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Researchers have uncovered evidence that some alfalfa varieties respond differently to specific beneficial microbes in the soil.
Forage, News, News Roundup

Microbes matter during pasture restoration

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Glacier FarmMedia – Choosing the right alfalfa variety can make a difference, possibly a huge difference, when producers are rejuvenating a pasture.  After several years, a pasture’s productivity will decline and many ranchers choose to over-seed or sod-seed alfalfa to revive the pastureland.  Farmers will likely select a high-yielding alfalfa variety that is adapted to […] Read more
Cattle in the Canadian prairies
Beef Cattle, Features, Livestock

Ranchers share lessons learned from drought

Despite experiencing a million-dollar rain, beef producers are still asking how they can prepare for drought

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Despite experiencing a million-dollar rain, 
beef producers are still asking how they can 
prepare for drought

Drought” is a word beef producers on the Prairies know well. For years, many areas in Western Canada have struggled through a prolonged drought. Although a “million-dollar rain” fell in many areas this past June, producers are still pondering lessons learned from previous years of drought, dealing with the lingering effects of several dry years, […] Read more
Cedric MacLeod farms with his wife, Alanda, and son, Kalen.
Beef Cattle, Features, Forages, Livestock

Maritime beef farmer starts with the forage

Linking profitability and agronomy through forage production 
in New Brunswick potato region

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It’s early July 2024 and Cedric MacLeod is already preparing for winter. He’s knee-deep in harvesting hay and silage that will be bale feed for his herd in cold weather. Calving has just finished. Yesterday, the last calf of the season walked up to him in the field. He’s so fresh he doesn’t know who […] Read more
calf in a barn stall
Animal Health, Bovine Respiratory Disease, Cow-Calf, Livestock

Stress, biosecurity and bovine respiratory disease

Bovine respiratory disease isn’t going away, but there are things ranchers and farmers can do to reduce disease prevalence

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Shipping fever. Bovine respiratory disease (BRD). Whatever name you give it, it remains the number one cause of death in feedlots. It pops up on cow-calf operations, too. The Beef Cattle Research Council’s website notes that BRD is a leading cause of death, illness and antibiotic treatment in calves from three weeks of age to […] Read more
Cattle graze in a pasture at the Ontario Beef Research Centre in Elora, Ont.
Beef Cattle, Crops, Forages

Annual forages can extend the grazing season

University of Guelph researcher explores grazing options

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Glacier FarmMedia – Can extended grazing be gained by integrating annual forages into a perennial pasture rotational grazing system? Kim Schneider, an assistant professor in the plant science department at the University of Guelph hopes to answer that question through a two-year study that incorporates annual forages into 48 acres of a perennial rotational grazing […] Read more
Combining in Manitoba advanced 12 points at 85 per cent complete for the week ended Oct. 7. While some crops made great amounts of progress, others did not. Photo: File
Crops

Manitoba crop report: Most of the harvest off the field

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Combining in Manitoba advanced 12 points at 85 per cent complete for the week ended Oct. 7. While some crops made great amounts of progress, others did not. The largest gains were made in the province's soybean and flax harvests as they are up 41 points apiece at 70 and 61 per cent finished respectively.
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Beef Cattle, Nutrition

When the cows come home: Fall and winter feeding considerations

Whatever strategy you choose to implement, each has advantages and drawbacks

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As summer ends and fall begins, beef cattle producers will soon start weaning their calves. During this period, cows will return from summer pastures and undergo pregnancy testing. This is an excellent time to evaluate the body condition of your cows. Weaker cows with low body condition should be grouped together and provided with extra […] Read more
Look for a slow rebuild of the U.S. cattle herd
Markets, Prime cuts

Look for a slow rebuild of the U.S. cattle herd

Prime Cuts with Steve Kay

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The U.S. beef cattle industry is smaller than needed and signals for rebuilding will continue in the coming months. But herd rebuilding is likely to be slow to start and proceed quite slowly initially. So says Oklahoma State University’s Derrell Peel in his latest analysis of the prospects for herd expansion. Meanwhile, a CoBank report […] Read more

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