Mid-State Technical College’s annual Farm Tour brought nearly 150 people to the Marshfield area on Wednesday, March 13, to explore innovative technology options for family farms as they look to meet the agriculture demands of the future.
Initial testing by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories has not found changes to the virus that would make it more transmissible to humans, which would indicate that the current risk to the public remains low.
“Cattle operations are vulnerable to drought conditions,” says Ann Boyda, provincial livestock market analyst with the Alberta government. “Periods of drought often result in a downsizing of the cattle herd. High slaughter rates are the result of cattle (especially heifers) being pushed into feedlots and not being retained for rebuilding the herd. The practice of […]