The Canadian Beef Check-Off Agency (the Agency), called the Canadian Beef Cattle Research, Market Development and Promotion Agency until 2017, administers the Canadian Beef Cattle Check-Off.[1]
Synopsis
editThe agency is funded by a levy on Canadian cattle sales to support research and marketing of beef products.[2][3] Its activities are supervised by the Farm Products Council of Canada.[3] It is governed by a geographically-representative 16-member Board of Directors.[4]
The Agency funds bodies like Canada Beef[2][5] and the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC).[6] The BCRC listed the agency as one of the "Industry Stakeholders Represented at the BCRC Workshops" in the Canadian Beef Research and Technology Transfer Strategy 2018 - 2023 document.[7][8]
A March 2015 article about the Canadian Beef Centre of Excellence noted the agency had incorporated the Beef Information Centre (BIC) and Canada Beef Export Federation (CBEF) into one big organization and its given that thing the name Canada Beef.[9]
The Agency's AGM business is hosted at the annual Canadian Beef Industry Conference, which was inaugurated in 2016 when both Rachel Notley and Justin Trudeau were in power.[4] The 2018 CBIC was held in London, Ontario.[10]
Cattlemen have paid the levy since April 2012.[11][12] The national levy was introduced in 2012 at $1 per head of cattle, but began to increase to $2.50 per head of cattle in most provinces, starting in 2018. It is payable by producers who feed, slaughter and sell their own cattle.[13] The CBCA flows from the Farm Products Agencies Act (R.S. 1985, c. F-4) through SOR/2002-48.[12]
Leadership
edit2017
edit2018
edit- Heinz Reimer (Manitoba) chair.[10]
- Chad Ross (Saskatchewan) vice-chair
2023
edit- Jeff Smith (Alberta) chair.[14]
- Trevor Welch (New Brunswick) vice-chair
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Canadian Beef Centre of Excellence director to retire". Glacier FarmMedia Limited Partnership. Canadian Cattlemen The Beef Magazine. 13 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Beef agency elects board for the coming year". Alberta Farmer Express. Glacier FarmMedia Limited Partnership. 12 September 2017.
- ^ a b "ABOUT US". CDCRMDPA. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ a b "2016 Canadian Beef Industry Conference Event Program". Grey Eagle Resort and Casino, Calgary, Alberta. 9–11 August 2016. p. 56.
- ^ Andres, Francis. "Canada Beef". Canadian Cattlemen's Association. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
As the marketing division of the Canadian Beef Cattle Research, Market Development and Promotion Agency, Canada Beef is the cattle producer-funded and run organization responsible for domestic and international beef and veal market development. It has 28 staff in offices in Canada, Mexico, Japan, China, and Taiwan.
- ^ "HOME» ABOUT US» FUNDING» NATIONAL CHECK-OFF". Beef Cattle Research Council. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Canadian Beef Research and Technology Transfer Strategy 2018 - 2023" (PDF). BCRC.
- ^ "Major New Canadian Beef Industry Conference Promising Dynamic Workskhops". Blackburn News. 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Canadian Beef Centre of Excellence, Alberta". Verdict Media Limited. Food Processing Technology. March 2015.
- ^ a b "Manitoba's Heinz Reimer To Lead Canadian Beef Check-off Agency". Golden West Broadcasting. Pembina Valley Online.
AGM was held in conjunction with the Canadian Beef Industry Conference this week in London, Ontario
- ^ "SCA'S PLAN REGULATIONS". Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Canadian Beef Cattle Research, Market Development and Promotion Agency Proclamation (SOR/2002-48)". FAO. FAOLEX Database. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Notes for Website on refundable (2019) : ABP Service Charge Information and Refund Request Instructions" (PDF). Alberta Beef Producers. 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Agency Elects New Members and Marketing Committee at AGM". www.cdnbeefcheckoff.ca. Retrieved 2023-08-29.