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 …
Category: Research
May 27-29, 2026 – Exploring Palliser’s Triangle: Understanding the challenging soils of Alberta’s southeast
Save the date! The Alberta Soil Science Workshop will host a soils tour in southeast Alberta May 27-29, 2026 and the Mattheis Research Ranch will be one of many interesting stops! We can’t wait to see you! More info: Alberta Read More …
Hot on the range: research shows how cattle cope with extreme summer heat
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 …
Virtual fencing on a Canadian landscape
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 …
Intense short-term drought is harder on grasslands than previously thought
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 …
Canadian team tests virtual cattle fence
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 …
Eye in the Sky: Drone technology research helps precision ranching develop new tools for success
Greenhouse Magazine, Spring 2018, by Cait Wills. Dr. John Church of Thompson Rivers University in collaboration with Dr. Cameron Carlyle are using drones to assess heat stress in cattle as well as determine carbon storage in grazed and ungrazed grasslands Read More …
Do RFI ratings predict cattle performance on pasture?
Canadian Cattlemen, May 28, 2018 by Debbie Furber. Producers often wonder if genetic markers for feed efficiency based on drylot tests reflect feed efficiency on pasture where terrain, water sources and plant diversity are very different from a pen setting. Read More …
Ranchers with burnt grassland sign up to participate in UofA study
CHAT News Today: Medicine Hat, AB May 11, 2018 by Brittney Matejka. HILDA, AB. – Researchers from the University of Alberta met with a room of ranchers affected by the devastating October wild fires near Hilda and Acadia Valley last night. Read More …
Universities partnering for research study into rangeland recovery following last October’s grass fires
CHAT News Today: Medicine Hat, AB May 2, 2018 by Charles Lefebvre. EDMONTON, AB — Universities in Alberta and Saskatchewan are partnering for a research program and study into rangeland recovery following wildfires, and they’re looking for ranchers and farmers from Read More …