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Preparing for an Emergency

On yesterday’s program, Brad Andres, director emergency management services with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, dropped by the studio to talk about how what livestock owners and acreage owners can do to be prepared in the event of a fire or other emergency, Andres says it’s also a good idea to have lots of water on hand.
 
Interview with Brad Andres (2:16 minutes) (1.04 Mb)
Source : Agriculture and Forestry

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Special Considerations for Grazing Dairy Cows

Video: Special Considerations for Grazing Dairy Cows

Presented by Christine O'Reilly

Many Canadian grazing recommendations were developed using beef cattle in the prairies. While we have adapted these the forage species and climate in Ontario, other livestock have different needs. Maintaining milk components can be difficult on a predominantly pasture diet for lactating cows.

The purpose of the Profitable Pasture conference is to bring fresh ideas and new research results to Ontario grazing managers across the ruminant livestock sectors. These conferences have a major focus on pasture management.