A series of educational videos will soon be available online for beef producers.
The Beef Cattle Research Council has worked with the internet-based news service RealAgriculture to develop 30, 10-minute videos to introduce new techniques. They will feature interviews with researchers, veterinarians and other industry experts.
Council head Reynold Bergen said on one of the videos that research affects producers’ everyday lives, whether it is studying the impacts of antimicrobial resistance or animal productivity. Slow, incremental improvements in feed efficiency have made it possible to produce more pounds of beef per cow.
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Three decades ago, 10 pounds of feed were needed for one lb. of weight gain, but modern animals produce one lb. of gain for every six lb. of feed.
Darren Bevans, manager of Deseret Ranches, said on the video that his operation has been able to take new ideas and technology and fine tune them.
For example, studies on the benefits of swath grazing showed this technique was a profitable way to winter cows.
“It has helped us move light years ahead rather than just trying it on our own,” he said.
The videos in the Beef Research School program can be seen at www.BeefResearachSchool.com or www.BeefResearch.ca.
Funding for the project came from the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency and Agriculture Canada.
