AgSights 2025 AGM – February 11, 2025

Join us February 11th at Circle R Livestock, Ryan and Romy Schills in Wallenstein Ontario. Demonstrations with lunch to follow and formal proceedings at a local community hall.

Leachman Cattle of Colorado receives Mark of Excellence award for efforts in livestock genetic improvement

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News Release: Leachman Cattle of Colorado receives Mark of Excellence Award for efforts in livestock genetic improvement: Lee Leachman of Leachman Cattle of Colorado has been named a winner of AgSights’ prestigious Mark of Excellence Award. The award is presented periodically to recognize exemplary contributions to livestock improvement and is named after progressive beef producer Mark Warren.

AgSights honours Soderglen Ranches with 2021 Mark of Excellence Award

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News Release: AgSights honours Soderglen Ranches with 2021 Mark of Excellence Award: AgSights has selected Alberta’s Soderglen Ranches Ltd. as a 2021 recipient of its prestigious Mark of Excellence Award. The award is presented periodically to recognize exemplary contributions to livestock improvement and is named after progressive beef producer Mark Warren.

Bosview Katahdins: Record Keeping to Grow Flock Production

Bosview Katahdins: Record Keeping to Grow Flock Production: Located in the Pontiac region of western Quebec, two first generation sheep farmers, Ursina Studhalter and Andrew Bos, have turned their dream of farming into a reality. Ursina grew up on a mixed farm, and it was her dream to one day have her own farm. Fast forward to 2017 and that dream turned to reality when her and husband, Andrew, purchased their first farm along with a flock of 85 Katahdin sheep. Today their flock consists of 200 Katahdin and Romanov-crossed ewes on a modified accelerated lambing schedule using bioTrack for their record keeping needs.

Managing for Profit: What Efficiency Means on the Farm

Brown Cows in a Field.

Managing for Profit: What Efficiency Means on the Farm: As anybody with years of farming experience can tell you, efficient time management is essential to ongoing productivity and profit. But with all of the administrative work that comes with herd monitoring, data tracking, and economic evaluations, it’s easy to get bogged down and lose time that could be spent better managing your herd. So how can farmers today stay on top of necessary livestock management without losing time or adding complicated systems?