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New Requirement When Purchasing Livestock Medicines

A new requirement of providing a Premises Identification (PID) Number when purchasing medicines and medicated items for livestock from authorized medicine sales retailers is a new change in the Authorized Medicine Sales Regulation. Grady Owen, senior investigation specialist with the inspection and investigation branch with Alberta Agriculture, explains what the change means for livestock producers in Alberta.

Interview with Grady Owen (3:00 minutes) (1.37 Mb)

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Episode 83: Improve Your Bottom Line with the Power of Feed Testing

Video: Episode 83: Improve Your Bottom Line with the Power of Feed Testing

Now that cattle feed has been—or is being—harvested, it’s a good time to start thinking about testing it. While a visual check can help you spot the difference between good and poor-quality feed, it won’t tell you much about energy or protein levels. Only a feed test can give you that information. In this episode, we’ll talk about why feed testing matters, how to do it properly, and how to make sense of the lab results.