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Rancher Tries Out New Grazing Strategy – for Sep. 9, 2010

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When some ranchers get on in years, they get to be like a ball of rusty old barbed wire. Before even thinking about straightening them out – or talking about newfangled ideas in the cattle business – proceed with caution. But for Ron Batho, 74, who has been ranching near Oak Lake since 1952, trying
Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Friends And Enemies – for Sep. 2, 2010

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Mentioning R-CALF to a Canadian cattle producer has about the same effect as pulling your fingernails across a chalkboard. The Ranchers and Cattlemen Action Legal Fund was formed in 1998 to fight for the livelihoods of small U. S. ranchers. It first set its sights on rising Canadian cattle imports, which it blamed for lower
Livestock, Opinion

The Last Straw – for Aug. 5, 2010

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Cattle producers whose pastures are flooded and forage producers whose stands are drowned may well be in need of assistance this year, just like producers of annual crops. However, there are good reasons why the province should be reluctant to comply with a request to waive Crown lease fees to ranchers whose grazing lands are
Forages, Livestock

Old Is New Again – for Jul. 29, 2010

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Cranky old-timers take note: putting up hay and silage to get pampered cattle through the winter is a relatively new development. In fact, not too long ago, before barbed wire and diesel fuel, buffalo roamed the Great Plains all winter long. The herds survived and thrived, mainly because Mother Nature weeded out the weaklings. Then,
Country Crossroads

Life Made Easier With Stock Dogs

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Cattle ranchers Glen and Dorothy Campbell have had their share of hard times. Raising Black Angus cattle full time for Glen, a part-time job off the farm for Dorothy, and a bed and breakfast business which allows visitors to explore their ranching way of life has kept these country folk busy. Health issues and poor
Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

End of an Era?

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You don’t have to like horses to appreciate the value the horse industry adds to Manitoba. As one industry participant once described it while standing on the sidelines at one of the many horse shows every summer, “There’s lots of money in horses – and I have the bills to prove it.” A 2009 study
Livestock

Texas Cattle Herd May Take Years To Rebuild

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The Texas cattle herd, America’s largest, could take five to seven years to rebuild to the level it was before much of the state was scorched by nearly two years of drought, a top cattleman said March 19. Dave Scott, president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA), said while the drought was
Livestock, News

Canada Livestock Exports To U. S. Continue Fall

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Canada’s livestock exports to the United States continue to fall, even after last year’s free fall caused by the U. S. country-of-origin meat labelling law. Cattle exports to the United States fell 23.1 per cent in the first 30 days of 2010 to 71,277 head, compared with January 2009, according to the Canadian Agriculture Department.

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