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Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/ Winter cereals are an excellent way to add flexibility to a livestock operation by providing supplemental or emergency pasture for grazing livestock. These crops produce sufficient growth throughout the growing season to provide summer pasture....
Source: Alberta Cattle Feeders' Association Feeding cattle the best diet for growth is a complicated business. Now, new technology is making it not only easier to do but also more efficient.  Micro-machine technology enables cattle feeders to accurately measure individual additives...
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs The analogy of farm animals as manufacturing machines has been employed for a long time to represent the different aspects of the whole animals' energetic metabolism. Similar to machines, animals consume fuel...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca Feed efficiency in cattle can make or break profitability in the feeding sector, and has environmental implications. The costs of buying a calf and the feed needed to finish it are the two largest variable...
Source: Alberta Beef Producers “A cross-sectional survey of cattle on entry to Alberta feedlots to measure prevalence and factors associated with antimicrobial resistance in respiratory isolates.” LEAD RESEARCHER: Dr. Michele Anholt (Prairie Oyster Ventures) COLLABORATORS: Tim McAllister, Cassidy Klima (Agriculture and Agri-Food...

Testing winter feed

Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/ Testing feed allows producers to develop a strategy that ensures all cattle in the herd are fed to meet their production goals while avoiding extra costs. Andrea Hanson, livestock extension specialist with Alberta Agriculture and...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs FactSheet written by: Jim Johnston - Forage and Sheep Researcher/New Liskeard Agricultural Research Station, University of Guelph; Christoph Wand - Beef Cattle, Sheep and Goat Nutritionist/OMAFRA Introduction Stockpiling is the practice of saving certain...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/ During dry conditions, the objective for cattle producers is to “buy feeding days” of forages and/or grazing while maintaining a reasonable level of productivity. Budget projections will involve maintaining all, some or none of the...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Whenever there is a change in your livestock marketings resulting in increased inventories there will be the need for increased feed supplies. Maximizing the use of pasture can make a significant...
Source: Alberta Beef Producers “Surveillance of E. coli, enterococci, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and Enterococcus species distribution in beef operations and associated environments” Project No.: FOS.10.13 Lead Researchers: Tim McAllister, Ph.D., Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Other Researchers: Sheryl Gow, D.V.M., Ph.D. and Richard Reid-Smith,...
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