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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The combined U.S. and Canada cattle and hog herds have gotten smaller. That’s as both nations respond to weather issues leading to liquidation of cattle herds and attempts to improve profitability for hog producers, reports Brownfield Ag News. A report from the USDA and Statistics Canada says that on July 1st there were […]
STURGIS, S.D. – Overcast skies in South Dakota are not due to clouds but smoke. Almost 90 wildfires are burning in Western Canada, sending a plume of smoke high into the atmosphere south into the United States. According to Scott Doering, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Aberdeen, the smoke and smell were […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The latest combined U.S. and Canadian cattle and hogs looks supportive for cash business, having become tighter with drought in the cattle business and a cut in production by U.S. hog producers in efforts to improve their bottom line. According to the USDA and Statistics Canada, the combined cattle herd on July […]
WASHINGTON, DC – All cattle and calves in the United States and Canada combined totaled 103 million head on January 1, 2022, down 2 percent from the 105 million head on January 1, 2021. All cows and heifers that have calved inventory at 44.0 million head, down 2 percent from a year ago. The joint […]
EMERSON, MANITOBA – Truck drivers have set up a blockade just north of Pembina, N.D., at the Emerson, Manitoba Port of Entry. A Canada Border Services employee at the Emerson Port of Entry tells KVRR news that travelers heading into Canada are still able to cross the border, but will not be able to get […]
WASHINGTON, DC – South Korea has suspended quarantine inspections of Canadian beef following the discovery of an atypical BSE case in the North American country. The agriculture ministry said the move effectively banning imports went into effect four days after Canada confirmed an eight-year-old cow in Alberta was infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Federal lawmakers reintroduced legislation to permanently ban horse slaughter in the United States and end the current export of American horses for slaughter abroad. Sponsored by U.S. Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), the Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act is supported by leading animal welfare groups, including the ASPCA […]
