Cattle producers keep shrinking the national herd

Canada’s cattle herd continues a gradual long-term decline, says the annual Livestock Inventory by Statistics Canada. The national cattle herd of 11.7 million dropped 2.1 per cent ending 2022. Five years ago the herd numbered 11.67 million. Within the national herd beef numbers declined 2.8 per cent to 9.39 million, cow calf herds fell to 6.27 million from 6.46 million.