VIDEO: Tool to manage ketosis wins Ontario company farm show innovation award

BioFerScience won the livestock innovation award at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2024. Farmers have had to drench cows with liquid propylene glycol to help treat ketosis, but BioFerScience provides a powdered propylene glycol capsule that makes treating cows easier and with less risk to the cow.

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