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For the week ending July 19, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were unchanged from the previous week, although volumes were limited.

The United States will sell “so much” beef to Australia, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday after Canberra relaxed import restrictions, adding that other countries that refused U.S. beef products were on notice.

Chinese authorities have pledged to rein in hog production and reduce soymeal use in animal feed to stabilize hog prices.

Live and cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange retreated for a second session, while lean hogs extended their rally. The August live cattle contract declined by 12.5 U.S. cents per hundredweight to end the day at US$223.550 and showing a weekly gain of US$1.350. October live cattle lost 50 cents/cwt. to close at US$219.825,[...]

U.S. Republicans are continuing years-long effort to override a California's Proposition 12, which bans the sale of pork from pigs kept in tightly confined spaces, arguing in a House Agriculture Committee hearing that the law is overly burdensome to farmers.

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures turned higher on Friday, as traders anticipated U.S. government reports would show tight cattle supplies. After the market closed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that the nation's cattle herd was 94.2 million head as of July 1, a record low for that date. In a separate report, USDA[...]

Report from Cornell University researchers details how much it costs to have a dairy cow infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza.

British company Antler Bio is bringing epigenetics to dairy farms using blood tests help tie how management is meeting the genetic potential of the animals.

Manitoba and the federal governement are teaming up to support Manitoba livestock producers who are being hit hard by drought conditions.