The Canadian cattle industry has received a significant federal investment aimed at enhancing genetic evaluation tools for beef and dairy cattle. Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lawrence MacAulay, announced a grant of up to $1.6 million to the Canadian Angus Association (CAA) through the AgriScience Program – Projects Component. This funding will allow CAA…
The Canadian Angus Association will receive $3.8M to increase Canadian cattle producers’ ability to make data-driven decisions based on genomics to economically benefit their commercial livestock operations. The investment will be used to develop a genetic selection tool to equip producers with breeding data to select the best replacement heifers to improve their herds. Using…
Digital has replaced a lot of handwritten records, but move away from the trusty, dog-eared, fit-in-your-pocket farm supply store cow record notebook? Well, it looks like even that ‘sacred cow’ has got some stiff competition… from BETSY. BETSY, or ‘Bovine Expert Tracking and Surveillance,’ brings the same approach applied in precision farming to the ranching…
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