Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Field editor

Mail Icon

Melissa Jeffers-Bezan grew up on a mixed operation near Inglis, Man., and spent her teen years as a grain elevator tour guide. She moved west, to Regina, Sask. to get her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism degree from the University of Regina and during that time interned at the Western Producer. After graduating in 2022, she returned to Glacier FarmMedia as Field Editor for the Canadian Cattlemen Magazine.  She was the recipient of the Canadian Farm Writer Federation's New Writer of the Year award in 2023. Her work focuses on all things cattle related.

Stories by Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

The Canola Council of Canada study found that milk production climbed steadily when cattle were fed rations containing eight, 16 and 24 per cent canola meal.
Livestock

Dairy study gives canola meal high marks

Canola council finds that feeding meal to cows may increase milk production and quality and lower methane emissions

By
Glacier FarmMedia – The Canola Council of Canada is conducting research on how canola meal could lower methane emissions of dairy cattle while increasing milk production. “And what we found, […] Read more
A new study argues that a co-ordinated global reporting mechanism could minimize the risk of spread of plant diseases such as Ug99, a rust that has devastated cereal crops around the world.
Crops, News

Researchers warn about plant pandemics

New report calls for more pathogen surveillance and monitoring systems and better strategies to address plant diseases

By
Glacier FarmMedia – The world is preoccupied with the COVID-19 pandemic, but plant pandemics are also a threat. Sixteen researchers published a paper in May urging action to prevent the […] Read more