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Calves creep feeding on a commercial beef operation in the U.S. Producers with fall-calving herds may want to consider creep feeding calves.
Cow-Calf, Feeding, Livestock

Creep feeding when fall calving

For producers who are fall calving, creep feeding might be a viable option to supplement the diet of nursing calves

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For cattle producers who are fall calving, supplementing the calves’ diets is often important, given the state of forages at that time. This is where creep feeding comes into play. For some cattle producers, while their grain-producing neighbours are in the fields taking the crops off, they are walking on foot through their pastures, searching […] Read more
Cattle grazing stubble in the fall. Turning cattle onto the right kind of stubble can extend the grazing season, but producers will need to think about water, as well as supplementing protein and minerals.
Beef Cattle, Grazing

What to know about grazing cattle on crop stubble

What are the benefits and challenges of stubble grazing after harvest, to extend the grazing season?

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When it comes to extending the grazing season, stubble grazing is a viable option for many producers on the Prairies. But what are the benefits, and what are the challenges that come with it? Grazing the stubble left after harvest has some real advantages. “The first thing it does is it provides additional forage that […] Read more
A coyote in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba. A recent study in Manitoba trialed several methods of managing predator risk to cattle and sheep.
Beef Cattle, Livestock

Counteracting livestock predation risks on pasture

A three-year study in Manitoba tested several methods of preventing predation of cattle and sheep

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Predators such as coyotes, wolves, bears, cougars and foxes have been threatening and killing young, weak and compromised cattle and sheep in Manitoba since domestic farming began. Financial losses range between minimal to potentially devastating depending on location, workforce numbers, operation size and nearby habitat. To counteract and help mitigate these challenges, in 2020 the […] Read more
Les Wall and Jared and Karleen Clark of KCL Cattle stand in front of a pen of feeder cattle. The family is working with experts to help the farm transition go smoothly.
Beef Cattle, Finishers

Feedlot transition takes many steps

Family hopes to make succession process smoother by using a business tool, hiring a facilitator and holding weekly team meetings

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Glacier FarmMedia – Les Wall has ownership in three feedlots and a desire to retire, so the Wall family knew they had to get serious about succession planning. The family spent years planning and thinking about the future, and then took a giant step forward by joining EOS Traction, a business tool designed to bring […] Read more
When working cattle, look for the animal with its head up, and change angles every time it raises its head, says Sinclair.
Animal Health, Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Livestock

The link between stockmanship and animal health

Lee Sinclair has dedicated much of his professional life to teaching producers about low-stress cattle handling

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When Lee Sinclair would come home from college and university in the summers, he worked at feedlots, which is where his interest in low-stress cattle handling started. “Nobody had ever told me position, distance and angles make the difference. All we were taught is, we’ve got to get this done,” Sinclair said. “So you use […] Read more
Beatriz Montenegro Gonzalez was inspired by conversations with her ranching partner to look at how to supplement straw-based diets during drought.
Beef Cattle, Foraging

Researcher examines straw-based cattle diets

Years of drought inspired grad student to look into ways of supplementing straw with flax and canola screenings so producers can retain more cattle during tough times

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The latest stretch of drought spurred graduate student Beatriz Montenegro Gonzalez to examine the potential of wheat straw as cattle feed in tough economic times.  It was a chilly June day when Gonzalez, along with several other researchers, presented at the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence field day near Clavet, Sask. As people filed […] Read more
‘You don’t control the price of feed and you don’t control the price of calves, but you do control the management decisions you make.’ – Reynold Bergen.
Beef Cattle, Research on the Record

Beef producers weigh in on weaning, preg checking and more

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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Earlier this year we asked you to participate in the industry’s Canadian Cow-Calf Survey. Knowing which production practices producers are adopting in different regions of the country, which they aren’t (and why) helps us target our producer-focused extension efforts better. The official report isn’t out yet, but here’s a sneak peek at some seasonally relevant results.  […] Read more

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