Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures eked out gains on Wednesday after the previous day's sharp drop.
U.S. livestock: Cattle market ticks up after Tuesday’s hit
Government funding boosts beef cattle genetics research at University of Saskatchewan
Reading Time: 2 minutes A University of Saskatchewan project seeking to unlock the genetic potential of Canadian beef cattle has received a funding boost from the federal and provincial governments.
U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle see sharp drop; hogs slip back
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures—feeders in particular—dropped sharply on Tuesday. Hogs also slipped back.
U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs start week strong
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle and hog futures saw strong increases across the board on Monday.
G7 farm groups on governments to support rules-based trade, innovation
Increasingly volatile geopolitical, economic, environmental landscape pressuring farmers say groups
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farm organizations from the G7 countries called for governments to support stable rules-based trade, modernized regulations and other measures to help farmers weather “unprecedented pressures,” the Canadian Federation of Agriculture said in a joint news release, Monday.
U.S. livestock: Cattle drop sharply; hogs mixed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures dropped sharply on Friday while hogs ended the day mixed.
U.S. livestock: Cattle mostly lower; hogs mostly up
Reading Time: < 1 minute Most Chicago cattle futures slipped back on Thursday while most hog futures made slight gains.
U.S. livestock: Chicago cattle dip, lean hogs gain
Reading Time: < 1 minute Nearly all Chicago cattle futures dipped on Wednesday while lean hogs saw gains.
U.S. livestock: Feeders rise; live cattle, lean hogs mixed
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago feeder cattle futures continue to push upward on Tuesday while live cattle and lean hogs ended mixed.
CFIA awards contract for long-awaited foot-and-mouth vaccine bank
Reading Time: < 1 minute The federal government has awarded contracts to vaccine makers in a step toward the creation of a long-awaited foot-and-mouth disease vaccine bank.
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