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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
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Livestock

Coop federee buys into Ontario feed sector

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Fresh off its recent investment in the Prairie livestock feed business, Quebec ag co-operative giant La Coop federee is headed down a similar path in southwestern Ontario. The co-operative announced Monday it will pay an undisclosed sum for a 50 per cent stake in W-S Feed and Supply, based at Tavistock, Ont., about 30 km […] Read more
Under hot and dry conditions this is a situation of pasture being depleted with no supplement food in sight.
Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner

A feed strategy to help compensate for poor pastures

It’s a hot dry summer out there in many places — any grass just isn’t doing it

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Western Canada is having one of the hottest and driest summers in 30 years. It might not be the widespread drought of the past, but this year’s pastures are either simply nonexistent or filled with nutritionally hollow grass. As a result, cattle performance is likely to be compromised now and in months ahead with a […] Read more
On the hottest days cows and bulls can drink 40 to 50 litres per head. They need plenty of fresh water.
Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner

Water and shade reduce impact of heat stress on cattle

Too much heat along with pests can affect breeding success

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I am no stranger to the effects of summer heat stress in cattle. Back when I was working on my master’s thesis at the University of Manitoba (the effect of molybdenum on copper status in beef cattle nutrition, 1983), I had 35 Shorthorn/Angus crossbred yearlings on full feed. During that particular summer, after July 1 […] Read more
Cattle market absorbing larger supplies
Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Markets

Cattle market absorbing larger supplies

Market Update: Beef consumption increasing after early-spring snowstorms

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Alberta packers were buying fed cattle in the range of $263 to $265 per hundredweight on a dressed basis in late April while live sales were reported from $157 to $169. The market appears to have stabilized after a softer tone earlier in spring. Analysts are expecting second-quarter beef production to come in sharply higher […] Read more
Average EPD for current calves from 6 major Canadian breeds
Cattleman’s Corner, Cow-Calf, Livestock

Some myths and facts about EPDs

It’s only a genetic prediction, but still a useful tool

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One of the main areas that I have worked on in my consulting business is genetic selection and the development and use of genetic evaluation technologies. In the more than 20 years I have been working in the field, it is interesting many of the same myths and challenges continue to appear, all during a […] Read more
Can you afford to select cows for longevity?
Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Cow-Calf

Can you afford to select cows for longevity?

Keeping old cows isn’t improving performance of the beef herd

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One of the biggest costs on a cow-calf operation is cow herd depreciation. For most of us, even if we are not aware of it, cow depreciation is our second-highest expense after cow herd maintenance. It is a problem often ignored because cull cows generate cash flow, but having cows drop out of the cow […] Read more
McNabb family at processing.
Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner

Producers discuss value of good records

Herd Management: Which to cull, when to market, 
just some of questions answered

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This is part one of three Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) articles on the value of keeping records for commercial beef herds. Parts two and three are available on the blog at www.beefresearch.ca. There is also a good sidebar report on new record-keeping software and iPhone App (the Herdly App) available from the Canadian Cattleman’s […] Read more

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