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Mark Ready has been trimming feet on Saskatchewan dairies for more than 20 years.
His hoof-trimming career started out on beef cattle and dairy show cows, but it since has evolved to serve the larger dairy herds near his home in Martensville. These days, Ready spends most of his time on dairies with 200 cows or more.
Common sense says it’s tougher to hit a moving target with a rifle than a stationary target. Hunting practice can assist in making adjustments for a moving target, but wartime wouldn’t be a good time to figure it out. During war, not only is the target moving, it’s shooting back.
Farmer A’s corn crop was nearly beaten to death by wind and hail and lay limp on the ground. Now, how’s he supposed to harvest that? He’ll have to harvest something – the bank note will be due soon.
Salinity is a primary issue impacting forage production in North Dakota. Over the past 30 years, saline soil conditions have become more visible around prairie potholes, along road ditches, at the base of hill slopes and in areas where the water table is relatively close to the surface.
Soil is the foundation upon which all agricultural operations are built. Whether it’s a crop traditionally harvested in the fall or a livestock operation that relies on forages for cattle, everything starts in the soil.
As they say, necessity is the mother of invention. After years of struggling with costly and time-consuming loading and unloading methods for hay and straw, Jason Grady decided to do something different.
