Insights and Stories of Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Cattle sector weighs in on new traceability regs

Sep. 8, 2023 at 2:04 pm CDT

It’s 2003, and a crisis is descending on the Canadian cattle herd. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has just been found in a black Angus cow in Alberta. Chaos follows: borders slam shut and the government pledges millions in aid. The border to the United States will remain shuttered until 2005, […]

Bringing cattle to the classroom

Aug. 3, 2023 at 3:00 pm CDT

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Rotating to managed grazing

Jun. 29, 2023 at 4:33 pm CDT

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Ranching family teaches cattle to forage through snow

Mar. 3, 2023 at 9:25 am CST

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Ranching in a tough environment

Dec. 7, 2022 at 3:47 pm CST

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Feeding canola meal to cattle

Nov. 4, 2022 at 10:25 am CDT

Hodgeville, Sask., looks like it could be a postcard for the province — surrounded by flat fields and cattle grazing in nearby pastures, while an old elevator stands watch at the edge of town on Railroad Avenue, just like so many other small towns in the Canadian Prairies. In contrast, […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

A passion for cover crops

Sep. 23, 2022 at 9:05 am CDT

Dark clouds roll in as a charter bus drives down gravel roads near McCord, Sask. Marla Gavelin, one of the people hosting the field day from the Prairie South Holistic Management group, speaks to the people in attendance. She compares the Gavelins’ farm to the Sahara Desert with a fond […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

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Insights and Stories of Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Cattle sector weighs in on new traceability regs

Bringing cattle to the classroom

Rotating to managed grazing

Ranching family teaches cattle to forage through snow

Ranching in a tough environment

Feeding canola meal to cattle

A passion for cover crops

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