Country Guide By: Ralph Pearce March 31, 2020 The agri-food industry has been losing farmers for decades, yet that doesn’t distract most producers from doing the job they do, in spite of what federal Census of Agriculture numbers indicate. The fact is agriculture continues to drive excellence in quality, in volume and in encouraging investment […]
Category: Station News
Sale Trucking
No bulls can be picked up on sale day, arrangements can be made to pick up bulls on April 5th and 6th. MBTS will help coordinate trucking for buyers by using centralized drop-off locations as much as we can but it is ultimately the responsibility of buyers to ensure their bulls are picked up by […]
2020 SALE UPDATE
The Maritime Beef Testing Society is disappointed to announce that the 47th Annual Maritime Beef Testing Society Breeding Stock Sale scheduled for April 4, 2020 will not take place at the Test Station as with tradition. Given the current COVID-19 pandemic and the importance to protect the health of the public, the Board has decided to […]
Move to Early Sales May Force Producers to Recheck Bulls
The Western Producer Roy Lewis, DVM February 20, 2020 “Purebred bull sales in all breeds appear to be getting earlier and earlier, some even happening in December. This is months before many cattle producers are going to use them in their breeding programs. It sometimes creates difficulty for veterinarians to get the bulls’ semen evaluated […]
2020 Heifer Sale Notice and Consignment Form
2020 MBTS Heifer Consignment Intent Form 2020 MBTS Heifer Sale Notice – updated January 31, 2020
Nova Scotia Research Centre Focuses on Grazing
NAPPAN, N.S. — One of Canada’s oldest research farms is rejuvenating the art of grazing. Agriculture Canada’s Nappan Research Centre in Nova Scotia is one of the original five Dominion Experimental Farms established in 1887. It is the only federal livestock research centre in Eastern Canada working on improving livestock management and forage production. The […]
Cattle sector gets two-year reprieve from transportation regulation enforcement
Full details are still in the works, but it appears that the cattle industry — dairy included — will get a two-year delay on enforcement of new transport regulations set to come into force in early February. The federal minister of agriculture, Marie-Claude Bibeau, announced at a parliamentary reception this week that the grace period […]
2019 Atlantic Beef School
The Atlantic Beef School is occurring November 1st and 2nd in Nappan, NS. Registration runs September 24th- October 26th. Please click “Read Post” for additional information! Atlantic Beef School
The 2019 Atlantic Forage Field Day!
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Selecting for feed efficiency could raise beef profits 39%
Including feed efficiency in the genetic selection indices of beef cattle has the potential to increase farm-level profit by 39% and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 22%. Click here for the article