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Turkeys were selected for the trials due to their high susceptibility to the virus, with outbreaks often causing significant mortality rates. Photo: PeopleImages/Getty Images

Britain launches bird flu vaccine trials in turkeys

By Reuters March 5, 2026

Britain has begun targeted bird flu vaccine trials in turkeys, the government said on Thursday, marking a shift in its approach to controlling the disease that has ravaged flocks and pushed some countries to adopt the technique to help reduce losses.

Cows and older calves graze fall pasture in central Manitoba, Oct. 4, 2024. Photo: Alexis Stockford

Beef cattle, Columns

Beef sector needs more research into protozoal disease

Beef 911: Canada’s beef farmers could sure use more on-label use of toltrazuril, but that would mean more research dollars

By Roy Lewis March 5, 2026

Canada’s beef farmers could sure use more on-label uses approved for toltrazuril, but that means research in an age of funding cuts, veterinarian Roy Lewis writes.

Bull Elk just outside Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba. November 2006.

Beef cattle, Livestock, News

Manitoba Beef Producers take aim at elk surge, feed losses from wildlife

Producers also flag Crown lands uncertainty, trade risk and rising costs despite strong cattle prices

By Miranda Leybourne March 5, 2026

Resolutions at last month’s Manitoba Beef Producers meeting seek help to rein in elk and deer populations, expand fencing supports and improve compensation for wildlife damage.

Weekly Manitoba cattle prices as of March 4, 2026

Livestock, News

Manitoba cattle prices, March 4

Price ranges from seven Manitoba auction markets during the week ending March 3, 2026

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 4, 2026

Chart of weekly Manitoba cattle prices.

In January, Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency gave the green light to pigs developed by U.K.-based Genus PLC and PIC (Pig Improvement Company), ruling them safe for food and feed. Photo: Geralyn Wichers

Livestock, News

No way to segregate gene edited pigs Canadian Pork Council says as groups call for labeling

By Geralyn Wichers March 3, 2026

Canadian Pork Council says it supports bids to get public acceptance for pigs gene edited for resistance to PRRS as some consumer and agriculture groups call for mandatory labelling.

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Strong demand underpins Western Canadian feeder market

By Jerry Klassen March 3, 2026

For the week ending February 28, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets were unchanged from seven days earlier. Calves may have traded $5-$10/cwt higher at some locations. Feeding margins have improved over the past week with Southern Alberta pen-closeouts now hovering near breakeven. Ontario feedlot margins are in positive territory by $20-$40/head. At the Ponoka video