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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-03-19, Page 55a..iagei�ent is too beef faitiprs need. . . • by Andy Bader sing what 'the environ- ment has to offer as well as sound genetics to your advantage leaves the beef firmer - with one Worry manage.-, merit • And, as, man,- a g' e r s. and care- takers of 'a herd, "we're. failing miser. T a b l y , " lion Noble said Ron • Noble, a guest speaker at a recent Cony/Calf Information Day held at the. Mitchell & District Community Centre. Noble an Alberta farmer who with: his family operates..a 5,400 -acre ranch with, 500 crossbred cows and •100 bred heifers discussed production There are•'60-70 different breeds of beef cattle in Canada; which is too Many compared to -the hog and chicken industries, which have as few as five, • . "If we _mix. it all. up, how. can • we make- things -consistent?;" he asked„ .referring to• the .wide - number of lbreeds. During hishour presentation,: Noble showed a series of slides of his.Alberta farm, and inter: 'spersed in the collection were various photographs '.of his. fatn- ily. He said he;wouldn't have won the Alberta Beef Cattle Performance Award in 1939 if it wasn't for his family:: "That's what it's_ all .about, really,". he said; referring to family and environment:. "We push ourselves dailyand rush,: rush,' rush...,but .remember we're here for just'a short time." Noble said fun and excite- ment are elements which also shouldn't be forgotten, "The only way .to encourage, our young people to be part of, - and marketing opportunities for : 4 beef farmers, and said' com- pared • to other agricultural • industries beef just doesn't cut to Lave fun it. • • agriculture is if we make it fun," • There s three things that keep farmers going, -Noble. suggested, with 'a long face.„..stop .and, Farm Progress '91 Page 3A DID YOU Knouu? NOM Tr LEE NAP $EEN MN A SUCCESSFUL VAPOR SEFORE THE MIL WAL TART WHEN TOE WAR $*OKE;OUT NE WAS ASKEO TS LEA,, -4- THE UNION TROOPS WHIM THE SOUTH. TOE am .LIV[$ PEEP IN THE FORESTS OF THE CONGO RUT,_ $ECAUSE' 1t WAS SO WELL moose s IT WAS NOT FOONIL UNTIL 1900. IT . WAS FIRST THOUGHT TO RE A: TYPE Of NORSE, OUT WAS FOUND TO RE- PART OF THE GIRAFFE FAMILY. IN 1145, CONNECTICUT RANNEO NIIIE-PIN SOWL1$0,. TO CET ARMS TAE SAN, AN EXTRA PIN WAS MEP �- ANP TEM -PIM ROWLINO WM PLATEN INSTMAO,., • • • • • he said "If you 'walk- around environment, genetics and the think about it. It's a wonderful: managers. way of life " "We spend so much time pro The beef industry a'$50 bit during, so. much time trying to lion industry which ranks°acs the change instead of use mMakingse of third largest in Canada : is an our environment and resources, exciting industry, Noble; told that we do fail in terms ,of mar, ke in he said. approximately -100 people.. And. - tingalthough more than 1.67 million Collectively farmers have too f acres of land is , available to be many cows that Seeawoears o ...fanned purpose, that s grass, and in that scenario, . not .very much to feed the entire nobody mattes, any moneys world: Noble ;saidthere's no' excuse for.not doing things profession- "We are caretakers of the 'Herds, no. matter how big . land, We have a big:Garden of or small, should ae neatand tidy Eden m4-4, nd it's' up to you and I to with plenty of space to roam:lf ' produce," he :said. "We just use they look neaCand healthy, there d fferenttools,tban .what we did, will be 'a market for it. -11 not, „ therewon't, in' he past " Y Li f st le and famil.. should ;fie explained that uniformity in color and size does:'make"a ' always be.remembered in:,;what- difference in the entire herd . and ; ei+er you do, .especially in :farm rs the easiest thingto. control. . mg` "If you wake, up .and think. 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