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December 17, 2024Big Cows and Big Questions Big cows aren’t necessarily bad, but they don’t work for everyone. If they’re coming back open before they’ve paid...
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September 24, 2024Producers Weigh in on Weaning, Preg-Checking and More 🎙️ Knowing the production practices producers adopt across Canada and which they don't (and...
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September 10, 2024Results of the Inaugural Canadian Cow-Calf Survey🎙️ The Canadian Cow-Calf Survey recently collected data from 600 beef producers across nine...
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June 16, 2023Facing Drought? Six Things Beef Producers Can Focus On 🎙️ While the elements themselves cannot be managed, there are six decisions that can be...
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January 17, 2022Protect Your Investments This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the January 2022 issue of Canadian...
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December 16, 2021What a Year -- Top 10 Articles from the BCRC Blog in 2021 This past year presented Canadian beef producers with a lot of different...
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October 25, 2021Basics of Backgrounding - Veterinary & Expert Insights Across Canada Webinar November 17th Are you new to backgrounding? Join us as we...
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October 7, 2021What’s the most profitable post-weaning choice for your calves? Try our updated calculator! Drought conditions across the country this year remind...
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September 7, 2021Tips for Starting Lightweight Calves on Feed CLICK THE PLAY BUTTON TO LISTEN TO THIS POST: Listen to more episodes...
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August 18, 2021Decision Making During Drought Producers coping with severe drought and feed shortages have tough decisions to make about culling, weaning and cow...
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May 22, 2019Top findings about adoption of beneficial practices on Canadian cow-calf operations Sometimes it can be hard to know where you’re going if you...
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December 17, 2018Results of recent Cow-Calf Production Surveys across Canada Industry data provided by production surveys can serve as a benchmark for production...
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July 31, 2018Producers with Large Herds Are Believers in Low Stress Weaning Editor’s note: The following is the second in a two part series. See part one about...
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July 30, 2018Low-stress weaning benefits on several levels Editor’s note: The following is the first in a two-part series on low stress weaning. In part two,...
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September 18, 2017Bovine Respiratory Disease from the Farm to the Feedlot This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the...
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April 13, 2017Less Complaining. More Gaining. Calves that are fence-line weaned vocalize 50% less, walk less, and have higher weight gains in the first 10 weeks...
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August 17, 2015Stretching Feed Supplies This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the August 2015 issue of...
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April 14, 2014Calculator: What is the Value of Preconditioning Calves? Preconditioning is a management method that prepares calves to enter the feedlot, reducing...
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September 24, 2013Try These Weaning Techniques for More Productive Calves this Fall Ideas for keeping stress at a minimum during weaning.
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May 2, 2013Pain Mitigation: Latest Video in Beef Research School Series Branding, dehorning and castration are painful, but pain is very difficult to measure in...
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August 23, 2012Reducing Weaning Stress Part 2 - Improving Profits This is a guest post written by Karin Schmid, Beef Production Specialist with the Alberta Beef...
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August 16, 2012Reducing Weaning Stress Calves are weaned to ensure cows can recover their body condition after raising a calf all summer, and to allow for...
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