Balancing Range Health & Cattle Production with Leah Rodvang

In this episode of “Beef & Forage Roundup” I would like to introduce you to Leah Rodvang.  Leah grew up on a cow/calf operation near Coronation, Alberta. Her family influenced her love of native prairie, which led to her studying Range Management at the University of Alberta. During her undergraduate degree, Leah competed with the U of A Range Team and worked with graduate students on their research. 

Since joining MBFI in 2016, Leah has been responsible for data collection and record keeping for project and farm purposes. She oversees day-to-day research activities, maintains research tools & technology, and is developing skills in project design and reporting. Leah has developed the animal care program to standardize vaccination and treatment protocols for the farm. 

Leah plays a very important role in creating MBFI’s grazing plans, as well as collecting data through precise record keeping throughout the year that is used in grazing studies at MBFI.  She shares information with us on the topic of range management, as well as touching on extended grazing practices, which allow MBFI’s cattle herd to graze most of the year. 

Leah gives us an overview of how to manage grazing to meet the goal of balancing cattle performance and range health.  She also shares her opinions of the most challenging and most rewarding aspects of using grazing practices that you can see are improving the land and soil health.  

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Don't miss the Upcoming Grazing Workshop Series:

• July 6th - Health Check your pastures and soils
• August 3rd - Diversify your grazing 
• Register at www.mbfi.ca/registration 

The research programs and daily operations at MBFI would not be possible without the funding from the Province of Manitoba, Government of Canada and Canadian Agricultural Partnership, as well as the partnership with Manitoba Agriculture, Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP), Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and the Manitoba Forage and Grassland Association (MFGA).