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...
As a rancher, nobody knows your cattle better than you – at least it used to be the case. Today’s successful cow/calf producers are applying their hands-on knowledge and tapping into leading-edge data that are providing a deeper knowledge of their cattle from the inside...
Spring or Fall Calving, or Somewhere in Between: What is the Best Fit for Your Cow/Calf Operation? If you are like the majority of producers, calving season occurs in early spring, sometime between March and April – a timing hinged on tradition and a decision made...
Through their wallets, computers and smartphones, today’s food consumer is having more influence than ever before over the way food is being raised, produced and sold. The need to gain consumer trust has never been more important. Telling our story and transparency in food production has...
Congratulations to VXV Farms, proud Beefbooster producers. They won the 2016 Alberta Beef Producer (ABP) annual Environmental Stewardship Award for their rotational grazing system, riparian area protection & their effort to recycle waste materials. Their rotational grazing system relies heavily on the cattle’s ability to get...
Cattle herd expansion was one of the biggest ‘will they or won’t they’ stories in 2014 — and that little plot line will continue to play out in 2015. Read the full story here By Jennifer Blair Manitoba Co-operator...
