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Calving: Seek help if you suspect a uterine torsion

By Roy Lewis Dvm February 3, 2016

Perhaps because a uterine torsion is a very rare type of malpresentation it is often difficult for producers to recognize. If we can recognize them, and quickly get help, the majority of these calves can be saved. It’s important that you don’t make the mistake of attempting to pull these calves yourself. I have never […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Livestock

Monitoring the suckle reflex in calves

By Roy Lewis Dvm January 29, 2016

Some recent research has revealed a test that easily predicts which calves should receive supplemental colostrum at only a few minutes old. It was the result of some work by Dr. Elizabeth Homerosky, a veterinarian at the faculty of veterinary medicine at the University of Calgary, as she was comparing various testing procedures to determine […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Livestock

Get ready for calving

By Dr. Ron Clarke January 18, 2016

Another list you might say. Seems important things tendered as advice always come in a list; some is trivia, some make sense, others simply repeat what’s been said before. The following is a bit of all three, but needs to be offered as a reminder each calving season. Hang this one by the door and […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Nutrition

Dietary energy levels for backgrounding calves

Nutrition with John McKinnon, beef cattle nutritionist

By John McKinnon January 4, 2016

In my last two columns, I have written about issues regarding starting cattle on feed and with the use of grain screening pellets in backgrounding and wintering diets. With this column, I want to focus on developing backgrounding rations for weaned calves, particularly issues with setting up diets from an energy density perspective. Backgrounding is […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Vet advice

Take ‘preg-checking’ beyond face value

By Dr. Ron Clarke December 31, 2015

It’s not just a matter of she is or isn’t pregnant. The ritual of fall pregnancy checking can and should be much more than a simple yes or no. Beef producers, with their veterinarian at the end of the chute, get feedback on potential calving dates, body condition scores, eye lesions, feet and udder problems, […] Read more

History, Our History

History: Canada’s 1949 Royal Winter Fair

Abridged from the December 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 17, 2015

Canada’s 1949 Royal By Lorne Stout, Calgary, Alta. Canada’s Royal Winter Fair at Toronto is more truly an all-Canadian Royal than most of us in the West realize unless we have been fortunate enough to have attended the Royal. It’s big, but more than that, it’s a show window of the nation, not only for the […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Features

The prairie calls

And this Swiss couple found a new home

By Debbie Furber December 16, 2015

There’s nothing else Bayot and Franziska Britschgi would rather do than raise cattle and there’s nowhere they’d rather ranch than on the open prairie of southeastern Alberta. They saw more than a few ranches in their younger days travelling from their native Switzerland to work on big ranches from Nevada through the western U.S. and […] Read more

Features, Livestock

Look at brood cow nutrition

By Dr. Ron Clarke December 4, 2015

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

Livestock, Nutrition

The challenge of starting newly weaned calves on feed

By John McKinnon November 9, 2015

As this issue comes to press, the yearling run is coming to a close and we are in the middle of the fall calf run. Feedlots across the country are filling and are faced with the dual challenge of keeping cattle, particularly newly weaned calves healthy and on feed. Most managers recognize the value of […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Livestock

North Dakota beef production costs jump 200 per cent

News Roundup from the October 5, 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Kris Ringwall November 9, 2015

Beef production is becoming expensive. I am not referring to the end product but rather to the weaned calf. The cost per pound weaned per exposed cow has jumped 200 per cent since the turn of the century. That is not good news. Cost control is critical in every business. If costs are allowed to […] Read more

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Calving: Seek help if you suspect a uterine torsion

Monitoring the suckle reflex in calves

Get ready for calving

Dietary energy levels for backgrounding calves

Take ‘preg-checking’ beyond face value

History: Canada’s 1949 Royal Winter Fair

The prairie calls

Look at brood cow nutrition

The challenge of starting newly weaned calves on feed

North Dakota beef production costs jump 200 per cent

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