Livestock Management
Given today’s prices, a cattle leasing agreement requires either a foolhardy investor or a rancher willing to work for free. Unless a cash-rich investor is seeking a tax shelter, no cattle producer with business sense would agree to a leasing agreement that will end up costing him money, said Manitoba Agriculture beef production specialist John […] Read more
Livestock Management
Cattle lease deals risky
Water, manure practices studied in Alberta
FORT MACLEOD, Alta. – A five-year study to assess the effectiveness of recommended practices for handling manure and other water supply threats starts this spring at two Alberta locations. Andrea Kalischuk of Alberta Agriculture said past studies show agricultural practices can have a detrimental effect on water quality. The test sites in Lacombe County and […] Read more
Distillers grain good for beef, studies show
Western Producer Calgary reporter Barbara Duckworth travelled to Denver, Colorado, for the International Livestock Congress and the National Western Stock Show to look at how issues there will affect Canadian producers. DENVER, Colo. – Cattle feeding trials are starting to return results on the use of dried and wet distillers grain and most are reaching […] Read more
Prominent Angus show judged by committee
Western Producer Calgary reporter Barbara Duckworth travelled to Denver, Colorado, for the International Livestock Congress and the National Western Stock Show to look at how issues there will affect Canadian producers. DENVER, Colo. – Judging by committee is never easy but for Cheramie Viator, it may be the fairest way to evaluate a group of […] Read more
Beef market big enough for everyone, says producer
Western Producer Calgary reporter Barbara Duckworth travelled to Denver, Colorado, for the International Livestock Congress and the National Western Stock Show to look at how issues there will affect Canadian producers. DENVER, Colo. – An Argentine beef producer says beef producing countries should be less competitive and work together to promote their product around the […] Read more
Aussie horse flu shows disease’s speed
RED DEER – An equine influenza outbreak in Australia last August is a good example of how fast a disease can spread within a population without immunity and how governments can respond. The nonfatal disease affected thousands of horses in New South Wales and throughout Australia. The government hopes to eradicate it by the end […] Read more
Horse diet guidelines issued
RED DEER – Just released nutrition guidelines from the National Research Council will improve horse diets, says one equine specialist. Bob Coleman, equine specialist from the University of Kentucky, praised the new document, which is an update since 1989 when the last guide was released. A major change is in the nutrient requirement area where […] Read more
Tapeworm test measures protein
RED DEER – New research may make it easier to diagnose tapeworms in horses. Doug Colwell of Agriculture Canada told the annual Alberta horse breeders conference in Red Deer Jan. 12 that researchers from the University of Lethbridge and Agriculture Canada are checking for remnants of a specific tapeworm protein left behind in horse manure. […] Read more
BSE helped boost Jersey numbers
Few livestock producers would say border closures are good for business, but Jersey Canada’s Russell Gammon said it’s been a gold mine. “BSE came along, we weren’t exporting cows out of the country, so our Canadian stock got replenished,” said Gammon. Before the closure, most Canadian Jersey cows were exported to the United States. “It […] Read more
COOL likely heading to court
Western Producer Calgary reporter Barbara Duckworth travelled to Denver, Colorado, for the International Livestock Congress and the National Western Stock Show to look at how issues there will affect Canadian producers. U.S. beef producers will likely face lawsuits from Canada and Mexico if the United States passes its country-of-origin labelling law in its present form, […] Read more
