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A.I. has made it easier for commercial cattlemen to breed to the very best bulls the industry has to offer.

A.I. has fit with commercial cattle herds

Effective means to tap into the best genetics

By Michael Thomas August 8, 2018

Artificial Insemination (A.I.) is an efficient and quick method to improve the genetics of a cow herd, and it’s becoming more popular with commercial cattle producers as training/certification programs become available. A.I. has opened the door for commercial cattlemen to breed to the very best bulls in the industry, allowing them to use the large […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Research

Have you rotated your breeds lately?

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

By Reynold Bergen May 25, 2018

Before becoming a politician and long before becoming a noted western Canadian historian, Grant McEwan was an animal science professor at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1938, he and A.M. Shaw published “An Experiment in Beef Production in Western Canada” (Scientific Agriculture XIX:177-198), summarizing one of Canada’s first crossbreeding projects. Straightbred two-year-old Angus, Shorthorn, Galloway […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Features

Preventing reproductive wrecks in cow-calf operations

Breeding: There are four important management practices to improve reproductive efficiency

By Dr. Ron Clarke April 5, 2018

Reproduction remains one of the most important factors affecting the success of cow-calf operations. The Beef Cattle Research Council’s (BCRC) recent webinar on Preventing Reproductive Wrecks served as an important reminder that the reproductive capacity of beef herds remains paramount to economic prosperity in cow-calf herds. In the words of Dr. Dan Posey, Texas A […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Livestock

Newfoundland seeks beef cattle breeder

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 11, 2017

The Newfoundland and Labrador government’s plan to build up cattle breeding within the province is advancing a step as the province seeks a farmer to mind a small Hereford herd. The province on Tuesday put out a call for proposals from farmers to take on a five-year contract handling a herd of five breeding cows […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features, Livestock

Breeding no-nonsense cattle for any environment

By Heather Smith Thomas November 10, 2016

Al and Lori Fenton have been raising Herefords at Irma, Alta., for a long time. “My mom and dad started this outfit in 1946,” says Al. “We started in the Hereford breed because at that time it was the most adaptable breed for our environment. Like any other breed, it needed some revolutionary selection and […] Read more

History, Our History

History: Hybrids

Reprinted from the November 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 1, 2015

Hybrids By E. J. “Bud” Cotton, 2022-27th St. S.W., Calgary, Alta. ‘A hybrid is the offspring resulting from a cross between two inbred species, strains or types within a family or genera, i.e. horse and donkey, cattle or buffalo. A hybrid does not breed true. Crossing hybrids results in a wide variation of the type […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Nutrition

Focus on your yearlings this breeding season

By John McKinnon June 16, 2015

Calving is well underway across the country and many of you are turning your thoughts to activities associated with breeding, pasture turnout and spring seeding. Before your schedule gets too hectic, it is a good time to take stock of your nutrition program particularly as it relates to the breeding herd. In past issues, I […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features

Locking in purebred cattle traits

The Lafrentz family relied on planned matings and linebreeding to lock in their genetic package

By Debbie Furber March 20, 2015

Denise and Vern Lafrentz started out on their own 20 years ago with a goal of raising commercial-style purebred Simmental and Simmental-Angus breeding stock to meet the needs of commercial cattlemen. Along the way, their foresight and commitment to their breeding plan has put their ranch, Wheatland Cattle Co. of Bienfait, Sask., in the limelight […] Read more

Cow-Calf, Features

A small cow-calf herd built with pride

By Karen Dallimore November 3, 2014

In 1969 Dave Grist’s parents bought a farm in Erin Township, Ont. Dave was 30 years old at the time and his father, Ken, had just retired with no pension. He thought he would buy a few cows to give his father something to do while earning him a bit of income. The thought of […] Read more

Livestock, Nutrition

With calves at $2 — attention to detail pays dividends!

By John McKinnon April 29, 2014

Early in the new year, I was at a local beef meeting where a group of cattlemen was discussing what they see as an issue with spring calving, that being a small but nevertheless disturbing increase in the number of open cows in the fall. The discussion included producers, extension specialists and researchers and focused […] Read more

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