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Livestock, Machinery, Weather

Study finds Canadian beef’s GHG footprint shrunk over 30 years

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Efficiencies in cattle production and feeding have allowed Canada’s beef industry to produce the same weight in beef as 30 years ago with smaller breeding herds, less land — and smaller greenhouse gas (GHG) output, a new study finds. The study, led by research scientist Tim McAllister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge, with […] Read more
wheat and barley heads
Beef Cattle, Features

Wheat versus barley in feedlot rations

Researchers ask if you can get 
away with more wheat in a ration, when it pays

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Research scientists at Ag Canada’s Lethbridge Research Centre have put wheat to the test every which way and found that it could replace all the barley in feedlot finishing rations with no measurable negative effects on growth or carcass quality. In a nutshell, there’s a tendency toward lower feed intake and improved feed efficiency with […] Read more
A combination of backgrounding and grass cattle works best for Jordan and Janelle Kowal.
Beef Cattle, Features

Grassers hit the spot

The Kowal family of Burnt Out Creek Ranch in Crooked River, Sask.

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Jordan and Janelle Kowal have gained experience beyond their years dealing with some of the worst of times and the best of times in the beef and grain sectors right from the get-go. Cattle and grain markets bounce around so much they can’t be sure which way will be the right way for long, so […] Read more
cow eating feed pellets
Beef Cattle, Nutrition

Avoiding the pitfalls of non-conventional cattle feeding programs

Nutrition with John McKinnon, beef cattle nutritionist

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Following up on last month’s column on the challenge of solving a feed shortage with non-conventional feeds, I would like to focus this column on identifying the issues you can face when some of the more common alternative feeds are substituted into the ration. Many of these issues are related to atypical nutrient content and […] Read more
Beef Cattle, Market talk

Klassen: Feeder cattle outlook

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Feeder cattle prices reached historical highs earlier in spring and the market has been relatively stable throughout the summer. The market has been characterized by lower volumes and various quality over the past couple of months which can make it hard to define. The factors that drove the market higher during the spring time frame […] Read more
Four steps to direct marketing beef
Beef Cattle, News Roundup

Four steps to direct marketing beef

News Roundup from the August 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Most ranchers in Canada keep their attention focused on what they do best: breeding and raising healthy, high-quality cattle. The slaughtering, processing, and sale to end consumers are things they ordinarily leave to other people. Some ranchers, however, market a part of their beef output directly to consumers, cutting out the middlemen of the cattle […] Read more
Nutritional considerations for the cow-calf herd during drought
Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Nutrition

Nutritional considerations for the cow-calf herd during drought

News Roundup from the August 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Lower-than-normal seasonal rainfall this spring and summer has led to severe drought conditions throughout much of Alberta and Saskatchewan resulting in poor growth of annual cereals, crops for hay and pasture. This will have obvious implications on the nutrition and management of the cow-calf herd during the grazing season and into the winter as preserved […] Read more
Doug Sawyer in a pasture with cattle
Beef Cattle, Features

Animal care lives here

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Driving down the road to the family’s old homestead established in 1903 near Pine Lake, Alta., Doug Sawyer stops to look at the corrals he helped design and build when he was a kid. “We thought about the ways animals move and how to make it work for us by rounding out corners and letting […] Read more
yearling cattle in a fenced pasture
Beef Cattle, Nutrition

Focus on your yearlings this breeding season

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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

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