Canada’s beef sector hopes to see knowledge advances in a variety of topics from the newest funding round announced by the Beef Cattle Research Council. PHOTO: MIRANDA LEYBOURNE

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up, hogs mixed

Live and feeder cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday recovered their losses from Monday. However, lean hog prices were mixed. August live cattle gained US$3.050 per hundredweight to close at US$222.400/cwt. Tuesday’s high of US$222.750 was the contract’s second-highest daily high ever behind US$223.275 on Friday. The October live cattle contract added […] Read more




Provincial ag minister Daryl Harrison, Premier Scott Moe and GFM EVP Ryan Green at Ag In Motion 2025.

Moe and Harrison tour Ag In Motion site

Smoke hasn’t deterred exhibitors or show attendees as farm show gets under way

Ag in Motion 2025’s more than 560 exhibitors haven’t let the smoke blanketing the province dampen their enthusiasm as the Langham farm show got under way on Tuesday morning.