Sheep-lambs Archives - Page 27 of 29

Guelph animal science department rebrands

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 23, 2015

The Ontario Agricultural College’s department of animal and poultry science has hatched a new name meant to better take in the scope of its work. The new name, the Department of Animal Biosciences, “helps describe the department’s evolution from a livestock husbandry department in the 1870s to the highly dynamic and integrated department it is […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Reuters

Sage grouse denied U.S. endangered species status

By Keith Coffman September 22, 2015

Commerce City, Colo. | Reuters –– A long-simmering debate in the U.S. West over an imperiled ground-dwelling bird reached a climax on Tuesday when the Obama administration announced it was denying Endangered Species Act protection to the greater sage grouse. U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell touted the decision as a success enabled by a sweeping […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Sheep/Goats

Yukon to help cover livestock vets’ travel costs

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News September 16, 2015

The Yukon government has launched a pilot program to help cover veterinarians’ travel and service expenses for farm calls. The territory government on Tuesday announced it will accept up to 30 farmers for the pilot of the Veterinary Services Program, running from now to the end of March 2016. The program will reimburse participating veterinarians […] Read more

Average sea surface temperature anomalies for the period from Aug. 9 to Sept. 5. (CPC)

Crops, Reuters, Weather

El Nino to strengthen in winter, gradually weaken in spring

By Reuters September 11, 2015

New York | Reuters — A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said El Nino conditions would gradually weaken through the Northern Hemisphere spring after peaking in late fall or early winter. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center said the likelihood that El Nino conditions would persist through the Northern Hemisphere winter was about […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Sheep/Goats

Canada losing bluetongue-free status

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 6, 2015

New findings of bluetongue in cattle in Canada — outside the one area of the country where the virus previously gained a toehold — have trading partners shutting their ports to Canadian livestock genetics and animals. Three cattle from one farm in southwestern Ontario’s Chatham-Kent municipality have now tested positive for bluetongue serotype 13 — […] Read more

Chris, before shearing. (RSPCA-ACT.org.au)

Livestock, Reuters, Sheep/Goats

Australian sheep unofficially world’s woolliest

By Reuters September 3, 2015

Sydney | Reuters — Around 40 kilograms (88 lbs.) of wool has been sheared from a sheep found near Australia’s capital, the RSPCA said Thursday, making him unofficially the world’s woolliest. The animal, named Chris by his rescuers, was discovered on the northern outskirts of Canberra on Wednesday and was said to be struggling to […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Sheep/Goats

Cattle herd still shrinking in StatsCan estimates

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 21, 2015

The size of Canada’s cattle herd is still in decline and almost a quarter smaller than its peak in 2005, Statistics Canada reports. The federal statistics agency on Thursday released estimates showing the herd at 13 million cattle on farms on July 1 this year, down 2.1 per cent from the same date in 2014. […] Read more

Livestock, Machinery, Weather

Alta. cuts ranchers’ water pump rental fees

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 6, 2015

Ranchers and farmers renting the Alberta ag ministry’s pumps and pipes to move water for livestock watering and domestic use in dry areas may now get the equipment for half the going rate. The province announced Thursday it will cut the rental fees charged under its annual Water Pumping Program, through which producers, or groups […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Livestock

The potential of probiotics to promote greater livestock health

Unlike antibiotics – which kill bacteria – probiotics are live cultures of beneficial bacteria

By Michael Flood July 22, 2015

Last year Health Canada changed its regulations on antibiotics to prevent them being used as growth promoters in livestock. Drug makers like Bayer, Merck, and Novartis had already begun the change, removing labels on their products that advertised them as suitable for non-medicinal purposes. Antibiotics are still available to Canadian ranchers and feedlot operators but […] Read more

(l-r) Sue and Richard DeBruijn, Sam and Janeen Covlin, Arlette Seib.

Beef Cattle, Features, Sheep/Goats

The basics of farm sustainability

Three farm families from Saskatchewan offer their approach to sustainable farming

By Debbie Furber July 2, 2015

The heart of sustainability for three Saskatchewan ranch families is the deep desire to make a living from the land. While many have chosen to move on to other careers with a steady income, these families have found ways to stay in farming. For Arlette and Allen Seib of Watrous, the journey toward sustainability meant […] Read more

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat futures dip on global supply pressure; corn, soybeans fall

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb as U.S. herd remains small

Rain brings relief to parts of Alberta

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat futures dip on global supply pressure; corn, soybeans fall

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb as U.S. herd remains small

Rain brings relief to parts of Alberta

Guelph animal science department rebrands

Sage grouse denied U.S. endangered species status

Yukon to help cover livestock vets’ travel costs

El Nino to strengthen in winter, gradually weaken in spring

Canada losing bluetongue-free status

Australian sheep unofficially world’s woolliest

Cattle herd still shrinking in StatsCan estimates

Alta. cuts ranchers’ water pump rental fees

The potential of probiotics to promote greater livestock health

The basics of farm sustainability

Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field

Blogs

Cows ain’t coal

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for July 25, 2025

Latest Market News