Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
A major limiting factor for beef production in Ontario is lack of fencing. With the spread of cash cropping across the province in recent years, perimeter fencing has been removed on many...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/
At the heart of Alberta’s cattle traceability system is the ability to trace individual animals through the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) ear tags approved by the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA), which is...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
Editor’s note: The following is the second in a two part series. See part one about the research behind two-stage weaning.
Producers who have tried it, say they are sold on reduced-stress weaning techniques. Of four...
Source: North Dakota State University
Why Consider Drylot?
In a practical sense, it means feeding confined cows and calves forages, crop residues and grains that may have more value marketed through cattle than as a cash crop. Many cattlemen manage their...
Source: Midwestern Cattle Marketing, LLC
In a traditional sense, calves are weaned at six to seven months of age. However, during a drought, forage is generally limiting and early weaning should be a consideration as a management tool for a...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/
Each pasture season has its challenges whether its periodic drought or cool weather that can slow or halt forage growth, cattle numbers change as beef producers adjust to markets and overhead costs always seem to...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
The follow-up on the initial tuberculosis (TB) positive cow from Canada detected at slaughter in the United States has been complicated and expensive, but the rapid response reduced the overall impact...
Source: Midwestern Cattle Marketing, LLC
One reproductive disease that all cattle ranchers find disastrous to a cowherd is Bovine Trichomoniasis also known as Trich.
Bovine Trichomoniasis is a veneral disease caused by the protozoan Tritrichomonas foetus, a mobile complex, single-celled organism...
