Online, “going viral” is the goal, but on farm, it’s as welcome as the flu. Intruders like Senecavirus A (SVA) harm production, profits and sustainability. In battling these threats, it helps to know ...

Biosecurity plan: Biosecurity must be built into the business plan of every production unit. Location, facility design, workflow, and animal flow all need to be evaluated through a bio-security lens, ...

Ultimately, wean-to-finish survivability is not driven by a single decision or solution. It reflects how well genetics and management work together to protect value, manage risk and support pigs from ...

Ingredient assessment via wet chemistry provides highly accurate results, but it is costly, slow, and impractical for the routine testing of every batch of material. NIR technology enables frequent, ...

“This is a bigger issue than any single organization in our industry can tackle on its own, and with our large network, being able to bring together people and organizations with complementary skills ...

Better Farming Prairies May/June 2025 edition features Joline & Ryan Bowditch on the cover and the following articles: Regenerative Agriculture - Making It Work, Managing Parasites - Healthier Herds, ...

In the spring, a team of researchers – including University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign scientists and industry partners – approached a professor in the university's animal sciences department to ...

Ella Shelton’s journey from the family farm in Ingersoll to the Professional Women’s Hockey League and the Olympic Games is a narrative of deep roots, hard work, and steadfast ambition. Raised as the ...

WeedMD's management built the company's Strathroy facility with the help of Jerry Zakaria, CEO of Perfect Pick Farms. Zakaria owns 98 acres of land and rents five of them to WeedMD. Soon, this rental ...

Many rural communities across Ontario have a long-standing annual tradition of gathering at their local fall fair to celebrate agriculture. While many fairs are now over a century old, their events, ...

Farmland is a limited resource, leading to a demand for more productivity from fewer acres. Silvopasture can maximize the use of marginal land and create a mutually beneficial relationship between ...

Karson Hennick provides mobile butchering services across southern Ontario through his business, Field to Fork Butchering, in Lambton County near Sarnia. He believes that mobile butchers can help ...