By Ron Lyseng, The Western Producer, September 22, 2016
Dale Hicks was tired of pulling calves in blizzards, getting stomped by cows, hauling calf sleds in the mud in the middle of the night and losing sleep.
“When you’re calving in the corral in February or March and the cows are in close quarters, all within 20 feet of each other, all skitzy and protective, man, that’s dangerous,” Hicks said.
Crunch time came five years ago for the herd on his farm near Outlook, Sask.: either the 65 cows learned to take care of themselves and their calves or they would all be shipped.
