We must ensure our handling facilities are well designed, our handling crew knows they shouldn’t shout or use prods excessively, and we must move cattle as quietly and calmly as possible.

Low-stress cattle handling can pay off for producers

Glacier FarmMedia – Most knowledgeable cattle producers and veterinarians are consulting with promoters of low-stress cattle handling. From an animal welfare perspective and from a public perspective, it is important. However, does low-stress handling have additional benefits to the animals? Some Kansas State University researchers attempted to answer this question a few years ago and […] Read more

Cattle graze in a pasture at the Ontario Beef Research Centre in Elora, Ont.

Annual forages can extend the grazing season

University of Guelph researcher explores grazing options

Glacier FarmMedia – Can extended grazing be gained by integrating annual forages into a perennial pasture rotational grazing system? Kim Schneider, an assistant professor in the plant science department at the University of Guelph hopes to answer that question through a two-year study that incorporates annual forages into 48 acres of a perennial rotational grazing […] Read more


Analyzing lameness in beef cattle

Analyzing lameness in beef cattle

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

Cattle get lame for a lot of reasons, including injury, poor conformation, grain overload, mycotoxins (e.g. ergot) and bacterial infection. Different types of lameness need to be treated differently. Antibiotic treatment only helps if a bacterial infection is involved.  Lameness is the second leading reason (behind bovine respiratory disease) that feedlot cattle are pulled and given […] Read more



Lois and Tim Andrew of Andrew Ranches Limousin at Ag in Motion, near Langham, Sask.

Livestock handling demos yield stockmanship insight at Ag in Motion

Rancher, livestock equipment reps share their thoughts and tips on low-stress cattle handling

The demos involving cattle are big hits at Ag in Motion, but part of what makes them so successful is the implementation of low-stress cattle handling. While most of Ag in Motion’s exhibitors focus on the grain side of the industry — machinery, small crop plots — there is a lively livestock area, as well. […] Read more

Look for a slow rebuild of the U.S. cattle herd

Look for a slow rebuild of the U.S. cattle herd

Prime Cuts with Steve Kay

The U.S. beef cattle industry is smaller than needed and signals for rebuilding will continue in the coming months. But herd rebuilding is likely to be slow to start and proceed quite slowly initially. So says Oklahoma State University’s Derrell Peel in his latest analysis of the prospects for herd expansion. Meanwhile, a CoBank report […] Read more



cows in a field

CCA focuses on animal health issues, national beef strategy

CCA Reports, from the Sept. 24, 2024 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

Now that it’s fall, things are getting crisper, and prices are still strong — but it’s time to think about the next season. As with farming and ranching, it is difficult to predict or anticipate what the next season will bring in the political world, but the Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) is staying ahead and […] Read more