To date, 169 dairy herds have been affected by avian influenza in the U.S.  Photo: Thinkstock

U.S. livestock: New contract highs for live cattle

Live cattle futures hit new contract highs on Wednesday while cattle futures came close and lean hog futures continued to recover from recent lows. The August live cattle contract gained US$1.500 per hundredweight to finish the day at US$223.900, 50 cents below the new contract high reached earlier on Wednesday. The October contract rose US$1.475/cwt […] Read more

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







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Artificial intelligence put to work on extension

Farm Credit Canada, Results Driven Agriculture Research unveil AI tool designed to produce ‘timely advice’ for farmers

Farm Credit Canada and Results Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) have unveiled a generative artificial intelligence tool called Root

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U.S. livestock: Record highs in cattle futures

Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued to set new records on Tuesday, as improving packer margins, strong demand and chart-based buying provided support. August feeder cattle futures were up by 5.400 cents per pound at 319.125 cents per pound. The August live cattle contract gained 4.075 cents per pound at 219.975 cents at […] Read more


Cheryl Waldner presents research at LFCE field day 2025.

Metagenomics change how disease is diagnosed

Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan use the technique to identify disease through bacteria, pathogens and viruses

Metagonomic sequencing has helped researchers learn more about respiratory disease pathogens because the process canprovide new information on pathogens that were previously hard to identify