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This is a view of the assembled water tub inside the now-insulated blue supplement tub. The power cord feeds in through the bottom of the blue supplement tub.

Adding insulation to heated water tanks

A winterizing tip to help keep your cattle watered

By Michael Thomas January 26, 2016

It is that time of the year when we find ourselves fighting the cold weather to provide water for our stock. Many ranchers and farmers use heated water tanks to increase water consumption for stock/horses while reducing or eliminating the battle with ice and wasted water. Unfortunately heaters are expensive to operate and are not […] Read more

Maintaining good nutrition with products such as protein blocks helps cattle as they head into winter.

Cattleman’s Corner, Cow-Calf, Livestock

Keep cows fed heading into winter

Each thin cow will need an extra bale over winter just for maintenance, never mind rebuilding

By Heather Smith Thomas October 21, 2015

Cows need higher-quality feed, and more of it, as pregnancy progresses. Nutrient requirements in early gestation are not much different from maintenance requirements, but as the fetus grows larger the cow’s nutrient needs increase. After calving, when a cow is lactating, she needs a much higher level of protein and energy than when she is […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Crops, Markets, Weather

World weather worth watching as winter hits Canada

By GFM Network News October 14, 2015

CNS Canada –– Harvest is wrapping up in Western Canada, but seeding is just starting in other parts of the world. Here are a few of the top market influencers traders and farmers are watching heading into winter. El Nino in the Southern Hemisphere – The Southern Hemisphere is starting its wheat growing season, said […] Read more

Machinery

Nokian ag tire sets world speed record

Hakkapeliitta TRI tires get the company a place in Guinness Book of World Records

By Scott Garvey June 16, 2015

It’s almost impossible to watch TV these days and not see some advertisement for an automotive product — or the latest Hollywood movie — with sporty cars drifting sideways around corners at high speeds. Seeing an ag tractor do that, however, is unusual to say the least. But if you log onto Nokian Tyres’ website […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner

Thawing ‘oven’ speeds digging post holes in frozen ground

By Heather Smith Thomas February 17, 2015

Sometimes a person has to build fence in challenging conditions. When ground is frozen it’s almost impossible to drive posts, and very time-consuming and difficult to dig holes. Some people have put an old tire over the spot that needs to be thawed, burning the tires at night, to have the ground thawed underneath them […] Read more

News

Grain movement chills in winter

By Lisa Guenther January 7, 2015

Why can’t the railways push through winter? Kyle Petluk hails from Alberta’s Peace River region. He was one of few farmer delegates at the Field on Wheels transportation conference in Winnipeg last December. Farmers are hurting after last winter, not CN and CP shareholders, he said during an interview. “(The railways are) saying it’s a […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner

Snow can be an excellent water source for cattle

Eating snow is a learned behaviour which may take a few days for livestock to adjust

By Roy Lewis December 24, 2014

For eons, wild animals in Canada especially the large herbivores have relied on snow as their primary water source through the winter. It has been shown that some wild species like reindeer actually prefer snow if given a choice. Canadian ruminants, especially pregnant beef and bison cows and heifers, can do well eating snow. On […] Read more

Cattleman’s Corner

Strategies for reducing parasite resistance

By Roy Lewis July 8, 2014

We heard years ago about insect resistance developing with with fly tags. I believe the first ones on the market were called Bovaid. With no other competing products, after a few years researchers noticed resistance developing in pests the tags were supposed to repel. Soon other companies were making tags using different chemical families as active […] Read more

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

Tag Archives winter

Adding insulation to heated water tanks

Keep cows fed heading into winter

World weather worth watching as winter hits Canada

Nokian ag tire sets world speed record

Thawing ‘oven’ speeds digging post holes in frozen ground

Grain movement chills in winter

Snow can be an excellent water source for cattle

Strategies for reducing parasite resistance

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