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Raise Your Beef IQ

This series of images is intended to raise awareness of and encourage producers to utilize extension resources, and to promote the value of ongoing investments in beef, cattle and forage research. Show your support for Canadian beef research and innovation. Right click on any of the following images and click “Save image as,” then print or share online.

ANIMAL HEALTH, WELFARE & REPRODUCTION

Learn more about vaccination of the beef herd.
Learn more about animal transport.
Learn more about preconditioning.
Learn more about pain mitigation. | French version

BEEF QUALITY

CALF 911 PRINTABLES

colostrum management poster
Learn more about colostrum management. | French version
tube feeding poster
Learn more about tube feeding. | French version
calf recovery poster
Learn more about calf resuscitation. | French version
calf dehydration poster
Learn more about calf dehydration. | French version
calf 911 calving decision tree
Learn more about calving. | French version
BCRC calving presentations, normal and malpresentations
Learn more about calving. | French version

ECONOMIC MULTIPLIER

Click to access full-page PDF. | French version

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Learn more about the beef industry’s water use.
Click to access two-page PDF. | French version

FARM RECORDS

Record-keeping GOLD standard
Learn more about the record-keeping GOLD standard.

FEED EFFICIENCY & UTILIZATION

FORAGE & GRASSLAND PRODUCTIVITY

Learn more about extended grazing. | French version

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ABOUT US

What is the Beef Cattle Research Council?
Five-Year Canadian Beef Research and Technology Transfer Strategy

FOR PRODUCERS

Calving and Reproduction

How to intervene with a difficult calving
How to handle colostrum so newborn calves thrive
How to tube feed newborn calves (esophageal feeding)
How to spot dehydration in young calves
How to (and not to) resuscitate newborn calves
Managing the body condition of beef cows to improve profit
How to calculate the value of a bull
How to increase profit by improving calving distribution

Animal Health, Welfare and Antimicrobial Resistance

One Health Strategies: Using a team approach to navigate an outbreak
What beef producers need to know about antimicrobial use and resistance
What beef producers need to know about pain control and prevention

Beef and Carcass Quality

Safe and effective injection techniques
Injection Site Lesions – 2017 National Beef Quality Audit Results
Reducing cattle bruising and dark cutters – 2017 National Beef Quality Audit results
Branding – 2017 National Beef Quality Audit results
Customer satisfaction – 2017 National Beef Quality Audit results
Carcass grading – 2017 National Beef Quality Audit results
Carcass defects cost industry an estimated $110 million/year
Measured changes in the quality of Canadian beef — National Beef Quality Audit

Environmental Sustainability

What beef producers need to know about environmental footprint

Forage & Grassland Productivity

How to calculate your carrying capacity
How “take half, leave half” can be a good approach

FOR RESEARCHERS

Beef Researcher Mentorship Program
The Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation