Livestock
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nearly 1000 workers at Cargill’s beef processing plant in Guelph hit the picket lines this morning, as workers strike in an effort to gain better compensation.
Eastern Canada’s largest beef processor on strike
Union says a Cargill plant in Calgary could soon take similar action
Canada, Mexico, U.S. and Australian cattle groups signal support for integrated beef market
Reading Time: 2 minutes The memo of understanding, signed at trilateral meetings in Mexico last week, calls on their respective governments to invest in infrastructure and plans to protect the industry from outbreaks of foreign animal disease. It asks governments to promote livestock production as "an effect tool in land and resource management."
New program focuses on data literacy for cow-calf producers
Case studies and mentoring will help give farm data decision-making power
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Data Literacy for Cow-Calf Producers project aims to give farmers and ranchers the chance to discuss best practices and learn from experts and peers about how to use data to make better business decisions.
Data management has varied adoption in the cow-calf sector.
Sustainability demands pressure livestock feed industry
Reading Time: 3 minutes Farmers and the animal nutrition industry need to understand that feeding livestock today requires thinking about what comes out of an animal as much as what goes in, according to many at the Animal Nutrition Conference of Canada.
Klassen: Demand for grass cattle pushes feeder market higher
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the week ending May 18, Western Canadian yearling markets were trading $3 to $5 higher compared to seven days earlier. Calf prices were relatively unchanged compared to the prior week. The feeder market appears to be consolidating near historical highs.
Canadian pork sector receives $9.6 million to prepare for African swine fever
Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal government has earmarked more than $9.6 million to help the Canadian pork sector prevent and prepare for African swine fever (ASF).
Unclear when tight US cattle supplies will expand, Tyson CEO says
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tyson Foods cannot predict exactly when U.S. ranchers will start rebuilding the cattle herd in a meaningful way, CEO Donnie King said on Wednesday, as tight supplies squeeze the meatpacker's beef business.
Canadian milk samples test negative for bird flu
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s so far, so good when it comes to Canada’s milk testing efforts against bird flu as all samples have tested negative thus far.
Klassen: Feeder cattle market takes defensive tone
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s that time of year when available supplies start to decline. At the same time, demand is limited. Most backgrounding operators have sufficient numbers and demand for grassers is waning. Ontario interest was noted in Manitoba and Eastern Saskatchewan, which appeared to sustain prices near last week’s levels.
Canada expands bird flu surveillance in dairy cattle
Government issues requirements for testing bird flu in dairy cattle and milk
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Government of Canada and stakeholders are taking new precautions to help prevent the emergence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Canadian dairy cattle.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
