Insights and Stories on Livestock

USDA plans sterile fly facility in Texas to combat screwworm

Jun. 18, 2025 at 3:54 pm CDT

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced plans on Wednesday to open a sterile fly dispersal facility in Hidalgo County, Texas, as part of the country's effort to fight the encroachment of New World screwworm.

Black Angus breed cattle in a feedlot or feed yard. Ear tags and electronic monitoring tags have been touched up to removed distinguishing numbers and features

Government funding boosts beef cattle genetics research at University of Saskatchewan

Jun. 18, 2025 at 2:30 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

A man cleans a tractor at a sanitary barrier, after Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on Friday, triggering protocols for a country-wide trade ban from top buyer China and state-wide restrictions for other major consumers, in Montenegro, Brazil

Brazil poised to declare itself bird flu ‘free,’ state official says

Jun. 18, 2025 at 10:10 am CDT

By Ana Mano Debora Ely Reuters roberto-samora

beef cattle in a feedlot in Western Canada

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle see sharp drop; hogs slip back

Jun. 17, 2025 at 4:31 pm CDT

By Geralyn Wichers

Bovine tuberculosis found in Manitoba

Jun. 17, 2025 at 11:45 am CDT

By Alexis Stockford

Mid-distance shot of a brown steer in an Alberta feedlot.

Klassen: Feeder market follows wholesale beef higher

Jun. 17, 2025 at 9:18 am CDT

For the week ending June 13, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged compared to seven days earlier. Steady demand underpinned a week of lower auction market volumes.

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs start week strong

Jun. 16, 2025 at 3:37 pm CDT

Chicago cattle and hog futures saw strong increases across the board on Monday.

By Geralyn Wichers

Maple Leaf Foods spin off approved

Jun. 16, 2025 at 10:43 am CDT

Maple Leaf Foods shareholders approved with an overwhelming majority the food processing company's plan to spin off its pork operations to Canada Packers Inc.

By Miranda Leybourne

U.S. livestock: Cattle drop sharply; hogs mixed

Jun. 13, 2025 at 4:19 pm CDT

Chicago cattle futures dropped sharply on Friday while hogs ended the day mixed.

By Geralyn Wichers

Brazil beef barons’ Wall Street listing caps a return from exile

Jun. 13, 2025 at 10:06 am CDT

Brazilian meatpacker JBS begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, capping a stunning comeback by brothers Joesley and Wesley Batista less than a decade after they were jailed in a record-breaking corruption scandal and forced into the backseat of their global food empire.

By Lisandra Paraguassu Luciana Magalhaes Reuters Ricardo Brito

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Insights and Stories on Livestock

USDA plans sterile fly facility in Texas to combat screwworm

Government funding boosts beef cattle genetics research at University of Saskatchewan

Brazil poised to declare itself bird flu ‘free,’ state official says

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle see sharp drop; hogs slip back

Bovine tuberculosis found in Manitoba

Klassen: Feeder market follows wholesale beef higher

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs start week strong

Maple Leaf Foods spin off approved

U.S. livestock: Cattle drop sharply; hogs mixed

Brazil beef barons’ Wall Street listing caps a return from exile

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