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Looking for a payoff from energy-dense forages

By Heather Smith Thomas June 5, 2015

Clayton Robins, the current executive director of the Manitoba 4-H Council, has been researching forages for a number of years. In 2008 he was part of a team from Canada that went to Argentina to look at the forage-fed beef value chain. “We spent most of our time there with Dr. Anibal Pordomingo who was […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features

Good riddance to roundworms on pasture

By Debbie Furber May 29, 2015

Deworming programs typically target roundworms in the gastrointestinal tract, when in fact it takes a live host and grass for roundworms to complete their life cycle and perpetuate infections. This makes grazing season an opportune time to deworm because the only way cattle pick up new roundworm infections is by ingesting third-stage larvae (L3) and […] Read more

Features, Livestock

Guardian dogs earn their keep at Candll Ranch

A mix of breeds work best on the Lockharts' year-round pastures. Some stay within the flock while others go after predators

By Debbie Furber May 19, 2015

Cody and Liesl Lockhart didn’t know a thing about livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) when they started ranching with Cody’s parents in southern Alberta. That all changed five years ago after moving to their own place near Debden, Sask., where they now own a flock of 1,200 sheep and custom manage 750 cattle year round with […] Read more

Features, Research

What’s all the fuss about corn on the Prairies?

By Duane McCartney May 7, 2015

What’s the potential for silage and grain corn in Western Canada? That’s the question federal researchers Vern Baron in Lacombe and Karen Beauchemin in Lethbridge are trying to answer with the financial backing of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Beef Cattle Research Council’s Beef Research Cluster. “It is estimated that there is a potential […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features

Winterfat, a protein-rich forage for cattle

Well-adapted to the Prairies, this native shrub withstands extreme cold and severe drought

By Debbie Furber April 30, 2015

The native grassland shrub, Krascheninnikovia lanata, is known as winterfat for good reason. Its protein level holds steady around 14 per cent into fall and ranges from nine to 11 per cent throughout winter, with year-long digestibility running between 55 and 65 per cent. That’s more than enough protein to meet the seven per cent […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features

Ryegrass works for winter grazing cows

The only drawback is some extra birth weight on the calves

By Heather Smith Thomas April 28, 2015

Andy Schuepbach, a registered Hereford breeder in southern Alberta, uses two varieties of ryegrass to provide fall and winter feed for his cattle. The high protein content of these grasses eliminates the need for any other protein source. “We grow barley for silage, and after it’s seeded we seed 10 pounds of a mixture of […] Read more

Features, Forages

Radish to the rescue

The last seven-inch rain reduced Elmy's cover crop options to one – Tillage Radish

By Debbie Furber April 22, 2015

Seven inches of rain in one shot late last June left Kevin Elmy with little choice but to throw out the notion of generating income off some of his land that year. Instead, he planted the waterlogged fields to Tillage Radish in hopes of at least conditioning the land. Elmy’s Friendly Acres Seed Farm near […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features

To rejuvenate a pasture focus on legumes and weeds

High-intensity/low-frequency grazing was the most effective system for the grasses to remain competitive

By Duane McCartney April 15, 2015

Graeme Finn and his wife Heather rent 3,200 acres of pasture on long-term lease to graze 1,000 yearlings and their beef cow herd year round near Madden, Alta. They rely on intensive rotational grazing of high-legume and annual crop pastures so you can understand why each pasture was assessed for potential productivity before it was […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features

Canada’s First Look at Residual Feed Intake EPDs

By Debbie Furber April 8, 2015

Canadian Hereford breeders have long believed in the breed’s feed efficiency and now they’re collecting the numbers to back up that claim. Exceptional breeder participation in the Canadian Hereford Association’s (CHA) residual feed intake (RFI) research project has led to Canada’s first-ever expected progeny differences (EPD) for RFI and a related trait called residual intake […] Read more

Features, Livestock

The Bar U Ranch has a special place in Canadian history

By Duane McCartney March 25, 2015

Nestled in the foothills of southern Alberta with the majestic Rocky Mountains in the background, the Bar U Ranch National Historic Site of Parks Canada just south of Longview commemorates the history of the Canadian ranching industry. Established in 1882, the Bar U Ranch was one of a small group of large corporate ranches in […] Read more

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Looking for a payoff from energy-dense forages

Good riddance to roundworms on pasture

Guardian dogs earn their keep at Candll Ranch

What’s all the fuss about corn on the Prairies?

Winterfat, a protein-rich forage for cattle

Ryegrass works for winter grazing cows

Radish to the rescue

To rejuvenate a pasture focus on legumes and weeds

Canada’s First Look at Residual Feed Intake EPDs

The Bar U Ranch has a special place in Canadian history

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