By Lisa Monforton, CBC News The first wild bison to roam Banff National Park in more than a century have been transported to a remote valley in a “historic homecoming” aimed at re-establishing a thriving herd, Parks Canada said Monday. While many remember what Parks Canada calls a “display herd”…
From the excellent magazine http://progressivecattle.com By Jim Keyes Range and Livestock Scientist Utah State University Photos provided by Jeanna Grover. I would like to tell the story of a real-life Christmas miracle. With the hustle and bustle of the world around us, we often forget that the Christmas…
From CattleToday.com by: Stephen B. Blezinger Ph.D., PAS Maintenance and development of a quality purebred cow herd requires selection of proper genetics and an ongoing input of new breeding females. One of the most important questions the producer must ask is: “do I buy my replacements or do I develop…
By Matt McFarland From the Washington Post An Australian professor is developing a robot to monitor the health of grazing livestock, a development that could bring big changes to a profession that’s relied largely on a low-tech approach for decades but is facing a labor shortage. Salah Sukkarieh, a robotics professor at…
