Canada’s biggest hog producer, privately held HyLife, is weathering the industry’s severe losses inflicted by the U.S. drought, but fears losing part of its pig supply as buyers line up for other ...

H5N1 influenza has now been detected in pigs. This was something virologists had been worrying about ever since this highly pathogenic strain of bird flu started its rapid global spread in 2020. But ...

FILE PHOTO. Farmers across Europe wielded their political clout last year when they staged months of sometimes-violent protests against EU red tape. In response, the EU diluted green conditions ...

A new viral hoax e-mail in circulation has the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, the Alberta Cattle Feeders Association and the e-mail’s alleged author stepping up to the defense of McDonald’s Canada.

Feed barley is still in demand at feedlots in Lethbridge, but prices will remain steady for the time being, according to a ...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Sunday said she is suspending imports of live cattle, horses and bison through the southern U.S. border over the damaging pest New World screwworm, a ...

Succession takes effect today in the corner office at Richardson International, one of Canada’s biggest grain handlers and processors. Darwin Sobkow was announced Jan. 6 as the company’s new chief ...

Favourable weather has allowed Saskatchewan farmers to make good seeding progress, with 49 per cent of intended acres in the ...

For the week ending October 19, Western Canadian yearling markets traded $3 to $5 on either side of unchanged compared to seven days earlier. Calf prices were $5 to as much as $10 higher. Strength in ...

A leader in U.S. farm auctions is coming to Canada. The Steffes Group has acquired Bruce Schapansky Auctioneers, of Tisdale, Sask., the firm announced in a press release Oct. 18. Steffes has been a ...

Chicago | Reuters—Chicago wheat futures fell on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar strengthened and investors assessed the outcome of a call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President ...

Prairie beef farmers were forced to find new feed sources, learn new processes and make difficult decisions in managing their feed inventories in the past few years. Beef farmers struggled through ...