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A small cow-calf herd built with pride

By Karen Dallimore November 3, 2014

In 1969 Dave Grist’s parents bought a farm in Erin Township, Ont. Dave was 30 years old at the time and his father, Ken, had just retired with no pension. He thought he would buy a few cows to give his father something to do while earning him a bit of income. The thought of […] Read more

Gerry and Linda Bertholet  used twice-over grazing to  bring back their native stands.

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Twice-over grazing leads to herd makeover

Better native grasses management improves biomass growth and breeding

By Debbie Furber August 27, 2014

When Gerry Bertholet signed up for a workshop on grazing native grasslands, he certainly wasn’t expecting to learn that he was doing everything wrong. According to the professor’s theories, they were overgrazing, their cows were too big and they were calving too early. It was a bit of a bitter pill to swallow. He, Linda […] Read more

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Common pitfalls with semen evaluations and how to avoid them

By Roy Lewis Dvm April 3, 2014

In the past 32 years of semen evaluating bulls I have come across many tricks of the trade to make this procedure run smoothly. Every situation is different and every set of bulls unique so most of these points involve common-sense observations that I have made over the years. Collecting an adequate semen sample from […] Read more

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Keeping it simple with F1s

By Debbie Furber February 26, 2014

Scott and Calla Blair are proud of the family’s roots with the Simmental breed and equally proud of the reputation first-cross (F1) Simmental-Red Angus program they’ve developed to carry their fourth-generation farm near Drake, Sask., into its second century. Some things haven’t changed since his great-grandfather started out with a typical 160-acre homestead growing grain […] Read more

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slide on human screwworm case report

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as hopes for Chinese demand wane; corn, wheat firm

Alberta Crop Report: Two sides of the same weather coin

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Common pitfalls with semen evaluations and how to avoid them

Keeping it simple with F1s

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