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Beef | Livestock Producers
Fed Cattle Rally Stalls Below Break-Even as Herd Rebuilds and China Access Opens — All Three Production Stages in Transition
ByWestern Farm Report April 23, 2026April 23, 2026
Western Farm Report | Livestock Products / Beef Published: April 23, 2026 Production stages covered: Cow-calf · Backgrounding · Feedlot Market Conditions The structural condition driving Western Canadian beef markets in spring 2026 is a tension between strong price momentum and an economics ceiling. Alberta fed cattle have gained $31/cwt since January 1 — roughly…
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Livestock Producers | Poultry
The Cost Side of the Ledger: What Prairie Broiler Producers Need to Know About Farm Economics in 2026
ByWestern Farm Report April 21, 2026April 23, 2026
Week of April 20, 2026 | Western Farm Report | Prairie Livestock The broiler sector on the Prairies is running strong heading into 2026 — demand is up, quota utilization in late 2025 ran as high as 110.96 percent in Alberta, and farmgate prices are forecast to hold close to 2025 levels. That much is…
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Livestock Producers | Pork
Indonesia, Traceability, and the True Cost Per Pig: What Alberta and Saskatchewan Hog Producers Are Navigating in 2026
ByWestern Farm Report April 20, 2026April 23, 2026
April 20, 2026 WESTERN FARM REPORTWeek of April 20, 2026 | Prairie Livestock The story of Prairie pork in 2026 is not one story — it is several, running simultaneously at different speeds. Feed cost per pig is up modestly from recent lows. A new export market of 280 million people opened in February with…
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Dairy | Livestock Producers
Supply Management at the Crossroads: What Prairie Dairy Producers Need to Know About the 2026 CUSMA Review
ByWestern Farm Report April 20, 2026April 23, 2026
Week of April 20, 2026 | Prairie Agriculture Western Farm Report April 20, 2026 The July 1, 2026 CUSMA review date is no longer a background event for dairy producers. The United States Trade Representative has placed Canada’s supply management system near the top of its list of structural grievances, and the formal review process…
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Record Highs and Real Risk: What’s Driving Feeder Cattle Prices Canada-Wide in 2025-26
ByWestern Farm Report April 17, 2026
Prairie Livestock Series Steer calves in the 500–525 lb. range were trading around $500 per hundredweight (cwt) in central Alberta at the start of 2025. By April of that year, 300–400 lb. steer calves in Saskatchewan had cleared the $600/cwt mark for the first time on record. Those are not misprint numbers—they reflect a structural…
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Livestock Producers | Poultry
Prairie Chicken in 2026: Strong Demand, HPAI Pressure, CUSMA Risk
ByWestern Farm Report April 13, 2026April 19, 2026
Chicken has been Canada’s most consumed animal protein for years, and the demand picture heading into 2026 is stronger than usual. High beef prices have pushed consumers toward chicken, chick placements hit record levels in the second half of 2025, and Alberta showed the fastest production growth of any province in 2024. Prairie chicken producers…
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Dairy | Livestock Producers
Prairie Dairy in 2026: Growing Output, Stable Prices, and a Trade Debate That Will Define the Decade
ByWestern Farm Report April 13, 2026April 23, 2026
The Canadian dairy sector produced $8.88 billion in farm cash receipts in 2024 — up 46% from a decade earlier — and enters 2026 in strong financial shape. Farmgate milk prices received their annual increase effective February 1, 2026, production has grown consistently, and domestic demand for cheese and high-protein dairy ingredients continues to expand….
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Livestock Producers | Pork
Prairie Pork in 2026: An in depth look
ByWestern Farm Report April 13, 2026April 23, 2026
Prairie Pork in 2026: Strong Margins, a Two-Front Trade War, and the ASF Risk That Never Goes Away Canadian hog producers are generating strong margins in 2026, supported by solid domestic and international demand for pork. The supply picture is tight enough to keep prices supported, and the sector is in considerably better financial shape…
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Beef | Livestock Producers
Prairie Cattle in 2026: Record Prices, Cautious Expansion, and a Trade Picture That Just Got More Complicated
ByWestern Farm Report April 13, 2026April 19, 2026
Prairie Cattle in 2026: Record Prices, Cautious Expansion, and a Trade Picture That Just Got More Complicated The Canadian cattle herd grew for the first time in eight years on January 1, 2026. That single data point from Statistics Canada tells you most of what you need to know about where the Prairie beef sector…
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