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<blockquote data-quote="bward" data-source="post: 606658" data-attributes="member: 48"><p>I am in Alberta Canada, and Welcome to Cattletoday. I really enjoy hearing how Producers in other parts of the World raise beef cattle.</p><p>Its -29 this morning and the wind chill last night was -41. Its not always this cold but we can have these temps for weeks at a time.</p><p>Our cattle live outdoors year round and they have a wind fence shelter with no roof. When its this cold we try to bed them daily or every second day with round bales of cereal straw. They are fed quite good quality hay which is rolled out on the ground, and are supplemented with solid lick tubs. They get water from a spring fed creek. </p><p>The breeds I have are mostly Santa Gertrudis with some Purebred Simmental cows and also some Santa Sim cross cows. The Santas keep their body condition better than the Simmentals through the winter but it may be partly due to the Simmental putting a little more into their calves. I have used Santa bulls for the last 23 years except last year when I ran low on bulls and bought an Angus cross. I saw him breed a few so we will see what he produces next spring.</p><p>Ranchers in Alberta are falling let and right with Dispersals of long term ranches that have had generations of families. The environmental barriers are coming to Canada making things more difficult to survive never mind thrive. Farm safety, regulations, water rights, premise ID, is only the tip of the iceberg that is soon to be enforced on us, making ranching soon to be, a millionaires hobby. We all are aware of the fact that our days are numbered, its just a matter of when to pull the plug. I plan to continue for now but its hard watching my neighbours sell out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bward, post: 606658, member: 48"] I am in Alberta Canada, and Welcome to Cattletoday. I really enjoy hearing how Producers in other parts of the World raise beef cattle. Its -29 this morning and the wind chill last night was -41. Its not always this cold but we can have these temps for weeks at a time. Our cattle live outdoors year round and they have a wind fence shelter with no roof. When its this cold we try to bed them daily or every second day with round bales of cereal straw. They are fed quite good quality hay which is rolled out on the ground, and are supplemented with solid lick tubs. They get water from a spring fed creek. The breeds I have are mostly Santa Gertrudis with some Purebred Simmental cows and also some Santa Sim cross cows. The Santas keep their body condition better than the Simmentals through the winter but it may be partly due to the Simmental putting a little more into their calves. I have used Santa bulls for the last 23 years except last year when I ran low on bulls and bought an Angus cross. I saw him breed a few so we will see what he produces next spring. Ranchers in Alberta are falling let and right with Dispersals of long term ranches that have had generations of families. The environmental barriers are coming to Canada making things more difficult to survive never mind thrive. Farm safety, regulations, water rights, premise ID, is only the tip of the iceberg that is soon to be enforced on us, making ranching soon to be, a millionaires hobby. We all are aware of the fact that our days are numbered, its just a matter of when to pull the plug. I plan to continue for now but its hard watching my neighbours sell out. [/QUOTE]
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