Livestock

Olymel says it’s cutting about 80 jobs as it reduces its hog production in Western Canada. The company says it’s closing five sow units in Alberta and one sow unit in Saskatchewan, in a move that will reduce its western sow herd to 40,000 from 57,000. It says the barns will be wound down over […]

Two more major ag equipment makers have signed onto a framework that would grant farmers and independent repair shops in the United States reasonable access to the means to repair their machines. The Washington, D.C.-based American Farm Bureau Federation has announced it has reached memorandums of understanding with equipment firms Agco and Kubota on allowing the so-called […]

Canadian beef exporters can expect to regain full market access to Taiwan within the next couple of weeks. International Trade Minister  Mary Ng says Taiwanese officials have confirmed the decision, which she hailed as “great news for Canadian beef farmers and exporters.” Taiwan has had an off-and-on trade relationship with Canadian beef exporters since 2003, when it […]

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is offering support to producers who are facing financial difficulties, including cash flow challenges due to higher-than-average input costs and elevated interest rates. FCC is offering an unsecured credit line up to $500-thousand with loan processing fees waived. Elan Rolufs, Senior District Director with FCC, says it’s available to any producer, […]

Saskatchewan Feeder Cattle Prices, reported by Canfax, were mixed last week. Fonda Froats, Provincial Cattle Specialist with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, provided the latest Cattle Market Update for the week of May 15-19. She says Saskatchewan feeder steer prices ranged from $372.00 per hundredweight (cwt) for the 400-500lb category to $254.00 per cwt for […]

The World Organization for Animal Health says governments should consider vaccinating poultry against bird flu, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide, to prevent the virus from turning into a new pandemic. The severity of the current outbreak of avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, and the economic and personal […]

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is looking for Canadian farmers to participate in a survey about weather and climate. Producers have until October to take part in the Agroclimate Impact Reporter survey. The survey is open for the last week of each month until October. The online survey is designed for the collection and reporting of weather […]

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) is offering support to new and existing customers who are experiencing financial difficulties, including cash flow challenges, due to higher-than-average input costs and elevated interest rates. The cost pressures in the current economic environment are difficult to pass on, resulting in tough financial circumstances for some operations. To help producers, agribusinesses and agri-food […]

Ford’s C-E-O says the automaker is reversing a decision not to install A-M radios in new vehicles. Jim Farley says the decision comes after U-S government policy leaders voiced concerns about keeping emergency alerts that often are sounded on A-M stations.  Farley wrote that Ford will keep A-M radios in all 2024 Ford and Lincoln […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced an atypical case of BSE in an older beef cow at a slaughter plant in South Carolina. The USDA says the animal never entered slaughter channels and the agency did not expect any trade impacts as a result. It was the seventh detection of BSE in the U.S. since 2003 and […]