The number of cattle on Canadian farms declined by 2.2 per cent from January, 2022, hog numbers were down by 1.7 per cent, but Statistics Canada reported an increase of 3.3 per cent for sheep.
The United States also reported its cattle numbers are down by three per cent.
The number of cattle on cow-calf operations declined by 2.5 per cent – from 6.4 to 6.2 million with the biggest decline in Alberta.
Canada’s hog inventory stood at 13.9 million this Jan. 1.
There are now 854,000 sheep in Canada.
