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Climate models predict that the Prairies will see less precipitation, with most of it falling in winter and spring.
Livestock, Research

Adapting to a changing climate

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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I had a National Geographic poster of “Ice Age Mammals of the Alaskan Tundra” on my bedroom wall when I was a kid. It showed herds of prehistoric muskoxen, horses, wolves, lemmings, bears, lions, mammoths, camels, sabre-toothed tigers, mastodons and humans marauding across a vast, grassy expanse 12,000 years ago. The muskoxen, bears, wolves and […] Read more
Your calving records can help identify cows that are less likely to rebreed this summer, or that might fail to calve successfully next year.
Livestock, Research

Calving records will be especially valuable in 2022

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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Last month’s column profiled a beef cow productivity study that coincided with the massive 2001-02 drought that had an impact on most of Western Canada. That study got less attention than it deserved, because Canada’s entire beef industry became preoccupied with BSE in 2003. But research is an investment, and the lessons learned from research […] Read more
File photo of Black Angus cattle.
Livestock, Research

Cut costs in your herd carefully

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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Research that’s underway now won’t solve this year’s drought, but it should help us deal with the next one. By the same token, research done during the big drought of the early 2000s provides some valuable lessons about managing the cow herd in today’s drought. Dr. Cheryl Waldner of the Western College of Veterinary Medicine […] Read more
Talk to your veterinarian about a calving health plan as soon as possible.
Livestock, Research

Protecting one of your greatest investments – your calves

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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Producer surveys suggest that five to eight per cent of calves typically die before weaning. High winter feed costs mean you’ve already invested a lot in the 2022 calf crop. That investment is lost when calves die before weaning. Scours and respiratory disease are two leading causes of preventable disease and death in young calves. […] Read more
This is a good year to start working with a nutritionist if you aren’t already.
Livestock, Research

Feeding decisions are important breeding decisions

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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When life gets really stressful it can be hard to remember what you already know. This column probably won’t tell you anything new, but it might remind you of some important principles that can be overlooked in the scramble to buy feed and make important financial decisions. Winter feed costs are a key financial make-or-break […] Read more
Buying livestock you’re unfamiliar with has its risks so remember to vaccinate new arrivals before mixing them with your herd.
Livestock, Research

Always look a gift cow in the mouth

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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This year’s feed situation is forcing many cow-calf producers to make very difficult decisions. Those who are short of feed may cull their herds harder than usual or look for alternative feeding arrangements to winter some or all their cows. Others with feed carryover from previous years may be tempted to custom feed other people’s […] Read more
How long do growth promotants persist in soil and manure, and is there a risk they could enter surface or groundwater?
Livestock, Research

Growth promotants and the environment

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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Growth promotants dramatically improve the growth rates and feed efficiency of beef cattle. Trenbolone acetate (TBA) behaves like testosterone and is used in several feedlot implants (Component, Revalor and Synovex). Melengestrol acetate (MGA) behaves like progesterone, a pregnancy hormone. Some feedlots feed MGA to suppress estrous cycles and riding activity in heifers until a few […] Read more
Corn is a common winter grazing crop, but corn alone may not meet the protein needs of all cattle that consume it. Intercropping can help fill the protein gap.
Livestock, Research

Is this a good investment?

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) projects featured in this column are funded by the Canadian Beef Cattle Check-Off. When the check-off increased a few years ago, the BCRC’s budget rose from around 15 cents to 67 cents per head marketed. This allowed us to start some new research programs. Now that we’re a few […] Read more
Crops, pastures and haylands throughout Western and Central Canada are parched.
Forages, Livestock, Research

Today’s forage research provides tomorrow’s solutions

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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Today’s research won’t help you weather this year’s drought, but the practical information and advice you’ll read elsewhere in the September issue of Canadian Cattlemen (and at beefresearch.ca) will. Those tips, covering everything from alternative feeds to weaning, all originate from past research done by scientists and refined by producers. But producer-funded research underway today […] Read more
online feedback
Livestock, Research

… Survey says?

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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In last February’s column, I encouraged you to fill out our online beef research survey to help the Beef Cattle Research Council and other industry and government funders develop a clear set of priorities to guide our funding decisions over the next five years. Thanks for responding — we had nearly twice as many responses […] Read more

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