Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Klassen: Feeder market ends year on firm tone

Dec. 24, 2018 at 3:08 pm CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder markets traded $3-$5 higher. Auction barns in the major feeding regions of Alberta had limited numbers on offer last week; therefore, major operations were sourcing feeders from farther distances. While most feedlots are carrying sufficient numbers, year-end buying was able set the market […]

Bovine TB probe expands to Saskatchewan

Dec. 21, 2018 at 9:06 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Klassen: Feeder market bounces off recent lows

Dec. 17, 2018 at 9:44 pm CST

By Jerry Klassen

Six more cattle herds to be tested in TB probe

Dec. 17, 2018 at 8:36 pm CST

By GFM Staff

McDonald’s to curb antibiotic use in its beef supply

Dec. 11, 2018 at 6:38 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. investigators question shareholders of Brazil’s JBS

Dec. 7, 2018 at 4:03 pm CST

Brasilia | Reuters –– U.S. investigators this week visited Brazil to question shareholders of J+F Investimentos, the holding company that controls meatpacker JBS SA, as part of an existing plea deal, Brazilian prosecutors said on Friday in a statement. U.S. authorities have been investigating the companies controlled by J+F since […]

By Reuters

Klassen: Feeder market searching for direction

Dec. 4, 2018 at 1:10 am CST

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were quite variable from seven days earlier. Prices were unchanged in the eastern Prairie regions; however, Alberta markets traded $3 to as much as $7 below week-ago levels. Alberta and Saskatchewan feedlot inventories are running 16 per cent above year-ago levels, so there’s limited buying […]

By Jerry Klassen

Alberta cattle producers vote to keep refundable checkoff

Dec. 3, 2018 at 8:50 pm CST

Preliminary results in Alberta beef producers’ service charge plebiscite put a slim majority in favour of keeping their checkoff refundable. Out of 1,874 votes cast, 962 votes, or 51.3 per cent, fell in favour of a refundable service charge model, with 908 for a non-refundable model and four ballots spoiled, […]

By GFM Staff

Is there an Alberta advantage when it comes to beef?

Nov. 30, 2018 at 9:42 am CST

When people talk about a cut of meat, they might praise its juiciness and tenderness. But they don’t often talk about its flavour. This is something Nicole Gaudette — an expert in a branch of science called sensory analysis — wants to change. “By using sensory evaluation to study consumer […]

By Alexis Kienlen

Klassen: Feeder cattle market stabilizes

Nov. 27, 2018 at 2:52 pm CST

Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were unchanged from week-ago levels. Favourable weather conditions enhanced buying interest from cattle feeders in Feedlot Alley; however, cattle-on-feed inventories in Alberta and Saskatchewan are running 16 per cent above year-ago levels. Pen space remains at a premium due to limited capacity. County permit fees […]

By Jerry Klassen