Dr. H.A. (Bart) Lardner received his MSc (1993) and PhD (1998) degrees from the University of Saskatchewan. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science at the University of Saskatchewan. Bart was a Research Scientist with the Western Beef Development Centre for over 20 years and now conducts research at the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence. His work on improving pasture water quality with aeration and coagulation systems pumped to a trough resulted in increased steer gains of 9 to 10% over a 90-day grazing period in most years. Pasture rejuvenation research with sod-seeding and livestock grazing resulted in improved biomass and forage quality, and addressed a challenge for producers, wildlife conservationists and land reclamation programs. Alternative techniques using livestock manure deposition in winter feeding systems, also reduced the risk of soil erosion and degradation, benefiting present forage species with minimal disturbance. His research has evaluated numerous perennial and annual forage varieties including fall ryegrass, hybrid bromegrass, and sod-seeded sainfoin in summer and stockpiled grazing systems for beef cattle. Research on extensive winter grazing systems evaluating cereal swath grazing, bale grazing, crop residue grazing, and whole plant corn grazing has resulted in adoption of these programs by producers in western Canada and northern US states. 

 

As a Professor, Dr. Lardner has taught over 1200 undergraduate and graduate students in 6 different plant, range and animal science courses, advised 65 undergraduate and over 30 MSc and PhD graduate students. Dr. Lardner has served the agriculture and animal science communities in many ways, including manuscript review and as a reviewer of provincial, national and international grant applications. Lardner has been active in the Canadian Society of Animal Science, serving as Director at Large, and is also a member of the American Society of Animal Science.​ Dr. Lardner is regularly interviewed by journalists from all over North America and has conducted over 300 invited presentations about cow-calf nutrition, forage and pasture management, economics and profitability in Canada, United States, Australia, Sweden, Finland, Mongolia and China. His research program works closely with western Canadian beef and forage producers to ensure applicability of research results back to industry and has been funded nationally, provincially and by industry.