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Recent Articles
Get to Know The Simpson Centre
You may or may not have heard of The Simpson Centre for Food and Agricultural Policy before today. Either way, hopefully after you finish reading this article, you will understand …Read More »
Beyond Research: My Experience at the World Congress of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production Conference 2026
Attending the World Congress July 12-17, 2026, was, without a doubt, one of the best conference experiences I have had. I went expecting to learn about advances in animal genetics …Read More »
Learning About Genomic Tools in Athabasca County
As part of our busy summer, the Livestock Gentec Beef team travelled to Athabasca County to host a session on genomics and its application in beef production. The session, on …Read More »
Beef-on-dairy (BOD) is no longer a side story
Beef-on-dairy (BOD) is becoming a major driver of beef production in Canada, already contributing about 1 in every 4 beef animals. With more dairy producers breeding to beef sires, the …Read More »
Can a Fecal Sample Help Us Measure Methane from Cattle?
By Seyed-Hassan Miraei Ashtiani, PhD, Dalhousie University (supervisor Dr. Ghader Manafiazar) In August, I had the opportunity to attend the Canadian Beef Industry Conference (CBIC) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where I …Read More »
Gentec in the News
Genomics Increasingly Advancing Livestock Development
Mountain View Today interviewed Gentec’s John Basarab on the future of genomics in the beef breeding industry in Western Canada. Read the article here.Read More »
How to Keep Productive Females in the Herd Longer
Progressive Pork interviewed Gentec’s Jenny Patterson on how gilt management can set up sow lifetime productivity. Read the article here.Read More »
Picking Replacement Heifers
Canadian Cattlemen reviews project results from Gentec’s John Basarab and Cameron Olson on heifer feed efficiency and lifetime productivity. Read the article here.Read More »
Beef Sector Faces Genomic Roadblocks
The Western Producer interviewed Gentec’s John Basarab during the 2022 Livestock Roundup about the obstacles and opportunities for genomics in beef. Read the article here.Read More »
Gilt Development and a Determining Factor Behind Low Birth Weight Pigs
The SwineIt podcast interviews Gentec’s Jenny Patterson on the key components of determining sow lifetime productivity and what recent research has shown for the interactions between sows and low birth …Read More »