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
Larger cattle need more water
Animal Health: Long-term trends in the beef sector continue to evolve
The only constant is change and I have seen a lot of changes in beef production; this article will outline some of them. With lots of evidence of warmer summers, water access is paramount in most of our eyes. There’s more capacity for access by all classes of cattle, including from newly designed water troughs […] Read more
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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