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With corn feeding, success starts with the planter

The fashionable consumer would like grass fed, that in itself is highly challenging, but there are merits to forage/grass diets

By Debbie Furber November 7, 2016

Corn is a powerful and versatile feed that can carry your herd through winter if you do a few things properly to get the crop off to a good start, says Breeanna Kelln, DuPont Pioneer’s livestock information manager for Western Canada. While corn is still a relatively new crop in the West, interest in silage […] Read more

Barry Yaremcio, Alberta beef and forage specialist.

Crops, Forages

The pros and cons of grazing cover crops

By Heather Smith Thomas June 13, 2016

Cover crops have traditionally been used to help hold the soil when transitioning between different types of cash crops, and are often plowed under before planting the next crop — to add organic material and fertility to the soil. Farmers with livestock often select cover crops that can be grazed, adding an additional benefit as […] Read more

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Forages, News

Less stress and more hay in a day

By Debbie Furber May 4, 2016

Launch of the IntelliCruise feed-rate control system in 2016 marks the latest advancement in forage harvesting technology from New Holland after introducing its CropRFV last year and CropID in 2013. IntelliCruise does exactly what the name implies. It’s a variable cruise control for the tractor that adjusts ground speed according to a set rate for […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Forages, Nutrition

Silage — the forage of choice for cattle feeders

Nutrition with John McKinnon, beef cattle nutritionist

By John McKinnon May 3, 2016

This past winter has again demonstrated the value of cereal silage as a forage source for cattle feeders. Many of you will recall that hay supplies were tight last fall, particularly in Western Canada and as a result, for many feedlots hay was priced out of the ration. How did these lots make it through […] Read more

Some second growth for October grazing on Kevin Stebeleski’s pasture.

Beef Cattle, Forages

Multi-species silage is like free insurance

By Debbie Furber December 8, 2015

As spring turned to summer without giving up much rain, Kevin Stebeleski really started to wonder about his decision to give multi-species silage a try for the first time. Those worries turned moot as July rains and warm weather transformed the 100-acre field into a smorgasbord of forages that landed 8.5 tons to the acre […] Read more

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.

By Debbie Furber November 2, 2015

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

Beef Cattle, Nutrition

Avoiding the pitfalls of non-conventional cattle feeding programs

Nutrition with John McKinnon, beef cattle nutritionist

By John McKinnon October 29, 2015

Following up on last month’s column on the challenge of solving a feed shortage with non-conventional feeds, I would like to focus this column on identifying the issues you can face when some of the more common alternative feeds are substituted into the ration. Many of these issues are related to atypical nutrient content and […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Features

Building consistency into a seedstock Simmental operation

By Debbie Furber February 20, 2015

Attention to detail paired with a no-fuss production system have been behind the Adair family’s success in building consistency into its seedstock Simmental herd. The ranch maintains a 42-day breeding period and has a firm policy of culling open females and those that don’t bring in a seedstock-quality bull or heifer calf each year. Cows […] Read more

Features, Livestock

You can learn a lot about grazing yearlings from a dairy man

By Duane McCartney May 7, 2014

For 25 years Jan and Marian Slomp have been making a good living harvesting grass with dairy cows at their farm east of Rimbey, Alta. “We run a grass and grain farm and we seldom need to buy any feedstuffs off the farm except a little protein concentrate. Our profit margin is up and we […] Read more

Livestock, Nutrition

A midterm checkup for your feeding program

By John McKinnon March 27, 2014

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

U.S. livestock: Feeder contracts set fresh highs

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn choppy as trade awaits U.S. crop tour results

Livestock Tax Deferral regions announced for drought-affected producers

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U.S. livestock: Feeder contracts set fresh highs

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn choppy as trade awaits U.S. crop tour results

Livestock Tax Deferral regions announced for drought-affected producers

Tag Archives silage

With corn feeding, success starts with the planter

The pros and cons of grazing cover crops

Less stress and more hay in a day

Silage — the forage of choice for cattle feeders

Multi-species silage is like free insurance

Grassers hit the spot

Avoiding the pitfalls of non-conventional cattle feeding programs

Building consistency into a seedstock Simmental operation

You can learn a lot about grazing yearlings from a dairy man

A midterm checkup for your feeding program

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