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  • 27 Juin 2024Birds and Bees and Breeding Beef Cattle: Two New Webpages Cover Breeding Cow and Bull Management

    The goal of a cow-calf operation should be for each...

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  • 31 Mai 2023Forage U-Pick: An Interactive Forage Species Selection Tool Now Available Canada-Wide 🎙️

    Forage U-Pick can help beef producers across Canada...

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  • 23 Mars 2023How to Calculate Your Carrying Capacity ▶️

    What is carrying capacity, and what does it mean for your farm? Carrying capacity, also known as...

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  • 31 Mars 2022Two Methods, Four Steps for Calculating Carrying Capacity

    Establish a stocking rate that maintains productivity of herd and forage while encouraging...

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  • 9 Février 2022Bull Power - How to Calculate the True Value of a Herd Sire ▶️

    Bull selection is a key decision for cow-calf producers that will have implications...

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  • 11 Janvier 2022A Guide to Keeping Records That Help Make Profitable Decisions

    The start of a new season and year is the perfect time for beef producers to look back...

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  • 15 November 2021Winter Feed Cost Comparison Calculator - Managing Variable Costs

    Winter feed is the largest year-over-year variable cost faced by producers.  Poursuivre la lecture

  • 7 Octobre 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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  • 18 Août 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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  • 23 Juillet 2021Salvaging a Crop? Things to Consider When Valuing a Crop for Feed

    With moderate to severe drought in many areas of Canada and the northern United...

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  • 26 Avril 2021To Sell or Background Calves? – Introducing the BCRC Backgrounding Calculator

    “Should I sell or background my calves?” is a question most...

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  • 10 Octobre 2019The cost-benefit of using vaccines: bovine respiratory disease

    Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is one of the costliest health issues facing...

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