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Mineral deficiency can affect weaned calves

Even preconditioned and vaccinated calves can get sick in a feedlot

By Peter Vitti November 23, 2015

Recently, I drove some back roads and took a picture of a herd of Black Angus cattle with a few of the cows and calves with a rough red hair coat or a red sheen to them. I was always taught in school that a red coat colour was a classic sign of a copper […] Read more

After a week the fermented vegetables will have a mild tang.

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Lowly cabbage deserves recognition

Fresh or fermented — it’s packed with nutrition

By Edna Manning October 23, 2015

Cabbage may still be regarded as a vegetable of the poor by some, but it’s high time it receives equal respect and recognition with its cruciferous cousins. This humble vegetable is chock full of nutritional benefits. Part of the brassica family, cabbage is a cool-weather crop widely grown around the world. Studies at the Oregon […] Read more

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Crops, Markets

Federal funding pledged for crop market development work

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 14, 2015

Canadian crop commodity groups getting federal AgriMarketing funding plan to put the money to work over five years — not just in salesmanship, but in developing their crops’ story for potential customers. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz made two five-year funding announcements during the CropSphere 2015 conference Tuesday and Wednesday in Saskatoon: over $3.3 million […] Read more

Columns, Dairy Cattle, News

Proper diet minimizes risk of negative energy balance

By Peter Vitti May 30, 2014

Meeting the energy requirement of transition dairy cows is particularly important when fresh cows are coming into lactation and several weeks after calving. Unfortunately, not all energy requirements can be met only from feeding a well-balanced diet. Most cows at this time are drawn into a state of “negative energy balance” (NEB) for several weeks […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner

Phosphorus can be too much of a good thing

The Dairy Corner: Following recommendations can save $3,700 a year in feed costs for a 100-head dairy herd

By Peter Vitti May 9, 2014

Maybe it started when an infertile cow was seen licking and then eating dirt in a field? Eating dirt was often associated with a phosphorus deficiency in cattle and somewhere along the line, phosphorus became associated as “a health and breeder mineral.” Consequently, feeding phosphorus to dairy cows, over and above their essential phosphorus requirement […] Read more

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What we do with whey

Make your own yogurt, mayonnaise and more!

By Debbie Chikousky April 1, 2014

Our family likes to research new uses for what we produce on our farm. Over the years we have become very proficient at utilizing all the milk from our cows/goats (depending on the time of year) and we love experimenting with recipes. The one drawback to all this is that we can produce an incredible […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

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U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

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Mineral deficiency can affect weaned calves

Lowly cabbage deserves recognition

Federal funding pledged for crop market development work

Proper diet minimizes risk of negative energy balance

Phosphorus can be too much of a good thing

What we do with whey

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