Cow-calf Archives - Page 9 of 476

File photo of cattle in a Kansas feedlot. (BeyondImages/E+/Getty Images)

Klassen: Feeder market consolidates as supplies decrease

By Jerry Klassen May 6, 2025

For the week ending May 2, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were relatively unchanged compared to seven days earlier. The heifer discount to steers continues to narrow. Steady buying interest from Ontario was noted in Manitoba and certain locations in Saskatchewan.

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle set fresh highs, hogs dip

By Geralyn Wichers May 5, 2025

Chicago cattle futures gained fresh highs on Monday while lean hog futures slumped.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle gallop to new highs on record cash prices

By Reuters, Tom Polansek May 2, 2025

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures stormed to contract highs on Friday, as tight U.S. supplies drove cash prices to records this week, traders said.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures hover near highs as cash prices jump

By Reuters, Tom Polansek May 1, 2025

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures hovered near recent contract highs on Thursday as traders said cash prices galloped to new highs.

Jerry Baerg at the Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing in Edmonton

Grazing, Livestock

Farmer incorporates cattle into grain operation to boost soil health

Jerry Baerg focuses on sustainability through the five soil health principles

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan May 1, 2025

When Jerry Baerg first came to the Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing years ago, he was just starting to think about regenerative agriculture and sustainable practices. Now, he is well-known in the industry for his work in this sphere. At the Western Canada Conference on Soil Health and Grazing in Edmonton, Alta., […] Read more

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures drop on signs of economic contraction

By Geralyn Wichers April 30, 2025

Chicago cattle and hog contracts fell across the board as U.S. advance gross domestic product data pointed to the first quarterly decline in three years.

A cow with her newborn calf. People often consider fetal abnormalities as “accidents of gestation,” but failing to identify heritable defects when they occur can see further distribution of mutated genetics.

Cow-Calf, Livestock, Vet advice

Skeletal deformities of beef calves

Vet Advice with Dr. Ron Clarke

By Dr. Ron Clarke April 30, 2025

Much is written about genetic mutations in beef calves: why it happens, pathological descriptions and how to manage the deformities. Pathologists love to describe structural abnormalities of organ systems and what else has been discovered. The literature on genetic mutations goes far beyond what can be covered in one column, so I will only address […] Read more