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It’s a farm full of look-alikes — red and black Simmental and Angus cattle and excellent crossbred cattle as well.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Lazy S Ranch marks 50th anniversary

Simmental and Angus cattle part of long-established breeding program


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Stewart and Doreen Ainsworth and their children and grandchildren operate a family farm that has been supplying exceptional genetics for bull customers for more than 50 years. Although they’ve ranched for many years at Mayerthorpe, north of Edmonton, Stewart and Doreen both grew up near Byemoor, Alta., southeast of Stettler. Stewart graduated from Vermilion College […] Read more
Zinc is an important mineral for many production reasons.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Zinc is a powerful trace mineral for cattle

From breeding to good feet it plays an important role

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Recently, I was talking to a feed mill operator I occasionally do some beef nutritional work, and he told me many customers are requesting the best level of zinc added into their cattle mineral. We realize many pastures and harvested forage from this summer’s drought might likely be zinc-stressed, so we made sure to formulate […] Read more
Both Canada and U.S. calf crop numbers are estimated higher from last year.
Cattleman’s Corner, Finishers, Markets

Calf production numbers increase forecast

Market Update: Producers need to be ready with risk management plans

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Alberta fed cattle prices have come under pressure over the past month. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $147 to $149 during the second week of November, down $4 to $6 from a month earlier. Weakness in the fed cattle market has spilled over into the feeder complex. Western Canadian yearling […] Read more
Older calves can be knife castrated at a few months of age at the proverbial “branding time” before turnout to pasture.
Cattleman’s Corner, Cow-Calf, Livestock

Pay attention to castration procedures in calves

Animal Health: Proper technique, timing and painkillers produce the best results

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We now have many tools at our disposal for castration of beef and dairy calves. Newer techniques coupled with use of NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) when used in skilled hands will ensure the procedure is done properly and welfare issues are addressed. Most producers are ahead of the beef code recommendations for castration. Ideally the […] Read more
Horses and some of the cattle gather around the feed trough.
Cattleman’s Corner, Crops, Farm Life

Little improvement in early October weather

The Eppich News: Moving some cattle, and trying not to share too much barley with the geese

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There was no combining the end of September. Instead we worked on fencing projects and started hauling some of our bales home. Sept. 28: We brought all of our Landis ditch bales home. It’s nice to have them at home instead of in a snow-filled ditch 20 miles away. Sept. 29: We skinned two of […] Read more
With proper supplements, straw can make a good winter ration.
Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Building beef cattle diets using some straw

Keeping cows properly fed while reducing costs

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First came the drought, then through September and early October a foot of snow, a weekend of autumn and finally winter. Not exactly the best weather for harvesting good-quality forage and grain for most beef cattle. At least we had a return to good fall conditions by mid-October. Fortunately, what grain that was taken off […] Read more
Time to buy cattle price insurance
Cattleman’s Corner, Finishers, Markets

Time to buy cattle price insurance

Market Update: Cow-calf producers should sell their feeders with the lofty futures and historically strong basis

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Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $151 to $153 on a live basis in mid-October, up approximately $10 from a month earlier. While Alberta prices have been percolating higher, fed cattle values in Kansas have hovered around US$111 on a live basis over the past four weeks. Market-ready supplies of fed […] Read more
Joseph enjoys a cob of corn from the garden at lunch during harvest.
Cattleman’s Corner, Crops, Farm Life

Harvest slowed by rain and snow

The Eppich News: Time needed to deal with horse injuries and fencing

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We found ourselves madly swathing and combining at the end of August. The beginning of September brought a few light showers but we were able to keep trudging onward. We never got started very early thanks to the light showers and the heavy dew, but we were still able to put in some good days. […] Read more
Observations seem to support the lore that rain will follow a hoarfrost.
Cattleman’s Corner, Farm Life

Following some old-time weather predictors

Does a foggy fall really forecast heavy snows ahead?

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Over the last few years we have started to pay a lot more attention to weather lore. In the old days these nuggets of wisdom were all the farmers had to prepare for Prairie winters. Last winter we started recording little things on the calendar to test how dependable they were and we’re surprised at […] Read more
These aren’t your daddy’s cow herds
Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

These aren’t your daddy’s cow herds

No more kick ’em out and forget ’em for progressive producers

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Long before the time when the grass comes in thick and green and the summer winds start to blow, progressive cattlemen begin to prepare their cow-calf herds for the grazing and breeding seasons ahead. The days of rounding up the herd just before you send them to pasture, slapping on a few ear tags, chasing […] Read more

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