Insights and Stories on Livestock

Wintering calves with the cow herd

Dec. 21, 2021 at 12:31 pm CST

Winter feeding is one of the highest costs of raising cattle. Some ranchers who keep calves over winter are finding they can winter those calves more efficiently by leaving them on the cows, while also reducing illness and stress in the calves. Canadian Cattlemen talked to two ranchers to find […]

Making dairy feed efficiencies pay

Nov. 17, 2021 at 4:43 pm CST

By Kristy Nudds

Testing virtual fencing’s potential in B.C.

Nov. 12, 2021 at 9:17 am CST

By Piper Whelan

Focusing on the big picture in the cattle industry

Oct. 1, 2021 at 9:45 am CDT

By — Heather Smith Thomas

Simplifying conservation programs for dairy farmers

Aug. 27, 2021 at 9:51 am CDT

By Stew Slater

Watch water quality and mineral consumption during drought

Aug. 20, 2021 at 10:15 am CDT

As drought grips Western Canada and parts of Ontario, producers need to watch water quality and mineral consumption. Dr. Cheryl Waldner, professor and research chair at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, says that total dissolved solids and sulphates are two issues that farmers and ranchers should be testing for […]

By Lisa Guenther

Take care in your livestock feed sources this season

Aug. 6, 2021 at 10:28 am CDT

Cattle producers are urged to get greenfeed and straw tested for potentially deadly nitrates this year. “Basically, we know there’s going to be nitrates in some of the feed. Especially cereal,” said Jo-Lene Gardiner, who works with the Border Agriculture Stewardship Association and is a cattle farmer in the Clearwater […]

By Geralyn Wichers

Is the veterinarian shortage real or regional?

Jul. 16, 2021 at 9:47 am CDT

There was a time when a veterinary help-wanted ad, even for a large-animal practice, would receive a healthy number of applications. Not anymore. A perceived global shortage of veterinarians is creating an urban-rural, companion-large animal bidding war for salary, incentives and work-life balance to attract applicants. Why it matters: Rural […]

By Diana Martin

Tips for managing cattle through a drought

Jul. 8, 2021 at 8:21 pm CDT

It’s a given that farmers and ranchers will face drought cycles over their lifetimes, and as the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) notes, managing forage and water through those cycles is challenging. Drought reaches beyond the southern Prairies, too — as Saskatchewan Agriculture recently noted, even producers in northern growing […]

By Canadian Cattlemen staff

Pasture records key tool in drought decision-making

Jun. 4, 2021 at 9:07 am CDT

Knowing exactly what you can expect out of a pasture can put producers on better footing when making hard management choices during drought, producers and grazing experts say. If the season continues as it has been so far, despite May rains across the Prairies, there will be hard decisions in […]