Livestock Management
Alberta fed prices remain near record highs, closing the week ending Feb. 28 in the mid-$270s per hundredweight.
Livestock Management
Feedlots anticipate lower supplies this spring
Many cow-calf producers sold cattle in December and January, which may reduce available numbers in March and April
For the week ending Feb. 28, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $5 higher on average compared to seven days earlier.
Vaccination makes marketing easier
A longtime cattle buyer says livestock producers boost their bottom line by bringing clean, healthy animals to the sale barn
Getting the most money for your cattle starts with a good herd health program, says long-time cattle buyer Don Davies.
Value swings immense on cattle with imposed tariffs by U.S.
Analyst urges beef producers to stay in constant communication with evolving tariff landscape
The tremors continue to be felt across Canadian agriculture following U.S. president Donald Trump’s earthquake announcement on Tuesday, that was certainly the case at the Alberta Beef Industry Conference in Calgary.
Pork sector worries tariffs will hit labour pool
Keeping workers available for post-tariff recovery a key goal
Manitoba Pork and the Canadian pork council are lobbying the Canadian and Manitoba government for strategies to protect the sector from U.S. tariffs.
Pork organizations in talks over how to shield Canadian farmers from tariff impacts
Pork industry groups across Canada are engaged in serious discussions with the federal and provincial governments over how to protect producers as best they can from U.S. tariffs.
Western Producer Livestock Report
The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was $66.79 Feb. 28, down from $67.43 Feb. 21.
Dairy LPI gets last minute updates
A dairy farmer figured out that the last index was over-weighted to milk production
The dairy Lifetime Performance Index will be updated April 1 and includes some changes in trait weighting, including milk production as a dairy farmer realized it was over-emphasized.
New livestock manifests now in use in Saskatchewan
The new year brings an altered look to Saskatchewan’s livestock manifests, as well as two new requirements for producers
As of Jan. 1, 2025, producers are required to fill out their origin and destination premise identification numbers on livestock manifests.
Potential tariff damage to beef remains murky
Tariffs will hurt Canada’s beef sector; how badly is hard to forecast with so many details unknown
Beef market analysts give their best guess on how U.S. tariffs could hit Canadian beef and cattle prices, but market uncertainty leaves a lot up in the air.
