Building Soil with Forages in Rotation
We include forages in our rotation. In late September we disced perennial grass fields to put back into annual crops. We will seed other fields into alfalfa grass mixtures for hay […]
Monthly Archives: October 2016
Weaning calves for maximum health
We are weaning calves from the mother cows. We want to do this before there is snow on the ground (or at least snow that stays as it has all melted […]
Feedlot Facelift
New bunks have arrived! In a couple of weeks the calves will be weaned and will be moved into the backgrounding lot. So we are getting everything ready for them. […]
Who gets to stay? Preg-checking heifers
We have been working between rain showers. As the veterinarian was scheduled in advance we didn’t have a choice on the weather but it turned out to be a really […]
Yearlings take a walk
On Monday we brought in about 380 yearlings for shipping. We moved them from a nearby pasture to our feedlot in the yard. In the three or so miles to […]
Healthy Soil – Healthy Crop
Every crop uses a different amount of nutrients: nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, sulphur. As crops are combined and sent to the cities around the world to feed people, these nutrients are […]
Rain, Rain, Rain and now Snow
It has been a difficult harvest for many. We have been blessed in that we finished harvest early; but we have neighbours and others across the province who are still […]
Bull power and the end of the breeding season
Bulls have a job for only 9 weeks of the year. We turned out the bulls for the breeding season in late July and picked them up yesterday after three […]