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Watch educational videos on beef cattle from beef farmers and other cattle experts. Learn about beef cattle buying, handling, feed, corral setups, animal behavior, genetics, and other topics. Also see videos about general beef industry news.

How to increase profit by improving calving distribution

Calving distribution has been shown to have one of the biggest economic impacts on cow-calf operations. The industry recommendation for calving season length is 63 days for cows and 42 days for heifers. This shines light on breeding management beyond a pregnancy rate. While high pregnancy rate i... More ›

How to handle colostrum so newborn calves thrive

Properly managing colostrum on your beef cattle operation can minimize the risk of disease and death and increase growth in pre-weaned calves. Ensuring each calf has received adequate colostrum within the first 24 hours of life will provide calves with a healthy start. This video is an overv... More ›

Bulls, Cows, & Calves on Alberta Ranch

Calving continues, we investigate the DNA of our calves, and move some pairs out on grass.... More ›

How to calculate the value of a bull

How much is a good bull worth to you? Before you invest in a new herd sire, it pays to evaluate the costs, benefits and breakeven price of a bull based on your operation’s needs. The BCRC Bull Valuation Calculator can help you establish the value of a herd bull based on your farm’s data to ... More ›

Five-Year Canadian Beef Research and Technology Transfer Strategy

Strategic and collaborative investments in research and technology transfer bolster the Canadian beef sector’s leadership in responsibly meeting rising global food production needs. Today, the Beef Cattle Research Council and its industry partners released a renewed five-year strategy to help ta... More ›

I BOUGHT SOME NEW BULLS!

I BOUGHT SOME NEW BULLS! | | Farm & Hammer... More ›

Hitting the Bullseye with Targeted Feeding - Feeding for Performance

So, you have your feed test results, now what? This webinar addresses how to balance a diet, target feeding based on cattle class and optimize what you have for maximum performance.... More ›

How telemedicine can be a tool to support the health of your herd

Technology is changing the way veterinarians are providing care to rural farms. For example, the use of photos and videos provides an opportunity for veterinarians to participate in herd monitoring, such as keeping tabs on the body condition score (BCS) of animals in the herd, for example. ... More ›

Celebrating 25 Years of Beef Industry Research

In 2023 the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) celebrates 25 years as Canada’s national industry-led funding agency for beef, cattle and forage research. To celebrate the milestone achievement, this video features some of the key individuals of the BCRC’s past to present.... More ›

One Health Strategies: Using a team approach to navigate an outbreak

Alberta beef producers Tyler and Nancy Haraga share details of their "winter from hell," when they faced a Cryptosporidium outbreak and how they recovered using team-based One Health Strategies.... More ›

Making Shreddies for the Cows! And a calf update!

Making Shreddies for the Cows! And a calf update! | | South Sask Farmer... More ›

Cow-Calf Corner

Mark Johnson, OSU Extension beef cattle breeding specialist, previews the upcoming Blueprint for the Future Cattlemen’s Conference.... More ›

How to calculate your carrying capacity

Carrying capacity, also known as grazing capacity, is the amount of forage a specific pasture produces that is available for grazing animals. Determining a long-term, sustainable carrying capacity for a pasture is a key component of balancing forage supply and forage demand and is developed over... More ›

April: Checking the cows at night

Season 3 Episode 11: Welcome back to Pine Ranch, Erika is on night check, which means she gets up in the middle of the night to check on the cows during calving season. And even though Erika hopes every night that there's no calves to deal with (who wouldn't want to get back to her cozy bed?)... More ›

A Look at Block and Bridle

Over the years, many college students have joined their local chapter of Block and Bridle, a national organization that promotes animal agriculture and helps develop leadership skills. We had a chance to ask some members how Block and Bridle works and how it’s impacted their lives.... More ›

You've never seen livestock watering system like this! Automatic No Electricity!

You've never seen a livestock watering system like this! Automatic No Electricity! Link to Products used in this and other farm vlogsToday we're gonna make some upgrades to our livestock water system...we'll show you how we construct a fully automated..without electricity watering system for ou... More ›