Insights and Stories on Livestock

Klassen: Grassers and herd rebuilding confidence keeps feeders elevated

Mar. 5, 2024 at 11:41 am CST

The major grazing regions of Western Canada have received over 200 per cent of normal precipitation over the past 30 days. Grassers were red hot. Demand has also increased for herd building heifers which has diminished supplies for finishing feedlots.

Olymel parent company posts profit after plant closures

Mar. 4, 2024 at 11:33 am CST

By Geralyn Wichers

New York sues meatpacking giant JBS over climate claims

Feb. 28, 2024 at 2:36 pm CST

By jonathan-stempel Reuters

Klassen: Statistics Canada confirms lower feeder cattle supplies

Feb. 27, 2024 at 8:47 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Canadian cattle herd reaches lowest level since 1989

Feb. 23, 2024 at 1:45 pm CST

By Geralyn Wichers

Life hacks for winter fencing

Feb. 23, 2024 at 9:48 am CST

The humble pigtail is a common sight on most cattle operations that use rotational grazing. They’re light, easy to stomp into the ground, easy to pull out and it takes only seconds to insert the wire. They’re a key labour-saving tool for the miles of temporary fencing that farmers string […]

By Alexis Stockford

Klassen: Feeder market shows signs of herd expansion

Feb. 20, 2024 at 10:48 am CST

For the week ending February 17, Western Canadian prices for yearlings and backgrounded cattle were quoted $2-$4/cwt higher than seven days earlier.

By Jerry Klassen

National hog research firm gets $10.6 million in federal funds

Feb. 20, 2024 at 10:31 am CST

The federal government has pledged up to $10.6 million for hog sector research, it said in an announcement today.

By Geralyn Wichers

Close-up picture of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

US agriculture secretary sees ‘chaos’ in meat market without congressional action on Prop 12

Feb. 14, 2024 at 12:03 pm CST

There will be chaos in the U.S. meat marketplace without congressional action on California's Prop 12 law that tightened animal welfare requirements for pork products sold in the state, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said during a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

By Leah Douglas Reuters