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Gord Schroeder says predation losses can’t be totally eliminated, but good management can keep them to a minimum
Demand for sheep and goats is sky high and growing — so why aren’t more farmers raising them? The most common reason is fear of coyotes, said Gord Schroeder, executive director of the Saskatchewan Sheep Development Board. “I’m tired of people saying that coyotes are a problem and that’s why we can’t go ahead,” saidEdie Creek Angus is a farm business built around a minimum-maintenance Angus cow herd thriving in a forage-based environment
If you want your cow herd to thrive on Prairie forages, don’t start with genetics from animals accustomed to having grain buckets chained to their chins. That’s the hard lesson Jonathan Bouw learned a few years back after their farm stopped buying feeders and began keeping only their own calves to finish. Bouw, his brother
