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“There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by readin’. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.” – Will Rogers.
Beef Cattle, Features

Cattle rustling remains ‘one of great mysteries of the range’

Rustlers are still pilfering cattle, often with the help of modern technology

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To quote a CBC article in the Cochrane Eagle, “For as long as there have been cattle, people have been stealing them.” In my view, it may be the second-oldest profession in the world.  While brand inspectors check auction markets in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan, no such system exists in Manitoba or Ontario. The lack of […] Read more
The Wray families: Doug, Linda, Joanne, Tim, Eva, Miriam and Jesse.
Beef Cattle, Features

TESA winners focused on stewardship and succession planning

The Wray family aims for sustainability in everything from grazing practices to transitioning the ranch

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After winning the Environmental Stewardship Award (TESA) for Alberta, Doug and Tim Wray were already happy with the success they’d had.  They only had to travel an hour to the Canadian Beef Industry Conference, hosted in Calgary, Alta., in mid-August to see who won the national award, so making the trip was an easy decision. […] Read more
A herd of cattle near Wellesley, Ont. Some beef and cash crop farmers are signing on with an Ontario company that aims to develop carbon projects.
Features, Livestock

Carbon farming: fad or trend?

An Ontario-based company is banking on farmer interest in emerging carbon markets

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There’s a lot of buzz surrounding carbon markets, and producers are looking into another way they can make their farms and ranches generate revenue from the soil. But it’s still early going in Canada and it’s a complex industry, so many questions remain. “The most important thing is that producers need to be at the […] Read more
Jesse Lawes and son Westin. Lawes went from a career in pro rodeo to working in the family’s auction marts full-time, and has found success in auctioneer competitions.
Features

From pro rodeo to auctioneer champ

Jesse Lawes talks about growing up at the Provost Livestock Exchange, selling cattle and getting serious about the craft of auctioneering

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The stands are packed and have been for hours in May at the Olds Auction Mart. The morning wanes into noon, and people file in and out of the auction arena, leaving with empty hands and returning with food. The afternoon brings some of the first high temperatures of the year, and someone opens the […] Read more
Cull bulls in a feedlot. Pain mitigation has become standard practice when castrating older animals, and researchers are looking at whether it reduces disease in other stressful situations.
Features

Research into pain management and animal health

North American researchers are studying how pain mitigation affects the health and performance of calves, as well as the economics

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Castration, and to a lesser extent dehorning, are routine and necessary procedures on cattle farms, ranches and feedlots across the nation. These stressful events deliver varying levels of concentrated pain to their recipients which fade over time but in doing so, also create extended ripples of influences throughout an animal’s life. Dr. Michael Jelinski of […] Read more
cattle drinking water at a dugout
Features, Livestock

Unpacking a water quality test

Learn how to read the results of a water quality test and what they mean for your herd

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Water quality is often overlooked when developing cattle rations. For every kilogram of dry feed consumed, an animal drinks between three to five kg of water. Temperature and feed type can affect water intake. As well, lactating cows have a higher water intake compared to pregnant animals. A lack of water reduces feed intake and […] Read more
Pasture sage on a sandy hillside near Olds, Alta. There’s movement to create voluntary markets for environmental services provided by ranchers, but attempts to introduce mandatory environmental accounting standards worry industry leaders.
Features, Livestock, Management

The drive to monetize environmental sustainability

While some are moving to create voluntary environmental goods and services markets, moves to bring in environmental accounting standards worry many in the industry

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Does the push to link environmental sustainability to commerce present opportunities or risks to Canada’s beef producers? The answer, it seems, is: it depends. On the one hand, there is a grassroots movement to reward producers who are voluntarily providing ecosystem services. Ecosystem services include a variety of things: provisioning services (for example, flow of […] Read more
When we think about reducing overhead, we often see we can get along with less equipment or fewer horses, but we are emotionally attached, and it becomes very difficult.
Features, Management

The essentials for profitable ranching: Part two

Burke Teichert discusses the remaining three essentials, as he sees them

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In my last article I introduced the “five essentials” for profitable ranching and discussed the first two. The five essentials are: We will now continue. Planning and decision-making tools Acquire and use a good set of planning and decision-making tools. Today’s computers and cell phones make this job quite easy. We need accurate information to […] Read more
Kate and John Anderson, Merritt, B.C.
Associations, Features

Rebuilding relationships between Indigenous and ranching communities in B.C.

The B.C. Cattlemen’s Association and First Nations communities are looking for common ground and ways to support Indigenous producers

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British Columbia is the epitome of “land” with all its different landscapes — the rolling hills that turn into snow-capped mountains, the rainforests in the south and boreal forests in the north, the salty beaches on the coast and prairie near the Alberta border. This land is important to so many of the people who […] Read more
Dr. Dinesh Dadarwal (DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACT) will participate in a study at the LFCE, looking at the use of “ag-tech” to track cows during the calving season.
Beef Cattle, Features

Scientist to expand his reproductive health research to beef cattle

A University of Saskatchewan veterinarian is exploring how research into the reproductive health of dairy cows as well as emerging technologies can be applied to beef cattle

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University of Saskatchewan – “I think there are some clues on the dairy side that have been ignored on the beef side,” said Dr. Dinesh Dadarwal (DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACT), an assistant professor in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine. While Dadarwal is focused on cattle research, animal science […] Read more

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