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Hereford Association awards scholarships

Purely Purebred from the September 26, 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Canadian Hereford Association awarded several scholarships this year. Cassidy Ross of Estevan, Sask., received $10,000 from the Keith Gilmore Foundation Prize for Beef Innovation. Ross is working on a graduate degree at the South Dakota State University focused on ruminant nutrition of feedlot cattle and cow-calf grazing nutrition. She plans to pursue a doctorate […] Read more
Canada Beef launches its ‘Cuts by Colour Guide’
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Canada Beef launches its ‘Cuts by Colour Guide’

News Roundup: Guide to support cattle producers marketing their own beef

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The Cuts by Colour Guide, powered by the Canadian Beef Information Gateway, was launched by Canada Beef in June to help cattle producers who sell beef directly to consumers. The guide is also suitable for use by small butchers and abattoirs. The guide is in poster format (24″ x 18″) and has colour coding and […] Read more
Dung beetles recovered from one dung-baited pitfall trap operated for one week in September on native grassland in southern Alberta, Canada. Contents include 5,069 Chilothorax distinctus, 20 Onthophagus nuchicornis, 15 Aphodius pedellus, nine Melinopterus prodromus, and one Canthon praticola.
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Cow Patty Critters: A new guide on Canada’s fecal friends

News Roundup from the June 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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There is more to a cow pat than meets the eye. In Canada, an estimated 110 million dung pats (the weight of over 13,000 combines) are deposited by cows every day. But what do we know about the community of insects, bacteria and other organisms that inhabit them? These critters are essential to a healthy […] Read more
Plan for drought to minimize the effect on your herd
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Plan for drought to minimize the effect on your herd

News Roundup from the May 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Anyone farming and ranching in the Great Plains is going to have to deal with drought, so it’s best to be as prepared as possible. That was the message from Anneliese Walker at the Canadian Forage and Grasslands Association conference last fall. Walker is a Princeton, Minnesota producer who also works for Maia Grazing, which […] Read more
From seedstock to plate 
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From seedstock to plate 

NextGen Cattle Co.'s primary focus is on terminal traits for performance

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NextGen Cattle Company is an American-owned cattle company based out of Paxico, Kansas, on the east side of the Flint Hills. It is owned and operated by three seasoned cattle producers who are using what they have learned through hands-on experience to bring about their vision.  In 2015, brothers Derek and Damon Thompson, along with […] Read more
Study finds ergot has little effect on bull breeding soundness
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Study finds ergot has little effect on bull breeding soundness

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A study at the University of Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) has found that bulls can eat feed contaminated by ergot alkaloids without it severely affecting their reproductive health.  Vanessa Cowan, who conducted the study at WCVM, says they decided to conduct this study after producers expressed concern that ergot in their feed […] Read more
Recent research from the University of Alberta finds that adaptive multi-paddock (AMP) grazing can speed the carbon cycle.
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AMP grazing speeds carbon cycling, researchers say

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A new paper published by the University of Alberta discusses how adaptive multi-paddock (AMP) grazing can increase soil nutrient availability, soil bacteria and fungi and quicken the carbon cycle. The lead researcher on this paper, Upama Khatri-Chhetri, has been involved with many different projects at the university looking at the benefits of AMP grazing. For […] Read more
E. coli bacteria.
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Researchers mapping genome of harmful E. coli

News Roundup from the January 2023 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Alberta researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Universities of Alberta, Calgary and Lethbridge are deciphering the genetic code of E. coli bacteria to map which strains may trigger disease in humans or be carried for a long time by apparently healthy people.  E. coli is part of the normal flora in the digestive […] Read more
A calf wearing a loop tag. When tagging a calf with this technology, producers should leave a gap to ensure the ear has room to grow.
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New CCIA-approved tag designed to avoid snags

One-piece tag made from stainless steel

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Many producers are looking for ear tags that stay put for the long term. To that end, the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) is now offering the loop tag, manufactured by Shearwell Data. Paul Laronde, tag and technology manager at the CCIA, says the agency has a protocol for testing tags. It takes a little […] Read more

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