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Weighing a production system’s impact on beef quality
There are many ways to grow or background calves after weaning and before finishing on grain. Cost, profit and impact on beef quality may vary however. Those variables are being nailed down at the Western Beef Development Centre’s Termuende Research Ranch in Lanigan, Sask. Scientists there are in the midst of a three-year study of […] Read more
Study to portray state of cow-calf sector
A team of researchers at the University of Saskatchewan and University of Calgary have received a $1.06-million grant from the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) to conduct a five-year longitudinal study of the western Canadian cow-calf industry. The study aims to measure reproductive health, animal welfare, disease prevalence, antimicrobial use and other issues affecting Canada’s […] Read more