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Grass is lacking and heat can deplete cattle of important minerals.
Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Dry pastures lacking in minerals and vitamins

Supplements need to get cattle ready for calving and rebreeding


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After several months of a hot and dry summer, who would have imagined that we would have snow showers by the end of September. It wouldn’t have been so bad if some pastures had bounced back, yet they remain deplorable. Of the many fall/winter pastures I have driven past or walked through, most show the […] Read more
Close up of veterinarian hand holding syringe and bottle on farm with cow in background
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

New December regulation will benefit livestock industry

Animal Health: You’ll need prescriptions for antimicrobials, along with a client/veterinarian relationship

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If you raise livestock, use animal health products, and don’t have a solid relationship with a veterinarian, please read this article and pass it on to a producer you know whom seldom uses a veterinarian as they are the main group to benefit greatly from some of the examples in this article. There is apprehension […] Read more
Jack Anderson and his daughter Wynne Chisholm donated a $44 million gift to University of Calgary veterinary school.
Cattleman’s Corner, News

Calgary vet school ready to go ranching

Gift of a fully functioning ranch takes teaching and research to a new level

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It’s not every day a 19,000-acre working cattle ranch lands in your lap, but that’s the very welcome problem the University of Calgary Veterinary Medicine School (UCVM) is dealing with this fall as a gift from an Alberta ranching family propels the 13-year-old school into a league of its own among vet schools in North […] Read more
Direct shipping usually delivers healthier cattle to the feedlot.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Benefits to direct-shipping cattle

Improved animal health plus reduced costs equal a win-win for seller and buyer

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It has long been recognized that stress of transport coupled with commingling of cattle greatly increases stress, shrinkage and the incidence of respiratory diseases. Auction markets for many years now have put on satellite or internet sales as a way to market larger groups of cattle without them leaving the farm. This is pretty much […] Read more
cattle in a feedlot
Cattleman’s Corner, Cow-Calf, Markets

Price opportunity for calves and yearlings

Market Update: Strong consumer demand is using up beef supplies


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The market outlook for fed and feeder cattle is looking brighter compared to a month ago. Beef demand is coming in larger than anticipated due to the corporate and personal tax cuts south of the border. Recent U.S. data shows that restaurant spending was up nearly 10 per cent over year-ago levels during the summer […] Read more
Ben Stewart talks to farm tour members about an annual forage seeding including triticale and forage brassicas that will be cut for swath grazing.
Cattleman’s Corner, Forages

Species diversity is key to year-round grazing

Annual seedings provide important support to perennial pastures

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Ben Stewart believes in using a diverse mix of annual, biannual and perennial forages in his summer pasture and winter feeding program to improve rates of gain on his cattle, reduce winter feeding costs and improve soil health. The fact that he also works with a company that sells forage seed might make him a […] Read more
Thomas checks out the progress of harvest with his dad, Gregory.
Cattleman’s Corner, Crops, FarmLife

Haying wrapped up, harvest begins

The Eppich News: Rain interruption provided opportunity to check cattle

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August turned out to be a warm, dry, smoky month. While Gregory finished the swathing, I worked on baling. The fields were too rough to take Joseph along in the baler, so he had to spend most of the time with Grandma and Grandpa. In the end, all the scrambling looks like it’s going to […] Read more
Salt block feeder for cattle
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Feeding salt to beef cattle is easy

From either blocks or in loose form, a beef animal now needs about 50 grams per day


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What could be easier than throwing a salt block off the back of a truck for each group of grazing cattle in a cow herd? Or filling a part of a mineral compartment with loose salt? Then coming back in a week or so and putting out salt in one of these ways, again? It […] Read more
The feeder cattle market remains firm heading into fall, says Jerry Klassen.
Cattleman’s Corner, Feed markets, Finishers

Cattle producers eyeing feed grain prices

Market Update: Feeding expected to get more expensive — something has to give

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Feedlot operators have had a very strenuous spring and summer. Margins have been hovering in negative territory while feed barley prices have been percolating higher. Feeder cattle prices are actually higher than year-ago levels despite the strong feed grain prices and a year-over-year increase in the U.S. calf crop. The Canadian dollar has been trading […] Read more
The goal of the Livestock Welfare Engagement Project is to look at animal welfare in Alberta’s livestock industry.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

What’s your take on current livestock welfare?

Animal welfare survey available until Oct. 31

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Alberta’s livestock sector has until October 31 to complete a survey as part of the Livestock Welfare Engagement Project being conducted by Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC) on behalf of the Alberta government. The goal of the project, says AFAC in a recent press release, is a collaborative look at animal welfare in Alberta’s livestock […] Read more

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