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Jeanine Moyer and Allan Wallace surrounded by 2024 Farm team members, speaking up for agriculture.

Agriculture takes a ride to the city

Looking for a way to talk to urban consumers about how farmers produce food? Jeanine Moyer takes farming right to the heart of Toronto

By Leeann Minogue December 16, 2024

Reading Time: 6 minutes For the second time this past spring, Jeanine Moyer and her father Allan Wallace were phoning their rural Ontario neighbours, tracking down just the right animals to take to Toronto. They wanted docile animals, and, equally important, trusting owners — the kind of owners who would let Moyer and Wallace take their livestock on an […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

USDA does not expect to resume Mexico cattle imports before holidays, chief veterinary officer says

By Reuters, Tom Polansek December 16, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. Department of Agriculture late on Friday walked back comments that it could resume imports of Mexican cattle before year-end holidays, after it suspended shipments last month due to the discovery of New World screwworm in Mexico.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME feeders fall on news US may resume Mexico cattle imports

By Renee Hickman, Reuters December 13, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures fell on Friday, on news the U.S. could resume feeder cattle imports from Mexico after Washington suspended cattle imports from Mexico over a case of New World screwworm.

Livestock, News

CRSB consumer survey finds Canadians generally bullish on beef

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan December 13, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes A few more Canadians eat beef now than they did in 2022 according to a survey from the Canadian Roundtable of Sustainable Beef (CRSB).

Livestock, News, Reuters

USDA approves funds to fight screwworm, may resume Mexico cattle imports this year

By Reuters, Tom Polansek December 13, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Biden administration approved a second round of emergency funding to block New World screwworm from entering the U.S. on Friday, a U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary told Reuters, after Washington suspended cattle imports from Mexico over the pest.

Rick Bieber presents at the Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing.

Crops, Livestock

South Dakota farmer focuses on soil biology

Retired farmer Rick Bieber spoke at the Western Canada Conference on Grazing and Soil Health

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan December 13, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Rick Bieber, a farmer from South Dakota, spoke at Western Canada Conference on Soil Health about the many practices he has implemented to improve his soil on his operation.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. cattle: CME cattle futures close lower on technical selling

By Renee Hickman, Reuters December 13, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell in a technical reversal on Thursday after three days of gains, while lean hogs rebounded from three days of long-liquidation losses, analysts said.

News

Climate change worries Canadian farmers: poll

Data shows east-west split over climate, cost and government concerns

By Robert Arnason December 12, 2024

Reading Time: 3 minutes A poll released Dec. 11 suggests that Canadian farmers worry more about the impacts of climate change than they do about input costs and market prices for canola, corn, wheat and cattle.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures close at highest since May on strong cash prices

By Renee Hickman, Reuters December 11, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures rose for a third-straight session Wednesday on strong cash cattle prices, as feeder cattle followed, analysts said.

Livestock, News

Canadian beef producers urged to lean into coalitions with U.S. producers to ward off Trump tariff threats

By Mary MacArthur December 11, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Relationships developed between Canadian, American and Mexican cattle producers during country-of-origin labelling discussions more than a decade ago may help protect Canadian cattlemen from damaging tariffs proposed by US president-elect Donald Trump, said the former head of the national cattle organization.

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Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

Beef cattle

Agriculture takes a ride to the city

USDA does not expect to resume Mexico cattle imports before holidays, chief veterinary officer says

U.S. livestock: CME feeders fall on news US may resume Mexico cattle imports

CRSB consumer survey finds Canadians generally bullish on beef

USDA approves funds to fight screwworm, may resume Mexico cattle imports this year

South Dakota farmer focuses on soil biology

U.S. cattle: CME cattle futures close lower on technical selling

Climate change worries Canadian farmers: poll

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures close at highest since May on strong cash prices

Canadian beef producers urged to lean into coalitions with U.S. producers to ward off Trump tariff threats

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