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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 7, 2023Strategies for Managing Cattle Through Drought -- BCRC Webinar Recap Cattle nutrition and forage specialists share drought strategies for optimal beef...
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August 24, 2023Drought is More Than a Summer Challenge If not managed properly, drought can bring feed shortages and long-term animal health impacts. Feed testing,...
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August 9, 2023CowBytes Ration-Balancing Software Now Available Through the BCRC Producers can formulate feed rations and consider feed and byproducts at different...
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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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July 20, 2023Polycrop Potential: 12 Tips for Using Mixed Forage Crops 🎙️ Many producers are seeding polycrops of three or more species in hopes of improving...
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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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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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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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December 16, 2021What a Year -- Top 10 Articles from the BCRC Blog in 2021 This past year presented Canadian beef producers with a lot of different...
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December 2, 2021Be Mindful of Minerals What mineral supplementation do I need and when do I need it? Beef producers might know they should supplement their herds...
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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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August 10, 2021Experts Respond to Drought Questions On July 29, the Beef Cattle Research Council hosted a webinar that allowed beef producers to ask drought-related...
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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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October 23, 2019Winter Feeding Cost Comparison – Hay vs. Alternative Feeds Fall has arrived and focus has shifted to winter feed supplies. Feed prices have dropped...
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August 17, 2015Stretching Feed Supplies This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the August 2015 issue of...
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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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September 17, 2012Alternative Feeds: Soybean Straw and Kochia Alternative feeds can help reduce feed costs or stretch feed supplies, but it’s important to take the...
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