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Antibiotics in Food- Should you be Concerned?

All Canadian farming practices ensure that your food is free of antibiotic residues and safe to eat.  

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Chicken Farm Takes it Full Circle

Six or seven times a year, about 90,000 freshly-hatched chicks are dropped off at the Martinka broiler chicken operation. The Martinka family has been in the chicken business for 15 years.

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Meet a Canadian Chicken Farmer

Evesque loves working with these birds and appreciates the opportunity to produce a product consumers want. Evesque produces 50,000 kilograms of chicken every few months.

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Tour a Rotary Milking Parlour

Take a tour of a dairy farm and learn how dairy cows are raised and cared for in Canada.

pullet breeding barn

Tour a Broiler Hatching Egg Farm

Tour a broiler hatching egg farm who raise the chickens that produce broiler eggs instead of the kind of eggs that you buy in the grocery store.

pullet barn with layer boxes

What is a broiler hatching egg farm?

On broiler breeding farms, the chickens grow from chicks a few days old until they are ready to start laying eggs that will hatch into broiler chickens.

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Ask an Expert: What do you do when pigs get sick?

We asked veterinarian Dr. Matheus Costa, who specializes in swine health at the University of Saskatchewan: what do you do when pigs get sick?

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Ask an Expert: What do pigs eat?

We asked Denise Beaulieu, an assistant professor on monogastric nutrition at the University of Saskatchewan: What do pigs eat?

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Meet a Canadian Cattle Rancher

Meet Erika Stewart, a rancher in Saskatchewan and the Provincial Coordinator for Verified Beef Production Plus (VBP+) program.

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Ask an Expert: Where do pigs live?

We asked an expert at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Yolande Seddon: ‘Where do pigs live?’

nursery piglets

Ask an Expert: How many litters do pigs have in a year?

We asked Dawn Friesen a production manager at Fast Genetics: ‘How many litters do pigs have in a year?’

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Learn more about a Water Buffalo farm

Tour a Water Buffalo farm and see for yourself what they look like and how they are cared for in Canada.

goat milking parlour

How are Dairy Goats Cared for?

Tour a dairy goat farm and learn how goats are cared for in Canada.

Veal Cattle weighing 600 lbs

Learn more about Raising Veal Cattle

A lot of care and work go into raising veal cattle and it shows with these two clean and well run farms. Take a tour to learn more about veal cattle.

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Pork From Farm to Table

There are more than 7,000 pig farms across Canada that raise more than 25.5 million animals a year. Learn how pork gets from farm to table.

McGrath hog barn

Jay McGrath Raises Hogs and Builds Community

The McGrath family’s venture into the hog business has been a way to grow the farm, produce more food, and create jobs for the local community.

pullet barn

What is a Pullet Farm?

Tour a pullet farm, which is a farm that raises chicks from hatching until they are ready to produce eggs when they are moved to a laying barn.

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How are Antibiotics Used in the Production of Chicken?

Ask a Veterinarian: How are antibiotics used in the production of chicken? Veterinarian, Dr. Tyra Dickson, answers the question.

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What is a Broiler Chicken?

Ask a Farmer: What is a broiler chicken? Canadian chicken farmer, Tiffany Martinka answers.

cattle gazing forage

The Science Behind Beef Production

At a time when consumers and ranchers have more questions about beef production than ever, The Livestock & Forage Centre of Excellence is finding answers.

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