Livestock
Boost your calving season success by maintaining a BCS of 5-6 with high-energy diets to ensure healthy calves and increase weaning weights by 25 kg.
Livestock
Surviving the Chill: High-energy diets key to calving success
Boost dietary energy to maintain body condition, ensure easier calving and increase weaning weights by 25 kg
THROWBACK: A refresh on pain management practices during calving
Veterinary knowledge and the advent of NSAIDs improve animal outcomes and cow-calf bonding
Having painkillers for hard calf births can lead to healthy calves and beef cows this calving season, Manitoba veterinarians say.
Trade uncertainty, tariffs weigh on Canadian beef sector as market access shifts
Manitoba’s beef cattle producers hear more about the growing uncertainty they face as U.S. tariffs, and shifting trade opportunities, reshape the market
Manitoba’s beef cattle producers heard more about the growing uncertainty they face as U.S. tariffs, and shifting trade opportunities, reshape their market.
THROWBACK: Preparation is key to smoother calving season
Preparing for calving season is all about getting ready early so you aren't stressed when the babies start arriving
Boost calving success by prioritizing herd nutrition, equipment prep, newborn care, and producer well-being.
Health Canada stops sales of coccidiosis medication Deccox on procedural issue
Deccox, a medication to prevent coccidiosis in calves and other livestock, is temporarily off the market after Health Canada issued a stop sale order earlier this month.
Canadian cattle herd sees first annual increase since 2018
The Canadian cattle herd was larger on January 1 than it was one year prior — the first year-over-year increase since 2018, Statistics Canada reported on Friday. Hog inventories were down. Sheep and lamb inventories rose.
Malta bee exporter blasts criticism from Canadian beekeepers
The CEO for a bee provider calls efforts to open Canadian border to more U.S. bees misguided
A honeybee exporting firm on the Mediterranean island of Malta says they’re collateral damage to a dust-up in the Canadian honey sector over imports of replacement bees.
Egg Farmers of Canada, University of Guelph appoint new poultry welfare research chair
The Egg Farmers of Canada and the University of Guelph have a new research chair tasked with driving poultry welfare research.
Manitoba cattle prices, Feb. 25
Price ranges from seven Manitoba auction markets during the week ending Feb. 24, 2026
Your weekly table of price ranges for beef cattle from seven Manitoba auction markets during the week ending Feb. 24, 2026.
Incoming Canadian Cattle Association CEO embraces winds of change
Andrea Brocklebank, the incoming CEO of the Canadian Cattle Association, is open to revitalizing the organization while maintaining national delivery.
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