Insights and Stories on Livestock

Hind quarters of beef hanging in a cooler.

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures set record highs on scarce supplies

Jul. 30, 2025 at 4:19 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures set record highs on Wednesday as cash prices stayed strong, along with consumers' demand for beef, brokers said.

View of cattle's backs through the bars of a gate.

U.S. livestock: Cattle climb on low inventory, anticipated tariffs

Jul. 29, 2025 at 5:53 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

An inspector looking at sides of beef, which are hanging in a cooler.

Canada says Australia has re-opened market access for beef and beef products

Jul. 29, 2025 at 1:30 pm CDT

By Reuters

Klassen: Lower U.S. calf crop supports Canadian feeder cattle market

Jul. 29, 2025 at 10:04 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

closeup view of dairy cows in a row in a milking parlour.

U.S. complaints about protectionist Canadian dairy policy hypocritical, report argues

Jul. 28, 2025 at 3:55 pm CDT

By Jonah Grignon

Calf hormone implants can give environmental, financial wins

Jul. 28, 2025 at 3:23 pm CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Hormone implants in suckling calves have had a hard public relations slog with consumers, but cow-calf producers who use them are likely to see greater economic returns while also reducing environmental impacts, a Manitoba study shows. Deanne Fulawka, a researcher from the University of Manitoba, presented her […]

By Geralyn Wichers

Black angus cow in in a pasture with herd in the background.

U.S. livestock: Cattle climb on low herd numbers, hogs mostly up

Jul. 28, 2025 at 3:11 pm CDT

Chicago cattle futures continued to climb on Monday after reports on Friday showed a smaller herd than expected. Hogs settled mostly higher.

By Geralyn Wichers

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

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures climb as U.S. herd remains small

Jul. 25, 2025 at 4:32 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures turned higher on Friday, as traders anticipated U.S. government reports would show tight cattle supplies. After the market closed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that the nation’s cattle herd was 94.2 million head as of July 1, a record low for that date. […]

By P.J. Huffstutter Tom Polansek

two cows feeding at a trough in a feedlot

Research continues on ergot-impacted grain and its effect on beef cattle

Jul. 25, 2025 at 10:02 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Ergot is increasingly creeping into cereals in Western Canada, as well as into cattle feed. If grain has been contaminated by the fungus, it will be refused for human consumption and sent to the livestock industry. Darby Meyer, a graduate student at the University of Saskatchewan, has […]

By Janelle Rudolph

Trump says US will sell ‘so much’ beef to Australia

Jul. 25, 2025 at 9:46 am CDT

The United States will sell “so much” beef to Australia, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday after Canberra relaxed import restrictions, adding that other countries that refused U.S. beef products were on notice.

By Kanishka Singh Peter Hobson Reuters