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It didn't take much of a tumble for James to hurt his elbow, but it was a bit of process to get necessary repairs made. It will take time to heal, but he is handling it well.
Cattleman’s Corner, Oats

Harvest done in time for Thanksgiving

Dealing with health care was a matter of hurry up and wait

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The end of September had a few bumps for us. After the rain on Sept. 19, it was too wet to combine for a few days. Instead, I baled some flax straw while Gregory and the neighbour, Leon, worked on John’s new well. Harvest started again Sept. 24. We worked on John’s oats for a […] Read more
File photo of a snow-topped field in Alberta. (Don White/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock, Weather

Cold, snowy start seen to Prairies’ winter

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MarketsFarm — Although the official calendar start to winter isn’t until Dec. 21, conditions on the Canadian Prairies are now winter-like, according to Weatherlogics chief scientist Scott Kehler. “For the month of November, it looks like we’re off to a cold start for most of the Prairies. The western Prairies… had quite a significant winter […] Read more
It’s best to apply a ‘one health’ approach
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

It’s best to apply a ‘one health’ approach

If animals are healthy, then humans are healthy and it works vice versa

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This year’s theme for Animal Health Week in October was a good one for the veterinary profession as it blended the idea of “one health.” If we protect the health of our animals and the environs in which they reside, it ultimately protects everyone’s health. This is especially true in farm animal production as our […] Read more
The judges and winner of the first ever Stockmanship Challenge, from left, judge Paul Kernaleguen, rancher Wolter Van der Kamp who won the competition, judges Whit Hibbard and Dawn Hnatow, and event organizer Malcolm MacLean.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Low-stress handling techniques put to the test

Competition required competitors to apply many of the principles developed by Bud Williams

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A ranch manager from near Longview Alberta took home the hardware earlier this year at the first-ever Ultimate Stockmanship Challenge held at the Pincher Creek Rodeo grounds in southern Alberta Wolter Van der Kamp, who has worked with livestock in various capacities over his career, won the top two classes of the competition designed to […] Read more
A picture is better than 1,000 words. Here is a young canola crop neatly placed between the 12-inch-high wheat stubble from the Nerbas farm last year. The wheat stubble will have caught snow to help provide better germination for the shallow-seeded canola and it shelters the canola from wind.
Columns, Crops

Les Henry: Fuzzy thinking about soils and agricultural performance

What constitutes sustainable on a farm depends on soil climatic zone and what is feasible for the area

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There seems to be a constant barrage of media comment about agriculture by folks who have little contact with real farms and little formal training in an agriculture faculty or school. Much of the discourse talks about sustainable agriculture, resiliency, regenerative agriculture and particularly soil health. There is not much detail about what the terms […] Read more
Nate Horner, shown here speaking Oct. 4, 2022 at Southland Trailers at Lethbridge, was named Oct. 21 as Alberta’s minister of agriculture and irrigation. (Alberta government video screengrab via YouTube)
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Alberta reorganizes ag portfolio for returning minister

Horner to handle agriculture and irrigation file

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Both Alberta and Quebec have re-upped with their incumbent agriculture ministers in cabinet shuffles this week — but incoming Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s shuffle will also streamline that province’s ag portfolio. Chosen by Alberta’s governing United Conservatives (UCP) on Oct. 6 to replace outgoing premier Jason Kenney, Smith on Friday announced Kenney’s incumbent minister of […] Read more
While feedlot placements are up in the U.S. the opposite is happening in Western Canada with feedlot placements dropping sharply below year-ago levels through the summer period.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Cattle market digesting many variables

Large Prairie barley crop in 2022, but big shipments of feed to China

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As of the third week of September, Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a live basis in the range of $180-$183/cwt delivered. Alberta finished cattle prices were rather flat throughout September. For March and April of 2023, feedlot operators have been able to forward-contract fed cattle on a dressed basis at $345/cwt delivered which […] Read more
Backgrounding feeding programs are often tailor-made to each beef producer’s situation. The rate of gain can be achieved over short-45 day, medium-90 day and longer-kept 120-day feeding programs.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Pencil out the economics of backgrounding

Working through a "what-if" scenario helps in deciding whether to feed

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As most of the leaves have fallen, many spring calves are being weaned. It’s also when many beef producers determine whether their weaned calves are immediately sold or held for further feeding. Regardless of the final choice, backgrounding calves takes a bit of homework and should pay off with increased revenue if the goals, the […] Read more
What is sustainable agriculture?
Columns, Crops

What is sustainable agriculture?

Prairie farmers have adopted some of the most sustainable practices among agricultural producers in the world

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No, sustainable agriculture is not organic farming, wildlife management, having a mixed livestock and grain system or anything else. It is efficient, effective, common sense crop production. In recent years, Prairie farmers have adopted some of the most sustainable practices among agricultural producers in the world. Contrary to the naysayers who rant about the destruction […] Read more

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