Producers Can Now Hay, Graze and Chop Cover Crops Anytime and Still Receive Full...
A Race to Lock in Feed Supplies
Managing manure is key to minimizing pen dust
Moving to a higher grain diet?
Matching cattle type and feedlot performance
Can corn help to extend winter grazing?
Lameness
Preconditioning Cattle Reduces Weaning Stress, Improves Feedlot Performance
A Fresh Look At Preconditioning Beef Calves
Novel feed ingredient enables significant reduction of methane emissions in beef cattle
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WASHINGTON, July 6, 2021 – Agricultural producers with crop insurance can hay, graze or chop cover crops for silage, haylage or baleage at any...
7/5/2021 | 12:10 PM CDT
As drought worsens, emergency measures are taking place, and cattle producers have begun to ship in hay to survive. (DTN/Progressive...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
Pen dust can be a significant issue for livestock welfare and worker health.
‘In Alberta, feedlot dust can develop during periods...
Source: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
With the recent push towards lighter carcasses, more marbling and earlier slaughter, the role of high...
Source: University of Minnesota Extension, Pete Anderson, former Extension beef cattle specialist
Quick facts
Starting weight and age greatly affect feed intakes.
Large-framed cattle have more...
Source: University of Saskatchewan, Lana Haight
Grazing pregnant cows in fields during the winter is not new in Western Canada, but no research has been...
Source: National Farm Animal Care Council, Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle Section 3.3.2
There are multiple causes of lameness...
Weaning is the most stressful time in a beef calf’s life. At this time, calves are being separated from their dams, and may be...
Source: Alberta Farm Animal Care
by: Dr. Karin Orsel, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD), accounts for most of the disease...
A 2-year large-scale trial in beef cattle in Alberta, Canada has successfully demonstrated that a novel feed ingredient, developed by Royal DSM, can be...