Grazing Trials
Stocking density is a term used in the animal agriculture industry to define the number of pounds of animal mass present on a single acre of land (expressed as lbs./ac). […]
How Cattle Move
With calving slowly coming to a close, the priority on the farm has shifted to pasture management and branding. With the dry conditions we have been having, pasture management has […]
Have you had your glass of milk today?
Spring on the Ranch
Its a wrap
This years weather has been disappointing. Limited moisture has meant crops are maturing rapidly and with less yield. The silage is chopped and covered, but it is a much smaller […]
Is this good water?
Water sources on the prairie largely depend on spring runoff to fill dugouts. During the heat of summer these dugouts can rapidly be depleted as cattle drink and water is […]
Shelterbelts: A modern inconvenience or an unappreciated contribution to ecology?
Planted during and after the dirty 30s to reduce wind and water erosion on the prairies, shelterbelts were for decades a common sight that are becoming less common. A field shelterbelt […]
Remember when… lessons learnt
Remember when… (1) we went out to help do chores, even when we didn’t want to. Lesson learnt: Doing something out of obligation may still result in an enjoyment of the […]
Annual check up time
We brought the bulls in today for their annual check up, vaccinations and fertility analysis. In preparation for the breeding season we want to ensure that they are physically sound […]
Controlling the Competition
As we have been seeding, we have also be conducting pre-seed burn-offs. This uses a herbicide that is sprayed to remove all undesirable plants from the field before seeding. Leaving a […]
Why Yearlings?
Over the last couple of weeks we have been completing spring processing of the yearlings going to grass. If you have been reading this blog over the last year you have noticed we […]