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April 28, 2022
Health & Production
From the ground up – Grazing 101
Where ever your feet are planted – they stand on the future of the beef business. It is the soil that is foundational to the long-term resiliency of our farms and ranches, supporting healthy herds and cattle feeding operations. Grazing management has to compliment that soil and build it up; be that in hard or...
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April 14, 2022
Issues & Insights
Building the best beef team
The beef industry is changing. Cattle are forward contracted at a historic volume; consolidation is rampant and foreign ownership is threading itself throughout the industry. Identity and certified programs capture much of the market through to slaughter, while feeder cattle continue to swap countries just as readily as they do provincial borders. Export markets demand...
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December 7, 2021
Issues & Insights
Invitation to a longer table with beef at the centre of the plate
At the heart of every beef operation is her people. Those passionate and committed persons who strive to produce the best possible food. Behind the hard-working cow calf, yearling, backgrounding and cattle-feeding operators, are families and teams of employees, scientists, farmers, veterinarians and a multitude of service providers. Like most things in life, they are in integrated...
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October 29, 2021
Business Tools
Marketing with a focus on health and welfare
As the days of summer fade away and we face the briskness of fall it is time to carefully consider livestock marketing plans for the farm and ranch. Traditionally, this time of year is referred to as ‘the fall run’ as most of the calves, yearlings and cull cows are offered for sale and the...
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October 20, 2021
Business Tools
Not Just a Pretty Face: Commercial heifer selection and the maternal journey from replacement to retail
Selecting commercial beef cattle replacement heifers for the herd is not based on beauty. A pretty face is just that – a pretty face. What we are looking for in the commercial herd is a working girl with serious historical data behind her. The “genes” she wears will come from a long line of females...
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