Dr. Carl Lessard is again coming to eastern Canada this fall to collect semen from purebed, registered large and small ruminants for the Canadian Animal Genetic Resource gene bank (sheep, goats and cattle). The Canadian livestock industry and the success of this repository depends of your contribution. If you wish to contribute to this program, […]
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The Commingling Site Traceability Program is available for the 2015-16 fiscal year. The program is targeted to support high-risk, high-throughput commingling sites where different species and/or animals from different herds or flocks commingle. The objectives of this program are to assist commingling sites in the alteration or addition of animal handling structures to enhance traceability […]
Meat Training Needs Survey Extended Learning at Dalhousie University, Agricultural Campus is conducting a Meat Training Needs Survey: https://surveys.dal.ca/opinio/s?s=28441 This survey is for anyone who is interested in red meat slaughter, red meat cutting, marketing new products, meat processing, poultry slaughter or other meat topics. Taking this quick 10 question survey will help us gather […]
Back by popular demand, with updates and new materials, The Modern Shepherd is a four-module production course that provides you, the new entrant or veteran producer with up to date information to succeed in the Atlantic Sheep industry. The individual modules, aligned with a typical production year, provide a combination of in-class sessions with hands-on […]
Please take notice that Atlantic Wool Growers Supplies (Cathy Vallis) will be on vacation from July 24th to August 13th, 2015.
Please note that there are a few changes to the collection of on-farm mortality, through the NSFA Dead Stock Program. Currently, there is only collection in the Valley Area, (West Hants, Kings and Annapolis Counties) which is offered by Ervin Sanford and he can be contacted at (902) 691-2072. The NSFA Dead Stock Committee is […]
We’re getting the parasite project under way again for this year. There are several things we’re planning to follow: • The rise in fecal egg counts from now to the end of July: when does the danger period start? To see how soon and how fast the counts are rising, we would like to have […]