Cattle at a feedlot near North Platte, Nebraska. (AndrewLinscott/iStock/Getty Images)

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle drop on profit taking after 10-session rally

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures retreated in a profit-taking setback on Monday after a ten-session rally that took prices to five-month peaks, while live cattle futures followed feeders lower. Monday’s cattle declines came after managed funds had bolstered their long holdings in both markets over recent weeks, encouraged by tight […] Read more



The high selling lot in the Canadian National Speckle Park sale at Canadian Western Agribition was KFC June 49M from KFC Farms in Abbotsford, B.C. The heifer calf sold for $16,000 to Adelia Farms of Climax, Sask.

Agribition posts another successful run this year

Organizers say attendance at the country's largest livestock show was likely a record, while sales were strong

REGINA — Much was made of the weather heading into Canadian Western Agribition last week, but in the end, snow and cold did not keep the crowds away. Early numbers indicated record attendance for the six-day event even as temperatures dipped to -30 C at times. Last year, 142,807 people came through the gates, which […] Read more

Jason Struck makes sure the sheep are relaxed when shearing them.

Agribition 2024: Sheep Shearing Demo helps raise awareness of sheep welfare

With the demo and the Q&As, the public are able to learn why shearing sheep is important for the animal's health.

Children, parents and grandparents packed into the bleachers — and stood around the edges — during at sheep shearing demonstration at Canadian Western Agribition. Jason Struck, one of the few professional sheep shearers in Saskatchewan, performed the demonstration, showing the crowd the proper way to handle the sheep, positions for shearing and how to hold […] Read more


VIDEO: Looking at change and authenticity on the ranch

VIDEO: Looking at change and authenticity on the ranch

Depth of Field with Kelly Sidoryk

David Irvine has long been a mentor of mine and a leader in the field of organizational development. He began his career in family systems therapy and expanded from there. He now describes himself as the leadership navigator. Irvine hosts a monthly webinar to support people’s growth. One of the recent ones was titled “Embracing […] Read more

Speckle Park high seller: The high selling lot in the Canadian National Speckle Park sale at Canadian Western Agribition was KFC June 49M from KFC Farms, Abbotsford, B.C. The heifer calf sold for $16,000 to Adelia Farms of Climax, Sask.

Agribition 2024: Youth confident in Agribition show ring

The Speckle Park junior association benefits from generous donors in first heifer raffle

REGINA — Eleven-year-old Austynn Brehaut said she wasn’t nervous showing cattle in the Canadian Western Agribition purebred ring for the first time. “It was really fun,” she said after the Canadian National Speckle Park show. Brehaut, from Wawota, Sask., was showing for X-Treme Speckle Park of Redvers, Sask., owned by Tammy and Donald Buisse. The […] Read more