Insights and Stories on Beef Cattle

Canadian cattle herd reaches lowest level since 1989

Feb. 23, 2024 at 1:45 pm CST

On January 1, Canadian farmers held 11.1 million cattle and calves on farms, down 2.1 per cent from a year prior, StatCan said in livestock estimates released today. It's the smallest cattle herd since January 1, 1989.

Total US cattle herd drops to lowest level since 1951 – USDA

Feb. 2, 2024 at 9:37 am CST

By Reuters Tom Polansek

First-of-its-kind cattle methane limiter approved for Canada

Jan. 31, 2024 at 5:50 pm CST

By Jeff Melchior

Beef marks GHG drop: report

Jan. 22, 2024 at 4:41 pm CST

By Jeff Melchior

Feed weekly outlook: Several factors weighing on prices

Jan. 4, 2024 at 2:29 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Brazilian state launches mandatory tracking of cattle to stop deforestation

Dec. 1, 2023 at 9:52 am CST

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s Para state, which leads the country for the highest levels of Amazon rainforest destruction, will launch a mandatory program to track cattle in a bid to crack down on related deforestation, a partner in the project said on Friday. Cattle pasture is the most […]

By Ana Mano Reuters

Bleak 2024 seen for Canadian beef sector

Oct. 27, 2023 at 9:33 am CDT

A recent report by the United States Department of Agriculture paints a grim picture of Canadian beef cattle numbers in 2024. According to a western Canadian market analyst, most of that forecast checks out. The report, published by the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service office in Ottawa in late September, predicted […]

By Jeff Melchior

FCC to offer beef heifer replacement loans

Oct. 17, 2023 at 5:12 pm CDT

Cattle producers wanting to expand or maintain herds — in a time of nationwide herd contraction — are the expected beneficiaries for a new loan program from Farm Credit Canada. FCC on Tuesday announced what it calls the Replacement Heifer Program, consisting of a loan with a maximum loan life […]

By Dave Bedard

Turning back the clock with grazing

Oct. 6, 2023 at 4:04 pm CDT

Cattle are often maligned for their contributions to greenhouse gas levels, but Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Tim McAllister says that’s wrongheaded. “We hear about people advocating for the need to eliminate livestock from agriculture production, basically without really understanding the negative connotations that would have,” the researcher said during a […]

By Don Norman

U.S. reports case of atypical BSE

May. 19, 2023 at 5:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on Friday an atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), in an older beef cow at a slaughter plant in South Carolina. USDA said the animal never entered slaughter channels and the agency did not expect any trade impacts […]

By Reuters

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