Tag: ranching

Climate Connections | The quest for climate-resilient cows September 6, 2024

Researchers are working to breed cattle varieties that can thrive in a warming world. Science faculty member Dr. John Church provides insight. Read more

The Williams Lake Tribune | HOMETOWN: Lucia Johnston loves ranch life in the Cariboo April 22, 2024

TRU Williams Lake Regenerative Agriculture student Lucia Johnston hopes to help increase awareness of the benefits of properly managed landscapes and the importance of agriculture…

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Lecture explores how technology is revolutionizing precision ranching February 26, 2024

Today’s precision ranching technologies are sophisticated, diverse and revolutionary. From drones and wireless fencing to livestock GPS ear tags and precision breeding techniques, each is…

CBC Kamloops | TRU's ranching program December 11, 2023

Changes have been announced to TRU Williams Lake's ranching program. Renamed Regenerative Agriculture, the new program looks at the impacts of climate change. Gillian Watt,…

Castanet | TRU ranching program undergoes substantial revamp, renamed 'regenerative agriculture' December 7, 2023

TRU's Applied Sustainable Ranching program in Williams Lake has been renamed and revamped to better serve the needs of students and the changing environment. Renamed…

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Enhanced program reinforces excellence in agricultural education December 6, 2023

WILLIAMS LAKE – Thompson Rivers University’s (TRU) Applied Sustainable Ranching program in Williams Lake has been renamed and revamped to better serve the needs of…

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Lightbulb moment leads family to sustainable ranching October 11, 2023

Thompson Rivers University (TRU) student Kelly Davison spent her childhood feeling “less than.” Living in foster care for several years, she says her foster mother…

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Quesnel Observer | Grazing the surface of the Quesnel forests September 11, 2023

A report by three TRU researchers and a ranching representative shows early indications that cattle can help change plant regrowth in wildfire-stricken areas simply through…

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Vet tech lifelike 'live'stock now on campus March 21, 2023

Last year’s Fund-a-Need campaign to raise money for animal simulators — high-tech training tools for Thompson Rivers University’s (TRU) veterinary technology program — was hugely…

Alumni, Featured, Williams Lake

Grad digs in to revitalize farming June 27, 2022

Determined. Resilient. Passionate. Three words that describe Julia Morgan, a recent graduate of TRU’s Applied Sustainable Ranching program. The program is based in Williams Lake…

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TRU highlights food security programs for ag minister April 7, 2022

As a major employer, educational institution and generator of research, TRU is making a substantial contribution to food sustainability, production, self-sufficiency and, ultimately, food security…

Canadian Cattlemen | Testing virtual fencing’s potential in BC November 9, 2021

When the BC Cattlemen’s Association (BCCA) initiated a targeted grazing project to reduce wildfire risk in the wildland-urban interface, the prospect of rebuilding lost fencing…

Academica Indigenous Top Ten | TRU, Skeetchestn Indian Band, TteS partner on ASUR certificate May 5, 2021

Academica's Indigenous Top Ten highlights included news about the partnership among TRU and two area First Nations to offer a certificate in ranching and farming…

Castanet Kamloops | TRU, First Nations partner April 29, 2021

A partnership between two First Nations and Thompson Rivers University has enhanced a certificate program where students learn to sustainably farm using Indigenous and Western…

CBC British Columbia | Paralyzed cowboy from Prince George, B.C., back in the saddle again October 19, 2020

During a 2015 rodeo competition in Smithers, B.C., Kevin Cunin lost control of the horse he was riding and was bucked into the air. Today,…

Manitoba Co-operator | Plunging prices and better tech should put drones on your radar November 26, 2019

TRU's John Church is interviewed by The Manitoba Co-operator about his use of drones as monitoring and data-gathering tools for cattle and pasture health. Read…

CBC British Columbia | B.C. researchers pile on global efforts to find seaweed solution to cow flatulence November 18, 2019

CBC British Columbia zooms in on research being done at Thompson Rivers University that looks at using seaweed from the West Coast for help in…

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