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They didn’t get the result they were hoping for, but a trio of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientists have discovered feeding flax to cattle makes for healthier beef. The AAFC scientists recently completed a comprehensive project investigating whether long-term flax supplementation in cattle diets could increase the level of omega-3 fatty acids in the beef […] Read more

Time and time again producers attest to the benefits of winter bale grazing out on pastureland. Not only does it eliminate the cost of starting a tractor to feed bales and clean corrals, but they see that the manure and urine deposited by the animals, along with litter from the bales is greatly improving the […] Read more

GrowSafe Systems of Airdrie, Alta. has made its name known to beef researchers worldwide since its introduction of its GrowSafe feed intake and behaviour monitoring units in 2000. The company took that experience and knowledge to the next level in 2003 when it began developing GrowSafe Beef (GSB) — an automated watering system that monitors […] Read more

Last year, Alberta beef and forage specialist Barry Yaremcio was fielding all sorts of drought-related questions about balancing rations when utilizing various alternative feeds and supplements. Come spring, producers who hadn’t balanced rations were dealing with impaction problems, thin cows, downer cows, and weak calves with poor immunity. It’s the reverse this year. Most regions […] Read more

A study recently completed at the Agriculture Canada Lethbridge Research Centre has shown that triticale dried distillers grain with solubles (DDGS) can replace a portion of the barley grain as well as part or all of the barley silage in finishing rations without having adverse effects on animal performance or carcass quality. Most of the […] Read more