Insights and Stories of Geralyn Wichers

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, June 16, 2025.

G7 farm groups on governments to support rules-based trade, innovation

Jun. 16, 2025 at 12:37 pm CDT

Farm organizations from the G7 countries called for governments to support stable rules-based trade, modernized regulations and other measures to help farmers weather “unprecedented pressures,” the Canadian Federation of Agriculture said in a joint news release, Monday.

beef cattle in a feedlot in Western Canada

U.S. livestock: Cattle drop sharply; hogs mixed

Jun. 13, 2025 at 4:19 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Closeup side view of unrecognizable woman choosing some fresh meat at local supermarket.

U.S. livestock: Cattle mostly lower; hogs mostly up

Jun. 12, 2025 at 3:10 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle dip, lean hogs gain

Jun. 11, 2025 at 3:17 pm CDT

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Black Angus breed cattle in a feedlot or feed yard. Ear tags and electronic monitoring tags have been touched up to removed distinguishing numbers and features

U.S. livestock: Feeders rise; live cattle, lean hogs mixed

Jun. 10, 2025 at 4:16 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

A close-up of someone vaccinating a cow.

CFIA awards contract for long-awaited foot-and-mouth vaccine bank

Jun. 10, 2025 at 3:39 pm CDT

The federal government has awarded contracts to vaccine makers in a step toward the creation of a long-awaited foot-and-mouth disease vaccine bank.

By Geralyn Wichers

Close-up of a worker making sausage in a processing plant.

Olymel to expand Quebec sausage plant, shutter two sites

Jun. 10, 2025 at 1:33 pm CDT

Meat processor Olymel will expand its sausage production facility in Trois-Rivières and will shut down two other Quebec locations the company announced Tuesday.

By Geralyn Wichers