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forage research plots in Quebec
Beef Cattle, Forages, Research, Research on the Record

Evaluating forage performance in different environments

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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About 20 years ago, Doug Wray drove in from Irricana, Alta., for an informal meeting at the Alberta Beef Producers’ office, where I worked at the time. He asked why the beef industry didn’t fund more forage breeding. Back then, the usual beef industry response to forage breeding proposals was “Let the government and forage […] Read more
The critical control points identified and solutions developed by federal regulators and NASA to address potential food safety hazards have essentially eliminated STEC (Shiga toxin-producing E. coli) from beef carcasses.
Beef Cattle, Research, Research on the Record

Food safety’s history in rocket science

Research On the Record with Reynold Bergen

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Food safety problems related to Canadian beef rarely make the news these days, because they hardly ever happen. That hasn’t always been the case. Canada’s food safety has come a long way over the past century. Researchers Xianqin Yang (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe) and Kim Stanford (University of Lethbridge) recently reviewed this history (A […] Read more
assorted green grasses on a prairie
Beef Cattle, Research, Research on the Record

Icebergs and native forages: What you can’t see can sink you

Research On the Record with Reynold Bergen

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In April 1912, the RMS Titanic sank off Newfoundland’s coast after an iceberg tore a hole in her hull 25 feet below the waterline. Only a tenth of an iceberg is visible above the water; most lurks beneath the surface. Forage plants are similar; how things look on the soil surface may not reflect what’s […] Read more
meat section of a grocery store
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Research

Food scientist says farmers are leaders in nutrition

Farmers and ranchers are feeding the world, but misconceptions about red meat and sustainability are holding them back

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Anneline Padayachee often finds herself amazed at the work farmers and ranchers do. “It’s an amazing product, what you guys produce,” she said while presenting at the banquet of the Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing in Edmonton, Alta., on December 11, 2024. Padayachee is a food scientist and nutritionist from Melbourne, Australia. […] Read more
a cow and two calves on a pasture
Beef Cattle, Research, Research on the Record

Responsible antibiotic use on Canadian cow-calf operations

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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In 2018, over-the-counter sales ended for the few antibiotics (such as tetracycline) still available in Canadian farm supply stores. The new requirement for a veterinary-client-patient relationship before all antibiotics could be prescribed or sold was designed to ensure that the right antibiotics are used in the right animals, at the right dose, at the right […] Read more
closeup of a cow's head in a feedlot of cattle
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Research, Research on the Record

When it comes to microbiomes in cattle, the little things may mean a lot

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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A “microbiome” is all the microbes (bacteria, fungi, viruses and their genes) living in a specific environment, and how they all interact with each other. Animals have several microbiomes. There’s an oral microbiome (the mouth and all the microbes in it), as well as nasal, respiratory, rumen, intestinal, vaginal, rectal and skin microbiomes. The various […] Read more
Feeding time at the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence’s feedlot. Researchers followed the same group of heifers through four related studies examining methane emissions, feeding behaviour, feed efficiency and the animals’ ability to digest forage.
Forages, Livestock, Research

Researcher targets fibre digestibility in cattle for forage efficiency

Initial research found surprising links between cattle efficient at digesting fibre and methane emissions

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Dr. Gabriel Ribeiro walks onto the stage at the Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference following four other researchers in the Saskatchewan beef industry. This is part of the Cattle College portion of the conference, where researchers educate conference attendees on the work they’ve been doing in the industry. Ribeiro is an assistant professor and the Saskatchewan […] Read more
Bulls grazing in Alberta’s foothills. New research is looking at the potential of high-tech collars to improve management of bulls and calf health.
Livestock, Research

Wearable tech for cattle?

Researchers at the University of Calgary are looking into how collars on cattle might yield information to help producers improve bull performance and keep calves healthy

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Efficiency is the name of the game in agriculture these days, with a need to find the best ways to increase the capacity of a producer’s operation. Open any agriculture newspaper or browser, and you’ll likely see a story laying out all the details of a new type of agricultural technology. At the University of […] Read more
NoFence collars are charged by solar power on the sides of the battery and require a network connection.
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Research

Researcher evaluates benefits and risks of virtual fencing for cattle

A University of Alberta grad student ran a two-year study to see how NoFence works in the pasture

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Interest in virtual fencing in cattle production is spiking as technology becomes more common in the beef sector. With so many different brands of virtual fencing offering so many different things, the question is whether virtual fencing is better than what has been done for decades. Alexandra Harland, a master’s student at the University of […] Read more

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