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Retained Placenta

The process of parturition in a beef cow involves 3 phases. Phase one is labour, the process of progressive contractions of the uterus....

Grafting a Calf

Content Warning: discussion of dead animals and the use of the body parts to provide life for another calf. With calving season starting...

When Hell Freezes Over

December was the month from hell around here. This blog post is going to change directions to discuss our struggles, experiences,...

From Ranch to Table

Garret and I had the pleasure of attending the Saskatchewan Beef Industry Conference where we had a discussion regarding the limited...

Processing at P Cross Ranch

Processing at feedlots can look very different depending on the location and the handling system. Here at P Cross, we have the privilege...

Testing the Swimmers

The selection of a bull is a limiting factor to a successful breeding program. Selecting a bull involves considering the bulls...

Calf Management

May is a busy time of year for all of the agriculture sector. For farmers, spraying and seeding is in full swing. For ranchers, May can...

Understanding Food Labels

Walking into the grocery store and reading: Organic Antibiotic Free Hormone Free All natural Non-GMO Grass Fed But, knowing ALL of the...

Calving Complications

Calving complications can be detrimental to an operation's success. However, with proper procedures and protocol, the fatality rate due...

The Babies Are Coming!

There are some key things to note when managing a bred cow herd through calving. Management practices can be measured using the GOLD...

What's In The Beef?

It is important to understand what is in the food you are consuming. There are many misleading articles that lead people to believe that...

CHO CHO Train- Carbohydrate Metabolism

Carbohydrates are the main energy source for ruminants. Carbohydrates (CHO) can be classified into simple carbohydrates with 2 or fewer...

Why Chelate Minerals?

I have mentioned briefly in other blog posts about chelated (organic) minerals but would like to explain further the differences and...

Horse Nutrition Products

Time to switch gears for a few minutes. I have been talking about cattle and ruminant nutrition for the majority of these blog posts....

Protein Digestion

This is an overview of how protein sources are broken down in ruminants and how the protein building blocks are utilized. This is a very...

The Cattle Are Coming Home

I apologize for being absent from the website and facebook over the last few weeks, things have been pretty hectic. We started filling...

First Trimester- Mineral Management

Breeding season is over and bulls are pulled; so put the mineral feeders away, right? WAIT! Hear me out. The first trimester is a very...

The Four Chambered Stomach

I have been writing blog posts with lots of scientific information so I wanted to back it up and give a basic overview of ruminant...

Where to Look!- Reading a Feed Analysis

Here is an example of a feed analysis performed on lentil bales. Feed analysis sheets are very complicated with a lot of abbreviations....

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