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Beef Cattle, Livestock

Start your calf vaccinations now!

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NDSU Extension Service – As calving winds down and calves are settled with their mammas, the inevitable day will come when the calves need to get a round of vaccinations. It is much like the old days when the school made the announcement that the county nurse was coming along with a bag full of […] Read more
Cow with Johne's disease.
Livestock

Rapid Johne’s test finds favour in Australia

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Meat and Livestock Australia – After more than a decade of research in Australia and overseas, sheep and cattle producers now have a rapid diagnostic test for Johne’s disease, according to a report by Meat and Livestock Australia. The new Johne’s disease (JD) test reduces waiting times for a diagnosis from three months to one week, […] Read more
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Livestock

Diamond 7 Ranch raises cattle with care and compassion

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Easing the discomfort and stress on calves during annual processing is just one element in the overall strategy of producing high quality, premium beef, under humane production practices at southern Alberta’s Diamond 7 Ranch. For the past four years at branding, calves have been administered an oral dose of meloxicam, a non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory to help […] Read more
Livestock, Market talk

Cattle numbers down, as expected

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Statistics Canada – Canadian farmers reported 12.2 million cattle on their farms as of January 1, down 0.7 per cent from January 1, 2013. Hog producers reported 12.7 million hogs, a 1.1 per cent increase over January 1, 2013, while the number of sheep fell 1.0 per cent to 893,000 head. Overall, cattle prices rose and feed costs declined in the second half of 2013. However, this did not translate […] Read more
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Health: Hypothermia in newborn calves

Given the weather of recent weeks, hypothermia in newborn calves is a pretty legitimate concern, especially at this time of year. Tracey Renelt of South Dakota State University says the mortality in U.S. beef herds from birth to weaning ranges from three to seven per cent. The majority of these deaths occur within the first […] Read more
A bull and calf.
Livestock

A successful calving season starts with your bull

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My curling buddy is one of the best young cow-calf managers that I know. I recently asked him what his management strategies were for having a successful calving season. “The No. 1 issue is buying the best bull you can find,” my friend said. “Pay the extra money to get a top-performing bull as he […] Read more
Jim Lintott
Livestock

Patience pays with grass-finished beef

Retail-level profits for 30-month-old beef more than double that of 18-month-old beef

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In the grass-finished beef business, keeping a yearling an extra year is worth the wait. In fact, one could hardly afford to do otherwise, because those extra 12 months can mean the difference between profit and loss, Jim Lintott told a presentation on grass-fed beef production at Manitoba Ag Days. Lintott, a grass-finisher and marketer […] Read more
Schematic of the Principle of Fetal Programming
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Fetal Programming of Beef Cattle

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Beef improvement programs have traditionally focused on genetic selection. Recent advances in genomics has accelerated selection by allowing us to identify key differences in the DNA of an individual animal’s DNA sequence. Wow! — being able to “look” right into an animal’s DNA. You’d think that there can’t be much left to discover in the […] Read more

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