Cattle management is often limited by labor and time resources. Drone technology is helping relieve these pressures for farmers and ranchers. “Temple Grandin always says, ‘We manage what we measure,’” says John Church, Associate Professor in the Natural Resource Science Department at Thompson Rivers University. “Drones are one of our most efficient ways to observe,…

A two-year research study examines how virtual fencing technology might fit the Canadian landscape. European and U.S. cattle industries experienced an influx of livestock-based technologies lately including virtual fencing. While it appears successful in warmer climates, will this technology hold up in colder, Canadian regions to become a fixture of cattle management? Alexandra Harland, a…

Always access team support from an informed, knowledgeable lawyer and a trusted accountant when considering entering into a land lease with outside parties. Like their solar energy counterparts, wind energy companies are also dangling figurative carrots in front of Alberta’s landowners hoping to secure leases for wind infrastructure projects. And like solar leases, arrangements with…