date:Aug 26, 2014
nt decline in five years and we could see the crop down another 1 to 1.5 per cent in 2014. The lower calf crop and strong demand for feeders and breeding animals in the US will continue to make it challenging to rebuild cattle numbers in Canada for the next few years.
Mid-year hog inventories in Canada were pegged at 12.935 million head, 1.3 per cent higher than the previous year. Similar to the US, Canadian producers have struggled with the effects of PEDv although the impact of the disease ha