Ongoing challenges in the pork industry, financial losses, and uncertainty in the hog and pork markets led to the decision.

About 80 workers will lose their jobs

My experience of going from continuous grazing to four sections, and then with water access improvements, to eight sections has provided big gains in productivity with each step

• Market segments no longer consider food safety a purchasing criterion, but an expectation.

Virologist Robert Cross’s lab is equipped to handle some of the world’s most dangerous viruses. At the Galveston National Laboratory he has worked with guinea pigs infected with Ebola virus and macaques carrying Lassa fever. What it can’t accommodate are pigs, which are common carriers of the deadly Nipah virus.

Over the last 20-plus years, beef researchers have had to shift their focus to get at the root of a serious problem with a toxic strain of E. coli (Escherichia coli), bacteria that live in the gut of all warm-blooded animals, birds and humans. The research was instrumental in developing ways to significantly reduce the

Canadian beef exports will soon have full market access to the Taiwanese market. The news comes following the Federal Minister of International Trade’s attendance at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting.  President of the Canadian Cattle Association Nathan Phinney says this sends a strong signal in the Indo-Pacific region, an area that holds a

The Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) welcomes the announcement that Taiwan is restoring full market access for Canadian beef in the coming weeks.

For the week ending Saturday, western Canadian feeder markets averaged $3-$6/cwt higher compared to seven days earlier. Weakness in the Canadian dollar along with strength in the deferred live cattle futures set a positive tone. Recent rains have enhanced yield potential for the Canadian barley crop, which also underpinned nearby cash values. Alberta packers were

Exports are seeing volume & value growth.