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Good Afternoon List Friends,
The following are links to selected new listings from the Alberta
Agriculture "Ropin the Web" site. They include news releases and fact
sheets that may be of interest to cattle producers.
Regards
Ross Gould, P.Ag. Retired
Calgary, Alberta
1. Vitamin E Requirements in Cow and Finishing Beef Rations
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/ne
wslett.nsf/all/agnw4938?OpenDocument
In Alberta, one major packer will not bid on fat cattle for slaughter
unless the animals have been fed 50,000 International Units of vitamin
E prior to slaughter.
2. Silage Manual
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/ne
wslett.nsf/all/agnw4939?OpenDocument
The Silage Manual (Agdex # 120/52-2) contains 78 pages of information on
the ensiling process, crops for silage, silage additives, harvesting,
silos, evaluation silage quality, feeding value of silages and costs of
silage production. The information is supported by 36 tables and 70
figures, photos and graphs. The price of the manual is $15,
3. Commercialization of Net Feed Efficiency Beef Cattle
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/de
ptdocs.nsf/all/beef6567?OpenDocument
This site has several pages, including a project description and the
results of tests on 179 bulls at the Olds College in 2004.
