Livestock
Reading Time: < 1 minute Vaccine development for Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea and Porcine Delta Coronavirus are among new research projects Canadian pork groups will fund over the next few years, Swine Innovation Porc announced Tuesday.
Swine Innovation Porc funds vaccine, barn cooling research
Brazil surpassing U.S. as top beef producer, easing global supply squeeze
Reading Time: 4 minutes Brazil surpassed the U.S. as the world’s top beef producer last year, according to market estimates, after the South American country beat output forecasts by hundreds of thousands of tons, easing a global supply squeeze and helping limit a surge in meat prices.
U.S. livestock: Cattle rise, lean hogs mixed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago lean hog futures ended Tuesday mixed while cattle made gains. Most-active February lean hog contracts closed down 0.475 cents at 85.675 cents a pound. April futures gained 0.075 cents to settle at 91.575 cents per pound. The USDA reported pork carcass cutout value at $91.25 per cwt on Tuesday afternoon, down $2.59. Most-traded February […] Read more
Brocklebank named Canadian Cattle Association CEO
Reading Time: 2 minutes Andrea Brocklebank will become the Canadian Cattle Association’s chief executive officer in March the association said on Tuesday.
Pulse Weekly: Lentils, peas facing challenges
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lentils and peas will be among those pulse crops facing challenges not only in January, but also for the rest of the 2025/26 marketing year and possibly beyond that, said Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting Venture Inc. in Winnipeg.
Bird flu update: Dog dies in Alberta
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported 52 bird flu-infected sites as of Dec. 30, 2025. Of those, 23 were in British Columbia.
Klassen: Feeder market poised to strengthen
Reading Time: 2 minutes There were no feeder cattle sales in Western Canada for the week ending January 3. However, there were some sales in the U.S. and the Canadian markets will follow suit once activity returns to normal. For example, at the Ozarks Regional Stockyards in West Plains, Missouri, weaned and vaccinated steers and heifers over 750 pounds […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hogs touch October high on fund buying
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures reached their highest level since October on Monday amid annual adjustments by funds in commodity markets, brokers said. Fund buying at the start of the year also supported grain and soy futures at the Chicago Board of Trade. CME February lean hog futures LHG26 closed […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures surge as second screwworm case announced
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rallied on Friday as two new screwworm cases were announced in Mexico in two days, keeping the focus on tight cattle supplies. CME February live cattle LCG26 settled 4.400 cents higher at 236.000 cents per pound, having hit the highest peak since October 24, and March […] Read more
Tyson Foods settles U.S. beef price-fixing lawsuit for $82.5 million
Reading Time: < 1 minute Tyson Foods has agreed to pay $82.5 million (C$113.3 million) to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit brought by grocers and other businesses that accused the meat and poultry giant of conspiring to inflate U.S. beef prices by restricting supply.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
