It’s important for the safety of cattle producers, and of everyone else dealing with their stock, that handling equipment is functional and safe.
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Good handling equipment a must on cattle operations
Animal Health: It’s important for the safety of beef producers, veterinarians and farm workers alike that chutes are functional and safe
The ranch tradition of branding is based in the cultural and the practical
A Little Bit Western: Cattle’s brands can help to identify them at a distance and when they get mixed in with others
The tradition of branding has cultural and practical reasons for support on ranches, Saskatchewan rancher Tara Mulhern Davidson says.
Cowboy competitions
Second annual Stockmanship Challenge teaches low-stress handling techniques
After a successful event hosted last year by Malcolm and Jenny MacLean at the Pincher Creek Rodeo Grounds in southern Alberta, the second annual Ultimate Stockmanship Challenge was held in mid-July at the Silver Slate indoor arena near Stavely. The event involved a three-day stockmanship school to introduce people to the low-stress livestock handling methods […] Read more
Low-stress handling techniques put to the test
Competition required competitors to apply many of the principles developed by Bud Williams
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
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