Organic Production of Beef Cattle
- Resources
- Soils and Fertility
- Horticulture
- Field Crops
- Crop Rotation
- Pest Management
- Season Extension
- Seed Production and Plant Breeding
- Livestock
- Ecology and Environment
- Nutrition, Safety and Health of Organic Foods
- Post-harvest Handling, Storage and Processing
- Social Science
- Marketing and Economics
- Transition to Organic
- Canadian Organic Research Priorities
Practical Results
- Control of Lice and Mange Mites in Cattle [PDF - 116 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Eating quality of meat from organic beef based on crossbred animals
- Organic Eprints. 2014
- Finishing Organic Beef - Producers Guide
- Organic Alberta. 2013
- Gastrointestinal Parasitism in Organic Beef Cattle in the Maritimes [PDF - 216 kB]
- OACC. 2007
- OACC. 2007
- Guidance for Organic Beef Production: Animal Welfare on Organic Farms [PDF - 77 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Guidelines for Estimating Organic Backgrounding Costs for Feeder Calves [PDF - 7.5 MB]
- Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. 2009
- Guidelines for Estimating Organic Cow-Calf Production Costs [PDF - 8.9 MB]
- Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. 2009
- Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development. 2009
- Heat Stress in Ruminants [PDF - 321 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Index of Cattle Diseases
- Organic-Vet
- Introduction to Organic Beef Production
- Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
- Management of Pest Flies on Organic Farms [PDF - 232 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Organic Advantage: Beef Production [PDF - 5.0MB]
- Organic Value Chain Roundtable. 2014
- Organic and Grass-finished Beef Cattle Production
- ATTRA. 2011
- Organic Beef Production in Ontario
- Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 2009
- Pain management in livestock husbandry: Disbudding and dehorning [PDF - 178 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Pain Management in Livestock Husbandry: 2. Castration, Branding & Tail Docking [PDF - 141 kB]
- Animal Welfare Task Force. 2009
- Thwart external livestock parasites with prevention, organic controls
- Midwest Organic & Sustainable Eductation Service. 2014
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- Midwest Organic & Sustainable Eductation Service. 2014
- Transitioning to Organic Beef Production [PDF - 275 kB]
- Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service. 2007
- Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service. 2007
Scientific Results
Disease and parasite management
- Ethnoveterinary medicines used for ruminants in British Columbia, Canada
- Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2007) 3:11
- Evaluation of organic, conventional and intensive beef farm systems: health, management and animal production
- animal (2012) 6: 1503-1511
Grazing management
- Incorporating native plants into multifunctional prairie pastures for organic cow–calf operations
- Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2011) 26: 114-126
- Mixed crop–livestock farming systems: a sustainable way to produce beef? Commercial farms results, questions and perspectives
- Animal (2014) 8: 1218-1228
- The suitability of cool-and warm-season annual cereal species for winter grazing in Saskatchewan
- Canadian Journal of Plant Science (2007) 87: 739–752
- Sustainability of US Organic Beef and Dairy Production Systems: Soil, Plant and Cattle Interactions
- Sustainability (2013) 5: 3009-3034
Meat production
- Assessing impacts of organic production on pork and beef quality
- CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources (2010) 5: 1-13
- Comparison of fatty acids in beef tissues from conventional, organic and natural feeding systems in western Canada
- Canadian Journal of Animal Science (2015) 95: 49-58
- Effect of slaughter season and muscle type on the fatty acid composition, including conjugated linoleic acid isomers, and nutritional value of intramuscular fat in organic beef
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2012) 92: 2428-2435
- Fatty acid profiles, meat quality, and sensory attributes of organic versus conventional dairy beef steers
- Journal of Dairy Science (2014) 97: 1828-1834
- Growth, carcass characteristics, and profitability of organic versus conventional dairy beef steers
- Journal of Dairy Science (2014) 97: 1817-1827
- Intensive vs. free-range organic beef. A preference study through consumer liking and conjoint analysis
- Meat Science (2016) 114: 114-120
- Meat quality and health implications of organic and conventional beef production
- Meat Science (2015) 100: 306-318
- Organic meat quality of dual purpose young bulls supplemented with pea (Pisum sativum L.) or soybean
- Science of Food and Agriculture (2018) 98:938-944
- Productive, environmental and economic performances assessments of organic and conventional suckler cattle farming systems
- Organic Agriculture (2011) 1: 1-16
Welfare
- Addressing the pain associated with disbudding and dehorning in cattle
- Applied Animal Behaviour Science (2011) 135: 226-231
- Attitudes of Canadian beef producers toward animal welfare
- Animal Welfare (2012) 22: 273-283