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Go For Best Spring Cow Mineral

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At this time of year, many people are looking for a good spring cattle mineral that will fit into their immediate post-calving feeding plans and can be fed well into the breeding season. Buying the right cattle mineral is a matter of finding one that meets the cows’ essential macro-and trace-minerals as well as vitamins […] Read more
Cattleman’s Corner

The Trip For Nurse Disney

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FEBRUARY 15 Are the cattle prices starting to get better? Local cattle sales and market reports indicate a better cow market. I was at a cow sale in Assiniboia a few days ago and good killing cows went for better than 50 cents a pound. The cow prices seem to be back to what they […] Read more
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Demand Improves Cattle Prices

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Fed steers in Alberta were trading in the range of $86/cwt to $88/cwt in late March. Strong demand from south of the border along with improved beef product prices has helped lift cattle prices to yearly highs. Despite the stronger Canadian dollar, slaughter cattle exports have been averaging 20,000 head per week. Cattle marketing weights […] Read more
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Trich’ In Bulls Is Profit Robber

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Trichomoniasis is a subtle disease that can enter a herd without obvious signs — until the rancher discovers a high number of open cows at preg-check or observes cows returning to heat when they should have settled. “Trich” can be introduced when cattle share range pastures, or a fence breaks down and the neighbour’s bull […] Read more
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Alberta Board Backs Trich Testing

Trichomoniasis (Trich) was identified in cattle in the 1930’s. “The causative organism was first isolated from the GI tract and throat area in pigs,” says Robert BonDurant, former professor of veterinary reproduction at UC-Davis. “But we don’t know how it got from pigs to cattle. Within the last 10 years it has also been isolated […] Read more
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Calving Season Going Full Tilt

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FEBRUARY 18 A week ago Michael and Carolyn had another set of twins and had a tough time getting them out alive. The cow was taking too long in early labour so they suspected a problem, and went fishing. The first twin was breech — nothing entering the birth canal but the calf’s tail — […] Read more
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Beginning Of A New Chapter

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It’s been just about the easiest winter we’ve come through in a long time. Other than the cold weather in December it’s been a breeze. The cows are fat, the calves wintered well and the hay stack has a handsome reserve. March started with temperatures in the plus range every day, and it’s felt so […] Read more
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Drought-Proofing Your Ranch

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It’s always fun to talk about global warming during the winter. Especially when the wind is blowing, it’s minus 40 outside and all the cows are standing at the gate waiting for the feed truck. However, when one looks back at the past year a lot of people got a taste of what global warming […] Read more
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Good, Bad And Opportunity

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These days a lot of Canadian producers are feeling overwhelmed by the control of industry by big players. This includes input suppliers who are becoming fewer and gaining market power, as well as purchasers of live cattle who are becoming more concentrated all the time. For most producers the opportunity to take part in market […] Read more
Cattleman’s Corner

Issues Of Late Pregnancy

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There are a number of things that can go wrong during the last phase of pregnancy. Some problems can be resolved or dealt with easily, and others are more serious — and can be life threatening to the cow or fetus. EXCESS FLUID AROUND THE FETUS On occasion, either the amnion sac surrounding the fetus […] Read more

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