Details of the combined U.S. and Canadian cattle and swine herds were released yesterday. The cattle data is based on the semi-annual inventory as of 1 July; for hogs the U.S. data is based on the quarterly Hogs and Pigs report which is as of the second quarter ending on 1 June and the data for Canada is a semi-annual report as of 1 July. Below is a look at both. All cattle and calves in both countries as of 1 July totaled 111 million head, 98 percent of the inventory on 1 July 2021.
Canada’s herd has declined more sharply in the past year than the U.S. which has been in steady contraction since 2019.
As of 1 July, Canada had an on-feed inventory of 985,992 head in Alberta and Saskatchewan, which comprise about 70...
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