Bruce Derksen

4 days ago | agproud.com | Bruce Derksen

Making a calf crop stand out to buyers is critical for profitability and long-term success, regardless of an operation’s size. While smaller farms may feel disadvantaged by these efforts, they can significantly enhance their calves’ appeal and secure higher prices using simple but often overlooked methods. The following are a few tips from Doug Ferguson, a Nebraska cattle marketer, to help smaller cow-calf operations achieve higher returns.

1 month ago | agproud.com | Bruce Derksen

Today’s ranchers are exploring a large range of diversification approaches for almost as many different reasons. Strategies and their potential results might focus and depend on productivity, environmental stewardship, economic strength, family succession or some other more obscure target. For many, this call to action has risen to the top of the to-do list.

1 month ago | farmshow.com | Bruce Derksen

Tractor Rebuild A ‘Big’ Success Print This Article      List of All Stories in This Issue     «Previous Article By Bruce Derksen, Contributing Editor As cereal grain and canola farmer Alan Brecka worked his fields bordering a neighbor’s property, he always saw an abandoned Big Bud tractor in a bush. The owners removed the original engine and parked it for over 35 years.

1 month ago | agproud.com | Bruce Derksen

Large and small contributions build the beef industry’s success. Some of these contributors are more well-known than others, but each adds their own unique strengths. Here are three often unacknowledged participants who go above and beyond. Rendering the undesired“For decades, rendering has been known as the invisible industry,” says Donn Johnson, vice president of U.S. operations for Sanimax.

1 month ago | agproud.com | Bruce Derksen

The calendar never lies. While it may feel like New Year’s celebrations have scarcely fizzled, the calf crop is on the ground, the winter feed supply is dwindling, and patches of green grass are beckoning. It’s nearly time to send the pairs to pasture, but are they prepared? Nutritional considerations“Body condition is one of the greatest determining factors of conception rates,” says Abby Redman, a nutritionist with Blue Rock Animal Nutrition in Innisfail, Alberta.