GrowSafe in the News
November 19, 2009 - Western Producer - Feed Efficiency Inherited - For Rod Morison, finding a genetic pathway that leads to more feed efficient steers is just one way to make a profit feeding cattle. CLICK HERE to read full article
October 21, 2009 - Bovine Vet Online Magazine - Feed efficiency data can be valuable - To help all cattle producers make better-informed selection decisions, Lauren Hyde, PhD, North American Limousin Foundation (NALF), encourages them to collect feed-efficiency data. CLICK HERE to read full article
March 28, 2009 - Fort Scott Tribune - Abeles on cutting edge of bull testing technology - an update on bull testing at Green Springs Bull Test - Nevada Missouri. CLICK HERE to read full article
February 12, 2009 - Drovers Magazine - Tag Tech - Imagine the ranch of the future - CLICK HERE to read full article
January 25, 2009 - Billings Gazette - New technology targets feeding efficiency - "If we can reduce feed costs by $60 to $100 a head, that's huge," said Leo McDonnell, one of the owners of Midland Bull Test. "In the state of Montana alone, you're looking at a trait that has the potential to mean $100 million to $150 million more in revenue." CLICK HERE to read full article
January 15, 2009 - Drovers Magazine - Trimming the Grocery Bill - CLICK HERE to read full article
November 2008 - Missouri Ruralist - Bull Test Limits Genetic Guesswork CLICK HERE to read full article.
October 2008 - GrowSafe Beef Takes Home 2008 Australia IAP Innovation Award - BeefEx is the Australian Lot Feeders Association pinnacle event. Held once every two years, it brings together lot feeders and their associated industries and suppliers from all over Australia and abroad. GrowSafe is very pleased to announce that during this event we were presented with the 2008 IAP Innovation award which recognizes originality, degree of benefit offered to the feedlot industry and the ease of implementation of a new innovation through out the Australian beef industry.
October 2008 Midland Bull Test - Midland Bull Test has now doubled their GrowSafe feed intake testing capacity. Midland is the largest individual animal capacity performance test center in the world. The Midland test has been setting North American standards for performance testing for the past 47 years. CLICK HERE to visit Midland.
September 2008 Profit Maker Bulls Installs GrowSafe System Profit Maker Bulls is a genetic alliance of family owned and operated seedstock breeding establishments using the Profit Maker Bulls program to measure genetic progress in the individual breeding herds. CLICK HERE to visit Profit Maker.
August 2008 - Farm Industry News - Automatic Cattle Sorting - Many agricultural producers are extremely peeved about $5 to $6/bu. corn prices. They're livestock producers. And cattle feeders are among those trying every angle to improve their feeding efficiency. A unique cattle feed intake system that helps identify efficient sires in the feedlot should help beef up those efforts. GrowSafe Beef from GrowSafe Systems, Alberta, Canada, is designed to help feeders and producers market cattle based on their determined optimal market end point and provide information to improve herd genetics. CLICK HERE to read full article.
July 2008 - Braunvieh cattle are back on test at Green Springs Bull Test. Bulls in the National Braunvieh Bull Test are being evaluated for RFI using GrowSafe's feed-intake and behavior-monitoring system. The National Braunvieh Influencer Bull Test Sale will be held on October 27,2008 again this year on Superior Livestock/RFD TV. CLICK HERE for more information.
July 2008 - Take the University of Wyoming tour July 24th at James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Center (SAREC) near Lingle. The pancake feed is from 8-9:30 a.m. Tours start after breakfast and include small research crop plots, intensive grazing management, and an update on feedlot research featuring the GrowSafe system. CLICK HERE for more information
June 2008 - Beef Improvement Federation Meetings in our backyard. We welcomed a number of customers and friends to Calgary for the 40th Annual Meeting. CLICK HERE for Conference Proceedings.
May 2008 - Thank you to Kallion Farms for a great showing at The World Brahman Congress in Fort Worth Texas. The Kallion Farm heifers monitored in real time by GrowSafe Systems drew a great deal of attention from the Australian and South American Breeders focused on proven production performance. CLICK HERE to visit Kallion Farms.
April 2008 - The 2008 Midland Winner's Circle is now on line CLICK HERE TO see the RFI Champions. CLICK HERE TO Visit Midland Bull Test to find out more about RFI Efficiency testing in Montana.
April 2008 - CATTLE TODAY - MIDLAND BULL TEST INTRODUCES GROWSAFE SYSTEMS. Midland Bull Test has installed the largest GrowSafe testing center in the world. With capacity to test more than 600 animals at one time, this long established performance test center is leading the way in feed efficiency testing. CLICK HERE to read more
March 2008 - Cattle Business Profile - The Power of Midland CLICK HERE to read the full article.
April 2008 - BEEF MAGAZINE - New Product Tour - Technology in today's world of nano-this and wireless-that is tough to tame, especially if most of the day is spent at the pasture or pen working all types of cattle in all types of conditions in hopes of penciling in a profit.But the recent Cattle Industry Tradeshow in Reno, NV, attests to the fact that companies are harnessing new technology to provide producers and feeders with hands-on products and services aimed at improving cattle performance. CLICK HERE to read the full article .
February 2008 - Each week, NCBAS Cattlemen to Cattlemen goes cross-country covering topics that are important to cattle producers. This weeks episode (February 19th to 24th) highlights an interview with GrowSafe Systems straight from the Trade Show floor of the 2008 Cattle Industry Annual Convention in Reno Nevada! Tune into RFD TV or download the show by CLICKING HERE to visit the NCBA Cattlemen to Cattlemen website.
February 2008 - The 2008 Beef Industry Vision Awards were announced Saturday at the Cattle Industry Annual Convention and Trade Show in Reno. Nevada. The Cow/Calf Winner, Robert Bruner of Huntsville Texas has been a very special friend to GrowSafe and we are very pleased and proud that he has been given this well deserved recognition. Robert was the driving force behind the establishment of the Beef Development Center of Texas. The success of the center led to a partnership with Texas A&M University to use GrowSafe Systems to identify superior genetic merit for feed efficiency in bulls. As Robert says, "Selecting bulls for feed efficiency was a good idea with $2.50 corn prices, and it is a great idea with $5.00 corn. CLICK HERE to read the full story.
January 2008 - Western Livestock Journal: New EPD offers tool for profitability - RFI has promising future in cattle industry
December 2007 - Angus Journal Feed Efficiency: "Unlocking Genetic Secrets"
November 2007 - Gelbvieh World Feed Efficiency the Focus of New Eagle Pass Facility
October 2007 - Columbia Tribune Detailed Data to Beef up Breeding,
August 2007 - The inaugural National Braunvieh Performance Bull Test using GrowSafe Systems is currently underway at the Green Springs Bull Test Center in Nevada, Mo. This program program strives to promote and market Braunvieh bulls to profit minded cattle producers who retain ownership of their calves through the feedyard and sell carcasses on the grid. This is the first 'breed wide' national performance test including RFI in the US. For further information CLICK HERE to visit the Braunvieh Association of America website
July 11 2007 - Visit us in Booth #230 at the Animal Science Meetings in San Antonio, TX and join us for the GrowSafe User Group meeting to be held Wednesday July 11th 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Convention Center, Room 204A
July 2007 - We are looking for an Assembler . Visit our advertisement at Calgary Job Shop.Ca
June 2007 - BEEF Magazine - Measuring Doability
June 2007 - USDA Dairy Beltsville Maryland begins testing.
June 2007 - Green Springs Bull Test - Nevada Missouri expands testing capacity.
June 2007 - University of Missouri Columbia expands GrowSafe Feed Intake Testing Capacity
June 2007 - GrowSafe meeting held at Beef Improvement Meetings, Colorado
March 2007 - Hereford World - Hereford leaders, breeders take cattle efficiency to the next level
March 2007 - Nichols Newsletter - Nichols heifers go to college
January 2007 - The Alberta Express - Ever notice how some people seem to eat huge meals and never put on the pounds, while others eat very little but still gain weight? Now, a new technology will allow ranchers, feedlot operators and breeders to help identify cattle that eat less and gain more?
January 2007 - We are looking for an Electronics Engineer/C Developer. If you would like to join our growing team, Visit our advertisement at Calgary Job Shop.Ca
December 2006 - Iowa Farmer Today, Bull data boosts cattle efficiency - Bulls may hold the key to improving feed efficiency with surging feed costs and slumping cattle prices.
October 2006 - Hereford World - "Taking Efficiency to the Next Level Hereford leaders and breeders pursue data to document and build feed efficiency." (PDF)
October 2006 - The trial run of a Meat Goat Performance Test was conducted this summer at the West Virginia University Reymann Memorial Farm in Wardensville using GrowSafe Technology. (PDF)
October 2006 - Texas A and M expands feed efficiency testing capacity in Texas.
October 2006 - University of Saskatchewan installs GrowSafe Feed Intake Dairy Monitoring System
Upcoming Event - Red Deer - October 18, 2006 - Business Expo 2006 - Ready Set Grow! GrowSafe will speak on Innovation, growing a science based business. For further information on this event contact als@growsafe.com
Calgary - 09/06/2006 GrowSafe Systems announces financing to take GrowSafe BeefTM to market (PDF)
September/October 2006 - Farm Credit Canada - AgriSuccess Journal Through the development of new feed intake measurement equipment by GrowSafe Systems Ltd. of Alberta, researchers can now analyze cattle feed intake and how well that animal is converting the feed into productive gains.
September 2006 JAS Test duration for growth, feed intake, and feed efficiency in beef cattle using the GrowSafe System Z. Wang, J. D. Nkrumah, C. Li, J. A. Basarab, L. A. Goonewardene, E. K. Okine, D. H. Crews, Jr., and S. S. Moore
J. Anim Sci. 2006 84: 2289-2298. (Abstract)
Calgary - September, 2006 - GrowSafe Systems wants to buy progeny from RFI tested sires. To find out what type of cattle we are looking read the pdf file attached. (PDF)
Calgary September 6, 2006 - A GrowSafe Investor forum will be held on Wednesday September 6, 2006 in Calgary. Shareholders and Investors please contact als@growsafe.com for further information.
Morison Farms Ranch Rodeo August 2006 - Triple T Ranch takes home 2nd place sponsored by GrowSafe
August 2006 - Texas A and M expands GrowSafe Feed Intake and Behavior Monitoring capacity.
July 2006 AgriFacts On average, it costs $50 less over 112 days to feed an efficient bull compared to an inefficient one.
July 2006 - GrowSafe Australian Patent accepted for Method of Monitoring Animal Feeding Behavior.
July 2006 - Snyder Livestock - Yerington, Nevada installs largest commercial GrowSafe Feed Efficiency Testing Site in Western United States.
July 2006 - AAFRD Roping the Web - Improving the feed efficiency of a beef cattle herd can mean big savings for producers.
July 2006 - Meristem Land and Science - No trait in the past half century holds greater promise for Canada's beef industry, says a leading animal scientist.
June 2006 - Dr. William Kolath joins GrowSafe team.
April 2006 - University of Manitoba installs largest Canadian GrowSafe feed intake and behavior monitoring facility outside of Alberta.
Minneapolis - 07/10/2006 - GrowSafe Exhibits at Joint American Dairy Society and American Society of Animal Scientist Meetings
April 2006 - Agri Center - Canyon Texas - undertaking pharmaceutical and feed research expands GrowSafe individual animal monitoring capacity.
Vancouver - 02/27/2006 - GrowSafe takes home top awards at the 19th Angel Forum. With 80+ registered investors listening to 36 companies, GrowSafe was awarded as the Investor's choice for Best Company to become Public - TSX Venture award and Best Presentation - Bull Housser Tupper award (PDF)
December 2005 - Farm Credit Canada AgriSuccess - Measuring feed efficiency for individual beef animals
November 2005 - Canadian Financing Forum Names Award Winning Companies. The Financing Forum features presentations from the best and most promising private technology companies in Canada Best Exhibitor - Biotechnology: GrowSafe Systems Ltd.
November 2005 - Canadian Cattlemen's - New way to measure efficiency will benefit beef herd profitability.
November 2005 - Meristem Land and Science - Feeding technology to save beef industry millions.
September 2005 - Texas A and M purchases GrowSafe feed intake monitoring equipment to expand net feed efficiency capacity in Texas.
October 2005 - Green Springs Bull Test in Nevada Missouri opens first commercial feed efficiency testing site in Southern Missouri.
October 2005 - Land and Livestock - Using Gain Tests to Develop Bulls - Beef Development Center of Texas
April 2005 - Report to the Cattle Industry - ADVANCES IN NET FEED EFFICIENCY. In three years of research and demonstrations, GrowSafe Systems technology was used, making it possible to precisely measure the feed intake of individual animals and generate data needed to produce Expected Progeny Difference (EPD) ratings on bulls.
March 2005 - GrowSafe US Animal Management Patent granted. This patent claims protection for pen measurement technology, method of measuring and weighing an animal continuously in the pen, and claims for several measurements and decisions made related to animal weight gain and growth, behavior, and animal illness.
December 2004 - Alberta Agriculture expands GrowSafe feed intake testing capacity at Lacombe Research Center.
November 2004 - Cattleland Feeders installs the largest commercial GrowSafe equipped feed efficiency sire testing facility in Alberta, Canada.
November 2004 - University of Florida installs GrowSafe feed intake monitoring equipment to continuously monitor up to 480 individual cattle.
November 2004 - University of West Virginia expands GrowSafe feed intake monitoring capability and is the first site to begin testing sheep for net feed efficiency.
November 2004 - GrowSafe Systems Ltd. participates in University of Manitoba project to improve nutrient utilization of Dairy Cows by optimization of feeding time and feeding patterns.
November 2004 - Angus Journal - Measuring Up, GrowSafe Technology Offers potential to monitor feed efficiency, animal behavior and illness.
September 2004 - University of Calgary installs GrowSafe water monitoring technology.
September 2004 - Canyon, Texas - GrowSafe installs 100 feed intake monitoring technology at Palo Duro Consulting's Agri Center, which performs comparative product research for the pharmaceutical and cattle feeding industries.
September 2004- Texas Agriculture - Tracing Feed Efficiency - A new feed intake measurement system for growing bulls
August 2004 - Drovers - Bells and Whistles - GrowSafe - beyond the Ear Tag.
St. Louis 27/07/04 GrowSafe User Group Meeting - International Animal Science Meetings (PDF)
Calgary 05/07/04 Mr. Len Grenier Appointed to Board of Directors of GrowSafe Systems Ltd. (PDF)
Chicago 18/05/04 GrowSafe presents at National Institute of Animal Agriculture ID Info 2004 - Beyond Traceability: Taking the Technology to the Next Level (PDF)
Spring 2004 - Green Matters - Feed Efficiencies, Saving Money, Helping the Environment
July 2004 - University of Illinois installs the largest automated feed intake monitoring site in the world using GrowSafe technology. This facility can continuously monitor up to 1,000 animals housed in 6 different barns.
April 2004 - West Virginia University - At a time when many are working to shed excess weight, a team of WVU researchers are looking to pack on the pounds...to cattle. And they're using cutting-edge technology to do it.
February 2004 - One of the first groups in North America to use GrowSafe Systems, Alberta Agriculture continues to expand and upgrade its GrowSafe technology located at Lacombe Research Center.
December 2003 - Beef Development Center of Texas establishes first US commercial feed efficiency testing site. An initiative supported by Texas A and M researchers, this facility can test up to 150 sires at one time.
December 2003 - Kinsella Ranch - University of Alberta doubles GrowSafe feed intake monitoring capacity.
September 2003 - University of Manitoba installs Feed Intake Equipment in Dairy Barn.
September 2003 - GrowSafe installs 160 head capacity feed intake system at University of Virginia. GrowSafe System will be the first US site to test commercial animals for net feed efficiency in the US using GrowSafe.
September 2003 - Alberta Agriculture upgrades GrowSafe System located at Lacombe Research Center.
May 2003 - GrowSafe installs feed intake system at University of Missouri Columbia. With capacity for 100 head this will be the first facility of its kind in the US.
News prior to 2003 has been archived. Archives prior to 2003 can be accessed by contacting GrowSafe Systems Ltd.
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