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Features, Livestock

Swift Current researchers take the long view

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The central grasslands of the northern great plains of Western Canada is a major forage growing area and makes up a significant portion of the landscape of the Prairies. This semiarid region extends from southwestern Manitoba to southwestern Alberta; north to just below Saskatoon and south to the United States border. Swift Current Ag Canada […] Read more
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Features

Dave Solverson: CCA president

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Dave Solverson won’t need an introduction to the readers who remember him and his daughter, Joanne, as the faces of Canadian beef producers on tray liners in more than 1,400 McDonald’s restaurants across Canada back in 2012. Solverson now is looking forward to his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be the face of the Canadian beef industry […] Read more
Two farmers walking in the grass.
Features, News

Sharpen your human resource skills

Part 1: Create a plan

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Human resources management is imperative to a successful cattle operation. You manage crops, livestock, machinery, money and land, but you also manage people. You’re a human resource (HR) manager, whether you like it or not. And as an HR manager, you have to ask yourself, are you managing this resource by default or design? Here […] Read more
Aluminum can tied to wire fence.
Features, Livestock

How I receive grass cattle

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Pretty soon the grass will be jumping and I will be busier than a one-legged man at a butt-kicking contest. Forty-four miles of perimeter fence and 38 miles of electric cross fence to check and repair. Water pumps, electric fencers, mineral tubs, posts, wire, a chainsaw, and my summer cologne — a mix of bug spray […] Read more
Bull semen under a microscope.
Features, Livestock

Droplets: A common defect in young bull evaluations

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Cattle producers often question semen evaluation forms for young bulls that report a lot of proximal and distal droplets. They cause frustration because the bulls must be retested. Droplets are probably the most common defect seen by veterinarians when performing breeding soundness exams in the spring. We see more droplets on average in young immature […] Read more
Man wearing cowboy hat.
Features, Livestock

Genomics hits the ground

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The science of beef cattle genetics has sped up rapidly since the bovine genome was first mapped in 2009. Now it’s time to put that knowledge to work on farms and ranches with genomically enhanced expected progeny differences (EPDs). That was the main message presented to producers at a couple of recent gatherings in Regina […] Read more
A man standing on the step of a semi-truck.
Features, Livestock

A trucker’s memories

2.4 million accident-free miles was enough for Laurin Dreher

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The new year marked a milestone for Laurin Dreher who retired after 2.4 million accident-free miles transporting livestock from his home base, Dreher Livestock at Weyburn, Sask., to points across the western provinces, east into Ontario and south as far as Texas and west to Oregon and Washington. He so enjoyed Canadian Cattlemen’s December heritage […] Read more
Features, Livestock

Front load the heifers

It builds up breeding momentum

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Breeding replacement heifers to calve at least 30 days ahead of the cows isn’t just a good idea — it’s a must to give them a fighting chance at rebreeding in time with the main cow herd and establish reproductive momentum for the years to come. “Mother Nature and math leave very little room for […] Read more
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Features, Livestock

Verified sustainability is coming

This is more than a buzzword today


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Sustainability is one of the 10 most used business words today, elevating it to buzzword status of “green” and “eco-friendly.” It has also reached the point where cattle producers can no longer ignore it, even if they still don’t know what it means. In February at the Manitoba Beef Producers annual meeting McDonald’s Canada’s manager […] Read more

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