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This is the third article in a three part series for users to learn how to maximize benefits from the various features of the CDN web site.

COWS Ice Cream has been a family tradition on Prince Edward Island (PEI) since 1983. Founded by Scott Linkletter, who still owns the business today, the ice cream business had

If you give a child a heifer, she will need a halter for her calf. And then she will want a bucket and a feed pan. Before you know it,

Those of us that choose to be in the dairy industry know the work, love and passion that goes into ensuring our cows are treated with the upmost care.

Wally Smith is no stranger to the landscape of the dairy industry in Canada. An active leader in the industry, Wally became a full-time dairy producer on Vancouver Island in

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I need your help. Five times in the last week I’ve received messages about farmers taking their lives. It is getting way too close to home for me

Autism is a neurological disorder that impacts brain development. According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) it is estimated that 1 in 66 children suffer from autism

Little Qualicum Cheeseworks is located on Vancouver Island in beautiful British Columbia and is home to the Gourlay Family – Clarke and Nancy, along with their 3 sons Raymond, John

Table for Six launched in Ireland in 2017, the brainchild of “Dating Specialist and Matchmaker” Mairead Loughman, and has quickly become one of the Ireland’s most popular dating events. One

The CDCB has released information on August Evaluation Changes. Net Merit and other indexes are revised for August 2018 to incorporate the new CDCB disease resistance traits and to update

I have had the privilege of knowing Tom Byers for the better part of 10 years. Whether it be classifying cows at my family’s farm, listening to him speak about

The first time I heard of Marilyn Hershey was just after she was recognized as the “Dairy Women of the Year” by World Dairy Expo, the 44th recipient of the

Over the last couple weeks, three young men have made decisions to take their sports careers to the next level. Matthew Brandsma, Nils Haeni and Jonas Haeni have all grown

Where the relative emphasis placed on each of the three main components in each breed is presented in the following table along with the multiplicative factors for each component.

Each year, the genetic base used to express genetic evaluations in Canada is updated in conjunction with the first official release.  The definition of each genetic base used is therefore