Insights and Stories on Livestock

Newly funded Canadian beef research aims for sector improvements

Feb. 13, 2025 at 2:07 pm CST

Nine new projects have received a collective $1.43 million in funding through the Beef Cattle Research Council’s next call for study proposals. The projects are also backed by more than $3.1 million from additional sources, the organization has said.

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures mixed Wednesday

Feb. 12, 2025 at 2:53 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Cattle back in the red, hogs rise

Feb. 11, 2025 at 3:57 pm CST

By Geralyn Wichers

Klassen: Feeder market stalls; cold temperatures, tariff threat limit sales

Feb. 11, 2025 at 10:50 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle prices pull back

Feb. 7, 2025 at 2:59 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

John Pruim standing in his ice cream shop

An ice cream dream

Feb. 7, 2025 at 10:21 am CST

Glacier FarmMedia – It all started with a scoop of blueberry cheesecake ice cream from a creamery in Sicamous, B.C., more than ten years ago. About 13 years old, John Pruim was on a family road trip back to the province where he had spent his early years when the […]

By Delaney Seiferling

Feed Grain Weekly: Markets uncertain after tariff delays

Feb. 6, 2025 at 3:14 pm CST

Despite the delay in U.S. President Donald Trump's planned tariffs, there is plenty of uncertainty in the Western Canadian feed grain market.

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: Cattle mixed, hogs higher

Feb. 6, 2025 at 3:06 pm CST

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange dropped back on Thursday, despite strong export sales. The United States Department of Agriculture reported export sales of 24,907 tonnes for the week ended Jan. 30. That’s up 23.5 per cent from the previous week and the most since August. […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise on strong exports

Feb. 5, 2025 at 3:29 pm CST

Live and fed cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were higher on Wednesday

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

USDA detects a second bird flu strain in dairy cattle, agency email says

Feb. 5, 2025 at 12:27 pm CST

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has detected a bird flu strain in dairy cattle that previously had not been seen in cows, according to an email from the agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service seen by Reuters.

By Leah Douglas Reuters