Corn may be king in the grain world, but does it reign supreme in the silage world, too? The short answer: yes. When it comes to both silage yield and quality, plus digestibility, palatability, and energy density, corn comes out on top vs. barley, says Nicole Rasmussen, with DuPont Pioneer, in this Beef School episode.... Read More
Category: Cattle
In 2014, the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef commissioned a study to assess the beef industry's performance in social, economic, and environmental areas. The results from the two-year 'farm to fork' assessment were published this week, along with a strategy for advancing and measuring sustainability efforts going forward. The findings, which were shared at the... Read More
New Holland’s new IntelliBale system is designed to increase productivity by automating round baling functions to reduce operator fatigue and produce more uniform bales. New Holland unveiled the technology at the recent Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa. In this video, hay and forage marketing manager Seth Doman explains that New Holland’s IntelliBale uses ISOBUS... Read More
Do you inoculate your silage? If not, you could be losing out on added digestibility or leaving the bunk or silo open to added spoilage. In this very first episode of the Beef School, we meet with Dr. Tim McAllister, principal research scientist, ruminant nutrition & microbiology, with Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, to learn more... Read More
Do you know which crop's straw is the most palatable? If you don't have a TMR, how do you get livestock to eat more straw to stretch those hay supplies? Did you know straw quality can change significantly from year to year? What are the more creative options for feeding livestock? 2016 has not been... Read More
China has loosened its restrictions on imports of Canadian beef, coinciding with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Ottawa this week. The premier announced Wednesday that China will begin accepting bone-in beef from Canadian cattle under 30 months of age — effective immediately — for the first time since BSE was found in Canada in... Read More
Economic times in the cattle industry have been very difficult lately. In coffee shops across Western Canada many have asked, how can some of these feedyards get through these losses? For one of Canada's largest feeding operations that question was answered today. Western Feedlots Ltd. released a statement today disclosing they will be exiting the... Read More
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has announced a hunting and trapping ban on wolves and coyotes across 40 townships, effective immediately. Said to be a step towards protecting Ontario wolves, specifically the recently re-named Algonquin wolf, hunters and trappers will be banned from hunting or trapping wolves and coyotes in three additional... Read More
A Saskatoon-based company known for its wireless grain cart (or buggy, if you prefer) weighing and data management system is bringing the technology to feed mixers in feedlots and dairies. Agrimatics will be introducing its Libra TMR (total mixed ration) system shortly, explained co-founder and CEO Ian Meier, as we caught up with him at... Read More
With every bounce off of a new low in the cattle market, there's hope prices have finally bottomed out. October live cattle futures in the U.S. have recovered by $7-8 in the last week, after dropping to around the $100 mark in the first week of September. "Hopefully we can look back, and I know... Read More