BCRC: Tips to Select Corn Silage Hybrids Across Canada
When grown and harvested properly corn silage is an excellent source of energy and fibre for…
Beef
TEAM Cattle Market Report: March 12, 2021
In this TEAM Cattle Market Report: feeder cattle were steady.
TEAM Cattle Market Report: March 5, 2021
In this TEAM Cattle Market Report: Slaughter and feeder cattle were steady.
Your cattle herd’s reproduction success is about more than its pregnancy rate
Dr. Blake Balog of Bow Valley Livestock Health says defining reproduction success in your cattle herd…
BCRC: Dealing with Dehydrated Calves – When and How to Use Electrolytes
Supplementing young calves with electrolytes is sometimes necessary.
TEAM Cattle Market Report: January 29, 2021
In this week's TEAM Cattle Market Report: feeder cattle were stronger, while slaughter cattle were under…
TEAM Cattle Market Report: January 22, 2021
In this TEAM Cattle Market Report: fats were stronger. cows were under some pressure and feeder…
TEAM Cattle Market Report: January 17, 2021
In this TEAM Cattle Market Report: fats were stronger, while cows and feeder cattle were under…
BCRC: What’s been done and what’s next? An update from our Executive Director, Andrea Brocklebank
The Beef Cattle Research Council's Executive Director Andrea Brocklebank recaps what the organization did in 2020…
BCRC: Meet the Council: Willingness to Adapt is Key for Managing Canadian Beef Operations
This is part one in a series to introduce you to this group of innovative thinkers…
Top 10 Beef Cattle Research Council Articles of 2020
The top 10 articles from the Beef Cattle Research Council in 2020. And a bonus article…
Food Careers: Episode 17 – Family Feedlot Operator Kevin Serfas, why building bigger is better
Jill Harvie talks to Kevin Serfas, a farmer and entrepreneur from Alberta who is currently building…
BCRC: Calculating Net Returns from Preconditioning Programs
Preconditioned calves may return higher gross revenues because they sell at higher weights. They often have…
BCRC: Hooves not Harrows – Harnessing Cow Power to Rejuvenate Forages
Arron Nerbas with Nerbas Brothers Angus explains how they take a “hooves not harrows” approach to…
BCRC: Calving Season Timing and Transition – Fast Forward, Rewind, or Press Play
There has been a trend, at least in western Canada, with producers transitioning from late winter/early…
TEAM Cattle Market Report: December 4, 2020
In this week's TEAM Cattle Market Report: slaughter cattle were stronger and there was good demand…
Cattle roundup in Peace Country captured in NFB short-film
A new three-minute short film by award-winning director Nettie Wild captures a cattle roundup that occurs…
BCRC: Setting Goals and Adding Diversity is key for Intercropping
Manitoba producer Alan MacKenzie considers intercropping to be two crops that are grown at the same…
Maritime AgCast: Episode 5 – Cost of Production – Getting Started With Data Recording
Brad McCallum, Agri-Commodity Management Association (ACMA), chats with Cedric MacLeod of MacLeod Agronomics about the cost…
Selecting a bull that fits your herd
Dr. Blake Balog from Bow Valley Livestock Health breaks down what cattle producers should keep in…