Features, Livestock

Veterinary know-how on the farm

Reading Time: < 1 minute If you’re a livestock farmer, you’ve likely faced one of the most frustrating situations on…

October 24, 2025

Features, Poultry/Eggs

Flower power, with help from some feathered friends

Reading Time: < 1 minute After five years as owner-operator of flower farm Shifting Blooms, Raney’s long-time love of chickens…

September 15, 2025

Features, Livestock

How to take charge of animal health on your farm

Reading Time: < 1 minute Balancing animal health with farm profitability can be challenging.  Adopting a proactive approach to animal…

September 9, 2025

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  Adapting, innovating and thriving in Saskatchewan agriculture

  Reading Time: < 1 minute Cyle and Erika Stewart have embraced their ability to pivot and take a new approach…

  July 15, 2025

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  Youth focused on keeping Quebec’s dairy industry strong

  Reading Time: < 1 minute In part two of our Making the Future series, Country Guide spoke with Béatrice Neveu…

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  Outstanding Manitoba farm couple harnesses innovation and data

  Reading Time: < 1 minute For over a decade Paige and Marcus Dueck have embraced their passion for farming while…

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  Producers pivot in the face of changing climate

  Reading Time: < 1 minute A recent study by Farmers for Climate Change revealed that climate is a top worry…

  March 10, 2025

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  Manitoba dairy farmers relocate to Vancouver Island

  Reading Time: < 1 minute Chelsea Enns knew she wanted a different kind of dairy business. Enns and her husband,…

  March 3, 2025

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  PEI farm plans for the future

  Reading Time: < 1 minute One important MacNeill family value weaves through generations of this P.E.I. farm family: there’s nothing…

  February 3, 2025

Hogs, Livestock

Workers at Maple Leaf’s Lagimodiere plant in Winnipeg give overwhelming strike mandate

By Alexis Kienlen 1 hour ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Workers at the Maple Leaf Consumer Foods plant on Lagimodiere Boulevard in Winnipeg, voted 98 per cent in favour of a strike mandate on Nov. 15.

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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Beef demand uncertainty weighs on feeder market

By Jerry Klassen 5 hours ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending November 15, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $8-$10/cwt below values from seven days earlier. The cash market held value early in the week as the feeder cattle futures experienced a fortuitous bounce. However, weaker feedlot margins and longer term uncertainty regarding beef demand resulted in a softer tone in the […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rebound after tariff reduction news

By Geralyn Wichers 23 hours ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle futures opened lower before rebounding to close up on Monday. Lean hog futures settled on either side of unchanged. “Friday’s announcement on tariff reductions towards Brazil was seemingly blown out of proportion,” wrote analyst Christopher B. Swift. “I could not understand why such a lower opening on a 10 per cent reduction of […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

4 days ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle and hog futures made modest gains on Friday after the USDA released its first World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) since the the U.S. government shut down on October 1. Most-active February live cattle futures rose by 0.575 cents to close at 219.525 cents a pound. December contracts settled at 219.150 cents […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

JBS profit falls amid still-challenging US market environment

By Ana Mano, Reuters, Roberto Samora 4 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes JBS, the world’s largest meat company, reported a net profit fall in the third quarter in spite of a rise in global net sales amid a still-challenging beef market environment in the U.S., according to an earnings statement on Thursday.

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Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue downward

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm 5 days ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were weaker on Thursday, as a lack of fresh news continued to weigh on values. The December live cattle contract dropped 6.275 cents per pound at 219.000 cents. Feeder cattle fell 9.025 cents in the January contract at 318.450 cents per pound. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported […] Read more

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Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Weaker fed market weighs on feeder cattle prices

By Jerry Klassen November 12, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending November 8, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $10-$20/cwt below values from seven days earlier. Some packages weighing from 600 to 850 pounds were down as much as $30 from week-ago levels. The April live cattle futures fell $10/cwt over the course of the week while Alberta barley prices gained $5-$8/cwt. […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

By Geralyn Wichers November 10, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago hog futures rallied on Monday after a long slide. Cattle futures also jumped with all feeder contracts hitting upward limits. Most-active December lean hog contracts closed at 82.775 cents a pound, up 3.375 cents. February futures settled at 82.825 cents per pound, up 3.475 cents. Pork carcass cutout value ended the afternoon at $100.22 […] Read more

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Livestock, News

B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

By Geralyn Wichers November 7, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ostriches on an embattled Edgewood, B.C. farm have been culled after a prolonged legal battle, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed.

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Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs end week on high note

By Geralyn Wichers November 7, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle contracts and nearby hog futures ended the week on a high note after a week rife with losses. Most-traded December lean hog futures closed at 79.400 cents a pound, up 0.425 cents. February contracts lost 0.475 cents to settle at 79.350 cents per pound. The USDA reported pork carcass cutout value at $98.98 per […] Read more

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