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Montana’s DeBruycker family hosts huge bull sale

Purely Purebred, news from the June 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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In what likely is the world’s largest one-breed bull sale, the DeBruycker family sold 677 Charolais bulls. They hosted buyers from 21 states and Canada.  The world’s largest? “Sounds pretty accurate to me as far as I am aware,” said Brett DeBruycker of Dutton, Montana. The April 2, 2022 sale began at 11 a.m. and […] Read more
Canadian Angus Association studies bull fertility
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Canadian Angus Association studies bull fertility

Purely Purebred, news from the April 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Canadian Angus Association (CAA) is partnering with the American Angus Association and Kansas State University on a male fertility project. Fertility is the primary factor affecting operation profitability and sustainability. Bulls contribute to an operation’s reproductive success and profitability and a substantial opportunity exists to improve male fertility. This five-year project will study existing […] Read more
The Berting family at Lloydminster Exhibition’s Cattlemen’s Call.
News, Purely Purebred

Berting family wins at Lloyd Ex

Purely Purebred, news from the March 2022 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Congratulations to the Berting family, who operate Ravenworth Cattle at Middle Lake, Sask., for winning the Champion Pen of Three Bulls at the inaugural Lloydminster Exhibition Cattlemen’s Call. If that name seems familiar to readers, it may be because Donna Berting used to work with Canadian Cattlemen magazine and many other publications at Glacier FarmMedia […] Read more
Once breeding season ends, it’s important to get breeding bulls back in shape.
Livestock, Vet advice

Managing bulls after breeding season

Vet Advice with Dr. Ron Clarke

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Breeding bulls serve two primary purposes they enhance overall reproductive traits of the breeding herd and transmit long-term desirable herd genetics via offspring. Bull purchasing and management decisions before, during and after breeding season have an impact on both calf crop and herd genetics. Bull management can be divided into the following seasons: pre-breeding or […] Read more
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Record Charolais bull sales

Purely Purebred, news from the June 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Charolais bull sales set 40-year records this season, as reported in the May issue of the Charolais Banner magazine.  “The fall of 2020 and spring of 2021 bull sales recorded the highest average ever in the 40 years we have been compiling these results,” states publisher Helge By. “This indicates to me that Charolais were […] Read more
HAROLDSON’S UNITED 33D 36G.
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Canadian bull wins big at Oklahoma

Purely Purebred, news from the April 2021 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Congratulations to HAROLDSON’S UNITED 33D 36G on winning Grand Champion polled Hereford bull and Supreme Champion bull at the 2021 Cattlemen’s Congress in Oklahoma City. He is the first bull calf to ever be selected for the Top 10 Bull Lineup at Canadian Western Agribition, then go on to win the Polled Hereford Show at […] Read more
Selecting beef genetics for profitability and performance
Beef Cattle, Features, Livestock

Selecting beef genetics for profitability and performance

Three producers touch on everything from feed efficiency to getting the most information possible on AI sires

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Three Ontario beef farmers shared their thoughts around increasing performance and profitability through breeding choices. Their panel discussion was part of the 2020 Beef Symposium held at the University of Guelph earlier this year. Brad Gilchrist Beef marketing manager with Semex and owner, Gilchrist Farms, Lucknow, Ont. Gilchrist Farms sell commercial and purebred breeding stock. […] Read more
Dan and Heather Brundige started feeding their purebred bulls a mix of CDC Super Oats and barley last year, with good results.
Beef Cattle, Livestock

Ranchers talk turkey about purebred bulls

Two seedstock bull producers share how they develop marketable breeding males

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There are many decisions which weigh into raising a saleable purebred bull. Do you focus on weight or conditioning? What kind of feeding program do you need to meet that goal? How do you keep them healthy and productive in the bitter winter conditions common across much of the Prairies? Seedstock producers will likely tell […] Read more
BRCHE White Bear 8595 Pld ET.
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Canadian bull breeders show their stuff

Purely Purebred with Mike Millar: News about you from the March 2020 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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We regret the error Well, I have a confession. In my December column I inadvertently wrote that the Luing breed originated from the Shorthorn and Simmental breeds when in fact it is Shorthorn and Scottish Highland cattle that make up this breed. I could say it was a test to keep all my readers on […] Read more
Testing for trichomoniasis.
Features, Livestock, Reproductive Diseases

Keeping trichomoniasis out of cattle herds

Prevention and early detection are vital to managing this disease

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Trichomoniasis is a disease that can sneak into a herd without any obvious signs. This sexually transmitted disease is caused by protozoa that inhabit the cow’s reproductive tract and the bull’s sheath. It doesn’t affect a bull’s fertility rate, but a bull can spread the disease to many cows during breeding. An infected cow can […] Read more

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