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  • November 29, 2024Make Your Herd Records Work for You

    The free e-course Records for Tracking Genetic Improvements provides a guide for beef cattle producers to follow...

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  • February 7, 2024New Online Course: Cow-Calf Record-Keeping for Tracking Genetic Improvements

    This seven-part online course will walk you through the process of...

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  • October 5, 2023Preg-Checking in a Drought Year with High Cull Cow Prices

    The costs and benefits of preg-checking are affected by market volatility, production cost,...

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  • July 25, 2023Keeping Today's Drought from Becoming Tomorrow's Problem

    Navigating drought requires long-term thinking. Here are seven things to watch for during...

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  • June 16, 2023Facing Drought? Six Things Beef Producers Can Focus On 🎙️

    While the elements themselves cannot be managed, there are six decisions that can be...

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  • March 16, 2023Chute Decisions – Using Low Tech and High Tech Record Systems to Help Make Decisions Chute-Side 🎙️ 

    These producers made the switch from paper...

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  • January 12, 2023*Upcoming Webinar* Record-Keeping for Production Management Part 1: Defining Your Goals

    The records you keep are important for making decisions about...

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  • December 15, 2022*Upcoming Three-Part Webinar Series* Record-Keeping for Production Management

    The 2022/23 BCRC webinar series continues in the new year with a...

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  • September 1, 2022Taking Inventory of Feed Resources – How to Right-Size Your Cow Herd

    Part one of a two-part series on identifying the right herd size and cow size...

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  • March 14, 2022Calving Records Will Be Especially Valuable This Year

    Research suggests good calving records can help when deciding how to market cows when feed is...

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  • February 15, 2022Rebuilding with Homegrown Heifers Versus Purchasing Breeding Stock

    This is a guest post by Huiting Huang, Research Analyst at Canfax Research...

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  • November 23, 2021Always Look a Gift Cow in the Mouth

    There's more to cattle-buying decisions than price alone. Introducing adult cows or bulls to an existing herd...

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  • August 18, 2021Decision Making During Drought

    Producers coping with severe drought and feed shortages have tough decisions to make about culling, weaning and cow...

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