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Managing Prosperity In The Beef Industry

An Alberta Agriculture specialist says, as the cow-calf business continues to provide strong margins, and producers look at where to invest their positive margins, the question becomes what to invest those positive margins in. In a presentation now available from Cow-Calfenomics risk management series, Rick Dehod, farm financial specialist, recommends producers first know their business costs with a goal of reducing those costs, not only when the farm is losing money, but also during the good years when margins improve.

Interview with Rick Dehod (3:29 minutes) (1.60 Mb)

Source : agric.gov.ab.ca

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Heatwaves, Hay, and Hiccups On The Farm!

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We’re "Just Fed Up" on today’s episode of our daily sheep farming vlog here at Ewetopia Farms. This video spans several days of trying to keep things running smoothly in the face of yet another relentless heat wave. The intense heat and humidity made work in the barns and fields extremely difficult for both us and our flock. With soaring temperatures, the sheep refused to go outside to graze and struggled to breathe in the heavy air.