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June 27, 2024Birds and Bees and Breeding Beef Cattle: Two New Webpages Cover Breeding Cow and Bull Management Managing for an effective and efficient breeding cow...
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February 22, 2024Considerations When Using Alternative Feeds - Have You Done Your Homework? 🎙️ Alternative feeds can be an economical means for beef producers...
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December 14, 2023Top 10 Most Popular Beef Cattle Resources for Producers in 2023 The BCRC rounds up the top beef and forage articles from 2023.
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October 17, 2023Taking Some of the Guesswork Out of Winter Feed Challenges 🎙️ These BCRC tools can help you get the most value from your feed and the best...
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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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September 13, 2023Raising Replacement Heifers -- What Does It Cost? Producers should consider the long-term economic implications of raising replacement heifers and...
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May 31, 2023Forage U-Pick: An Interactive Forage Species Selection Tool Now Available Canada-Wide 🎙️ Forage U-Pick can help beef producers across Canada...
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March 23, 2023How to Calculate Your Carrying Capacity ▶️ This new video can help beef producers assess and manage grazing capacity.
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December 13, 2022The BCRC's Top 10 Posts of 2022 There are hundreds of timely beef and forage articles, interactive production calculators, videos, webinars and other...
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July 25, 2022Beef or Bin? Valuing Annual Crops for Feed Beef producers may plant annual crops for the purpose of livestock feed but for many crop farmers,...
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July 4, 2022What Does It Cost (and Save) to Set Up a Livestock Water System? Try BCRC's Updated Water Systems Calculator before developing a livestock water...
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June 27, 2022Stopping Johne’s Disease in Its Tracks: What’s the Best Testing Strategy for Your Herd? Johne’s disease has been a lingering threat to the beef...
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April 4, 2022Cracking the Code on Grazing Management Terminology: Animal Units, AUMs, & How to Apply Them Does it feel like grazing management information is...
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March 31, 2022Two Methods, Four Steps for Calculating Carrying Capacity Establish a stocking rate that maintains productivity of herd and forage while encouraging...
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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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February 9, 2022Bull Power - How to Calculate the True Value of a Herd Sire ▶️ Bull selection is a key decision for cow-calf producers that will have implications...
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January 11, 2022A Guide to Keeping Records That Help Make Profitable Decisions The start of a new season and year is the perfect time for beef producers to look back...
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November 15, 2021Winter Feed Cost Comparison Calculator - Managing Variable Costs Winter feed is the largest year-over-year variable cost faced by producers.
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October 7, 2021What’s the most profitable post-weaning choice for your calves? Try our updated calculator! Drought conditions across the country this year remind...
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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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July 23, 2021Salvaging a Crop? Things to Consider When Valuing a Crop for Feed With moderate to severe drought in many areas of Canada and the northern United...
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April 26, 2021To Sell or Background Calves? – Introducing the BCRC Backgrounding Calculator “Should I sell or background my calves?” is a question most...
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October 10, 2019The cost-benefit of using vaccines: bovine respiratory disease Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is one of the costliest health issues facing...
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