sheep

The Canadian cattle herd has fallen to its lowest level in more than 30 years. Statistics Canada reports on January 1st, there were 11.1 million cattle and calves on farms, down 2.1 percent from the previous year. That is the lowest number since 1989. Drought conditions and tight feed supplies, along with good prices, resulted […]

Statistics Canada reports 11.1 million head at the start of the year— down 0.5 per cent from the beginning of 2021. The most eye-catching number is a four per cent drop in the number of beef heifers for breeding at 517,300 head. The dairy cow and heifer population was relatively steady at 1.4 million, while […]

  The federal government is providing almost half a million dollars to support productivity in sheep and goats. The project, through the Canadian Centre for Swine Improvement, will develop a Canada-wide integrated genetic services system to help sheep and goat farmers improve productivity. Farmers will be able to use the new service system to access […]