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How to manage Salmonella dublin on a cow-calf operation

Animal Health: The salmonella strain has become more common in Canada

By John Campbell March 23, 2025

Salmonella dublin is adapted to live in cattle, which remain the most important reservoir of this strain of the bacteria. It is also a strain of salmonella that’s very difficult to treat because it tends to be multi-drug resistant and will not respond to antibiotic therapy.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Livestock

Birthdays and an eastbound colt

Eppich News: Cycles of very cold then warm weather have been hard on animals and people this winter

By Heather Eppich March 23, 2025

Cycles of very cold then warm weather have been hard on animals and people at the Eppich farm this winter.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Cow-Calf

Feed an all-star diet to your beef cows after calving

Better Bunks & Pastures: It pays to invest in cows to get them from calving to their next pregnancy

By Peter Vitti March 18, 2025

For a cow to feed a calf and retain its own body condition requires a good solid intake of essential nutrients. First-calf heifers also need more of the same nutrients to gain a couple of hundred pounds of weight as they grow into maturity.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Markets

Cattle market volatility increases as tariff uncertainty continues

Resumption of U.S./Mexico cattle trade will temper market upside

By Jerry Klassen March 14, 2025

At the time of writing this article, the implementations of U.S. tariffs and Canadian retaliatory measures were delayed for 30 days. However, the threat remains. This is the wild card moving forward.

When a heifer calves, she’s hopefully worth at least as much as when she was a bred heifer — and probably retains that value for at least a couple of years.

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Flipping cow depreciation on its head

Costs of Production: Open cows have a huge effect — especially when they are two-year-olds

By Sean McGrath February 1, 2025

I am keenly interested in cow depreciation and in fact have written about it in past Grainews columns. It is one of the largest direct expenses on a cow-calf operation — usually only behind feed — and it is worth touching on again in the wake of current record-high prices. First as a reminder, Figure […] Read more

Gregory and his mare, Reba, go around the cows as we round them up to sort their calves off to take to market or take home for weaning.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Good weather holds through harvest

Eppich News: Wandering cows and calves made rounding them up a challengee

By Heather Eppich January 8, 2025

On Sept. 30, Gregory drove John and Barb to Saskatoon because Barb was experiencing severe pain in her side. She’s had trouble with her gall bladder for quite a while, but this time it was too much. She was supposed to have emergency surgery that day but ended up being pushed off until the next […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

The fall run: the rancher’s sprint

A Little Bit Western: Most of the revenue, data and calf movement come in the fall

By Tara Mulhern Davidson December 26, 2024

I like to joke that ranching is a marathon, except when it is a sprint, and then it’s that too. There are certainly times when you are racing from one urgent task to another. While it feels like the rest of the working world has three to five business days to respond to a request, […] Read more

The number of cattle being grounded in Canada dropped in 2024.

Cattleman’s Corner, Columns, Markets

Fed cattle market grinds lower

The Markets: Softer demand shows up as North American employment weakens

By Jerry Klassen October 9, 2024

During the second week of September, Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis in the range of $406-$410/cwt, down from prices of $425-$428/cwt a month earlier. Beef demand appears to be softening as unemployment levels increase. In addition to weaker consumer spending, September and October are two months when beef demand typically […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner, Cow-Calf

It’s not too late to creep-feed spring calves

Better Bunks and Pastures: Analysis says this could be a highly profitable year to creep-feed calves

By Peter Vitti September 23, 2024

A friend of mine operates a 300-cow-calf operation. This year, he put out his creep feeders during the end of July and his March-born calves really haven’t eaten much creep-feed in the last month. That’s because his pastures are still lush and his cows are milking well. He joked that he is ready to lock […] Read more

Livestock, News

New program focuses on data literacy for cow-calf producers

Case studies and mentoring will help give farm data decision-making power

By John Greig May 23, 2024

The Data Literacy for Cow-Calf Producers project aims to give farmers and ranchers the chance to discuss best practices and learn from experts and peers about how to use data to make better business decisions. Data management has varied adoption in the cow-calf sector.

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle tick lower in thin pre-holiday trade

U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on short covering, war risk

Prairie forecast: Plenty more chances for snow over Holidays

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