Soaring feed costs are offsetting the recent record-setting prices and cutting into livestock producers’ profitability
Canfax executive director Brenna Grant said markets continue on their 2023 tear with a late-May record fed cattle price of $242 per hundredweight. However, feed prices remain high and that affects all proteins.Beef cattle
FMD vaccine bank site may be located outside Canada
Proposed traceability regulations are part of program to develop foot-and-mouth disease prevention, response initiatives
Vaccine banks store antigens that can be formulated and built quickly into vaccines in case of an outbreak. Banks are most often located near vaccine manufacturers to enable rapid turnaround.
Canada importing less beef from Europe
From January to the end of April, Canada purchased $25 million worth of beef from European Union countries. That's a decline of 34 percent from the $38 million imported during the same period in 2022.
Cattle sector pushes for transport reg changes
In its fight against federal regulations, the industry says animal welfare should override how long cattle are in transport
Matt Bowman, co-chair of the animal health and care committee at the Canadian Cattle Association, said the federal agriculture and transportation ministers are aware of the concerns around the use of electronic logging devices, known as ELDs, that limit drivers to 14 hours of on-duty time each day, and the requirement to unload and load cattle for rest time.
Prepping for the pasture – photo essay
Getting calves branded, vaccinated and ready for their trip to the pasture is a community affair at Ashley and Tyler Ritchie’s farm near Darcy, Sask. A lot of extra hands were needed to process about 150 head during the afternoon of May 13, all provided by neighbours from nearby farms and the Spring Water Hutterite […] Read more
Placentas form amazing interface between fetus and dam
Placentas protect the fetus by providing a barrier between it and the maternal system. The female’s immune system would attack the fetus as a foreign invader, if not for the placenta.
Canfax report
This cattle market information is selected from the weekly report from Canfax, a division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. More market information, analysis and statistics are available by becoming a Canfax subscriber by calling 403-275-5110 or at www.canfax.ca. Fed price firms Weekly Alberta fed steer prices have firmed $20.76 per hundredweight higher over the past […] Read more
Yes, you can make cattle your career
Beef focus group findings suggest policy measures and other incentives are needed to attract young people to the industry
A University of Calgary focus group said younger people, essential to the future of Canada’s beef industry, need help to overcome barriers preventing them from entering the sector. “I think the overall takeaway is that there’s certainly some concerns around the longevity and the ability to keep the cattle industry viable in the long term,” […] Read more
Ag event organizers push back on fed rules
Proposed federal changes would add reporting requirements to everything from 4-H beef sales to full rodeos
Under proposed federal changes, groups and venues that host events such as roping, rodeos and 4-H beef will be required to report on livestock that had been onsite.
Collaboration key to sustainable ag strategy
Past government collaboration to establish agricultural policy is key to moving toward a national Sustainable Agriculture Strategy, said a new report from the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute. The report by the University of Toronto’s Dr. Grace Skogstad said the five-year agricultural policy frameworks that governments have worked on together for the last 20 years show […] Read more
