Sustainable Food Trust

APRIL 1, 2025

Here, Brodie Crouch, a PhD student at The University of Queensland, unpacks how biodiversity and production win-wins can help livestock graziers to be part of the solution in tackling Australias extinction crisis whilst continuing to produce important nutrition. But its in trouble.

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 20, 2024

In this last episode of the Beef Market Update for 2024, Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange reflects on the past Read More 2024 will go down as a year of market demand that was stronger than could have ever been anticipated. This exceptional demand helped to drive the smaller supply of beef to reach record prices.

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 22, 2025

Dr. Tim McAllister, principal research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, has spent nearly a decade studying microbiomes, referring to them as the one health microbiome or Read More

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Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Livestock Research Innovation Corporation (LRIC) has named Kelly Somerville as its new CEO, following the retirement of former CEO Mike McMorris, effective today. Somerville holds a bachelor in Animal Science from the University of Guelph and has held positions with the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. Read More

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 17, 2025

Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange highlights that this is the first time she has reported prices at this level on the Beef Market Update. Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange highlights that this is the first time she has reported prices at this level on the Beef Market Update. In the southern U.S.,

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NASDA

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Today at the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture 2025 Winter Policy Conference , NASDA members amended the organizations policy to support the implementation of a robust national action plan for the detection, surveillance, response and containment of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). territories.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Words such as planned, rotational, management intensive and adaptive multi-paddock have all been used to describe grazing methods that mimic the movement of wildlife that would have grazed the Prairies many years ago. Some of these are also words that Kelly Sidoryk uses to describe her family’s grazing strategies.

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Food Politics

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Heres the announcement: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today launched its 2024 Statistical Yearbook , offering an in-depth overview of the most significant trends shaping global agrifood systems. One example: A few highlights: The value of global agriculture: $3.8 Its got great graphics.

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) has joined a growing list of national agriculture groups that are cutting ties with the federal governments Sustainable Agriculture Strategy. The national cattle producer organization sent a letter to Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Thursday, Dec.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Conexus Credit Union has launched a new fund aimed at supporting farmers looking to buy land, livestock, equipment, or buildings. The $100 million Ag Grow Fund offers discounted interest rates, no application fees, and no age limit restrictions.

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Agric4profits

MARCH 21, 2025

Livestock produce about 30% of the agricultural gross domestic product (AGDP) in the developing world and about 40% of the global GDP.

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NASDA

APRIL 1, 2025

Letter The undersigned organizations wish to emphasize the necessity for a trade policy that supports the growth of American agricultural production and the prosperity of our farmers, ranchers, growers and rural Americans at this time of economic stress in agriculture. Our agricultural economy depends on these three markets.

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

While markets were lower last week, Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange surmised that would continue into this week and says that it has. While markets were lower last week, Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange surmised that would continue into this week and says that it has. The dressed market in the U.S.

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Food Tank

JANUARY 10, 2025

Consolidation throughout the agricultural sector has made it difficult for small, independent farms like the Huttons to survive. farms now control two-thirds of total agricultural land, according to the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Livestock changes the focus of everything, he says. The number of farms in the U.S.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Trees, terraces and llamas: Resilient watershed management and sustainable agriculture the Inca way. There might have been two distinct saffron species in ancient Sicily. Another way of recovering traditional knowledge is by reading ancient texts. The sedimentary record can be used to recover traditional knowledge too.

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Agric4profits

MARCH 20, 2025

Micro-livestock, also referred to as mini-livestock or unconventional livestock, includes species that live permanently or temporarily on the ground. This article explores the production and… Read More » How to Rear and Manage Micro-Livestock

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

They allow producers to raise productive livestock, setting up the ranch to turn a profit. They allow producers to raise productive livestock, setting up the ranch to turn a profit.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 14, 2025

Erratic is the word of the day and the markets are responding hour-by-hour, day-to-day, and week-to-week with the news, says Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange in this episode of the Beef Market Update. In the southern U.S., cash markets bounced back last week and have managed to hold those gains. In the southern U.S.,

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Agric4profits

MARCH 29, 2025

The skeleton provides crucial protection for vital organs, which is one of the primary functions of bones in livestock. In vertebrates, activities like… Read More » Essential Body Parts of Livestock

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 14, 2025

Cover crops are all the not-quite-so-new rage and the process of integrating them into current agricultural systems has been gaining ground (pun intended).

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Real Agriculture

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Team Alberta Crops and the Intensive Livestock Working Group in Alberta have been working to ensure that the provincial government had the opportunity to hear Read More Farms and ranches cannot operate without water.

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Real Agriculture

APRIL 3, 2025

The Manitoba government has announced provincial funding for a top-up to the AgriStability program that was proposed by federal Agriculture Minister Kody Blois prior to the federal election campaign. Premier Wab Kinew announced $10.7 Premier Wab Kinew announced $10.7 Premier Wab Kinew announced $10.7 on Read More

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Farmbrite

JANUARY 23, 2025

Animal Feed Recipes for Chicken, Cattle, Sheep, Goat, and Pig Feed Raising livestock can be a rewarding experience, whether you're doing it for fun, food, or as a full-time agricultural business. In this post, we've created some recipes or a cookbook and a step-by-step guide to making livestock feed for your herd.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Department of Agriculture has confirmed its first detection of H5N1 avian influenza in pigs. The virus that has devastated poultry flocks over the past several years and been found in dairy herds across the U.S. was identified in five pigs on a backyard farm in central Oregon that has a mix of poultry. Read More

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 19, 2025

Canadas new agriculture minister has instructed the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to reduce red tape and harmonize certain regulations with trading partners.

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 28, 2025

While the dollar amount was previously known, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay formally announced the funding for the OFCAF initiative through 2027-28 on Tuesday. While the dollar amount was previously known, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay formally announced the funding for the OFCAF initiative through 2027-28 on Tuesday.

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Agric4profits

MARCH 25, 2025

However, advanced… Read More » Livestock Management Systems Traditional farmers generally manage animals on a free-range basis, which is inexpensive and requires minimal care, allowing more time to focus on crop production.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Two things are true when it comes to agriculture: where there is cattle, there is manure and where there are crops, there is a need for nutrients. Producers have found many ways to handle those two truths individually, but research is showing that some things really are better together.

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

election last week, our attention now turns to the possibility of a Canadian election and what that potential outcome would mean for Canadian agriculture. election last week, our attention now turns to the possibility of a Canadian election and what that potential outcome would mean for Canadian agriculture. Fresh off of the U.S.

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 10, 2024

There are no shortage of issues when it comes to agricultural policy in Canada, and advocacy is important to ensure that farmers voices are heard. The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) held its AGM last week and welcomes new president Bill Prybylski.

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Agric4profits

MARCH 21, 2025

Consumption, on the other hand, is best described as the final purchase of goods and services… Read More » Consumer and Consumption Pattern of Livestock Product

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 9, 2025

Hybrid rye is making waves in the North American livestock industry, and for good reason. As more producers explore alternative feed ingredients, hybrid rye is proving to be a nutrient-rich, high-yielding, and flexible option that benefits both livestock and farm economics.

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 30, 2025

The Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame, now with a permanent installation at the Reynolds Museum in Wetaskiwin, has inducted three new members, including Dr. Kee Jim. The Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame inducts up to three Albertans every two years. The Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame inducts up to three Albertans every two years.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 4, 2024

If Taylor, Graham, and the neighboring farmers can create a resilient, Black-led agricultural community as the planet burns , biodiversity plummets , and the larger food system continues to become increasingly industrialized and commodified, they will have charted a course for others to follow. “For

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 2, 2025

Farming can be a high risk business and that is as true in ranching as it is in other agricultural sectors.

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Real Agriculture

MARCH 13, 2025

Thanks for tuning in to this Thursday edition of RealAg Radio for the Farmer Rapid Fire brought to you by Corteva Crop Protection! Host Shaun Haney checks in with: Steve Twynstra of Ailsa Craig, Ont.; Jay Lewis of Holstein, Ont.; Riley Anderson of Morris, Man.; and, Chad Beagle of Rimbey, Alta.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 16, 2024

Four names will be added to the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame this week, as the hall of fame inducts Hugh Drake, Dr. Don Flaten, Dr. Allan Preston, and Fred Tait for their contributions and accomplishments to Manitoba’s agriculture industry. Read More

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