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…
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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…
HINDSIGHT IS 2020: The Most Popular RRC Stories of the past year
A look back at the most-read RRC articles from 2020.
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…
2020 Year in Review: Cattle industry deals with COVID-19 while consumers’ support grows
The President of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association talks about the successes and challenges the cattle industry…
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…
TEAM Cattle Market Report: December 18, 2020
A snapshot of the cattle markets according to TEAM Auction Services.
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…
BCRC: Eleven Ways to Avoid Feed Waste this Winter
Harvesting, storing and delivering a beef herd’s winter rations are the largest expense for most operations.…
TEAM Cattle Market Report: November 27, 2020
In this week's TEAM Cattle Market Report: there was good demand on all classes of feeder…
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…
TEAM Cattle Market Report: November 20, 2020
In this week's TEAM Cattle Market Report: fat cattle were a little stronger, cows were steady.…
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 6: Grazing and Pasture Management
Host Brad McCallum, Agri-Commodity Management Association (ACMA), chats with Cedric MacLeod, MacLeod Agronomics, and John Duynisveld,…
BCRC: Vaccination of the Beef Herd
Vaccines are certainly a primary component of our modern herd health programs, but it is important…
TEAM Cattle Market Report: November 13, 2020
In this week's TEAM Cattle Market Report: feeder cattle were stronger, there was also good demand…
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…
BCRC: Prevent External Parasites from Sucking the Life Out of Your Herd
Managing external parasites is about control, not necessarily elimination.