read more| Farmtario
The 51st Ontario Pork Congress brought together farmers and industry workers June 19 and 20, 2024 in Stratford. Issues of interest include marketing and disease pressure.| Farmtario
