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Bruce Derksen’s Biography

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Freelance AgTech writer working to build, support and expand your precision ag start-up or ag-based business.

I have 9 years of agricultural freelance writing experience following 25 years of ‘boots on the ground’ in the cattle ranching and feedlot industries. My specialties and expertise include AgTech, AI, Robotics, Machine Learning and Computer Vision, precision agriculture, technology, beef and dairy livestock health and welfare, plus management and sustainability. I am also knowledgeable i…

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Easing the weaning transition with synthetic calming substance

Easing the weaning transition with synthetic calming substance

Weaning is a turning point in beef calves' lives. They're isolated from their mothers, cut off from milk and …

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Inside-The-Cow Monitoring Offers Health Data

Inside-The-Cow Monitoring Offers Health Data

As dairy producers seek practical tools to improve animal health, labor efficiency, and day-to-day decision-m…

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Using the DART method to protect cattle after wildfires

Using the DART method to protect cattle after wildfires

Wildfires are increasingly part of the seasonal backdrop for many cattle-producing regions. While lost pastur…

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A Smarter Way To Monitor Insects In Prairie Crops

A Smarter Way To Monitor Insects In Prairie Crops

Insect monitoring in agriculture remains one of the most time-consuming and labor-intensive tasks for growers…

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Metaphylaxis under pressure: Managing BRD in a changing industry

Metaphylaxis under pressure: Managing BRD in a changing industry

Metaphylaxis remains a widely used health management tool in U.S. feedlots, helping reduce the impact of resp…

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Activating genomics to accelerate climate-smart crop delivery - College of Agriculture and Biores...

Activating genomics to accelerate climate-smart crop delivery - College of Agriculture and Biores...

How crop rotation options offered by new climate-smart varieties will create economic and environmental gains.

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When pasture and parasites turn dangerous: Two ‘obscure’ beef cattle diseases to watch

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By Bruce Derksen
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Home » Progressive Cattle » When pasture and parasites turn dangerous: Two ‘obscure’ beef cattle diseases to watch Diseases and medical conditions such as pneumonia, pinkeye and foot rot are common and expected in the beef industry, but lesser-known, more peculiar issues can occasionally appear. Freelance Writer Bruce Derksen is a freelance writer based in Lacombe, Alberta. Fog fever Despite its name, fog fever has little to do with fog itself.
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Metaphylaxis under pressure: Managing BRD in a changing industry

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By Bruce Derksen
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Home » Progressive Cattle » Metaphylaxis under pressure: Managing BRD in a changing industry Metaphylaxis remains a widely used health management tool in U.S. feedlots, helping reduce the impact of respiratory disease in high-risk cattle. However, rising treatment costs, concerns about adding handling stress and increasing scrutiny of antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance continue to apply pressure to identify and use alternative approaches.
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Easing the weaning transition with synthetic calming substance

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By Bruce Derksen
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It could be said that weaning is a turning point in beef calves' lives as they’re isolated from their mothers, cut off from milk and forced through a wave of new pressures, including up-close-and-personal human handling and contact, vaccination, transportation, auction yards and feedlot entry. Add unfamiliar feed and new social groups, and the stress quickly mounts, weakening immunity and leaving them more exposed to bovine respiratory disease (BRD).
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Why did you become a journalist?

It became a natural fit. After working directly in the agricultural industry for decades, I eventually pivoted to writing about it.