Cattle being sold at the Gladstone Auction Mart in Gladstone, Manitoba, on October 28, 2025. Photo: Greg Berg

Manitoba beef weighs farmer futures

Cattle prices are good, but trade uncertainty and rising costs add some damper to the Manitoba beef sector’s celebration

Cattle prices are good, but trade uncertainty and rising costs add some damper to Manitoba beef farmers’ celebration looking into 2026.









January 20, 2019, Tokyo, Japan - Sliced Canadian beef are displayed on the dishes for tasting at the Nissin World Delicatessen supermarket in Tokyo as Japan's tariff of imported beef will be reduced from 38.5 percent to 9 percent in 16 years on Sunday, January 20, 2019. Canadian International Trade Minister James Carr is now here to attend the first ministerial meeting of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

UPDATED: CCA calls for end to temporary U.K. trade deal

Canadian Cattle Association says United Kingdom puts up non-tariff trade barriers that violates agreement’s terms

The Canadian Cattle Association is asking the federal government to rescind a bridge trade agreement between Canada and the U.K. based on the latter’s refusal to accept Canadian beef and pork.



U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 7, 2025. Photo: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Trump calls off trade talks with Canada

U.S. president announced that trade talks are ‘hereby terminated’ over social media Oct. 23; move comes after Ontario ad invoking former president Ronald Reagan

U.S. president announced that trade talks with Canada are ‘hereby terminated’ over social media Oct. 23. Move comes after Ontario ad invoking former president Ronald Reagan.