Reading Time: 3 minutes Learn how soil testing and targeted fertilization can increase pasture biomass by 43%. Expert tips on N, P, and K management for beef cattle producers.
How soil fertility management can boost pasture yield by 43 per cent
Soil testing and the right fertility program can make a measurable difference in pasture output, agronomist says
Beef sector needs more research into protozoal disease
It would be nice if research could eventually be done to allow on-label use of toltrazuril
Reading Time: 4 minutes Reduced federal research capacity may mean more livestock health products have to go extra-label through veterinarians, which puts a lot of pressure on them, veterinarian Roy Lewis writes.
Incoming Canadian Cattle Association CEO embraces winds of change
Andrea Brocklebank, the incoming CEO of the Canadian Cattle Association, is open to revitalizing the organization while maintaining national delivery.
Holistic management upends traditional grazing
Allan Savory continues to push in his 90th year a holistic approach to agriculture
Reading Time: 3 minutes World trail blazer of holistic approach in agriculture answers producers questions in southern Alberta in how to carry on the movement.
Winter grazing tour highlights cost-saving mix of cover crops and silage
Alternative grazing methods reduce labour and overhead, but experts stress precise rations are vital to prevent energy deficits
Reading Time: 3 minutes Discover one beef producer's strategies to slash winter feed costs — and how to make sure it meets a cattle’s nutritional needs.
Calf vaccination timing: why one size doesn’t fit all
Intranasal vaccines are common, but aren't right for every herd
Reading Time: 4 minutes Experts say for calf vaccinations to be most effective, it requires using a tailored approach for each herd.
CCIA prepares to make traceability transition
Canadian Cattle Identification Agency urges cattle producers to get ready for regulations coming into effect
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency may not be proposing regulatory changes for traceability, but it's the one delivering the program.
Klassen: Feeder Cattle Market Waits For Direction
For the week ending January 31, Western Canadian feeder markets were relatively unchanged from seven days earlier. Adverse weather in southern Alberta may have tempered buying interest for lighter weight calves. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis in the range of $508-$510 per hundredweight delivered, steady to $2/cwt higher than last […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher
Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger on Friday, with positioning ahead of a major winter storm set to move through the United States providing support.
U.S. livestock: Cattle steady ahead of feed report
Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange held close to unchanged on Thursday, with the bias lower in the most active months.
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