Insights and Stories on Livestock

China blocks pig, boar imports from Bangladesh due to African swine fever

Jan. 11, 2024 at 10:00 am CST

China has prohibited the import of pig, pig products and wild boars from Bangladesh after the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) reported an outbreak of African swine fever at a farm in the country's major port city of Chittagong.

Cars driving on a highway are stuck in traffic because of a snow storm.

Tyson Foods, Cargill idle Kansas beef plants due to snowstorm

Jan. 9, 2024 at 5:07 pm CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

Sweden reports bird flu outbreak as disease spreads

Jan. 9, 2024 at 10:14 am CST

By Reuters

Klassen: Cattle producers anxious about 2024

Jan. 9, 2024 at 9:32 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Feed weekly outlook: Several factors weighing on prices

Jan. 4, 2024 at 2:29 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Updated Certified Sustainable Beef Framework released

Jan. 3, 2024 at 2:35 pm CST

A new and improved Certified Sustainable Beef Framework has been released following its first, five-year review announced the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) today.

By Glacier FarmMedia staff

Klassen: Feeder market quiets at year-end

Jan. 2, 2024 at 9:42 am CST

The last full week of 2023 was characterized by lower volumes and limited buying interest. Feedlot operators don’t want to weigh down schedules of hired hands over the holidays. Many auction barns were closed for the season while some held bred cows and bred heifer sales.

By Jerry Klassen

Smaller U.S. swine herd likely as Prop 12 takes effect, think tank says

Dec. 29, 2023 at 11:38 am CST

The cost of compliance with a California animal welfare law, which takes full effect on New Year’s Day, will likely shrink the U.S. national hog herd and lead to further consolidation, a Washington State think tank says. “No one will be spared the change in market pressures,” wrote Pam Lewison, […]

By Geralyn Wichers

Feed Grain weekly outlook: Corn, barley on level ground

Dec. 28, 2023 at 4:50 pm CST

Prices for Canadian feed barley and United States corn imports reached parity as the feed grain market took a breather between Christmas and New Year’s Day.

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

What to consider when changing the breeding season

Dec. 22, 2023 at 3:02 pm CST

Trudging through slushy snow in April is a scene many producers know well. One day there’s a hint of summer in the air, with birds chirping in trees overhead as a farmer checks on newborn calves frolicking near puddles. The next day, the farmer is rushing through pastures as hard sleet slashes […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan