Katlin Lang is co-founder of FarmSimple Solutions, a company that provides a water trough sensor for remote watering system. He’s pictured here at last year’s Ag in Motion.
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Sask. government researching water quality with ag tech

At the Livestock AgTech Happy Hour at Ag in Motion on July 16, 2024, Chelsey Siemens, a livestock and feed extension specialist with the province, said they are doing a research project through ADOPT (Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and Technology), looking at how FarmSimple can be used to monitor sulfate levels over the summer.

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Meat from cloned animals sparks debate

Is a cloned cow any different from a conventionally conceived cow when it comes to meat? Canadian officials suggest not

Health Canada says meat from healthy cloned animals is no different than that from sexually reproduced animals and there are no health concerns with consuming meat from a cloned animal. It also says a main aspect of cloning animals is to “enhance the propagation of unique, high-value animals.”



Jodie Griffin, program coordinator for the Livestock Price Insurance program, presents at the SSGA AGM.  Photo: Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Livestock Price Insurance coming to maritime producers

At the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA) conference on June 10 in Swift Current, Sask., Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) vice president Tyler Fulton highlighted the expansion of Livestock Price Insurance, which will be available to producers in Eastern Canada. Initially announced in February, the expansion will finally come into effect sometime this week. “It’s something […] Read more

BigEye focuses on the eye of the animal because it is the most sensitive area to hot temperatures in the body.

Livestock eye monitor can predict illness

Canadian company soon to release a monitoring solution for large and small producers

Glacier FarmMedia – A Calgary company aims to bring remote monitoring to cattle to help detect illness. HerdWhistle has new products coming out in 2024 focused on reducing labour for producers and increasing illness detection capacity. The CEO of HerdWhistle, Jack Behan, says their new product, known as the BigEye, could tell a producer or […] Read more


While working on her family farm near Inglis, Man., Tomina Jackson found herself wishing for better-fitting workwear designed for the female body.

Female farmers create workwear for women

Manitoba farm family recognized a need and started a company to make work clothing designed by and made for women

Glacier FarmMedia – As they drank coffee at the kitchen table one day, Tomina Jackson and other female family members looked at each other and realized they were all wearing men’s workwear. Jackson decided to do something about it and Rolling D Workwear was born. “We began brainstorming about everything that we wanted in our […] Read more

James Blenkiron’s son leads the Shorthorn top seller, Glamourous Annie, at the Canadian Western Agribition sale.

Ontario cow tops Agribition Shorthorn sale

The Blenkirons decided to keep their cow out of the show ring after scoring big during the sale

Glacier FarmMedia – When James Blenkiron and his family, owners and operators of Blenview Farms, showed one of their cows at the Junior Shorthorn Show in Erin, Ont., they never expected to sell her. But Darnell Fornwald with First Class Cattle Marketing convinced them to consign her for Canadian Western Agribition in Regina. “At that […] Read more