Source: Beef Cattle Research Council
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is one of the costliest health issues facing the beef industry today. While a lot of research on BRD has been focused at the feedlot stage, the disease is also the most common...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
There has been an increase in corn production in North America in recent years, leading to the uptake of feeding corn byproducts such as corn stover to cows as a low-quality...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
Beef producers often worry about having too much water or not enough on their farms. However water quality, particularly in fluctuating stock water sources, may go unnoticed. As the summer wears on, evaporation, low rainfall,...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
The two main factors to consider in developing feeding economies are price and availability of feed.
High feed costs again in 2019 have many producers wondering about the economics of overwintering their cows. Ted Nibourg, farm...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Durunna, O.N., Girardin, L.C., Scott, S.L., Robins, C.D., Block, H.C., Iwaasa, A.D., Khakbazan, M., and Lardner, H.A. (2014). "The effects of spring versus summer calving on beef cattle reproductive and growth performance in western Canada.",...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council
Project Title:
Decision making tool for cow-calf producers regarding retained ownership of preconditioned calves
Preconditioning is a management method that prepares calves to enter the feedlot and can really pay off in a retained ownership or direct...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca,
As the calving season ends and producers switch gears toward breeding season, there is an opportunity for producers to evaluate their calving distribution and the impact it has on their bottom line. Now...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
“Stress on plants from last summer and fall, as well as this spring’s weather across most of Alberta has slowed forage growth in pastures and hay fields,” says Barry Yaremcio, beef and forage specialist at...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
Sometimes it can be hard to know where you’re going if you don’t look at where you’ve been. For decades, research and extension organizations have promoted many practices to beef cattle operators with the goals...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council
Project Title: Implementation of a longitudinal disease surveillance network for cow-calf operations in western Canada
Researchers: John Campbell, DVM, DVSc john.campbell@usask.ca John Campbell, DVM, DVSc, University of Saskatchewan, Cheryl Waldner, DVM, Ph.D., Murray Jekinski, DVM MSc., Steve...
