This collection houses assets (or resources) from Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre's Agriculture Production (Cow/Calf) A10, A20 & A30 courses.
Members and leaders of 4-H Clubs explain the impact that 4-H has had on them as individuals, and the province of Saskatchewan as a whole.
In Part 31 of Pasture Project’s video series on adaptive grazing, we focus on how to use gut fill to determine whether the cattle are consuming enough dry matter to meet their daily nutritional needs.
In Part 3 of Pasture Project’s video series on adaptive grazing, we focus on factors that indicate high-quality pasture. Ideal pastures have high biological activity, diverse plant communities, and significant forage at mid-stage maturity. Thanks to Dr. Allen Williams (Pasture Project & Grass Fed Insights, LLC) for his contributions to this video.
In Part 4 of Pasture Project’s video series on adaptive grazing, we focus on the importance of plant community complexity and diversity in pastures. Greater plant diversity is associated with higher microbial diversity in soils, which results in numerous benefits to plant health and nutritional quality.
The history of raising cattle on Colborn Farms, how ranching has changed over the years, and the contrast between the use of horses and advancements like cross-breeding and silage production.
Brad MacLeod reports on a partnership involving SAIT and a local startup that allows ranchers to monitor their herds from the sky.
This career video provides day in the life information about the following jobs and occupations.
JOB TITLE: Agricultural Inspectors
OCCUPATION DESCRIPTION: Inspect agricultural commodities, processing equipment, and facilities, and fish and logging operations, to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing health, quality, and safety.
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On most Canadian beef farms, beef cows and their calves live on pasture during the spring, summer and fall, eating mostly a grass diet. Then, they generally move into feedlots where they grow until they are ready to go to market. In this video, the father/daughter team of Paul and Allison take you through their animals’ diet in their feedlot. They explain the various ingredients that are mixed together including a mixture of corn silage, grain corn (just the kernels), haylage (chopped up alfalfa and grass), wet distillers’ grain, vitamins and minerals. The diet (ration) is changed to meet changing needs as the cattle are growing.
This video is a collection of Elders explaining and describing treaty relationships.
This video shows the roles of an animal nutritionist.
The Animal Protection Services of Saskatchewan aims to ensure the humane treatment of animals through education and enforcement of animal welfare legislation.
Basic crossbreeding systems for beef cattle are shown and discussed. Heterosis and breed complementary are explained.
The Beef Cattle Research Council strives for excellence in the production of Canadian beef and forage through research, innovation and extension.
This website is an extensive resource with several pages of information about beef cattle production. It includes blog posts, articles, podcast episodes, and more.
Sustainable: it's a fundamental idea about meeting the needs of the present, without compromising future generations to meet their own. To us, sustainability is about investing in a beef industry that is committed to continuous improvement in practices, technology and innovation that benefit the planet, our people and animals.
Before the Plate (1 hr 30 min) attempts to close the gap in perception between the urban consumer and farming in Canada. Modern consumers are increasingly interested in where and how their food gets to them, but accurate information isn’t always easy to come by and often feels out of reach. Before the Plate follows young farmers and industry experts in order to show the general population what a modern Canadian farm operation looks like, and answer the most pressing questions consumers have about their food.
Video Tutorial on what black out poetry is and how to do it. Matt talks about using Google drawings, but you can also do this using PowerPoint. Both templates are included.
Dr. Emily makes a farm call to help out a calf that’s ballooned with a bad case of bloat.
Reproduction is the most important factor affecting profitability for cow-calf producers, and body condition has the greatest impact on reproduction. Beef cows managed at a body condition score (BCS) of 2.5-3.0 on a 5-point scale have higher calving rates, lower calving intervals, show estrus more quickly after calving and produce higher quality and quantity milk. This means more calves, and heavier calves through to weaning. It pays to manage cows in the right condition year-round.
Veterinarian Dr Oliver Schunicht provides some helpful advice on best practices when applying tags to animals.
Beef is graded in two ways: quality grades for tenderness, juiciness and flavour; and yield grades are a prediction of the percentage of boneless retail cuts from the four primal cuts (round, loin, rib and chuck). A beef carcass is graded by a certified and designated grader only after it bears a CFIA meat inspection stamp.
This website outlines the Canadian Beef Grading levels and requirements.