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

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ByWestern Farm Report April 13, 2026April 22, 2026
India Reverses Course — Yellow Peas Restored to Duty-Free Access Through March 2027Free Access · Tariff WatchRead Western Farm Report — FreeRegister with your email address for full access to all content. No subscription. No credit card. One click to verify.Read Free — Enter Your EmailWe respect your privacy. No spam, ever.
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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 ComplicatedFree Access · BeefRead Western Farm Report — FreeRegister with your email address for full access to all content. No subscription. No credit card. One click to verify.Read Free — Enter Your EmailWe respect your privacy. No spam, ever.
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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
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ByWestern Farm Report April 13, 2026April 22, 2026
The 2026 winter wheat crop entered the growing season in its worst early-spring condition since 2022. USDA NASS’s first Crop Progress report of the season, released April 6, rated just 35% of U.S. winter wheat in good-to-excellent condition — 13 percentage points below the same reading one year earlier and 16 points below the five-year…
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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
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 Canada’s first-ever pork access to Indonesia. Traceability regulation amendments that producers in Alberta…
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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
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 is already underway. Producers in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba who operate under the Western…
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