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EP48 Ranching at Kainai

RR2CS

Cattle ranching on the Blood Reserve can be a very rewarding experience and endeavour, however, it does come with challenges in today’s changing times. The post EP48 Ranching at Kainai appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions. The post EP48 Ranching at Kainai appeared first on Rural Routes to Climate Solutions.

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Where Have All the Vets Gone?

Modern Farmer

Instead, she will return to her roots in rural Nevada. My family has a cattle ranch, and I am sixth generation. She is one of a dwindling number of veterinarians choosing to enter rural animal practice. The only time vets came to the Thompson ranch was for preventative care. Photo courtesy of Aimee Thompson.

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Regenerative Beef Gets a Boost from California Universities

Civil Eats

Since taking the helm of the facility’s nutrition and dining services in 2018, he has worked to revamp the cuisine, including sourcing almost half of ingredients from farms and ranches within a 250-mile radius of the Sacramento Valley. Santana Diaz, Executive Chef, U.C. Davis Med Center. Cumulatively, the U.C.

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Meet the Ranchers Trying to Restore Grasslands

Modern Farmer

Mickey Steward has worked hard to rehabilitate her ranch. You can’t buy a good ranch,” Steward jokes. You have to buy a ranch that, for whatever reason, has gotten rundown.” Steward runs Red Angus cattle on about 1,000 acres of land over the Crow Reservation in Montana, right at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains.

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Generating Resiliency on the Ranch in the Face of Drought—WR Grazing—Irricana, Alberta

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Rotational Grazing, Multi-Species Cropping, Relay Cropping, and the Future of Digital Collars for Cattle. By Trina Moyles Tim Wray grew up on his family’s cattle ranch in Irricana, a small town located 50 kilometres northeast of Calgary in southern Alberta. But they were just seeing the tip of the iceberg.

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New Farmers Sought for Free Training Program 

Daily Yonder

Those realities, combined with a dose of pandemic-induced social distancing and a chance to buy an extended family member’s farm, led the couple to venture into the world of Black Angus cattle production in 2020. The challenge: Between the two of them, the couple had limited agricultural experience, and none in cattle.

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EP56 Feed Additives

RR2CS

You could argue that compared to other livestock, cattle are pretty simple to feed – get them grazing during the growing season and feed them bales in the winter. During a dry year, you might want to look into alternatives to hay that can help your cattle get the baseline nutrition they need and get you and your ranch through the year.

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