Episode 115: Home on the Range
In this episode, we look at how high crop prices, driven in part by rising global food demand, biofuel incentives, and risk perspective and management, are encouraging the conversion of marginal grass...
21 Huhti 9min
Episode 114: Selecting Replacement Heifers
Whether beef cattle producers retain females from their own herd or purchase them, replacement heifers are a key investment in the future of the herd. In this episode, two producers share their experi...
14 Huhti 11min
Episode 113: Silage is Top Choice for These Three Beef Producers
Canadian beef producers have been harvesting and feeding silage for decades. There are benefits to silage like flexibility when it comes to weather, producing more feed on fewer acres and potential co...
7 Huhti 11min
Episode 112: Innovative Water Initiatives to Improve Herd Health
In this episode, we visit a beef farm in Napanee, Ontario, to share one producer’s experience with water management. Hear how practical solutions like improved drainage and filtration, protecting natu...
31 Maalis 4min
Episode 111: Artificial Insemination Brings Big Benefits to Small Beef Herds
This episode explores how artificial insemination (AI) can help beef producers accelerate genetic progress in their herds. Although AI has been available for more than six decades, adoption among Cana...
24 Maalis 12min
Episode 110: Solving Problems Starts with Asking the Right Questions
Diseases often begin when a susceptible calf encounters the wrong combination of microbes, weather and management stresses. This episode explores how pneumonia develops in calves and why early protect...
17 Maalis 12min
Episode 109: Extend the Grazing Season - Using Stockpiled Forage for Early Spring Grazing
As the seasons change, early-spring grazing serves as a strategic bridge from winter feeding to summer grazing. Rather than simply turning cattle out, success depends on carefully managing cool-season...
10 Maalis 10min
Episode 108: How to Evaluate Newborn Calves Using the Calf VIGOR Scoring System
Ideally, after a calf is born, things go well, and the cow and newborn calf thrive. However, it is important for producers to know how to assess calves for subtle signs of distress or trauma that can ...
3 Maalis 5min
