Organic Livestock Research - Atlantic Region

A. Beef and Sheep

• A Comparison of Pasture-fed and Feedlot Beef
• Gastrointestinal nematodes on organic sheep farms and sustainable parasite control measures
• Livestock and Forages: Essentials of Organic Farming?
• Management Strategies for Co-Grazing Steers and Sheep in Atlantic Canada
• Prevalence and distribution of gastrointestinal nematodes on 32 organic and conventional commercial sheep farms in Ontario and Quebec
• Study of the population dynamics of gastrointestinal nematodes in organic sheep farms in Canada with an attempt to introduce sustainable parasite control measures

B. Dairy

• Comparing the environmental impacts of pasture-based and confinement-based dairy systems using life cycle assessment
• Effects of Rotational Grazing on the Dynamics of Soil Carbon and Nitrogen on Commercial Dairy Farms
• Grazing and Greenhouse Gases: Is the forage-fed ruminant a global warming scapegoat?
• Improving the Nutrient Status of a Commercial Dairy Farm: An Integrated Approach
• Sustainability of Canadian Dairy Farms

C. Other

• Evaluation of Acetic Acid as a Thistle Top-killer on Pastures
• Getting a Head Start on Your Grazing Season
• Management of Canadian Prairie Region Grazed Grasslands: Soil C Sequestration, Livestock Productivity and Profitability (NS,SK,PEI)
• Studies on Soil Sustainability: The Effect of Forages and Livestock in Organic Agricultural Systems