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Klassen: Feeder cattle market ratchets higher on stronger fed market

Jun. 11, 2024 at 8:51 am CDT

For the week ending June 8, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $3 to $6 above week-ago levels. In certain locations, quality packages of 600 pound plus steers were $8 to $10 higher compared to seven days earlier. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle on a dressed basis at $440/cwt, […]

Livestock Price Insurance coming to maritime producers

Jun. 10, 2024 at 4:33 pm CDT

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Strike possibility looms at Calgary Cargill plant

May. 31, 2024 at 4:25 pm CDT

By Alexis Kienlen

closeup of a cow with horns, blue sky and trees in the background

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures mixed, hog futures lower, amid demand questions

May. 6, 2024 at 4:39 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. livestock: CME cattle stabilize after bird flu roils markets

May. 3, 2024 at 5:47 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Prepping and preventing for a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak

Apr. 12, 2024 at 9:48 am CDT

In 2001, foot-and-mouth disease decimated the U.K.’s beef industry. Millions of animals were culled after foot-and-mouth broke out in the country. According to the BBC, there were 2,000 cases of the disease, which resulted in entire farms having their animals slaughtered. Soldiers dug mass graves and piles of carcasses burned, […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Cargill renews top-up payment for CRSB-certified beef

Mar. 28, 2024 at 12:04 pm CDT

Cargill and its customers have renewed a program that would ensure beef producers receive at least $400 for being certified under the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB).

By Geralyn Wichers

Being prepared is key to a smoother calving season

Mar. 22, 2024 at 9:54 am CDT

Calving can be stressful for both people and animals. Preparation far in advance is one way producers can better ensure success for a safe and productive calving season. “Some of that preparedness starts well before calving season, if you think about herd health programs or nutrition, or making sure cows are […]

By Alexis Kienlen

Ranching on Vancouver Island

Mar. 8, 2024 at 10:17 am CST

Vancouver Island contains a variety of landscapes: beaches with shells and the corpses of moon jellyfish, the frigid water of the Pacific Ocean washing in and out. A rugged, snow-capped mountain range looms over the island. Redwood trees reach high into the sky, the forest floor sheltered and mossy. There […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

U.S. livestock: CME cattle soar as cash markets firm

Feb. 1, 2024 at 8:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures jumped on Thursday, buoyed by rising cash cattle prices and a government inventory report confirming that the total number of U.S. cattle fell to a 73-year low. CME April live cattle futures LCJ24 settled up 2.475 cents at 183.175 cents per pound, […]

By Julie Ingwersen