Photo: Geralyn Wichers

Klassen: Feeder market in price discovery mode

For the week ending August 2, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to as much as $10 higher. Quality yearling packages off grass were up as much as $15 in some cases. Prices for similar weight cattle were quite variable across the Prairies, which made the market hard to define.  The market appears to be in price discovery mode for the grass yearling market.




close up of calf in a corral, spring 2025. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

Metagenomics change how disease is diagnosed

Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan use the technique to identify disease through bacteria, pathogens and viruses

The study of genetic material from environmental samples has changed the way crops are bred, disease is addressed and animal’s genetic makeup understood.