Livestock

The latest cattle market update from Canfax, for the week ending October 6, indicates prices are starting to lose steam. Saskatchewan feeder steer prices were down in all but one weight category – the 400-500 lb category with a 56 cent increase week-over-week to an average price of $455.19 per hundred weight (cwt). The largest decrease […]

There was pushback this week, as the commons ag committee debates bill 275. The bill was introduced by Alberta tory MP John Barlow. It’s an amendment to the health of animals act, to make it illegal to trespass into barns or facilities where animals are kept. Barlow says it stems from an incident a few […]