Thursday, April 16, 2020

Cattlemen meeting tonight

The Canadian cattle industry will have a virtual town hall meeting at 9  p.m. this evening.

National Cattle Feeders Association president Janice Tranberg, Canadian Cattlemen’s Association executive vice-president Dennis Laycraft, and CanFax senior analyst Brian Perillat will provide updates on the current state of the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cattle slaughter has slowed and cattle are backing up on farms.

Beef Farmers of Ontario has asked farmers to hold their cull cows because slaughter plants are overwhelmed.

The huge Cargill plant in Alberta has dropped one of its two shifts.