Insights and Stories on Livestock

Maritime beef producers get price protection

Jun. 18, 2024 at 12:08 pm CDT

Producers in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and soon Nova Scotia, will have access to a program that will allow them to purchase insurance on price protection for their beef cattle in case of an unforeseen market disruption.

Cowboy rides through a pen of steers at a feedlot.

Klassen: Quality yearlings lead feeder complex higher

Jun. 18, 2024 at 9:38 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Dairy testing for bird flu expanded in Canada

Jun. 17, 2024 at 3:19 pm CDT

By Jeff Melchior

U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally after contract lows; cattle futures jump

Jun. 14, 2024 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Feds announce early livestock tax deferral

Jun. 14, 2024 at 3:10 pm CDT

By Alexis Kienlen

EU pork industry faces ‘nightmare’ if China restricts imports

Jun. 14, 2024 at 1:56 pm CDT

Hamburg | Reuters – Europe’s pork industry faces a “nightmare scenario” of lower prices and falling profitability if China restricts imports from the region, industry executives and analysts said on Friday. Chinese firms have asked for an anti-dumping probe into pork imports from the European Union, state-backed Chinese media reported on Friday, […]

By Michael Hogan

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures retreat as wholesale US pork prices sag

Jun. 13, 2024 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures backpedaled on Thursday from a one-week high reached during the previous session, while live cattle futures strengthened. Hog futures eased after wholesale U.S. pork prices pulled back from a jump on Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture priced the pork […]

By Tom Polansek

Bird flu continues to spread in U.S. dairy farms

Jun. 13, 2024 at 4:29 pm CDT

The number of dairy farms in the United States that have reported bird flu among their livestock increased to 94 in a dozen states, according to reports. Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control said the risk to humans remains low. The CDC noted it’s monitoring more than 500 people with […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Illustration shows test tubes labelled "Bird Flu" and eggs

Two dozen companies working to find bird flu vaccine for cows, US agriculture secretary says

Jun. 13, 2024 at 9:47 am CDT

Reuters – Twenty-four companies are working to develop an avian flu vaccine for cattle, as the virus spreads among U.S. dairy herds, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters on Wednesday. Bird flu has infected 90 dairy herds across 12 states since late March, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

By Leah Douglas

Cattle producers wary of grasslands conservation proposal

Jun. 12, 2024 at 11:10 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association members want the Canadian Cattle Association to press pause on its Grasslands Conservation Initiative until it can better communicate its plan. Several resolutions about the initiative were debated during the SSGA annual meeting June 11 and while some were defeated members did approve […]

By Karen Briere