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March 1, 2026

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How to Start A Relationship with Your New Veterinarian

Craig Lester June 8, 2025

Dr. Tommy Ware from Veterinary Agri-Health Services says that the relationship starts with the first phone…

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Tele-Medicine Changing the Way Producers Connect With Vets

Craig Lester June 1, 2025

Tele-medicine is gaining ground as a practical tool, allowing producers to consult with their vets remotely…

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Foot and Mouth Disease Still Poses Threat to Canada’s Agriculture Sector

Tim Parent May 29, 2025

Canada hasn't seen a case of foot and mouth disease since 1952, but outbreaks in Europe…

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Canada Buys 500k Bird Flu Vaccines to Protect At Risk Individuals

Tim Parent February 21, 2025

With the number of global bird flu cases rising, Canada has purchased 500,000 bird flu vaccines…

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Canadian Mycotoxin Trends: Insights from Alltech’s 2024 Harvest Analysis

Craig Lester February 5, 2025

The latest findings from the Alltech 2024 Canadian Harvest Analysis reveal a mixed outlook for mycotoxin…

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BCRC: The Best Offense is Defence: 15 Plays to Keep Your Beef Herd Safe

Craig Lester May 12, 2024

The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) is sharing ways to implement some simple barriers against disease…

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New Tech Aims to Improve On-Site Animal Care Diagnostics

Tim Parent May 5, 2024

Dr. Brenna Brown, Dr. Adina Bujold and Bridget Brown created Cohlab, focusing on improving animal health testing…

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Alberta Farm Animal Care Ends Operations After 30 Years

Craig Lester March 1, 2024

The board of directors of the Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC) issued a public notice on…

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BCRC: Calm, Cool, and Collected – Prepare for a Smooth and Healthy Calving Season

Guest Author February 18, 2024

Cows will be calving around the clock. Careful planning becomes important not only for the calves,…

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Ag Future: Innovation in Agri-Food #239: Navigating gut health trends in pet nutrition | Kami Grandeen and Dr. Richard Murphy

Guest Author February 17, 2024

In this episode of Ag Future are Kami Grandeen, and Dr. Richard Murphy, with the Alltech…

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AWC West 2024: How a City Dweller Turned Cattle Producer Overcame Imposter Syndrome

Tim Parent February 10, 2024

Ashley Perepelkin shares her story from growing up in a city to building a successful cattle.…

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BCRC: CALF 911 – How to Manage Colostrum to Allow Newborn Calves to Thrive

Craig Lester February 4, 2024

Ensuring newborn calves consume colostrum is an important management strategy cow-calf operations can implement to promote…

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Seizing the Opportunity: Cattle and Climate Change

Craig Lester November 19, 2023

Cows are the How of dealing with climate warming. Elanco CEO Jeff Simmons talks about the…

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CowBytes Ration-Balancing Software Now Available Through the BCRC

Craig Lester August 11, 2023

The popular ration-balancing software, CowBytes, is once again available to Canadian cattle producers through the Beef…

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We Are Beef: Calgary set to host Canadian Beef Industry Conference

Craig Lester August 2, 2023

Hands on-learning, networking, great speakers and world-class entertainment at this year's Canadian Beef Industry Conference.

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RRC Podcast Ep. 2 – We Are Beef: 2023 Canadian Beef Industry Conference

Craig Lester August 2, 2023

2023 Canadian Beef Industry Conference Chair Dr. Elizabeth Homerosky sits down with RRC's Craig Lester to…

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Balancing Performance, Profitability and Sustainability

Craig Lester July 24, 2023

Alltech's Dr. Patrick Ward told the crowd at Alltech ONE in Calgary, producers do not have…

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Cattle management can help Canada’s Prairie grasslands

Tim Parent March 18, 2023

Canada's Prairie grasslands have been identified as one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world.

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Strathmore Ag Society Aims To Build Practical Ranching School

Tim Parent October 27, 2022

The Strathmore and District Agricultural Society is best known for the Strathmore Stampede, but they have…

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RRC in Conversation: Jillian Byers, Andrea Stroeve-Sawa and Adrienne Ivey

Craig Lester September 10, 2022

Andrea Stroeve-Sawa of Shipwheel Cattle Feeders, Adrienne Ivey of Evergreen Cattle Co., from Ituna, Saskatchewan and…

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