Canada: Livestock and Products Semi-annual
The outlook for the livestock sector remains unchanged: the cattle herd will continue to shrink in 2015, due to liquidation and poor heifer retention, while the hog sector remains stable, on a trend of moderate growth. While slaughter of both cattle and hogs will decline, heavier carcasses will partly offset the decline in beef and pork production. Neither the recent BSE case in Alberta, nor the Russian food ban are going to have major impacts on exports of beef and pork.
