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Cows coming into calving in poor shape is a consequence of how they are fed over the winter.
Livestock, Nutrition

Sound advice from a new generation of agrologists

Nutrition with John McKinnon

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I attended a producer meeting in Weyburn where speakers addressed issues with winter feeding. One of the speakers, Leah Clark, a livestock agrologist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture gave an excellent presentation on body condition scoring (BCS). Her focus was the relationship between a cow’s body energy stores, nutrition program and the subsequent impact […] Read more
Dr. John McKinnon, second from right, is presented with the 2015 Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation by BCRC chair Tim Oleksyn (l) and nominators Brad Wildeman and Sandy Russel. (BCRC photo)
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Cattle nutrition researcher hailed with national honour

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A national award has officially put the “outstanding” label on the work and career of one of Canada’s leading researchers and experts on beef cattle nutrition. Dr. John McKinnon, the Saskatchewan Beef Industry research chair at the University of Saskatchewan and a regular contributor to Canadian Cattlemen, was presented last week with the inaugural Canadian Beef […] Read more
Cowboy on Horse During Cattle Roundup
Beef Cattle, Comment

Comment: Alberta supports the $2.50 checkoff

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The Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) became the first provincial cattle organization to officially declare its support for a $1.50 increase in the mandatory $1 national checkoff at its annual meeting last month in Calgary. Given the vocal support for an increase reported at district meetings around the province leading up to an official vote by […] Read more
Beef Cattle, News Roundup

Animal Health: Be skeptical about linking BLV with cancer in humans

News Roundup from the December 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Bovine leukemia virus (BLV or leukosis) is a bovine retrovirus that targets lymphocytes (white blood cells). It is present in many parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, and Eastern Europe. Infection with the virus usually doesn’t present with clinical signs, but around 30 per cent of the infected animals experience an abnormal […] Read more
A single squirt to manage pain
Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Features

A single squirt to manage pain

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People might take an analgesic or a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, such as aspirin or ibuprofen, to help manage pain, fever or inflammation associated with all sorts of conditions. Now a new Canadian company, Solvet, offers producers the same convenient option for treating cattle. Meloxicam Oral Suspension is Canada’s first long-acting oral pain medication for cattle […] Read more
Look at brood cow nutrition
Features, Livestock

Look at brood cow nutrition

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Most producers start unpredictable western Canadian winters by reckoning feed supplies against cow numbers, judging whether the hay pile will get the herd through until pastures are ready next spring. In the high-tech environment of today, it’s easy to overlook the simple things like the long-term implication of monitoring body condition of brood cows through […] Read more
rain bubbles
Beef Cattle, Research

Blame it on the rain, not the beef industry

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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This summer has seen unusual rainfall patterns, low river levels and drought in large parts of Western Canada and the Western States. Some people blame water shortages on the beef industry and are ready to answer the question, “how much water does beef production use?” Unfortunately, these answers are often wrong, highly misleading and based […] Read more
Brittany Wiese.
Beef Cattle, Features

In search of healthy beef cattle livers

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Liver abscesses continue to be an economic concern for the beef industry, even with modern feeding practices. They are worth around 60 cents a pound if suitable for human consumption, but more important than the direct loss when abscessed livers have to be condemned is the effect on performance and carcass characteristics. Brittany Wiese, a […] Read more
Comment: Is it time to raise the national checkoff?
Comment, Livestock

Comment: Is it time to raise the national checkoff?

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For much of this year you have read or heard about Canada’s national beef strategy, but this fall the attention of the cattle associations across the country will swing around to paying for the strategy. A campaign is being put together for provincial cattle organizations to present the argument for raising the national mandatory checkoff […] Read more
Beef Cattle, News Roundup

Research: A living lab

News Roundup from the September 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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First-year test results from the Western Canadian Cow-Calf Surveillance Network are going out to participating producers as the research team gears up for the second cycle of this five-year project. The foundation was laid by recruiting herds into a network intended to inform industry on the health status of the western herd and pertinent management […] Read more

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