Man in cowboy hat standing with cattle.

Tight supplies and rising prices give cattle producers a reason to smile

Low herd numbers are expected to buoy cattle prices for three to four years, but COOL is taking a bite from the bottom line

Reading Time: 2 minutes Cattle prices are the best they’ve been on a per-head basis in the last 10 years — although how good depends on how you look at it. “The market right now is fantastic,” said Herb Lock of Farm$ense Marketing. “Cow-calf producers right now are in their second world, floating around in the sky compared to […] Read more

Iowa company develops vaccine for PEDv

Harrisvaccines working with USDA to obtain a conditional licence

Reading Time: 2 minutes An Iowa animal pharmaceutical company has shipped about 770,000 doses of a new vaccine that treats a deadly swine virus first detected in U.S. herds this year and has spread to 20 states, a company official said in an interview. Harrisvaccines, based in Ames, Iowa, developed the vaccine called “iPED” in August to fight porcine […] Read more


Dead cattle found in field in Killam, AB.

Dead cattle found near Killam, SPCA investigation underway

Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reminds cattle owners to provide supplemental feed and water

Reading Time: 2 minutes Dave Prichard says its the worst thing he’s seen in a lifetime of farming — 17 dead cattle on his summer pasture. “It was not a very nice scene,” said Prichard, who has his own polled Herefords and registered red Angus on his ranch near Killam, about 70 kilometres southeast of Camrose. The cattle belonged […] Read more