Livestock

Canfax Releases Latest Cattle Prices

Canfax Releases Latest Cattle Prices

May 16, 20231 min read

Saskatchewan feeder cattle prices were mostly higher—but total sales were lower last week, according to statistics released by Canfax. 7,445 head were sold —-down about 5,000 from the previous week . . . but three thousand more than the same…

Avian Flu Hits Quebec Hard

Avian Flu Hits Quebec Hard

May 15, 20231 min read

Poultry farms in Quebec are grappling with higher-than-expected outbreaks of avian flu as 20 locations in the province are considered actively infected. Alberta had the next highest number of infected sites with 11, followed by British Columbia with eight.  More…

Alberta Ag Minister Issues Warning to Ranchers Due to Wildfires

Alberta Ag Minister Issues Warning to Ranchers Due to Wildfires

May 15, 20231 min read

Alberta’s Agriculture Minister is warning the province’s farming and ranching community that livestock rescue may not be possible as rising temperatures in the coming days are expected to spread already-devastating wildfires.  Nate Horner says anyone with concerns about animals should…

Legal Challenge to California’s Proposition 12 Fails

Legal Challenge to California’s Proposition 12 Fails

May 12, 20231 min read

The U.S. Supreme Court has preserved a California law banning the sale of pork in America’s most-populous state from pigs kept in tightly confined spaces. That rejects an industry challenge claiming that the voter-backed animal welfare measure impermissibly regulates out-of-state farmers.…

Quebec Farm Has Cattle Seized

Quebec Farm Has Cattle Seized

May 12, 20231 min read

Quebec’s agriculture department says it has seized 38 cattle from the central Quebec farm that was home to a group of fugitive cows that escaped last summer and went on the run for months. A spokesman for the agriculture department, says…