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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...
Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Today, the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan announced a new beneficial management practice (BMP) for cow-calf producers under the Farm...
Patrick Cooley
The Columbus Dispatch
County Line Meats lost a large portion of its customer base when Ohio temporarily shuttered most restaurants in mid-March last year....
By Paul Beck, David Lalman
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COSTLY GRAIN: Beef cattle may not be dining on corn as much this year as higher prices are causing farmers to look at...
Source: The Canadian Veterinary Journal
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While ongoing surveillance and research initiatives have provided some information on antimicrobial use (AMU) in many livestock commodities, there are...
Source: Government of Saskatchewan
Custom grazing is an arrangement in which one person provides the pasture, water and grazing management expertise for another person’s livestock....
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
“Should I sell or background my calves?” is a question most cow-calf producers face every year. Producers need to project whether...
Source: Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
The protein (CP) and energy (TDN – total digestible nutrients) that an average beef cow needs:
Mid pregnancy:...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Fact Sheet written by: Christoph Wand – Livestock Sustainability Specialist/OMAFRA; Anita Heeg – Feed Ingredients and...