Canada Beef awarded $3.6 million

Canada Beef awarded $3.6 million

Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada Beef is receiving up to $3.6 million in federal funding for marketing efforts. The money will be used “to ensure the beef industry has the necessary resources to seize new export opportunities, to remain competitive and continue to be a sustainable driver of economic growth,” said a release from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Some […] Read more

Just scan the code and chow down

Just scan the code and chow down

Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada Beef is calling new scannable codes on beef packages “its most ambitious initiative to date.” When scanned with a smartphone, the codes (either the UPC code or a QR code) brings up a “digital profile” that offers recommended cooking methods, recipes and cooking videos, and nutritional/food safety/storage info. The goal is threefold, says the […] Read more


(File photo by Allan Dawson)

Beef sector aims for new 2030 targets

Organizations involved in Canada's National Beef Strategy have announced new goals for the beef sector for the next decade

The Canadian beef industry has new benchmarks to reach for in the next decade. The organizations involved in Canada’s National Beef Strategy — the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, Canada Beef Breeds Council, Beef Cattle Research Council, Canada Beef, The National Cattle Feeders’ Association, Canadian Meat Council and Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef have announced new 2030 […] Read more

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Beef demand soars as consumers ‘aggressively’ stock up

Surge in sales accompanied by a jump in people looking online for recipes

Canada’s beef demand has been strong during the pandemic. “Unlike previous disease outbreak issues, COVID-19 has not been about food safety or consumer confidence or issues with food products,” Canada Beef president Michael Young said during a recent online town hall. “Beef demand at retail is up 50 to 70 per cent. Consumers have aggressively […] Read more


Canada Beef launches two new promotions

Canada Beef launches two new promotions

Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada Beef has launched two consumer campaigns that aim to counter some of the negative narratives about beef with a renewed emphasis on the positives of this nourish- ing and sustainable Canadian food classic. The two campaigns — called The One & Only Beef, and My Canadian Beef Story — aim to dispel some of […] Read more

Get out and vote is the main message coming from Alberta Cattle Feeders’ Association chair Ryan Kasko and his counterpart at Alberta Beef Producers.

It’s decision time on beef checkoff

Reading Time: 2 minutes Cattle producers will have three ways to vote on the proposed non-refundable checkoff — by mail, at their local Agriculture Financial Services Corporation office, or one of Alberta Beef Producers’ 27 fall meetings. ABP and the Alberta Cattle Feeders’ Association (ACFA) will be holding a plebiscite from Oct. 19 to Nov. 13 on their joint […] Read more


Beef checkoff going up April 1

Beef checkoff going up April 1

Reading Time: < 1 minute The national beef checkoff will increase to $2.50 per head (from $1) effective April 1. The increase levy will be used to support research, market development and promotion. This increase was supported by provincial beef producers in every zone at the Alberta Beef Producers 2015 fall meetings. The increase to the national checkoff, along with […] Read more

Look for beef producers at big-city events this year

Look for beef producers at big-city events this year

Alberta Beef has already signed deals with the Eskimos and the Stampeders

Reading Time: 3 minutes Get ready, beef producers, you’ll soon see yourself on a Jumbotron near you. Alberta Beef Producers unveiled a new marketing campaign and new marketing and education manager Brad Dubeau at its semi-annual meeting. “The problem for marketing to solve is how to ensure consumer and producer confidence for beef production in Alberta to 2020 and […] Read more