Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $10 million in emergency assistance for beef and hog farmers. The funding will help cover the increased costs of feeding market ready cattle and hogs...
Heat stress costs dairy and beef producers hundreds of millions each year. Proactive measures implemented before an extreme heat event can reduce immediate and long-term impacts of heat stress in ruminants.
“Mitigating impacts of heat stress begins before an extreme...
Source: Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
When cattle producers are faced with forage shortages they must explore atypical feed options. Surprisingly, canola can make nutritious and palatable hay or silage. If canola is hayed, sufficient drying time is essential to...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/
The use of adequate, well balanced diets can maximize profits – or minimize losses – in a feeding program. An animal’s diet must contain the essential nutrients in appropriate amounts and ratios.
This factsheet outlines the...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
Successful farm management begins with accurate and up to date records. The process of record keeping allows the farm manager to collect and save data so it can be analyzed and used to make...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Farmers with grazing livestock like cows, sheep and goats are learning to get many more days of grazing from their existing pastures. These folks are picking up on using stockpiled pasture...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council
Most labs provide basic information on moisture content, protein, energy, total digestible nutrients, fibre, and some vitamins and minerals. More specialized tests may include results for pH, ADIN, nitrates, toxins, relative feed value (RFV), and...
Source: Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
Distillers Grains and Thin Stillage
With increased production of ethanol fuel from cereal grains, a greater availability of distillers grains in the province of Manitoba is anticipated. The main product of interest to livestock producers is...
Source: National Farm Animal Care Council, Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle Section 2.1
Cattle need to be monitored on an ongoing basis and feed resources must be well-managed and readily-available according to the animals’ changing...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
The 2019 growing season presented challenges in many parts of the province. Delayed planting and variation in maturity at harvest resulted in variability in the grade of the corn crop in...