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Cattleland’s 25,000-head lot now includes a 10,000-head restricted-access section for natual beef while a leased yard nearby is designed for EU cattle.
Beef Cattle, Features, Livestock

The price for serving alternative markets

Cattleland Feedyards is willing to pay it

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The days of expecting a constant feeder supply in anticipation of sales for finished cattle are no longer the norm for Cattleland Feedyards, a feedlot, cow-calf and farming operation owned by the Karen and Joe Gregory family of Strathmore, Alta. “Things used to be very easy. We bought the cattle, they’d come into the feedlot, […] Read more
Check-off refunds, along with rural vet shortages, will be discussed at the upcoming Alberta Beef Producer meetings
Beef Cattle, News

Alberta Beef, Cattle Feeders at an impasse on checkoff plan

Alberta Beef Producers has proposed a new funding council, but it wasn’t enough to sway cattle feeders

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The Alberta Beef Producers and the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association have come to an impasse on making the provincial checkoff non-refundable. And that’s put the controversial matter in the hands of the provincial government. “We’re trying to come up with a plan,” said Martin Zuidhof, chair of the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association. “That’s where it’s […] Read more
The real cost of fat
Beef Cattle, Features

The real cost of fat

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In his recent article Yield is down, fat is up, pg. 55, February 2016 Canadian Cattlemen, Charlie Gracey did an excellent job of highlighting excess fat as a serious issue for the Canadian beef industry. Creating more marbled carcasses by feeding cattle longer has resulted in larger carcasses, excessive fat cover and plummeting yields. Although […] Read more
The Beef Cattle Research Council will present Bov-Innovation on Wednesday, August 10.
Livestock, Research

Bov-Innovation: Putting Theory into Practice

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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There is no shortage of beef industry conferences, workshops and meetings for Canadian beef producers to attend throughout the year. These have included the Canfax forum, the Canada Beef forum, Cattlemen’s Young Leaders forums, industry golf tournaments, tours, national, provincial and breed association meetings, the International Livestock Congress, and many more. Although they are valuable […] Read more
Dr. Matt May, Feedlot Health Management Service, Okotoks, Alta.
Features

Conventional beef is more efficient, yet still high quality

Study shows 100 more pounds of beef per head compared to natural and organic production systems

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Conventional beef production doesn’t take a back seat to any of the more trendy natural or organic beef systems in terms of producing a safe, healthy, flavourful, high-quality meat, says an Alberta beef researcher. The question really comes down to how much the consumer is willing to pay. Dr. Matt May, with Feedlot Health Management […] Read more
Canada sets the bar for feedlot animal care
Features, Livestock

Canada sets the bar for feedlot animal care

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Buttons were bursting with pride at the National Cattle Feeders’ Association (NCFA) with the recent release of the first national certified program in North America for assessing the care of beef animals in backgrounding and finishing operations. Officially known as the Canadian Feedlot Animal Care Assessment Program, it is an auditable seal of approval for […] Read more
Calvin Lamport, along with his sons Layne and Cole and daughter Kayla, got to see a quad birth in early March at their farm at Alida, Sask. The five-year old Charolais cross cow had birthed twins two years in a row so it wasn’t too surprising when Calvin pulled three calves from her. The bonus calf came about a half hour after the new family was put into a fresh pen. They weighed 50, 47, 46 and 46 pounds a couple of hours after the birth.
News, News Roundup

Cowboy politics

News Roundup from the April 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Beef Farmers of Ontario BFO is looking forward to another year of advancing its Beef North initiative as well as projects in southern Ontario, all aimed at expanding the province’s cow herd by at least 100,000 head. That’s the number of calves needed just by the Ontario Corn-Fed Beef value chain to meet its requirements […] Read more
Inventor Gerard Roney points to the bars that control how much grain animals can lick up each visit.
Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf

Not your average creep feeder

Supplement rationing with a self-feeder

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The 3IN1Feeder takes self-feeding to a new level with its advanced adjustment system to control the amount of grain consumed during each feeding. Several small feedings during the day helps reduce swings in rumen pH and in turn the animals are able to more efficiently utilize forages. “The big thing is keeping rumen pH in […] Read more

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