Canada: Wheat by-products may be key for cattle feed

Drought conditions can make it difficult to access quality food. Beatriz Montenegro, a master's student at the University of Saskatchewan (USak), has embarked on a search for solutions to find cheaper and more accessible alternatives that can alleviate this problem. Montenegro's project has been supported by the Agricultural Development Fund of the Government of Saskatchewan in Canada. The researcher was raised in Mexico, in an environment surrounded by the agricultural industry, influenced by her parents, both agronomists, as explained on the Beef portal. After moving to Canada, she gained first-hand experience working in a beef processing plant, where she faced the challenges that beef producers must overcome. For a year now, Montenegro has been exploring new diets in the Ribeiro laboratory with the goal of improving the quality of meat and mitigating the economic impact that producers face due to the high cost of feed. According to the professional, small changes in the diet of ...