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The Manitoba Hereford Association has named the Dueck family of Firdale Polled Herefords from Austin as its commercial breeder of the year for 2015. The award was presented by Steven Manns, president of the MHA.
Livestock, Purely Purebred

Manitoba Hereford Association names Dueck family as commercial breeder of the year

Purely Purebred: News about you from the February 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Note: THE HERD LETTER FOR 2016 IS ‘D’ Since our last instalment of Purely Purebred, the Canadian Western Agribition (CWA) board has presented its Jim Lewthwaite Memorial Award to Brian Rossnagel and its Chris Sutter Award posthumously to Neil Jahnke. The Jim Lewthwaite Memorial Award recognizes those committed individuals who do an outstanding job of promoting […] Read more
Dr. John McKinnon, second from right, is presented with the 2015 Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation by BCRC chair Tim Oleksyn (l) and nominators Brad Wildeman and Sandy Russel. (BCRC photo)
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Cattle nutrition researcher hailed with national honour

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A national award has officially put the “outstanding” label on the work and career of one of Canada’s leading researchers and experts on beef cattle nutrition. Dr. John McKinnon, the Saskatchewan Beef Industry research chair at the University of Saskatchewan and a regular contributor to Canadian Cattlemen, was presented last week with the inaugural Canadian Beef […] Read more
Beef Cattle, News Roundup

Cattle’s best bet against disease

News Roundup from the December 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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A new research project funded by Genome British Columbia (Genome BC), Genome Canada and other partners is using ‘reverse vaccinology’ to develop vaccines for Johne’s disease and bovine tuberculosis in cattle. These diseases result in annual losses of more than $86 million and $10 million, respectively, in Canada and billions annually worldwide. Led by the […] Read more
(Jack Dykinga photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Spring Wheat

Genetic codebreaking on wheat years ahead of schedule

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Sequencing the infamously complex genome for bread wheat — a game-changing task for wheat breeding that’s been estimated to take four or five more years — may now just take another couple of years, following a milestone announced Wednesday. The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC), a team co-led by Canadian researchers, announced Wednesday it […] Read more
Beef Cattle, News Roundup

Animal Health: Be skeptical about linking BLV with cancer in humans

News Roundup from the December 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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Bovine leukemia virus (BLV or leukosis) is a bovine retrovirus that targets lymphocytes (white blood cells). It is present in many parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, and Eastern Europe. Infection with the virus usually doesn’t present with clinical signs, but around 30 per cent of the infected animals experience an abnormal […] Read more
The facts on grain screening pellets
Livestock, Nutrition

The facts on grain screening pellets

Nutrition with John McKinnon, beef cattle nutritionist

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At this time of the year, many of you are still looking to finalize your winter feeding program and are searching for competitively priced ingredients. Typically producers are looking for alternatives to high-priced cereal grains or protein supplements. In such cases, many producers look at grain screening pellets (GSP). Grain screening pellets are by no […] Read more
Post-doctorate fellow, Katie Wood says the benefits to monensin held true at the 48 mg/kg rate.
Beef Cattle, Features

The trials and troubles of feeding monensin to cattle

It works just as well at the new higher rate, just be sure you are feeding the correct rate

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Now that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has raised the safe rate for monensin to 48 parts per million per kilogram of dry matter from 33 ppm, Dr. Katie Wood wanted to know if the proven benefits to feeding monensin still held true at this higher rate. Monensin is an ionophore that increases overall […] Read more
Brittany Wiese.
Beef Cattle, Features

In search of healthy beef cattle livers

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Liver abscesses continue to be an economic concern for the beef industry, even with modern feeding practices. They are worth around 60 cents a pound if suitable for human consumption, but more important than the direct loss when abscessed livers have to be condemned is the effect on performance and carcass characteristics. Brittany Wiese, a […] Read more
A determined Jane Beierbach with her heifer KLR Janice 2C head to the show ring at Young Ranchman’s All Breed Show in Swift Current. Thanks to Randy and Karen Wagner of KLR Polled Herefords, Consul, Sask. for supplying the calf and helping Jane get started on her show career. Jane and her parents John and Heidi call Maple Creek home and are looking forward to next year’s show.
Livestock, Purely Purebred

Youth descend on Swift Current for the Young Ranchman’s All Breeds Livestock Show

Purely Purebred: News about you from the October 26 2015 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

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The Young Ranchman’s All Breeds Livestock Show held in Swift Current in late September was attended by youth from all three Prairie provinces, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. There were 150 participants who exhibited 170 head of cattle and competed over the course of three days, in skill competitions such as public speaking, art, photography, team […] Read more

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