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  • 26 November 2024Adaptive Winter Grazing Strategies

    Extended grazing can help lower feed costs and improve the health of your land. Learn more about extended grazing...

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  • 25 Juin 2024Water Systems on Pasture: An Eastern Canadian Beef Producer Perspective 🎙️

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  • 15 Février 2024Meet the Council: Modifications Worth Making  

    The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) is made up of producer members from across Canada, appointed...

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  • 20 Juillet 2023Polycrop Potential: 12 Tips for Using Mixed Forage Crops 🎙️

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  • 11 Juillet 2023Producing Dairy-Beef: Starting Off on the Right Hoof

    This is part two in a series that will explore the opportunities and challenges of dairy-beef...

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  • 27 Juin 2023Bovins Laitiers-Bœufs: Transitionner de la Salle de Traite au Parc d’Engraissement

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  • 12 Avril 2023Taking Pain Management Mainstream-- Beef Producers Add Pain Medication to Their Routines and Benefit Their Herds🎙️

    The number of producers providing pain management...

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  • 16 Mars 2023Chute Decisions – Using Low Tech and High Tech Record Systems to Help Make Decisions Chute-Side 🎙️ 

    These producers made the switch from paper...

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  • 2 Mars 2023A Quarter-Century of Progress with Extended Grazing

    Putting cattle on extended grazing systems has benefitted Canadian ranchers over the past 25 years...

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  • 8 Décembre 2022The Sandhills Strategy -- Moving Pregnant Cows to Fresh Ground and Leaving Pairs Behind Can Limit Calf Sickness 

    The Sandhills calving system is a practical way...

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  • 15 Septembre 2022Two Farms "Right-Sized" Their Herds by Being Open to Change and Working in Sync with Nature 

    A key aspect of maximizing profit and maintaining...

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  • 16 Août 2022Statégies Pour le Pâturage à l’Automne et à l’Hiver: Perspective de l’Est du Canada

    Two Eastern Canadian producers share successful extended...

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  • 29 Avril 2022Comment (et Pourquoi) ces Éleveurs-Naisseurs Canadiens Ont-Ils Changé et Défini Leurs Périodes

    A beef producer from Nova Scotia and another from...

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  • 6 Janvier 2022Rebuild & Recover – Two Producers Share their Experiences with Fire and Drought

    For many beef producers across Canada, the past year was challenging...

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  • 9 November 2021Every Farm Has Different Goalposts - Setting Goals and Defining Success

    What does a “successful” Canadian beef farm look like? How do you define...

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  • 12 Octobre 2021Meet the Council: Flexibility and Creative Solutions Provide Opportunity for These Beef Stakeholders

    The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) is made...

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  • 30 Juin 2021Meet the Council: Unique Marketing Opportunities Bring More Profit to These Producers

    The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) is made up of producer...

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  • 17 Décembre 2020Meet the Council: Thinking Outside the Box Pays Off

    The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) is made up of producer members from across Canada,...

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  • 7 Décembre 2020Calendrier et transition de la saison de vêlage - Avance rapide, retour en arrière, ou appuyer sur Play 🎙️

    Comme chaque exploitation agricole fonctionne...

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  • 16 November 2020Setting Goals and Adding Diversity is key for Intercropping

    There is a lot of buzz in beef and forage production systems around the concepts of...

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  • 8 Octobre 2020Bale Grazing Checks the Boxes for Three Canadian Producers

    Editor’s note: The following is the final instalment of a two-part series that will...

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  • 26 Août 2020The Benefits of Bringing Cattle and Crops Together

    Producers share their successes with grazing cattle on neighbouring cropland. Poursuivre la lecture

  • 22 Juin 2020Meet the Council: Willingness to Adapt is Key for Managing Canadian Beef Operations

    The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) is made up of producer...

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  • 11 Juin 2020Hooves not Harrows – Harnessing Cow Power to Rejuvenate Forages 🎙️

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  • 5 Mars 2020Cover Crop Capabilities – Producer and Researcher Experiences

    Cover crop in Saltcoats, SK. Photo courtesy of Kevin Elmy. Forage cover crops are...

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  • 27 Février 2020Silage is Top Choice for These Three Beef Producers

    Editor’s note: The following is part two of a two-part series that will help you to evaluate...

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  • 20 November 2019Three Producers Share Ideas That Improve Efficiency

    Editors note: This article is the third in a series featuring ideas from beef producers across the...

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  • 29 Août 2019How to Get New Feedlot Calves Settled and Gaining Quickly; Advice from Producers, Veterinarians and Feedlot Consultants

    Getting calves settled, keeping them healthy and...

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  • 3 Avril 2019Alfalfa is nothing to fear with simple, proper management

    The secret to pasturing cattle on alfalfa is to follow a few simple management steps to...

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  • 21 November 2018Five Producers Share Ideas That Have Made Their Farms and Ranches More Efficient

    Editors note: This article is the second in a series featuring ideas...

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  • 31 Juillet 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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  • 6 Juillet 2018Producers share ideas for developing safe and relatively economic pastures with greater longevity

    While the old nursery rhyme says Mary the contrary...

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  • 24 Avril 2018Eight beef producers share their recent changes

    Canadian beef producers appear to be keeping up with the often heard axiom “the only constant in...

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  • 13 Février 2018Good Records Help Guide Efficient Production and Profitability Say Producers

    Editor’s note: The following is the second in a two part series....

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  • 27 Octobre 2016Let Cattle Do the Seeding

    Producers who manage beef cows and yearlings so they distribute legume seeds through their manure, say it can be a passive,...

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