Reading Time: < 1 minute New resources have been added to the Beef Cattle Research Council website. The new feed cost calculator compares the extra expense of adding condition to thin cows in the fall to the extra value gained by the resulting larger calf crop. The calculator is not a ration formulation tool, but rather a customizable demonstration of […] Read more
Feed cost calculator for cows
Producers can select multiple scenarios to help calculate costs versus returns
Beef website offers insights and tips on pain mitigation
Cattle’s experience with pain is not fully understood, but research on minimizing pain is steadily advancing
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Beef Cattle Research Council has updated the pain mitigation section of its website. The following is an edited version of that page, which also contains videos and links to further articles. Consumer pressure to avoid painful practices on cattle when possible — and to reduce pain when castration, dehorning, or branding are necessary — […] Read more
New, multi-pathogen test being developed for beef cattle
Reading Time: < 1 minute Work is underway to create a new multi-pathogen test for respiratory and enteric diseases, the most common and costly diseases in beef cattle. Both involve several viruses and bacteria, but current tests only target a single pathogen at a time. Checkoff dollars and funding from the beef science cluster are being used to develop two […] Read more
Does Canadian beef demand respond to quality improvement?
Research shows satisfaction with end cuts such as rounds and chucks is also important
Reading Time: 2 minutes Beef demand is an indication of consumers’ willingness to purchase, and refers to how much beef will be consumed at a given price. Higher beef consumption at higher prices indicates stronger demand; smaller consumption at a lower price indicates weaker demand. However, stronger demand can also be the result of lower consumption at higher prices […] Read more
Ionophores, not antibiotics, mainly used in beef cattle
Danish ban has led to increased use of antibiotics, says BDRC
Reading Time: 3 minutes Antimicrobial resistance has become a highly charged issue. Headlines appear in the news on a regular basis suggesting that antibiotics are becoming less effective in humans and farmers are to blame. Some concerns have been raised that antimicrobial use in livestock leads to antimicrobial resistance and that some of the products used in food animals […] Read more
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