CCA Welcomes New Leadership at 2018 Board Meeting

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that David Haywood-Farmer and Bob Lowe were elected by acclamation as President and Vice President, respectively, at the 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Ottawa, ON

by Craig Klemmer – Farm Credit Canada (FCC)

Haywood-Farmer takes over from Dan Darling, who moves to the position of CCA Past President. Darling had an active term including the launch of public trust initiatives, successfully addressing Ottawa’s proposed Tax Planning Using Private Corporations, and progressing trade and market access priorities, significantly the signing of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

The swift implementation of the CPTPP is a top priority for Haywood-Farmer. His goals for the Canadian beef cattle sector include obtaining a free trade agreement with China, and to ensure the technical barriers limiting the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union are resolved to derive the very significant benefits that have been negotiated.

“Economies around the world are recovering … and interest rates are climbing as a result”

 

“The CCA has achieved significant progress on a number of key files and I am determined to keep that momentum going,” Haywood-Farmer said. “I want to thank Dan for his leadership over these past two years and I look forward to working with Bob in his new role as CCA Vice President.”

Haywood-Farmer operates a cow-calf operation with his family on a century farm in Savona, B.C. Prior to CCA, Haywood-Farmer was involved with B.C. Cattlemen’s Association for more than three decades, serving as president from 2012-2014 and past president from 2014-2016.

The third-generation rancher has served as chair of CCA’s Foreign Trade and Domestic Agriculture Policy and Regulations committees and as member of the executive committee.

Lowe takes on the role of vice-president after serving as Chair of Alberta Beef Producers (2015 to 2017) and a decade as a delegate, director and a member of the executive. First elected as a director to the CCA in 2009, Lowe served as chair of the CCA Environment Committee and represents CCA on the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef. Lowe is also Chair of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Foundation, whose mandate is to support youth, research and the environment for the Canadian cattle industry.

The CCA also welcomed newly elected members to the executive committee: Doug Sawyer (AB), Cathy Sharp (AB), Pat Hayes (SK) and Ramona Blyth (MB).
New directors to the CCA board include: Brian McKersie (BC), Charlie Christie and Miles Wowk (AB), Gord Adams (MB), and Jason Reid and Craig McLauglin (ON).

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