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Category: News

How do cattle handle extreme summer heat?

August 27, 2025August 27, 2025

CBC Radio Active Interview – August 26, 2025. It’s not just humans dealing with hot weather this week. Beef cattle on Alberta pastures are also feeling it. A study is looking at how to help ranchers manage their grazing herds Read More …

Active Climate Change, Active Grazing Systems and Land Use, News, Research

Hot on the range: research shows how cattle cope with extreme summer heat

August 15, 2025August 15, 2025

U of A Folio – Aug 11, 2025 – by Bev Betkowski. New research shows how cattle are coping with searing summertime heat while grazing on rangeland, which could help prairie ranchers better understand how to manage their herds in Read More …

Active Climate Change, Active Grazing Systems and Land Use, News

New research will help beef producers use genetics to reduce methane emissions in cattle

November 30, 2024January 8, 2025

University of Alberta Folio – Nov 5, 2024 – by Bev Betkowski. New University of Alberta research aims to genetically reduce methane emissions from beef cattle, while making that technology easier for producers to use. The five-year project is the Read More …

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Virtual fencing on a Canadian landscape

August 23, 2024January 8, 2025

Alberta Beef Producers – August 7, 2024 – by Bruce Derksen. A two-year research study examines how virtual fencing technology might fit the Canadian landscape. European and U.S. cattle industries experienced an influx of livestock-based technologies lately including virtual fencing. Read More …

Active Grazing Systems and Land Use, News

Intense short-term drought is harder on grasslands than previously thought

February 12, 2024

University of Alberta Folio – January 12, 2024 – by Bev Betkowski Intense short-term drought driven by climate change is likely to have a much worse effect on the world’s grasslands than previously thought, according to University of Alberta researchers Read More …

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Canadian team tests virtual cattle fence

August 10, 2023

Farm & Ranch Guide – August 2, 2023 by Jamie Henneman During the summer months when cattle are out grazing on pastures, the work of building and repairing fence, as well as rounding up escaped cattle, is a common chore Read More …

Active Grazing Systems and Land Use, News

New research will map out how much carbon prairie soil is storing

June 22, 2022

University of Alberta Folio – June 16, 2022 – by Bev Betkowski A sweeping project co-led by University of Alberta researchers will provide the most comprehensive mapping ever of how much carbon is being stored in perennial grasslands across Saskatchewan. The Read More …

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Plant diversity on Alberta rangelands is minimally affected by management intensive cattle grazing, study finds

May 31, 2022May 31, 2022

University of Alberta Folio – May 24, 2022 – by Adrianna MacPherson The way ranchers graze their cattle doesn’t make much difference in plant diversity on the land, according to a U of A research study That’s important because plant Read More …

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Grazing technique that mirrors natural patterns helps protect grasslands from drought

March 1, 2022March 10, 2022

University of Alberta Folio – February 18, 2022 – by Michael Brown Ranchers who frequently rotate cattle between fields — resembling how bison once moved across Canada’s prairie — build drought resistance into Western Canada’s grasslands, according to a series Read More …

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Groundbreaking research could help ranchers optimize free-range grazing

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022

University of Alberta Folio – December 13, 2021 By Bev Betkowski. A new University of Alberta research project could help ranchers customize their cattle to the type of pastures they have, creating economic and environmental benefits along the way. Launched this Read More …

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