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This proper mineral feeder is also mounted on a tire to keep it out of the wet and keep cows from stepping into it.
Cattleman’s Corner, Cow-Calf

Make sure your mineral feeders for cattle are full

Minerals for the cow also help get the calf off to a good start

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Beef cows cannot live without minerals and vitamins, which are often deficient or biologically unavailable in many overwintering forage. I advise people to put loose mineral on a regular basis for their gestating cows, so all essential mineral and vitamin requirements are supplemented. Unfortunately, some people don’t always feed enough mineral. With a little effort, […] Read more
After a week the fermented vegetables will have a mild tang.
Farm Life, FarmLife

Lowly cabbage deserves recognition

Fresh or fermented — it’s packed with nutrition

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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

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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
Phosphorus can be too much of a good thing
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

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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
Farm Life

What we do with whey

Make your own yogurt, mayonnaise and more!

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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

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