Farm cash receipts in the first half of the year were up 3.3 per cent over the same period last year buoyed by livestock receipts. Overall receipts between January and June totalled $49.6 billion, up $1.6 billion from the same period last year, Statistics Canada reported.
Beef cattle
Farm cash receipts rise in first half of 2025 on livestock gains
Crop receipts roughly level, direct payments fall on reduced crop insurance
Alberta cattle loan guarantee program gets 50 per cent increase
Three-year span has seen FALGP limit increase 125 per cent to address volatile international markets for Alberta’s world-renown beef
Alberta government comes to aid of beef industry with 50 per cent increase to loan guarantee program to help producers.
U.S. cattle producers fear return of screwworm
In Texas cattle country, ranchers brace for flesh-eating New World screwworms, which haven’t been seen for 50 years
Parasitic screwworm flies are pushing northward from Central America again after being officially eradicated from the United States in 1966, threatening $1.8 billion in damage to Texas’ economy alone.
Cattle smuggling worsens outbreak in Mexico
Mexico’s illegal livestock trade exacerbates New World screwworm outbreak as U.S. closes border to Mexican cattle
Cattle being smuggled across Mexio’s southern border are making a screworm outbreak much more difficult to control.
U.S. livestock: Cattle futures sink on technical selling
Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures fell on Thursday on technical selling after live and feeder cattle futures hit contract highs in the previous day.
U.S. ranchers cautiously rebuild
Consumers have paid record beef prices due to low supply; meat packers want larger cattle herds to reduce cattle prices
Some ranchers have slowly begun taking the first steps to boost cattle production after inventory shrank due to a years-long drought that dried up pastures and hiked feeding costs.
Mexico reports 53 per cent increase in flesh-eating screwworm cases since July
U.S. border has been closed to Mexican cattle since July due to New World screwworm cases
Mexico has recorded 5,086 cases of flesh-eating screwworm in animals as of August 17, a 53 per cent jump from the number of cases reported in July, according to Mexican government data seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs rise
Chicago cattle and lean hog futures continued to climb on Wednesday.
U.S. tariffs on Brazil will reshape global beef trade flows, analysts say
Higher U.S. tariffs on Brazil are expected to reshape global beef trade flows, sparking increased shipments to the U.S. from countries like Mexico and Australia while Brazil seeks alternative markets, analysts said on Wednesday.
U.S. livestock: Cattle regain losses, hogs rise
Chicago cattle futures rose on Tuesday, recouping losses from Monday's screwworm scare. Lean hog futures also rose.,.
