Greg Judy’s farm in Rucker, Missouri, sounds picturesque: mild winters, flat land broken by rolling hills, dotted by livestock. “It’s not row cropland,” Judy says, speaking at the Western Canadian Conference on Soil Health and Grazing last winter. “It’s just basically rolling hills, very thin topsoil. And so what we’re dealing with there, folks, is […] Read more
Rotating to managed grazing
Rancher Greg Judy of Missouri explains why he switched from continuous to rotational grazing
Rebuilding relationships between Indigenous and ranching communities in B.C.
The B.C. Cattlemen’s Association and First Nations communities are looking for common ground and ways to support Indigenous producers
British Columbia is the epitome of “land” with all its different landscapes — the rolling hills that turn into snow-capped mountains, the rainforests in the south and boreal forests in the north, the salty beaches on the coast and prairie near the Alberta border. This land is important to so many of the people who […] Read more
Largest conservation project in Canada underway
Ralph Thrall III says that if you’re going a reasonable speed, it takes an hour and a half to go from kitty-corner to kitty-corner of the McIntyre Ranch. “That’s if you don’t stop for pictures,” he says with a laugh at the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) McIntyre Ranch announcement one June 15. The McIntyre […] Read more
Veterinarian pushes back against bias in ag and vet communities
Despite the vet shortage, some veterinarians feel less than welcome, says one vet
Dr. Sydney Crosby’s career path is a perfect example of taking the route less travelled by. It hasn’t been an easy road, but her passion has sustained her on the journey. Growing up in Athens, Georgia, she wasn’t introduced to beef medicine until she took an agriculture program at the University of Georgia. But today […] Read more
Olds College floats native plant-based solution to contaminated water
With Olds College’s floating island technology project entering its third phase, researchers hope to find a more cost-effective way for livestock producers and feedlots to mitigate water contamination. Olds College is becoming known for its Smart Farm, which started in 2018, to provide a commercial-scale venue for applied research. One of the research projects at […] Read more
Box H Ranch explores severe grazing
Laura and Mark Hoimyr focus on longer rest periods on their ranch in southeastern Saskatchewan
It’s a September afternoon when a large charter bus coasts down the back roads near Gladmar, Sask. The hills roll like waves, and the bus rolls with them, inducing nausea. Before long, the bus slows, then stops. Farm journalists and communicators, part of the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation annual conference, file off the bus and […] Read more
Tips for raising orphan calves
With calving season in full swing for many ranchers across the Prairies, producers are often dealing with a lot of different challenges — snow, rain, and sometimes, calves that end up orphaned. Abby-Ann Redman, a ruminant nutritionist with Blue Rock Animal Nutrition, says when a rancher ends up with an orphaned calf, the most important thing […] Read more
New CCA president has national view from Maritime farm
Nathan Phinney, the first CCA president from the East, is keen on connecting beef producers from one coast to the other
Early in the morning, just as the sun peeks over the horizon, Nathan Phinney is already working on his farm near Moncton, New Brunswick. He spends his morning working cattle, his preferred job on the farm. Through and through, Phinney is a cattleman. “I’ve been farming since I was able to walk,” he says. But […] Read more
Beef report examines issues in processing sector
Two main areas explored for the report
How can we build a more competitive, resilient beef processing industry? A report released earlier this spring aims to provide some answers. On March 14, the Alberta Beef Producers, Alberta Cattle Feeders’ Association and the Canadian Cattle Association released a study into the resiliency and competitiveness of the industry, and identifies barriers to expanding and […] Read more
U.K. author explores regenerative practices on farm
James Rebanks’s first novel celebrated traditional practices, but since publication, he’s been looking for better ways to farm
James Rebanks is proud of his farming heritage — in fact, he wrote a best-selling novel featuring traditional farming practices in the U.K. But he wants to do better. Rebanks is from the Lake District of the U.K., an area popular with tourists because of the rolling mountains inset with sapphire-blue lakes. The Rebanks family […] Read more
Canadian Cattlemen Presents: Depth of Field
