“Are we there yet?” Like antsy children in the backseat of the car on a long road trip, we’re all wondering when we will reach the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Is there an end? What exactly will it look like?

This article reviews the “Hot topic: Detecting digital dermatitis with computer vision,”  research from the Journal of Dairy Science (Vol. 103 No. 10, 2020) to help answer the question of whether it is better to have two dry cow diets – far-off and close-up, or is one dry cow diet throughout the dry period enough? The authors designed three diets: a low-energy (LO), high-fibre diet fed throughout the dry period; a high-energy (HI) diet fed throughout the dry period; and a combination of these (LO+HI), namely a low-energy diet fed during the far-off period and a high-energy diet fed during the close-up period.

Fires on farms and in farm buildings are on the rise. Unfortunately, when a fire breaks out on a farm, it is often too late to put it out, increasing the damages and loss.

David Myshrall hated the farm he grew up on – nothing was mechanized and there was just too much non-stop work. He thought he might like to be a veterinarian, but there was no money for university.

It’s no secret the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way people are thinking about food. Half-empty grocery store shelves brought on by panic buying at the start of business shutdowns were a reality in many parts of Canada.