Insights and Stories on Livestock

Quebec pork company calls for transparency around gene-edited pigs

Sep. 12, 2025 at 4:25 pm CDT

Quebec-based pork company duBreton is calling for transparency around meats from gene-edited pigs on concerns that a lack of mandatory labelling will confuse consumers, and dilute certification claims. The organic sector is also calling for labelling rules.

Cattle water bowls hold insight into animal health, antimicrobial resistance

Sep. 12, 2025 at 11:01 am CDT

By Alexis Kienlen

Jocelyn Smith, an assistant professor of field crop entomology at the University of Guelph, shared ongoing challenges facing farmers as pest-resistant crops continue to emerge in Ontario at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show.

Improving calf health, fighting pesticide resistance highlighted at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show

Sep. 10, 2025 at 1:53 pm CDT

Honeybees swarm around their Queen as she lays eggs inside a beehive. Photo: shaunl/Getty Images Plus

Deadlier than varroa, a new honey-bee parasite is spreading around the world

Sep. 10, 2025 at 10:24 am CDT

U.S. livestock: Cattle markets mostly higher

Sep. 8, 2025 at 3:56 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

two cows feeding at a trough in a feedlot

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking pressures cattle futures

Sep. 5, 2025 at 3:40 pm CDT

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were weaker on Friday, with chart-based positioning a feature as the market continued to back away from nearby record highs. The United States Department of Agriculture reported weekly U.S. beef export sales of 16,600 tonnes, which was up 22 per cent on the […]

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower on profit-taking, technicals and flat cash prices

Sep. 4, 2025 at 4:54 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell for a third consecutive day on Thursday in profit-taking and technical selling setback following recent highs and amid some weaker-than-expected cash market sales this week.

By Karl Plume Reuters

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

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower in profit-taking, technical correction

Sep. 3, 2025 at 6:21 pm CDT

Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures declined for a second straight session on Wednesday in a profit-taking and technical-selling correction from recent highs.

By Karl Plume Reuters

Beef cattle in the ring in front of cattle buyers at Grunthal Livestock Auction.

Klassen: Feeder market continues to climb

Sep. 2, 2025 at 10:25 am CDT

For the week ending August 30, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $4-$8/cwt higher on average. Quality yearling and calf packages were up as much as $15/cwt in some cases.

By Jerry Klassen