Source: Canadian Bio-Systems news release
Canadian Bio-Systems Inc. (CBS Inc.) has launched the main phase rollout of its new Feed Science Platforms, offering a comprehensive portfolio of advanced bio-based feed technology solutions to benefit swine, poultry, aquaculture and ruminant production.
The...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Do you test your forages each year? Knowing the nutritional value of your hay or haylage helps farm management in a number of ways. First, it helps you determine if you...
From the September 17, 2018 issue of Agri-News
A lack of moisture has curtailed pasture and hay production in many areas of Alberta this year. Dean Dyck, farm business management specialist at the Alberta Ag Info Centre, compares buying feed...
Source: PennState Extension, John Tyson
Fine-tune feed management by making sure that every group has access to feed when they return from milking.
The largest two factors driving cows to the bunk are delivery of fresh feed and milking. Pushing feed up...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
"Differences of opinion exist regarding the role of molds and mycotoxins in livestock problems basically because their effects on animal health and production are still in a grey area". (Seglar &...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/
With a shortage of feed in various regions of the province, the question specialists at the Alberta Ag-Info Centre hear most often is “what is my best option?” Herman Simons, economics extension specialist at the...
Source: Journal of Dairy Science
Abstract
The objectives of this study were:
(1) to describe the rumination and feeding behavior of freestall-housed Holstein dairy cows in the weeks around parturition, and
(2) to determine the relationship between postpartum disease and precalving rumination and...
Source: Canola Council of Canada
From July 11 to 19, the Canola Council of Canada (CCC) armed five experts from China’s livestock and aquaculture industry with a first-hand learning experience on Canadian canola meal.
The CCC-hosted tour began with a port...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Canada’s agri-food industry continues to diversify to meet the changing needs of Canadians and those around the world. Research is essential to the discovery of new and innovative food products and sources that allow Canadian...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
If your cows, goats or sheep have gone off feed and milk production has dropped off, mycotoxins in their ration could be the culprit. An ear corn mold survey last fall...