Feed and bedding alternatives
Micro-machine helps reduce feedlot waste
Remote pasture water systems for livestock
Housing requirements for backgrounding beef cattle
Tetany problems in beef cows
Rations for finishing beef cattle
Cattle feeders get serious about dust
Cattle on feed reports and cattle imports
Implanting grid-marketed cattle
Feedlot lameness
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Source: Government of Saskatchewan
When choosing feed for livestock, consider its nutritive value, bulkiness or lack of bulk, presence of other substances and health problems...
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...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/
In the past, livestock were turned out to summer pasture and allowed to walk through and drink from any slough,...
Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Backgounding refers to the growing, feeding and managing of steers and heifers from weaning until they enter a...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/
Grass tetany refers to animals that exhibit tetany-like symptoms frequently associated with cattle being turned out on lush pasture. Grass...
Source: Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
Rations for finishing beef cattle are high energy rations designed to put gain on as rapidly and efficiently...
Source: Alberta Cattle Feeders’ Association
On February 11, the Alberta Cattle Feeders’ Association hosted an information session in Picture Butte, AB, about the challenges of dust...
Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
What is the latest number of cattle in feedlot before going to market? Jason Wood, provincial livestock market analyst with...
Source: Source: University of Minnesota Extension
Quick facts
Implants are only one factor affecting quality grade.
You can’t change the genetics of cattle coming into the...
Source: Alberta Beef Producers
Project No.: 0011-008
Lead Researchers: Dr. Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge)
Collaborators: Dr. Eugene Janzen, Dr. Karin Orsel, Dr. Ed Pajor...