Cattle really do eat snow! As the harsh Canadian winter settles in, ranchers know that keeping their cattle healthy and hydrated can be a challenge. While many assume that livestock […]
Water, water, everywhere. Living in the semi-arid prairie we always appreciate water, whatever form it comes in and how inconvenient it may be. Last weekend we received about 10 inches of […]
Most years we purchase calves in the fall to winter in our backgrounding lot. Backgrounding is putting light weight calves on a high roughage ration to grow out their frame. […]
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 […]