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Dr. Lacey Fowler of Viking Vet Clinic
Cow-Calf, Features, Livestock

Case of vitamin deficiency in calves cracked

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High mortality isn’t normally associated with vitamin deficiencies, but for one Alberta producer, stressful winter weather may have been the tipping point. The family lost 22 of the 70 calves born to heifers during the 2013 calving season. Getting the Viking Veterinary Clinic involved from the outset, when unexplained deaths started happening early in the […] Read more
yearlings, backgrounded cattle
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Nutrition

Achieving performance in cattle backgrounding programs

Set realistic targets and implement a feeding program that achieves your goals

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As we move into fall, many of you will be planning feeding programs for weaned calves. With today’s high prices, managing market volatility is an ongoing concern, particularly for the smaller feeder. In some cases, producers have entered into forward contracts or custom feeding agreements with larger feeding companies, the latter typically based on a […] Read more
Strategic protein supplementation in beef cattle
Beef Cattle, Nutrition

Strategic protein supplementation in beef cattle

Mismatches in dietary energy and protein availability in the rumen negatively affect performance

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In the May and June issues of this column, we examined how stage of maturity influences the nutritive value of forages for grazing cattle. The focus was on factors influencing the availability of energy and crude protein (CP) in forages and on the ability of rumen bacteria to utilize these nutrients to support their own […] Read more
Choosing the right mineral more than about price
Livestock, Nutrition

Choosing the right mineral more than about price

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Choosing the right mineral for the cow herd is not an easy task as there is a wide variety of choices including loose minerals that vary in calcium and phosphorus concentration, molasses-based tubs and blocks, trace mineral salts and numerous commercial protein supplements. To further complicate matters, within a given supplement category, you will find […] Read more
baling hay
Nutrition

Something to think about!

At what stage should you cut your hay for optimum forage quality?

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Feed, particular the cost of putting up preserved forage is one of the largest factors influencing the cost of maintaining the cow herd. In cost-of-production studies carried out by the Western Beef Development Centre, winter feed costs over a five-year period averaged 30 per cent of total cow costs and in some cases reached 50 […] Read more
Cows grazing winter corn stalks
Beef Cattle

Grazing corn in northwest Ontario

The benefits to cows grazing on standing corn

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Bruce and Valve Forrest are constantly innovating on their beef farming operation. They have been direct marketing local beef years before local beef became a fad. They have bypassed owning a bull, using artificial insemination to get their cows pregnant, plus introduce top genetics into their herd. Recently, another focus has been reducing feed costs. […] Read more
Cows eating grass in a field.
Features, Livestock

Swift Current researchers take the long view

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The central grasslands of the northern great plains of Western Canada is a major forage growing area and makes up a significant portion of the landscape of the Prairies. This semiarid region extends from southwestern Manitoba to southwestern Alberta; north to just below Saskatoon and south to the United States border. Swift Current Ag Canada […] Read more
Livestock, Nutrition

A midterm checkup for your feeding program

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For cattle feeders this is a great time of the year. Cattle are well into their feeding program, health issues are in the rear-view mirror and your nutrition program is running flawlessly. If you are wondering what world I live in, you are right. Life is never this simple. However, with current profitability in the […] Read more
Livestock, Vet advice

Still a long way to go

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A number of recent agriculture publications has questioned whether or not we are approaching the biological limit of individual animal production. The big question: How might this influence long-term sustainability of the cattle business? To think our industry might be approaching biological limits to how fast a feedlot steer grows, how efficiently it converts feed […] Read more

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