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A combination of backgrounding and grass cattle works best for Jordan and Janelle Kowal.

Grassers hit the spot

The Kowal family of Burnt Out Creek Ranch in Crooked River, Sask.

By Debbie Furber November 2, 2015

Jordan and Janelle Kowal have gained experience beyond their years dealing with some of the worst of times and the best of times in the beef and grain sectors right from the get-go. Cattle and grain markets bounce around so much they can’t be sure which way will be the right way for long, so […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features

Intensive grazing, sell-buy marketing stabilized this operation

By Heather Smith Thomas October 29, 2015

Art McElroy farms in southern Saskatchewan, 50 miles east of Alberta. “My wife Leslie and I — and our children — moved here from the family farm in Alberta in 1996 when I was 44. When we moved here, it was a mixed farm. We ran livestock and grain farmed for 11 years. This is […] Read more

Features, Livestock

Food farms are a hit

It’s a fun way to show kids the link between farming and their burgers and pizza

By Debbie Furber October 27, 2015

What kid doesn’t know about tasty burgers, fries and pizza? But how many know that it all starts on somebody’s farm? Too few, sadly. Two years ago some folks in Yorkton, Sask., did something to bridge this gap by laying out their first pizza farm. It’s a fun place, where schoolchildren have a chance to […] Read more

Features, Livestock

Wolves of the West

Are they as big a threat as they appear to be?

By Debbie Furber October 21, 2015

Reports of cattle losses to wolves continue to come in from across the West. Official estimates indicate wolf populations are stable to expanding, but there’s really no way to know if that in itself is contributing to the reported increase in kills. Claims history doesn’t reflect the trend because of its short history relative to […] Read more

"We want our bulls to represent everything we do, and we want them to go out, work hard and have long lives."

Beef Cattle, Features

Travis and Becky Page: Building a purebred seedstock operation

By Tessa Nybo October 19, 2015

Unlike many seedstock producers, neither Travis nor Becky Page were born into the purebred industry. Both grew up on a mixed grain and commercial cattle operation, Travis near Didsbury, Alta., and Becky near Grenfell, Sask. As a result, when they started their operation, Redline Livestock, they didn’t have a family name or a multi-generational reputation […] Read more

Dr. Karen Liljebjelke and Dr. Krishna Datt Bhatt.

Beef Cattle, Features

Tracking resistance to drugs in cattle bugs

It’s on the increase

By Debbie Furber October 16, 2015

The warning sign went up as results came in from two Alberta projects exploring the susceptibility of bacteria involved in bovine respiratory disease (BRD) to available antimicrobials. Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) administered the year-long project testing for antimicrobial resistance in feedlot cattle in order to develop an in-province screening tool. The project involved several industry, […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features

Adverse reactions to vaccines and drugs in cattle

Allergic reactions  can range from hives  to itching or swelling  to systemic shock  leading to fluid  in the lungs and  sudden death

By Heather Smith Thomas October 12, 2015

Occasionally cattle experience a reaction to vaccine or medication (injected, applied topically or given orally). An allergic reaction can be mild and local (swelling at the injection site after vaccination) or serious and fatal — if the animal goes into anaphylactic shock. Many of the things we administer are foreign to the animal’s body, and […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features, Livestock

Proving the potential of probiotics in beef cattle

By Debbie Furber October 5, 2015

Caution is the word for now from an Alberta intestinal health research group on products claimed to have prebiotic or probiotic activity to promote health benefits for people and livestock. Use of these products won’t harm cattle or people. The worst that could happen from a production standpoint is that they will increase costs with […] Read more

Features, Livestock, Vet advice

A new decision tree for veterinarians

The latest tool for fighting antibiotic resistance

By Roy Lewis Dvm October 2, 2015

Very recently the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association along with several partners came up with a Therapeutic Decision Cascade for Animal and Public Safety. This is a great tool for reminding all of us how to properly select drugs for any species we are treating. By considering that all we want is to look after the […] Read more

Blood tests, manual palpation or ultrasound are all proven techniques to find out if she is, or she isn't.

Cow-Calf, Features

Preg testing cows is easier than it used to be

By Heather Smith Thomas September 25, 2015

Most beef producers routinely pregnancy test cows after breeding season, to determine which ones to keep and which ones to sell. It’s a major cost to feed open cows through winter. Another major reason is that finding more than a typical number of open cows can alert you to a disease problem. Trichomoniasis, vibriosis, IBR, […] Read more

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Grassers hit the spot

Intensive grazing, sell-buy marketing stabilized this operation

Food farms are a hit

Wolves of the West

Travis and Becky Page: Building a purebred seedstock operation

Tracking resistance to drugs in cattle bugs

Adverse reactions to vaccines and drugs in cattle

Proving the potential of probiotics in beef cattle

A new decision tree for veterinarians

Preg testing cows is easier than it used to be

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