Livestock

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Alberta yesterday, as raging wildfires prompted mass evacuations, where meteorologists expect virtually no rain for 10 days or so.

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 . . .

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'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.

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.

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 piece of legislation that would provide farmers with carbon tax relief is in front of Canadian senators.

Maple Leaf Foods reported a loss in its first quarter compared with a profit a year ago as it faced a difficult pork market, cost inflation and higher startup expenses. The company says it lost 57.

A Chinese ban on Canadian beef that industry officials expected would be short-lived remains in place seventeen months later.

Saskatchewan cattle producers are keeping a close eye on the wildfire situation in the province, as well as to what's happening in Alberta .