In the late 1800s, settlers began to graze cattle on native grasslands, beginning what eventually became known as the "range wars" in the United States, says Brett Matthiessen of Alberta Grazing Leaseholders Association (AGLA) in this interview with RealAgriculture's Amber Bell. This access and competition for grazing eventually produced a few really great Western movies,... Read More
Category: Livestock
Startup culture meets farming culture, at scale. Getting on farms to do in-field testing and due diligence is often one of the largest costs for startup companies in the agtech space. A network of farmers that started in Tennessee and has since expanded to other regions across the U.S. is working to provide an efficient,... Read More
Access to high quality feed and water make for a good ranching location. They allow producers to raise productive livestock, setting up the ranch to turn a profit. Those same things are attractive to wildlife as well, and whether it is an ungulate, such as a deer or moose, or the predators that follow them,... Read More
U.S. dairy producers are not satisfied with the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement and they want to take another look at it, says National Milk Producers Federation president and CEO Gregg Doud. That was Doud's message for RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney at the Top Producer Summit in Kansas City mid-February when they discussed dairy trade between the two... Read More
Scott Buchan sees the impact of technology whenever he's watching his broiler chickens or looking at his hydro bills. For Buchan, who operates Buchrest Farms along with his family in Ontario's Waterloo Region, investing in technology and innovation plays a key role in making the operation more profitable and sustainable. Buchan notes that his energy... Read More
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) says it has secured an initial supply of half a million doses of a human vaccine against avian influenza as part of its contingency planning around the ongoing outbreak of the highly-pathogenic H5N1 virus. As of last week, 68 human cases of avian influenza had been reported in... Read More
Nothing ventured, nothing gained, but how do you manage to tip the chance of gain in your favour? In agriculture there are many variables that are well out of our control — whether it be ranching, farming or anywhere in between, producers deal with volatile input prices, commodity price fluctuations, and, of course, the weather.... Read More
Markets in the United States faltered this week. While prices hit a high two weeks ago, this week they settled $7–$8 lower than last week. Unsurprisingly for the time of year, packers have cut kills this week, but that wasn’t enough to support the choice cutout, which dropped $6.50. While the U.S. experienced reduced prices,... Read More
The unpredictability of what's going to happen on the tariff front has put Canadian businesses and government officials in a situation where it's difficult to know what, if any, steps can be taken to alleviate the uncertainty around U.S. business in the immediate future. With so much up in the air, maintaining cross-border communication is... Read More
It's hard to believe that an Ontario provincial election could get pushed to the back burner on the political stove, but that is the case as voters focus on the heat generated by daily Trump tariff tirades and who might be Canada's next prime minister, replacing Justin Trudeau. Ontario Premier Doug Ford called for the... Read More