date:Aug 26, 2014
Statistics Canada released the results of its semi-annual surveys of cattle and hog producers and the numbers offer little optimism in terms of a quick recovery in North American livestock supplies, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
Before we look at the highlights from these two important reports, keep in mind that StatCan has discontinued its quarterly hog surveys and now only measures the hog inventory numbers as of 1 January and 1 July.
The Canadian 1 July cattle inventory was pegged t 13