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October 10, 2023Register Now for the 2023-2024 BCRC Webinar Series Free webinars for beef producers and veterinary teams on long-term drought implications, heifer...
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April 12, 2023Taking Pain Management Mainstream -- Producers Add Pain Medication to Their Routines and Benefit Their Herds The number of producers providing pain management...
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February 16, 2023Calf 911 - How to Intervene with a Difficult Calving *New Video* Discover proper calving intervention methods and when to call for assistance with...
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February 2, 2023Calf 911 – When and How to Assist with a Difficult Birth A new calving decision tree can help assess when to assist and when to call the vet...
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January 10, 2023Calf 911 Checklists – Easy Access to Calving Management Tips The basis for these checklists are the four instalments of the Calf 911 video series...
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January 5, 2023Ready or Not, Calving is Coming -- Plan Ahead for a Streamlined Calving Season Focusing on four main aspects of planning can ensure a safe and...
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December 13, 2022The BCRC's Top 10 Posts of 2022 There are hundreds of timely beef and forage articles, interactive production calculators, videos, webinars and other...
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December 8, 2022The Sandhills Strategy -- Moving Pregnant Cows to Fresh Ground and Leaving Pairs Behind Can Limit Calf Sickness The Sandhills calving system is a practical way...
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April 29, 2022How (and Why) These Eastern Canadian Cow-Calf Producers Changed and Defined Their Calving Periods A beef producer from Nova Scotia and another from...
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March 14, 2022Calving Records Will Be Especially Valuable This Year Research suggests good calving records can help when deciding how to market cows when feed is...
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March 10, 20227 Tips to Remember This Calving Season Set yourself up for success this calving season with calving tips, resources and videos for Canadian beef...
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February 16, 2022Tightening the Calving Season: How to Increase Profitability Through Calving Distribution *New Video* The benefits of a shortened calving season are...
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February 14, 2022Cut Costs Carefully This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the February 2022 issue of Canadian...
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January 26, 2022Calf 911 - How to Spot Dehydration in Young or Scouring Calves *New Video* When calves infected with neonatal scours die, it is ultimately because of...
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January 19, 2022Calf 911 - How to Manage Colostrum to Allow Newborn Calves to Thrive *New Video* Ensuring newborn calves consume colostrum is one of the most...
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January 13, 2022Calf 911 – The Ins and Outs of Esophageal Feeding *New Video* While the goal is to always have vigorous calves that nurse right away, and maternal...
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December 15, 2021*UPCOMING WEBINAR* Setting Records- Calving Season Data Collection Jan 12th While calving is one of the busiest times of the production cycle for...
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September 21, 2021Registration Now Open For 2021/2022 Webinar Series This year’s Beef Cattle Research Council webinar series will cover a range of topics including...
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January 21, 2021Dealing with Dehydrated Calves – When and How to Use Electrolytes The following is the final articles in a series of three posts featuring calving...
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January 20, 2021The Key to Setting up a Healthy Calf for Life? Colostrum The following is part two of a series of three posts featuring calving management practices...
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January 19, 2021Calf 911 – New Video Demonstrates Effective Calf Resuscitation Strategies The following is part one of a series of three posts on calving that...
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January 18, 2021Get ‘em out, get ‘em up, get ‘em fed, write ‘em down… Rawhide! A version of this article, written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science...
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December 7, 2020Calving Season Timing and Transition - Fast Forward, Rewind, or Press Play For many cow-calf producers, calving season is a favourite time of year....
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February 4, 2020Top Tips for a Smooth Calving Season The most important day of a calf’s life is the first one. There are some key factors that play a role in...
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December 30, 2019Top 10 Blog Posts of 2019 This past year we published 78 blog posts that offered production tips and decision tools, provided a science-based...
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December 6, 2019Steps to Reduce Disease in Newborn Calves Webinar December 12 Missed this webinar? Watch the recording here. Lifelong health in a beef animal...
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October 7, 2019Unintended Consequences This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the October 2019 issue of Canadian...
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September 18, 2019Replacement Heifers – Money, Management, and Momentum Do you raise your own heifers? Or do you prefer to purchase your replacements? Regardless of...
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June 13, 2019A Prolonged Calving Season can be Costly: New Calculator Available As the calving season ends and producers switch gears toward breeding season, there...
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January 21, 2019How to Increase your Odds of Having Healthy Calves Calving is a natural process, but sometimes disease, weather, and many other factors can cause...
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November 21, 2018Five Producers Share Ideas That Have Made Their Farms and Ranches More Efficient Editors note: This article is the second in a series featuring ideas...
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April 24, 2018Eight beef producers share their recent changes Canadian beef producers appear to be keeping up with the often heard axiom “the only constant in...
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April 3, 2017Are those girls in good shape? Raise your beef IQ Fit cows get pregnant faster. Increasing body condition scores from 2 to 3 can also increase...
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January 23, 2017That's Gotta Hurt This article written by Dr. Reynold Bergen, BCRC Science Director, originally appeared in the January 2017 issue of Canadian...
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