Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
What do profitable farms do? This is one of the questions the Canadian Cow-Calf Cost of Production Network (COP Network) tries to answer by benchmarking cow-calf production systems across Canada.
As of 2022, the COP Network is...
Source: University of Nebraska–Lincoln
More than 150 leaders from across Nebraska’s beef industry gathered at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center near Mead Nov. 4 to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Feedlot Innovation Center.
The $7.2 million...
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Today's feedlot rations often contain a high inclusion of grains and grain byproducts with some level of roughage inclusion. While the objective of feeding finishing cattle a ration with a high amount of...
Source: South Dakota State Univesity
The yield of edible meat from a beef carcass often comes as a bit of a surprise, even to those that have had their own meat processed for years. A previous article covered dressing percent—the...
Source: Science Direct
Abstract
Beef is a high-quality source of protein that also can provide highly desirable eating experiences, and demand is increasing globally. Sustainability of beef industries requires high on-farm efficiency and productivity, and efficient value-chains that reward achievement of...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Looking for opportunities for production efficiencies on-farm is an important aspect of improving your bottom line. Tight profit margins often prompt an assessment of efficiencies that can be made on the...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
Introduction
The feeder cattle market is more volatile than the slaughter cattle market, as well as more likely to show considerable price variation between regions. As a result of this complexity and variability, an organized and...
Source: National Farm Animal Care Council, Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle Section 3.3.5
On occasion, pregnant heifers may end up in the feedlot. The feedlot environment and management is not always well-suited to deal with...
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Fact Sheet written by: D. Martin – Beef Feedlot Specialist/OMAFRA; N. Noecker – Beef Cow/Calf Specialist/OMARA
During the summer months, heat stress in cattle can result in poor animal performance. Hot, humid weather creates dangerous conditions for...
Source: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Sherry J. Hannon1*, Stephanie A. Brault2, Simon J. G. Otto3, Paul S. Morley2,4, Tim A. McAllister5, Calvin W. Booker1 and Sheryl P. Gow6
1Feedlot Health Management Services Ltd., Okotoks, AB, Canada
2Department of Clinical Sciences, College...