Insights and Stories on Livestock

Canada and New Zealand resolve dairy trade dispute, Canada says

Jul. 18, 2025 at 9:01 am CDT

Canada and New Zealand have reached a “mutually satisfactory” resolution to a long-running dispute over access for dairy products, the Canadian government said in a statement on Thursday.

Why post-drought pasture management matters for beef farmers

Jul. 17, 2025 at 10:52 pm CDT

By Bruce Derksen

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down, hogs rise

Jul. 17, 2025 at 3:12 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Marlin and Myrna Huber of Huber Ag Equipment with Gerard Roney of Advantage Feeders at Ag in Motion 2025. Photo: Piper Whelan

Greater feed efficiency in calves possible through controlled creep feeding

Jul. 17, 2025 at 12:08 pm CDT

By Piper Whelan

Tessa Thomas speaks at Ag in Motion about the importance of biosecurity. Tuesday was the second day of the Livestock Happy Hour speaker series. Photo: Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Ag in Motion speaker highlights need for biosecurity on cattle operations

Jul. 17, 2025 at 9:39 am CDT

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Canadian Pork Council meets with U.S. and Mexican counterparts

Jul. 16, 2025 at 3:48 pm CDT

Leaders of the North American pork sector reaffirmed their commitment to producing nutritious, sustainable and affordable pork at a recent trilateral meeting held in Niagara on the Lake, Ont.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: New contract highs for live cattle

Jul. 16, 2025 at 3:21 pm CDT

Live cattle futures hit new contract highs on Wednesday while cattle futures came close and lean hog futures continued to recover from recent lows. The August live cattle contract gained US$1.500 per hundredweight to finish the day at US$223.900, 50 cents below the new contract high reached earlier on Wednesday. […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Manitoba Crop Report: More scattered rains across the province

Jul. 16, 2025 at 1:14 pm CDT

More scattered showers across Manitoba helped crops advance in their development during the week ended July 13, 2025.

By Adam Peleshaty

Bill Biligetu, forage crop breeder at the University of Saskatchewan, studies the purple flowers found in the alfalfa plots at Ag in Motion, a farm show held July 15-17 near Langham, Sask. Biligetu is hoping to design an alfalfa variety with more tolerance to drought | Robert Arnason photo

Research focuses on drought tolerant alfalfa

Jul. 16, 2025 at 11:04 am CDT

Exotic alfalfa varieties that produce white, blue, cream and yellow flowers are being looked at by plant breeders to improve the crop's drought tolerance.

By Robert Arnason

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up, hogs mixed

Jul. 15, 2025 at 3:04 pm CDT

Live and feeder cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday recovered their losses from Monday. However, lean hog prices were mixed. August live cattle gained US$3.050 per hundredweight to close at US$222.400/cwt. Tuesday’s high of US$222.750 was the contract’s second-highest daily high ever behind US$223.275 on Friday. The […]

By Adam Peleshaty

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Insights and Stories on Livestock

Canada and New Zealand resolve dairy trade dispute, Canada says

Why post-drought pasture management matters for beef farmers

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures down, hogs rise

Greater feed efficiency in calves possible through controlled creep feeding

Ag in Motion speaker highlights need for biosecurity on cattle operations

Canadian Pork Council meets with U.S. and Mexican counterparts

U.S. livestock: New contract highs for live cattle

Manitoba Crop Report: More scattered rains across the province

Research focuses on drought tolerant alfalfa

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up, hogs mixed

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