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Peter Ruiter hosts regular tours of Blackrapids farm near Ottawa. Photo by Jonah Grignon

Barns, Dairy, Machinery, Milking equipment, News

Meeting government on the farm

Farmer, equipment representatives say it is important for government to meet them where they are

By Jonah Grignon September 12, 2025

Government employees gathered at Peter Reuter’s dairy farm just outside Ottawa to learn more about agricultural technology at a Demo Day hosted by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers

BioFerScience founder, president and chief technology officer Benham Abbasian displays a post-calving calcium bolus at COFS 2025.

Cow health, Dairy, Livestock, News

Made-in-Ontario calcium bolus wins livestock award

ProFlora Post-Calving Calcium Bolus from BioFerScience recognized with Innovation in Agriculture award

By Kristy Nudds September 10, 2025

Product is the first and only calcium bolus designed and manufactured in Ontario specifically to support calcium levels in fresh cows after calving.

Bruna Mion helped create Lactanet's Transition Management Index, which won an innovation award at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show 2025.

Cow health, Dairy, Livestock, News, Transition cows

VIDEO: Lactanet dairy transition index wins innovation award

Index gives a one-metric indication of how well a cow did during transition to milking

By John Greig September 9, 2025

Lactanet’s new Transition Management Index creates one metric that allows dairy farmers to compare the quality of the transition from dry to milking cow across their herd.

Donna Boyd, Agricultural Manufacturers of Canada president, back left, and Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show’s man in black, Rob O’Connor, show director, emceed the Innovation Program Awards on Sept. 8, 2025, the night before the Farm Show opened.
Chuck Baresich, Haggarty AgRobotics founder, back centre, won in the Equipment category. Behnam Abbasian, BioFerScience, back right, won in the Livestock category. Kristine White, Spornado CEO and co-founder, front left, took home the Agronomics award. LaSalle Agri Inc., Marketing Coordinator Amin Phoenix, accepted the Environmental Sustainability award, and Bruna Mion, Lactanet dairy production expert, captured the Business Solutions award.

Dairy, Genetics, News

Innovators honoured ahead of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2025

Innovation awards recognize agriculture technology and improvements across five categories

By Jonah Grignon September 9, 2025

Canada’s Outdoor Farm show hosts an annual Innovations Awards program to recognize the best and brightest in agricultural equipment and innovation.

The Ambient Carbon research team is shown at the site of its first successful trial of eradicating methane at a dairy farm. Photo: Courtesy Ambient Carbon

Barns, Dairy

Danish start-up posts impressive results on enteric methane extraction at the barn

Greenhouse gas removal technology will be installed at large Indiana dairy

By Stew Slater September 8, 2025

Danish start-up company posts impressive results on enteric methane extraction at the barn.

The trend in the percentage of Canadian dairy breed females expected to be carriers of the polled gene. Source: Lactanet

Dairy, Genetics

Polled genes continue to spread quickly in Canadian dairy cattle

There are now seven of the top 100 Lifetime Profit Index bulls carrying polled genes

By Allison Fleming, Hannah Sweett August 29, 2025

There are more and more dairy cattle carrying polled genes - meaning they’ll have no horns. In fact, the percentage of dairy females with polled genes grew to more than 12 per cent today from less than two per cent a decade ago.

Dairy cows on a Canadian farm eating at a feed bunk. Ventilation fans are shown over top of them. Photo: John Greig

Cow health, Dairy, Livestock

Financial metrics can lead to different dairy decisions

Former veterinarian with an MBA says focusing on top production isn’t always most profitable

By John Greig August 25, 2025

Focusing on dairy farm productivity without proper financial analysis and monitoring could mean less profit, says a Chris Church, a veterinarian with an MBA.