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Grazing Strategies to Help Manage Grasshoppers

As Meers mentioned, research has shown that putting cattle on pastures too early can affect grasshopper populations. To get more on this angle, we’re speaking with Grant Lastiwka, forage livestock business specialist with Alberta Agriculture. Grant what happens when the cattle are put out too early?
 
Interview with Grant Lastiwka (3:20 minutes) (1.52 Mb)
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Handling cattle, equipment, and people is all in a day's work for cattle feeders. That daily grind brings with it a unique set of hazards and as Steve White reports, the University is reaching out to feedyards where the most important asset isn't the cattle but the people.