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High cattle prices fail to budge cautious beef farmer spending
Canadian beef farmers in 2025 are getting paid plenty for their cattle, but the memory of bad markets and little profit is hard to shake when it comes to big investments or projects on their farms.
Trade war raises profile of Livestock Price Insurance
Livestock Price Insurance is expensive, but now tariffs are flying fast at Canadian pork and beef producers, and trade war market risks mean farmers may be rethinking that math for 2025.
Beef farmers find big premiums for replacement heifers
The price of replacement heifers is through the roof in Western Canada, and beef producers are getting creative when selling cattle to take advantage.
B.C. company pitches bee health tool
Honeybee hive loss has been a problem for Canadian beekeepers. B.C. company ApiSave thinks their bee health product could help make more robust, resilient bees.
Canadian beef market in the balance as tariff countdown ticks: FEATURE STORY
Market analysts give their best guess on how U.S. tariffs could hit Canadian beef and cattle prices, but market uncertainty leaves a lot up in the air.
Tighter antibiotic rules changed little for beef sector: research
Canadian beef farmers have needed their veterinarian to write a prescription for antibiotics since late 2018, part of efforts to fight off antimicrobial resistance. Producers haven’t had to change what they were doing much.
A Canadian idea to save the bees
Canada’s beekeepers are losing hives to issues like foulbrood and varroa mites. A B.C. company hopes their product, ApiSave, will help turn the tide for Canadian honeybees.
Manitoba cattle sector dismayed by bovine tuberculosis case
Manitoba’s first bovine tuberculosis case in over a decade was announced June 16, 2025 from a cow in the Pembina Valley. It’s a blow for cattle farmers and the beef sector.
Dairy defends against provincial trade barrier criticism
There’s disagreement on whether Canada’s supply management system for dairy is or is not a barrier for interprovincial trade.
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