Duane McCartney

The most important feeding period in a cow-calf operation is between calving and the start of the breeding period. This is especially true this winter in areas of feed shortage due to last summer’s drought. Cows need to be on a rising plane of nutrition after calving so that they gain weight and have their […] Read more

There is a lot of concern regarding climate change and specifically about the effects of global warming and drought in many parts of the world. Many cattle producers in Western Canada were severely affected financially by this past summer’s drought. Our climate is always changing and that will continue. The climate on the Canadian Prairies […] Read more

My first paying job as a young teenager was lining small round bales in the hayfield for pickup. This was at a time when the Allis Chalmers small round baler was the main hay-harvesting method in our area in Southern Ontario. A mechanical bale conveyor pulled parallel to the hayrack or wagon, moved the bales […] Read more