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Livestock

Regulations and resources for farmers, ranchers and operators, including disease, production and economics.

Services and information

  • Bees and apiculture
    Regulations, research and resources for beekeepers.
  • Fish culture licence
    You may obtain a recreational or commercial fish culture licence for certain species in Alberta.
  • Forages
    Information on nutrition, varieties, seeding, harvesting and storage of forage crops.
  • Livestock diseases
    Resources for farmers and operators on a range of livestock diseases and pests.
  • Livestock handling
    Information about the safe handling of livestock, including techniques and how best to use corrals.
  • Livestock husbandry
    Beef livestock husbandry information and software programs.
  • Livestock nutrition
    Resources relating to nutrition requirements for livestock.
  • Livestock traceability
    Traceability in Alberta relies on 3 fundamental pillars of premises identification, animal identification and animal movement.
  • Livestock water supply
    Information about automatic livestock waterers, water requirements for livestock and remote pasture water systems.
  • Pasture management
    Resources for how to effectively manage pastures.
  • Small flock poultry
    Poultry health program, and poultry disease management and investigations.