Checking in with ABP

Later this month, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) joins the Nature Conservancy Canada (NCC) in hosting a virtual conversation series in anticipation of the upcoming United Nations Food Systems Summit. The Summit will be an influential policy discussion and CCA wants to ensure Canada’s livestock sector is part of the narrative. This dialogue, entitled Grazing…

It’s time for a website refresh. Canada Beef’s website is popular with customers and industry members with over 869,000 users a year. Over half (52%) of the website traffic comes from online searches with Google as the number one search engine used. In terms of demographics, the largest age group of users are aged 25…

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The Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) 2019-20 Plan identified, the improvement of communications with producers and the public through an enhanced communications strategy with robust measurements of engagement and effectiveness, as one of six strategic objectives. Communication and engagement with Alberta’s cattle producers and beef industry stakeholders has been an ongoing priority for ABP that requires…

At the 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM), held virtually, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) Board Members re-elected Bob Lowe (AB) and Reg Schellenberg (SK) as President and Vice President, respectively, and set CCA’s path forward for the upcoming year.  During a productive AGM, CCA discussed the beef industry’s priorities for the year ahead, including focusing…

Following today’s Federal, Provincial and Territorial Meeting of Agriculture Ministers, an agreement has been reached to remove the reference margin limit (RML) within AgriStability. Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) would like to thank Minister Dreeshen, and the Prairie Ministers, for accepting this recommendation and providing producers with an enhanced business risk management program. Today’s announcement means $95 million…

Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, announced that Canada is ratifying the Canada-United Kingdom (U.K.) Trade Continuity Agreement (TCA). This announcement follows the Royal Assent of Bill C-18: An Act to implement the Agreement on Trade Continuity between Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and…

The countdown is on for young people looking to take advantage of mentorship and career building opportunities in the Canadian beef industry through the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) Cattlemen’s Young Leaders (CYL) Mentorship Program. Applications for the CYL Program are open until Wednesday, March 31 at 11:59 pm MT at www.cattlemensyoungleaders.com. The CYL Program is…

Following this morning’s statement by the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau and the Honourable Jim Carr on the federal government’s proposed improvements to AgriStability, 11 of Alberta’s agriculture commodity and producer groups are requesting the Government of Alberta to accept the proposed changes.  Alberta’s producer groups agree the changes will provide immediate improvements to the program for producers’…

Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) continues to strongly encourage the Government of Alberta to accept the proposed changes to AgriStability, outlined by the federal government 110 days ago. We have expressed our clear support of Minister Bibeau’s recommendations that offer the federal portion of funding to remove the Reference Margin Limit (RML) and increase compensation rates…