Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Canadian farmers are looking to reduce waste, and plant-based plastics are an increasingly popular alternative as part of a growing Canadian bioeconomy. Creating exciting new options for Canadian farmers, while supporting them in responsibly managing...
Source: Dairy Farmers of Canada
A group of experts from different fields is coming together to look into issues raised by consumers surrounding the consistency of butter and animal feed supplements containing palm by-products.
The working group includes prominent academics and...
Source: Cochrane Today, Andreea Resmerita
Westlock County’s Tuxedo Farms has the newest facility in the province
At Tuxedo Farms in Westlock County, cows dictate when they want to get milked and robots swing the gates for them.
Nelson Jespersen spent 15 years researching robotic...
Source: National Farm Animal Care Council Code of Practice for the care and handling of farm animals – Dairy Cattle, Section 3.7
The 'transition phase' begins three weeks prior to calving and ends three weeks after calving (54). The optimum management...
Source: Dairy Farmers of Canada
On February 23rd, Dairy Farmers of Canada’s (DFC) President, Pierre Lampron was named one of the Top 50 in Agriculture by Canadian Western Agribition in their Designated Hitters category. This prestigious award recognizes Lampron as...
“Are we there yet?” theme features a speaker or workshop every Tues & Thurs of March
The team at Alberta Farm Animal Care has done it again – re-imagining its annual Livestock Care Conference in a new virtual format for 2021 featuring...
Source: University of British Columbia
New research by UBC researchers Lexis Ly and Dan Weary, today published in PloS One, shows that human facial expressions can be used to assess human-animal empathy. Facial expressions have been used previously to evaluate...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
The Dairy Cost Study is an annual program that provides Alberta dairy farmers with the opportunity to receive a detailed cost of production report for their specific farm. Alberta Agriculture has published a series of...
Source: Dairy Farmers of Canada
Dairy Farmers across Canada have listened attentively to the concerns expressed by consumers in recent weeks over the use of animal feed supplements containing palm by-products.
Dairy farmers across Canada have listened attentively to the concerns...
Source: Dairy Research Cluster 3
Principal Investigator: Flavio Schenkel (University of Guelph)
Co-Investigators: Christine Baes, Angela Canovas, Janusz Jamrozik (University of Guelph)
Collaborators: Xin Zhao (McGill University), Ronaldo Cerri (University of British Columbia), Stephen LeBlanc, Eduardo Ribeiro, Filippo Miglior (University of Guelph)
National...
