Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Bovine TB case probed in southeastern Alberta

Nov. 1, 2016 at 1:39 pm CDT

About 30 farms in southeastern Alberta are under federal quarantine as federal and provincial officials try to track down cattle exposed to bovine tuberculosis (TB). The investigation follows a notice in late September from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that a cow from Alberta had tested positive for bovine TB […]

Klassen: Feeder market bounces off the lows

Nov. 1, 2016 at 9:13 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Feeder market lacks buying interest

Oct. 24, 2016 at 9:04 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Slowing sales at Burger King push parent’s shares down

Oct. 24, 2016 at 8:15 pm CDT

By Anet Josline Pinto

Klassen: Feeder market aggressively searches for demand

Oct. 18, 2016 at 4:33 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Saskatchewan to thin out wolf pack along treeline

Oct. 15, 2016 at 5:57 pm CDT

Aiming to prevent “wolf-livestock conflicts” in the region, Saskatchewan’s environment department will again offer a wolf hunting season along the provincial forest fringe starting Saturday. The wolf hunt, running from Oct. 15, 2016 through to March 31, 2017, is to be allowed in wildlife management zones 43 (Melfort, Tisdale), 47 […]

By Staff

Canada’s cattle herd stubbornly refuses to expand

Oct. 14, 2016 at 10:00 am CDT

Canada’s cattle herd has been poised for expansion for the last two years, but declining cattle prices have put those expansion plans on hold. “The July 1 inventory showed that we were completely steady with beef cow numbers,” said Brenna Grant, manager of Canfax Research Services. “We did have an […]

By Jennifer Blair

Premium Brands buys Toronto burger processor

Oct. 13, 2016 at 8:08 pm CDT

Toronto custom burger maker Belmont Meats has become the latest subsidiary of Vancouver food processing firm Premium Brands. Premium Brands, which owns assorted processing and distribution businesses across Western Canada, Ontario and the U.S., on Thursday announced it has paid $50 million – $49.2 million in cash and $800,000 in […]

By Staff

CME mulls cash settlement for volatile cattle market

Oct. 13, 2016 at 6:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– CME Group is considering switching to a cash settlement process for its live cattle futures, a managing director said Thursday, as traders continued to complain about extreme volatility. Dave Lehman, managing director of commodity research and product development, said discussions about the new settlement procedure were […]

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Patient buyers await lower feeder market

Oct. 10, 2016 at 6:35 pm CDT

Patience is a virtue, the old saying goes. Unlike the past few years, feedlot operators have been rewarded for waiting and there is no clear signal the market has any incentive to deviate from the current direction. Western Canadian feeder markets were trading $5-$8 below week-ago levels as larger numbers […]

By Jerry Klassen