A herd of 60 dairy cows, including a herd of milking goats, are poised to return to Kingston-area prison farms.

Editorial: In defence of animal care

Prison farm activists cheer animals’ return

The announced return of the animals to prisoner rehabilitation farms in the Kingston area was an exciting victory for many in the eastern Ontario farming community. Farmers, and other community […] Read more


The big data dairy challenge

The big data dairy challenge

The dairy sector is showing how machine learning and artificial intelligence systems can convert raw data into insight

Dairy farm software and equipment is increasingly turning to the power of machine learning and big data sets to bring new tools to farmers. Large, established companies and startups are […] Read more



Knowing the genetic potential of dairy heifers long before they start producing milk has meant an acceleration of genetic improvement in dairy cattle.  Photo: John Greig

The end of the dairy breeder

Genomic testing has ushered in vast changes in how dairy genetics are developed in Canada

At the Lehoux dairy farm at Saint-Elizéar, Que., the family once had a market for bulls sold to dairy genetics companies. They still sell heifers and cows to other farmers, […] Read more