Source: Livestock Gentec
The growth performance of beef calves may be improved using prenatal supplementation of canola in cows
Researchers from USask found that canola-fat based pellet supplementation in the diet of beef cows led to greater growth of their calves from...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
Drought conditions across the country this year remind us of the importance of a drought management plan. Diversifying a cow-calf operation with a backgrounding enterprise could be part of a drought mitigation strategy as...
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Beef cows need little babying. There is one exception that cannot be overlooked! That is the period prior to calving, and the weeks following it.
Pre Calving Nutrition – The nutrition of the cow in...
Source: National Farm Animal Care Council, Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle Section 4.2
The majority of beef cows calve without assistance. However, careful monitoring of calving cows ensures that assistance, when needed, can be provided...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
Many cow-calf producers from B.C. through Ontario are planning to wean and sell their calves earlier this year. Others are reluctant to sell lightweight calves into a flooded market so are thinking about retaining ownership, putting extra pounds onto lightweight calves, and selling into a more promising feeder...
Source: Translational Animal Science
Jennifer M Pearson, Edmond A Pajor, Nigel A Caulkett, Michel Levy, John R Campbell, M Claire Windeyer, Benchmarking calving management practices on western Canada cow–calf operations, Translational Animal Science, Volume 3, Issue 4, July 2019, Pages 1446–1459, https://doi.org/10.1093/tas/txz107
Abstract:
Benchmarking...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
Many farmers truly enjoy working cattle but for some producers (and perhaps their family members) sorting and processing cattle may not bring out the best in everyone. The good news is reducing stress is...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
When you add up the dollars, summer calving wins hands down compared with a traditional production system in Ontario. That's the bottom line from a long term study at the University...
Source: U.S. National Library of Medicine
Cheryl L. Waldner, Sarah Parker, Sheryl Gow, Devon J. Wilson, and John R. Campbell
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4 (Waldner, Parker, Campbell); Public Health Agency...
Source: Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
Creep feeding beef calves on pasture is an option you may want to consider. In the past, the costs of creep feeding, including labour, management and purchasing creep feed, made the process questionable....
