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Ladies' Livestock Lessons

The 2016 Ladies’ Livestock Lessons winter workshop takes place Saturday, January 23, 2016, at the Weedon Pioneer Community Hall in Cochrane. It’s an opportunity to learn, socialize and connect with farming women. Topics to be covered include total stockmanship, ranch roping, grazing management and cattle/equine vaccinations. 
 
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Episode 95: Growth Promotants and the Environment Revisited

Video: Episode 95: Growth Promotants and the Environment Revisited

Past research has measured how long residues from growth promoters stay around in a feedlot environment. It showed that certain ones dissipated very quickly, while some could still be found on the pen floor for up to five months after they were last fed. In this episode, we will hear results from a follow-up study that looked at whether composting manure, stockpiling it, or incorporating it into the soil might help to break down these residues.