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Proper planning is always a part of getting through calving season successfully.

Why calving season is different this year

Vet Advice with Dr. Ron Clarke

By Dr. Ron Clarke February 28, 2019

The first major event facing cattle producers in 2019 is planning for calving season. This year there is a new wrinkle in managing animal health programs on the ranch: establishing a veterinary-client patient relationship with a veterinarian. This provides an avenue to access medically important antimicrobials through a prescription as needed. There are few ranches […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Livestock, Vet advice

Calving season: the tipping point for success in beef operations

Vet Advice with Dr. Ron Clarke

By Dr. Ron Clarke January 27, 2017

Calving season is the time when most calves die. Surveys show that mortality in beef herds from birth to weaning ranges from three to seven per cent. A realistic goal for calf survival from birth to weaning is 97 per cent (Dr. Kris Ringwall, beef extension specialist, North Dakota State University). The goal can only […] Read more

Having the scale built into the calf cart saves time at calving. Every calf is weighed at birth.

Cow-Calf, Features, Livestock

Two calving seasons at Lewis Farms

By Heather Smith Thomas January 20, 2017

Jordan Buba manages the calving at Lewis Farms near Edmonton, Alta. She is a fourth-generation family member at the farm. “We run about 1,000 cows along with the farming — grain and seed potatoes. We have two calving seasons, with two groups of cows. We calve about 400 cows in December-January and about 600 in […] Read more

Livestock, Vet advice

Search for simplicity when planning for calving season

Vet Advice with Dr. Ron Clarke

By Dr. Ron Clarke February 4, 2016

As Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “The chief work of civilization is making the means of living more complex.” In the cattle industry, striving for optimum production and managing change sparks a counter-impulse toward simplicity. Preparing for calving season is always a chance to look for simpler ways. A big part of getting to “simple” is […] Read more

Vet advice

Taking stock of your vaccines

By Dr. Ron Clarke March 19, 2015

For some, calving season has already started. Others find themselves on final approach to one of the busiest times of year: calving, preparation for breeding season and spring processing of calves and cows before going to pasture. This is an important time to plan herd health programs for the year, make final adjustments to nutrition […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Holistic ranching

Profit versus production in the cattle business: Part 2

By Don Campbell March 6, 2015

Last month we looked at cow size and profit. This month let’s look at calving dates and profit. I realize that this can be a controversial and emotional topic. My idea is to challenge you to figure out with your own numbers what calving dates will produce the most profit on your unique operation. There […] Read more

Calving, Features

Necrotic laryngitis or calf diphtheria (barker calves)

Veterinarians use various treatments depending on what they've found is most effective

By Roy Lewis Dvm March 5, 2015

I am sure most producers over the years have had calves develop a throat infection on a sporadic basis. These are the calves which have an extremely loud, inspiratory and expiratory sound which can be heard across the pen. They generally extended their neck to breathe and are in various forms of respiratory distress. The […] Read more

Calving, Features

Five steps to a successful calving season

Preparations in advance makes calving season both easier on you and your herd

By Sean Mcgrath February 26, 2015

Calving season is an exciting time of year in most operations. It is exciting to see new calves hitting the ground, but it can also be exciting in more of a pending emergency sort of way. Most herds that have successful, low-drama calving seasons have several things in common, regardless of their calving season, most […] Read more

Bruce, Jean, Treena, Ken and Heidi Adair.

Beef Cattle, Features

Building consistency into a seedstock Simmental operation

By Debbie Furber February 20, 2015

Attention to detail paired with a no-fuss production system have been behind the Adair family’s success in building consistency into its seedstock Simmental herd. The ranch maintains a 42-day breeding period and has a firm policy of culling open females and those that don’t bring in a seedstock-quality bull or heifer calf each year. Cows […] Read more

Calving, Cow-Calf

Saskatchewan’s 21-Day Calving Challenge

… a calving record book with a twist

By Debbie Furber February 18, 2015

There are three $1,000 vouchers for mineral supplement up for grabs in the Saskatchewan 21-Day Calving Challenge, but everyone is a winner year after year just by paying attention to the reproductive success of their cow herds. The simplest and most effective way to do that is to track calving distribution by counting the number […] Read more

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Why calving season is different this year

Calving season: the tipping point for success in beef operations

Two calving seasons at Lewis Farms

Search for simplicity when planning for calving season

Taking stock of your vaccines

Profit versus production in the cattle business: Part 2

Necrotic laryngitis or calf diphtheria (barker calves)

Five steps to a successful calving season

Building consistency into a seedstock Simmental operation

Saskatchewan’s 21-Day Calving Challenge

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