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April 9, 2024How to Rebound from High Open Rates🎙️ High cattle open rates recorded in areas across Western Canada last year mean affected beef producers...
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December 8, 2022The Sandhills Strategy — Moving Pregnant Cows to Fresh Ground and Leaving Pairs Behind Can Limit Calf Sickness The Sandhills calving system is a practical way...
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February 16, 2022Tightening the Calving Season: How to Increase Profitability Through Calving Distribution ▶️ The benefits of a shortened calving season are...
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December 20, 2021Feeding Decisions Are Important Breeding Decisions This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the...
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November 12, 2019Improve your profits by lowering open rates in first calf heifers This is a guest post written by Karin Schmid, Beef Production Specialist with...
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October 7, 2019Unintended Consequences This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the October 2019 issue of Canadian...
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August 31, 2017Economics of Preg-Checking: a 2017 Update The major economic benefit of preg-checking is the cost-saving of wintering open cows. However, it has been...
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April 3, 2017Are those girls in good shape? Raise your beef IQ Fit cows get pregnant faster. Increasing body condition scores from 2 to 3 can also increase...
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September 20, 2016Managing Pregnant Cows for Improved Cow and Calf Performance: Webinar October 18 Update: Missed the webinar? Find the recording and check for future...
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September 14, 20165 Articles for Cow-Calf Producers Heading into Fall With Fall around the corner, it’s a good time to (re)consider a few production...
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August 24, 2016The Economics of Pregnancy Testing: Webinar September 15th Update: Missed the webinar? Find the recording and check for future webinars on our...
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March 23, 2016Try This New Calculator to Determine When it Pays to Preg-Check According to the 2015 Western Canadian Cow-Calf Survey, 60% of producers include...
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April 16, 2014The High Cost of Shortchanging Cows This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the April 2014 issue of...
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October 31, 2013Molecular Factors Influencing Maintenance Energy Requirements in Mature Beef Cows Feed costs represent a significant input cost in the cow-calf...
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October 3, 2013Does Cow Nutrition During Pregnancy Affect Gene Expression in the Calf? Traditional wisdom holds that an animal’s genetics and the environment it...
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August 7, 2013Avoid Open and Late Bred Cows: New Video About Trich and Vibrio Although we hope that every cows and heifer will come home from pasture bred, we learn...
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January 10, 2013Managing Winter Nutrition: New Beef Research School Episode A new video is now available on BeefResearchSchool.com Feeding beef cattle over the...
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December 17, 2012Feed Testing Explained in Beef Research School Video A new video is now available on BeefResearchSchool.com Feed testing is a fundamental tool...
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October 17, 2012Have You Had Your Feed Tested? Accurate knowledge of feed quality, particularly the operation’s forage base allows one to develop feeding strategies...
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