Dipping teats and rinsing milking clusters are just two of the tasks that farmers must tackle when milking dairy cows in a parlour. These tasks are critical for maintaining udder health, but they are labour intensive and more parlour operators are looking to automation and technology that can not only do the job, but do… Read More
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Veterinarian Dr. Shari van de Pol and her team at Cattleytics are redefining how AI is used in dairy production. No, van de Pol doesn’t have any plans to reconceive artificial insemination, but her agricultural technology firm is tapping into the power of artificial intelligence to enhance the dairy management services it delivers to dairy… Read More
People have been using handshakes to solidify deals since at least as far back as ancient Roman times. A handshake in those days would show that each person was unarmed, thereby establishing a relationship of honesty and trust.Fast forward to today with the progression of law and contracts, a need for more formalized agreements between… Read More
Underpaying employees will result in less productivity, but simply paying people more doesn’t motivate employees as much as you might think, says Tom Wall, the Dairy Coach. Plenty of farms struggle with finding and retaining good people, but Wall says that’s at least partially to do with not having a people plan. We have production… Read More
The B.C. Maritime Employers Association served its employees with a lockout notice, effective November 5th, 8 am Pacific, after the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 served its own 72-hour strike notice late last week. The last contract between the employers and union members expired in March 2023. The strike/lockout includes 700 foremen based… Read More
The Farm Safety Roundup returns with more advice on how to keep you, your farm, and your workers safe. In this episode, host Shaun Haney is joined by Jay Remsik, a health and safety consultant from Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS).With harvest season in full swing across Canada, safety is critical as farms continue… Read More
The federal government announced several changes to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program on Monday, including a rollback of allowable positions to “weed out TFW Program misuse and fraud.” The changes were announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, heading into the federal cabinet meeting… Read More
A delayed railway strike seems nearly a certainty now, after the Canada Industry Relations Board (CIRB) cleared the public safety assessment hurdle that had paused the strike threat. Now, if members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference and CN and CKCP railways don’t come to an agreement before August 22, the railways have announced they’ll… Read More
The Paris 2024 Olympics are in full swing, and while it can be argued that summer games are far less entertaining than the winter games, any Olympics is a spectacle. Every two years, these events pit the best of each country against each other in feats of strength, endurance, speed, and agility. While some events… Read More
Agricorp will expedite risk management program payments for Ontario cattle producers for the first and second quarters of 2024. The move comes as the Cargill Guelph beef processing plant remains closed due to a labour union strike that started on May 27, 2024. To expedite payments, Agricorp says it has moved the deadline to report… Read More