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Garner Deobald’s Charolais heifers eat canola meal from a trough during his work with the canola meal research project.
Canola, Features, Livestock

Canola meal for cattle. What are the gains?

An on-ranch research project analyzes the costs and gains of feeding canola meal to yearlings

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Hodgeville, Sask., looks like it could be a postcard for the province — surrounded by flat fields and cattle grazing in nearby pastures, while an old elevator stands watch at the edge of town on Railroad Avenue, just like so many other small towns in the Canadian Prairies.   In contrast, Big Muddy Valley, located near […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hog, live cattle futures sag in technical moves

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Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures declined on Friday, with the benchmark December contract hitting a near three-week low in what appeared to be featureless technical selling, traders said. CME December hogs LHZ2 settled down 0.400 cent at 82.975 cents per lb after touching 82.825, the lowest since Oct. 17, and falling below […] Read more
The Supreme Grand Champion, Merit Pride 125H and Fladeland Pride 1K, Dawson Fladeland.
News, Purely Purebred

Ranchman’s Ridin’ and Recitin’ Show

Purely Purebred, news from the October 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Southwestern Saskatchewan hosted another excellent junior and pen show at Kinetic Park in Swift Current, Sask. The one-day event on September 24 brought together a junior show, with 52 exhibitors with 66 entries, and a pen show with 56 entries from 19 exhibitors. Judges for the junior show were none other than Darcy Olesky and […] Read more
Newly weaned calves need to be housed in a clean, dry environment and have sufficient space to lay down and move around without feeling undue stress due to overcrowding.
Livestock, Nutrition

Minimize stress on arrival the key to starting calves on feed

Nutrition with John McKinnon

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In my September column entitled The Fall Run Has Started, I discussed the relationship between stress, feed intake and health status of newly weaned calves. To summarize that discussion, calves that are highly stressed due to weaning, transportation, mixing and processing typically have low dry matter intakes (DMI) and are susceptible to disease, particularly bovine […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle bounce from two-week low in most-active contract

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Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished higher on Thursday in the most-active contract, after shaking off a two-week low hit earlier in the session, traders said. Other contracts ended mixed, as the market took a breather following a recent rally in cash cattle prices, brokers said. Cash cattle on Thursday […] Read more
A man on horseback works cattle near Livingston, Montana. Vence’s virtual fencing systems have been used in Montana and other parts of the U.S., but in 2023, the systems will be trialed for the first time in Canada near Big River, Sask.
Livestock, News

Virtual fencing pilot coming to Saskatchewan

Project to explore whether new technology is feasible for Canadian producers

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Given how time-consuming and expensive fencing can be, it’s little wonder that virtual fencing has piqued the interest of farmers and ranchers in Canada and beyond. But is the juice worth the squeeze? One cattle group in Saskatchewan aims to find out. Chad MacPherson, the general manager of the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association (SSGA), says […] Read more
Silage is more than “just” fibre, but not all fibre is created equal when it comes to cattle feeding.
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Research

Silage: more than just filler

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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If starch (from grain) is the fuel in a feedlot diet, fibre (from a roughage such as silage) is the engine governor that slows digestion. A backgrounding diet might contain 60 per cent silage to moderate animal growth so that they grow frame and muscle without over-fattening. In finishing diets, grain levels are increased to […] Read more
Interpreting a silage feed test
Livestock

Interpreting a silage feed test

A ruminant nutritionist unpacks the numbers from a real feed test

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If you want to know the nutrient quality of forage, you must have it analyzed. It always pays to test dry forages, but it’s also worth testing silages, grains and water. When comparing different feeds, always compare the values on a “dry basis” to remove the moisture effect of results. Barry Yaremcio of Yaremcio Ag […] Read more
The University of Guelph-Ontario Ag College Beef Club at the Waldron Ranch.
News, Purely Purebred

University of Guelph students tour the West

Purely Purebred, news from the October 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The University of Guelph-Ontario Ag College (OAC) Beef Club had quite a tour in Alberta. Arriving September 21, they hit the ground running with their first stop at Irvine’s Western Wear. From there the Canadian Angus Association hosted the tour Thursday morning with speakers from Canada Beef and the Canadian Beef Centre of Excellence, Canadian […] Read more
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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sag on long liquidation; cash trade awaited

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Chicago | Reuters – U.S. live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower in range-bound trade on Tuesday as speculators exited long positions amid a lack of supportive news, traders said. CME December live cattle LCZ2 settled down 0.525 cent at 151.950 cents per lb but stayed inside of Monday’s trading range. January feeder cattle FCF3 finished […] Read more

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