Increasing sustainability is not only vital to the livelihood of today’s cattle industry but for the next generations that will follow as well. As beef producers, we have always strived to raise our cattle with environmental stewardship, animal care and the next generation top of...
Increasing herd efficiency and health has always been top of mind for cattle producers – that’s nothing new to our industry. What is new is the continued advancement of hybrid vigour (heterosis) genetics and their ability to help cow-calf producers with enhanced technology and genetic...
Sire selection is one of the most critical decisions made by today’s cow-calf producer. Determining 80 per cent of the genetic improvement to any herd due to the sheer number of calves produced each year, today’s profitable ranch operations are applying an enhanced, inside out...
If you ask Beefbooster breeder Gerald Vandervalk of VXV Farms, who ranches along with his family just 20 miles west of Claresholm, Alberta, the secret to their success is all in the way you look at what your cattle can do for your land and...
For John Buckley of Quarter Circle X Ranch, just outside of Cochrane Alberta, finding their “True North,” means having the highest, most productive and efficient cow on their pastures. And it’s a tall order. She has to be able to withstand all the curve balls...
It's October, and at Beefbooster that means the new crop of bull calves are being deliverd to Thorlakson Feedyards Bull Test Station. These bulls will be performance tested over the winter and be available for sale next spring. Over the years we have built...
This is my very first blog entry, and since Beefbooster is all about breeding bulls, that what I am going to talk about today. The bulls have been on test since the beginning of November and they will be coming off test at the end of...
