Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Apr. 11, 2024 at 1:47 pm CDT

The Canadian Cattle Association has initiated an update to the Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle.

By Alexis Kienlen

Apr. 10, 2024 at 2:34 pm CDT

Several U.S. states have restricted cattle imports from states that have seen infections of avian influenza Type A H5N1 in dairy herds.

By Jeff Melchior

Apr. 10, 2024 at 2:22 pm CDT

Markets have seen cattle futures (mainly live and fed) decline in recent weeks as the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) strain made its way into dairy herds in six states to date. The good news, said a cattle auction leader and market expert, is that cash prices have remained more-or-less steady amid the chaos.

By Jeff Melchior

Mar. 27, 2024 at 2:56 pm CDT

The price of pasture land in Manitoba grew faster than anywhere else in the country last year, according to the latest farmland values report from Farm Credit Canada. The report, posted in mid-March, said Manitoba’s pasture land values had increased 19 per cent through 2023, compared to 12.7 per cent in Saskatchewan and 9.6 […]

By Don Norman

Mar. 27, 2024 at 9:21 am CDT

Brazilian meat-packer JBS expects margins of its Seara processed foods maker in Brazil to reach double digits in the first weeks of 2024, citing operational improvements designed to shore up the unit, executives said today.

By Ana Mano, Reuters