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Auction Owners Talk Traceability

An applied research project to test systems to meet national traceability requirements and re-instituting an enforcement committee were top topics at the Livestock Markets Association of Canada’s (LMAC) annual meeting in Brooks, Alta. at the end of May. “January, 2012, is a critical date. That’s when government has asked industry to be ready for full […] Read more
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Co-Mingling In Kawartha

Kevin Barker is an energetic fellow. He and his father and brother run a large cow-calf operation near Woodville, Ont., a small town in the eastern part of the province, about 60 kilometres northwest of Peterborough. He is also the manager of the Kawartha Lakes Co-operative Auction Market in Woodville as well as running his […] Read more
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Atlantic Stock Yards Enters Year Two

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Sean Firth made the jump from observer to active participant in January 2008 when he bought the Maritime Cattle Market in Truro, Nova Scotia. He gave it a new name, Atlantic Stockyards Limited, along with new ownership, but kept a lot of the familiar services that have turned this market into something of an institution […] Read more
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Tips On Moving Cattle From A Pen Checker

In the current cattle industry, with feedlots and ranches working overtime and understaffed, working alone is becoming commonplace. Quick action when a sick or injured animal is identified will free up more time for other duties and reduce deads and retreats. The ability to quickly, safely and single-handedly pull or trail animals to be treated […] Read more
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Nutrient Recycling — What Bugs Me!

We, as humans, are consumed by the desire to continually increase efficiency. Why? We need GPS on our tractors; we need the newest and greatest wonder product that will make us more productive. Sometimes, I think we just need to step back, and let Mother Nature teach us that efficiency is not getting us where […] Read more
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Don’t Tamper With Own-Use Import Rules

An article in the April 2009 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal said the government allows unrestricted imports of unapproved and untested antibiotics used in meat production that contribute to antibiotic resistance in humans. The CMAJ article tried to relate the importation of animal health products by producers under the “own use importation” provision […] Read more
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Keeping Methane In Check

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Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives recently announced $1 million in funding for research into reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Cattle are the main source of methane emissions in Canada, says Dr. Karin Wittenberg, associate dean of research in the agriculture faculty at the University of Manitoba. Canada’s livestock production systems contribute about 58 per […] Read more
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MIX FEEDS PROPERLY GOOD PRODUCTION PRACTICES

Recommended Good Production Practices for medicated feeds contain a valuable summary of the things cattle producers should be aware of when they mix their own rations. If feeding medicated feeds, no one questions the need for some degree of standardization. Certainly mixers do vary in efficiency and mixing times. Research shows the optimum mixing time […] Read more
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Multi-Species Spread The Risk

You won’t find many ranches — let alone “flerds” — in the heart of the Regina Plains. If you’re a Corner Gas fan, you’ll be able to visualize the flat, open, prime grain-growing land around Rouleau, Sask., where Len and Lisa Larsen live. Several years ago the Larsens set out to switch their 2,100-acre grain […] Read more
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Making The Most Of Alternative Pastures

The electric fencing Scott Honey uses to keep his cows at home isn’t just for his conventional pastures. He uses a high-tensile, twin-wire system around cash crop ground as well. There are opportunities for alternative pasture crops following the wheat harvest and putting cows on corn stalks just makes good sense, the Ontario beef producer […] Read more

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