Weekly livestock market summary

Oct 31, 2018

First off today, what’s driving the livestock markets? Herb Lock of Farm$ense Marketing in Edmonton joins us on the line to answer that question.

Interview with Herb Lock (3:30 minutes) (1.60 Mb)

An extended version of this week’s market analysis with Herb Lock is also available by clicking on the link below.

Extended interview with Herb Lock (4:18 minutes) (1.97 Mb)

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