Livestock Production & Management

Cattle being sold at the Gladstone Auction Mart in Gladstone, Manitoba, on October 28, 2025. Photo: File

Klassen: Western Canadian feeder market incorporates risk discount

By Jerry Klassen 3 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending March 7, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $5-$10/cwt lower compared to seven days earlier. The market held value on Monday and Tuesday but then softened in the latter part of the week. Strength in the feed grains complex along with weaker deferred live cattle futures set a negative tone. Feedlot […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

JBS workers to strike at U.S. beef plant as consumers face record prices

By Reuters, Tom Polansek 3 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes About 3,800 JBS meatpacking workers in Greeley, Colorado, plan to go on strike starting on March 16, the workers’ union said on Monday, crippling production at one of the largest U.S. beef plants as consumers face record-high prices.

Neogen Corp is a leader in U.S. beef and dairy genomics and uses cutting-edge technology for highly accurate scalable genetic testing, according to a news release from the two companies. Photo: John Greig

Livestock, News

Zoetis to acquire Neogen Corp. genomics business

By Karen Briere March 6, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Zoetis Inc. expects to close the acquisition of Neogen Corp.’s animal genomics business in the second half of 2026.

Turkeys were selected for the trials due to their high susceptibility to the virus, with outbreaks often causing significant mortality rates. Photo: PeopleImages/Getty Images

Livestock, Reuters

Britain launches bird flu vaccine trials in turkeys

By Reuters March 5, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Britain has begun targeted bird flu vaccine trials in turkeys, the government said on Thursday, marking a shift in its approach to controlling the disease that has ravaged flocks and pushed some countries to adopt the technique to help reduce losses.

Cow-Calf, Features, Management

A farmer’s dream

As WWI raged on across Europe, one Canadian solider dreamed of returning home to a ranching future

By Margaret Evans March 4, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes British Columbia’s Ardill Ranch was awarded a Century Farm designation in 2020. Renee Ardill, who was featured in the March 5 issue of Farm & Family (powered by Country Guide), recounts her family’s ranch history below. “My ranch started in 1920 when my grandfather, Jack Ardill, settled here,” says Renee Ardill, owner of Ardill Ranch […] Read more

In January, Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency gave the green light to pigs developed by U.K.-based Genus PLC and PIC (Pig Improvement Company), ruling them safe for food and feed. Photo: Geralyn Wichers

Livestock, News

No way to segregate gene edited pigs Canadian Pork Council says as groups call for labeling

By Geralyn Wichers March 3, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian Pork Council says it supports bids to get public acceptance for pigs gene edited for resistance to PRRS as some consumer and agriculture groups call for mandatory labelling.

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Strong demand underpins Western Canadian feeder market

By Jerry Klassen March 3, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending February 28, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were unchanged from seven days earlier. Calves may have traded $5-$10/cwt higher at some locations. Feeding margins have improved over the past week with Southern Alberta pen-closeouts now hovering near breakeven. Ontario feedlot margins are in positive territory by $20-$40/head. At the Ponoka video […] Read more

Livestock

Health Canada stops sales of coccidiosis medication Deccox on procedural issue

By Geralyn Wichers February 27, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Deccox, a medication to prevent coccidiosis in calves and other livestock, is temporarily off the market after Health Canada issued a stop sale order earlier this month.

Canadian farmers and ranchers held 11.1 million cattle and calves on January 1, up 2.5 per cent from one year before, StatCan reported. Photo: Geralyn Wichers

Livestock

Canadian cattle herd sees first annual increase since 2018

By Geralyn Wichers February 27, 2026

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian cattle herd was larger on January 1 than it was one year prior — the first year-over-year increase since 2018, Statistics Canada reported on Friday. Hog inventories were down. Sheep and lamb inventories rose.

Livestock, News

Egg Farmers of Canada, University of Guelph appoint new poultry welfare research chair

By Jeff Melchior February 26, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Egg Farmers of Canada and the University of Guelph have a new research chair tasked with driving poultry welfare research.

Daily Network News

Canadian Agricultural HR Council gets federal funds for workforce development tools

Farm groups call on agriculture minister to pause federal research cuts

Feed grains weekly: Prices bump up

Livestock

Klassen: Western Canadian feeder market incorporates risk discount

JBS workers to strike at U.S. beef plant as consumers face record prices

Zoetis to acquire Neogen Corp. genomics business

Britain launches bird flu vaccine trials in turkeys

A farmer’s dream

No way to segregate gene edited pigs Canadian Pork Council says as groups call for labeling

Klassen: Strong demand underpins Western Canadian feeder market

Health Canada stops sales of coccidiosis medication Deccox on procedural issue

Canadian cattle herd sees first annual increase since 2018

Egg Farmers of Canada, University of Guelph appoint new poultry welfare research chair

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