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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
Recycle crop residues
Forages, Livestock

Recycle crop residues

Attach a chaff buncher to the back of your combine to collect straw and chaff

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Did you know that 80 per cent of what goes in the front of a cow comes out the back end? Most of us might think it is a waste and wonder why the cow is such an inefficient creation? Eighty per cent is wasted! If man made the cow, or at least a machine […] Read more
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Crops, Forages, Hay, Markets

Hay prices stabilize in Sask., Man.

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CNS Canada –– Timely rains have drastically improved the forage crop outlooks for Saskatchewan and Manitoba, while also putting prices back into their normal ranges. “Skyrocketing hay prices have stabilized… supplies are good,” said Terry Kowalchuk, a provincial forage crop specialist in Regina. Prices are mostly back down into the $80-$100 per tonne range, he […] Read more
Black Angus Cow with Calf
Livestock, Vet advice

Drought management for cattle producers

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We moved through some of the wettest years in history to a drought situation for many cattle producers. For those caught in the drought cycle, care of the cow herd, costs, feed inventory and preservation of forage supplies were front and centre. For some, relief came with recent rains — too late for hay, but […] 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
Ag in Motion variety trials.
Livestock, News Roundup

Innovative cattle products help get Ag in Motion off to hot start

News Roundup from the August 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Ag in Motion, billed as Western Canada’s Outdoor Farm Expo, debuted under Saskatchewan’s clear blue skies July 21. With an address like NW15-39-8-W3 you know this three-day event puts farmers’ interests first. Trade show organizers and exhibitors started work last spring on transforming the 320-acre field northwest of Saskatoon into the bustling marketplace bordered by […] Read more
Hay Bale Landscape
Livestock

Measuring feed quality in the field

A new system allows for bale-by-bale feed value testing

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In challenging economic times it is more important than ever to know the value of the alfalfa forage you are feeding your dairy or beef cattle. Whether you are blending alfalfa in a ration to maximize lactation, fertility and calf growth, or utilizing lesser-quality hay for dry cattle or replacements, you want to know that […] Read more
Parched Prairie forages hang in under stress
Crops, Hay, Pasture, Weather

Parched Prairie forages hang in under stress

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CNS Canada — Sporadic rains and prolonged periods of dryness are taking their toll on forage crops in Alberta and parts of Saskatchewan. According to Terry Kowalchuk, a forage crop specialist with Saskatchewan Agriculture in Regina, the eastern half of the province is managing, but the situation is worse in the province’s west. The western […] Read more

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