Finishing Beef Cattle On The Farm
Ways to reduce your cattle feed bill
Antimicrobial usage in western Canadian cow-calf herds
Custom grazing cattle
To Sell Or Background Calves? – Introducing The BCRC Backgrounding Calculator
Ration balancing checklist for cattle
Alternative Forages and Sample Wintering Rations for Beef Cows
The Key To Setting Up A Healthy Calf For Life? Colostrum
Time to sweat the small things
Weaned calves and animal health needs
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
Abstract
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...
Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca
he following is part two of a series of three posts featuring calving management practices and intervention strategies to help producers...
Source: Manitoba Cooperator
Eking out a little improvement here and there may pay off exponentially for cow-calf producers
Contrary to what most learned in elementary school,...
Source: Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
It is expected that cow calf producers will have to deal with increased numbers of weaned calves this fall....