Features, Livestock

Veterinary know-how on the farm

Reading Time: 2 minutes If you’re a livestock farmer, you’ve likely faced one of the most frustrating situations on the…

October 24, 2025

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Flower power, with help from some feathered friends

Reading Time: 2 minutes After five years as owner-operator of flower farm Shifting Blooms, Raney’s long-time love of chickens is…

September 15, 2025

Features, Livestock

How to take charge of animal health on your farm

Reading Time: 2 minutes Balancing animal health with farm profitability can be challenging.  Adopting a proactive approach to animal care…

September 9, 2025

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Livestock, Reuters

Europe, North America face early wave of bird flu cases

By Reuters, Sybille De La Hamaide 15 hours ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes An unusually early outbreak of bird flu cases affecting high numbers of wild birds and poultry farms across Europe and North America is raising concerns of a repeat of previous crises that led to mass culling and food price spikes.

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Livestock, Reuters

Spain reports first swine fever case in three decades, jeopardizing exports to China

By Gus Trompiz, Jesus Calero, Reuters 15 hours ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes African swine fever has returned to Spain for the first time in three decades after two wild boar found dead near Barcelona tested positive for the virus.

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Livestock

Beef DNA testing now available in Canada

By Karen Briere 1 day ago

Reading Time: 3 minutes Tissue samples for DNA testing in beef cattle can now be analyzed at the Global Institute for Food Security at the University of Saskatchewan.

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Livestock, News, Reuters

Bird flu virus could risk pandemic worse than COVID if it mutates, France’s Institut Pasteur says

By Reuters, Sybille De La Hamaide 2 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France’s Institut Pasteur respiratory infections centre said.

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Livestock

Canadian alpacas impress American judge at Agribition

By Janelle Rudolph 2 days ago

Reading Time: 3 minutes The fleece and conformation of Canadian alpacas impressed an American judge at the Canadian Western Agribition Alpaca Halter Show and Fleece competitions.

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Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Futures rally ahead of U.S. Thanksgiving

By Geralyn Wichers 2 days ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle and hog futures rallied on Wednesday ahead of the American Thanksgiving holiday. Most-active February live cattle contracts closed at 212.925 cents a pound, up 5.600 cents. April futures gained 5.675 cents to settle at 214.250 cents a pound. Most-traded January feeder cattle futures gained 8.050 cents to close at 315.125 cents a pound. […] Read more

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Livestock, News

Canadian beekeepers warn of advancing tropilaelaps mite

By Jeff Melchior 2 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Beekeeping Federation called a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday to highlight the rise of the tropilaelaps mite (colloquially referred to as the “t-mite”).

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Livestock, Reuters

South Korea raises African Swine Fever alert after outbreak at pig farm

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By Joyce Lee, Reuters 4 days ago

Reading Time: < 1 minute South Korea said on Tuesday there had been an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) at a pig farm in the country’s largest pig-breeding region, prompting authorities to raise the national alert level to “serious”.

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Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feedlots scale down cattle purchases

By Jerry Klassen 4 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending November 22, Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $10/cwt lower on average. Earlier in the week, the heavier weight categories came under pressure while cattle under 700 pounds held value. However, by Friday, all weight ranges exhibited a softer tone. Feedlots are coming to the realization that the fed […] Read more

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Livestock, News

Feds pause update on food from cloned livestock

By Alexis Kienlen 4 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes Health Canada has indefinitely suspended a proposed update to the novel food policy governing foods derived from cloned cattle and swine, as well as their progeny.

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