Hormone implants can lead to bigger calves — reducing greenhouse gas intensity, land use intensity and giving the beef farmer more profit, a Manitoba-based model suggests. The post Calf hormone implants can give environmental, financial wins appeared first on Grainews.| GrainewsLivestock & Production Tips - Grainews
A veterinarian recounts a case of coccidiosis in beef calves, and outlines signs and treatment of the disease.| Canadian Cattlemen
Canadian farmers are less likely to turn to agricultural programs meant to help them, like business risk management or on-farm funding, if those programs are frustrating to navigate.| Manitoba Co-operator
Canadian beef farmers have needed their veterinarian to write a prescription for antibiotics since late 2018, part of efforts to fight off antimicrobial resistance. Producers haven’t had to change what they were doing much.| Manitoba Co-operator
Tips for feeding cows in the last stages of pregnancy so they deliver healthy calves.| Canadian Cattlemen
Heartland Livestock Services in Virden and Grunthal Auction Mart in Grunthal have offered farmers in fire-threatened areas a safe place to evacuate their livestock.| Manitoba Co-operator
Heifers that have calves for the first time need special attention, and getting them ready for their next pregnancy is the goal of a nutrition program specifically for them.| Grainews
Beef producers are chafing at the wallet to get cattle out on pasture, but grazing too early can lead to overall forage yield loss.| Manitoba Co-operator
Case study of a cow herd that started aborting calves in the third trimester.| Canadian Cattlemen
Explore diverse calving season approaches from Western Canadian producers. Learn about the risks and benefits for late summer, winter, and spring calving.| Grainews
Shipping fever. Bovine respiratory disease (BRD). Whatever name you give it, it remains the number one cause of death in feedlots. It pops up on cow-calf operations, too. The Beef Cattle Research Council’s website notes that BRD is a leading cause of death, illness and antibiotic treatment in calves from three weeks of age to […] Read more The post Stress, biosecurity and bovine respiratory disease appeared first on Canadian Cattlemen.| Canadian CattlemenAnimal Health , Latest & Featured - Canadian Cattlemen
As summer ends and fall begins, beef cattle producers will soon start weaning their calves. During this period, cows will return from summer pastures and undergo pregnancy testing. This is an excellent time to evaluate the body condition of your cows. Weaker cows with low body condition should be grouped together and provided with extra […] Read more The post When the cows come home: Fall and winter feeding considerations appeared first on Canadian Cattlemen.| Canadian CattlemenCanadian Cattlemen
How low-stress cattle handling keeps cattle healthier, especially in feedlots, and tips for keeping bovine stress lower.| Canadian Cattlemen
Vaccinations are a cornerstone biosecurity practice for cow-calf operations and feedlots. It is not uncommon for two or more vaccines to be given twice a| Alberta Farmer Express
In Canadian beef cattle systems, increased efficiency accompanied by higher levels of performance is largely dependent on the female herd delivering live| Canadian Cattlemen
The Sandhills calving system separates newborn calves from older calves, reducing scours infections and calf mortality.| Canadian Cattlemen
Canadian Cattlemen field editor Melissa Bezan talks to Karin Schmid of the Alberta Beef Producers about toxic plants and drought. At the end of April, the| Canadian Cattlemen
There are a couple of important highlights that will affect the post-calving feeding program during this period.| Canadian Cattlemen
Scours. It should be a four-lettered word, for all the misery it causes on cow-calf operations. Even with the best preventative practices, outbreaks can pop up in herds. And in the middle of an outbreak, the focus is on survival, for calves and humans alike. During an outbreak, producers are generally going to see a […] Read more The post Surviving scours appeared first on Canadian Cattlemen.| Canadian CattlemenHerd Health , Latest & Featured - Canadian Cattlemen
Vaccines are an important tool to help minimize pre-weaning calf illness and death early in life, reduce the risk of reproductive failure in the breeding| Canadian Cattlemen
Sixty-six per cent over 11 years. That’s how much extra support Alberta cow-calf producers would have received had certain feed and pasture costs been| Alberta Farmer Express