Vet advice

2010 was anything but a banner year for forage and hay crops. Incessant rain, early frost and delayed harvesting reduced the quality of most legume stands and the quality of cereals destined for winter forage. Volunteer crops mixed with weeds like kochia are being bailed on land that went unseeded, adding to the inventory of […] Read more

Old garbage dumps litter the Prairies. Through the generations many things were dumped and forgotten by Prairie residents. Unfortunately, some of those things included old batteries, containers of used oil from the days of lead-based gas additives, lead-based paint and elemental lead. Few appreciate lead’s tenacity as an environmental contaminate. A used car battery buried […] Read more

The origin and cause of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues unabated with no end in sight. The urgency of finding answers cannot be overstated and finding answers to a problem as perplexing and complicated as AMR is elusive. Agriculture is just beginning to recognize the critical role disease surveillance plays along with the ability to measure […] Read more