Industry

On the Ground Global Monitoring Helps Swine Disease Prevention

The Swine Health Information Center says the cooperation of contacts on the ground around the world is helping the swine sector become more responsive to the threat of disease by…

Why Immigration Policy Means So Much to the People of Brooks, Alta.

With a population of just 15,000, Brooks, Alta. is vastly different than the city Deepak Badola once called home. by By Heather Yourex-West – Global News “I’m from India,” the…

CFL Roughriders Apologize to Beef Producers for Ad for Beyond Meat Burgers

The Saskatchewan Roughriders organization has distanced itself from an A&W ad that showed fans of the football club sinking their teeth into Beyond Meat burgers, after the commercial drew ire…

Why Evolving Food Preferences Are Showing More Demand For Protein

Canadian per capita beef consumption has been declining over the long-term; yet Canadian beef demand is still strong. Consumption trends generally evolve because of preferences, but they also are function…

Tim Hortons Pulls Beyond Meat Products from Canadian Locations outside B.C. and Ontario

Tim Hortons will no longer offer Beyond Meat products at its eateries outside Ontario and B.C. “We are always listening to our guests and testing a wide variety of products…

Roughriders Apologize for any distress After Beyond Meat Commercial Spurs Concerns

The Saskatchewan Roughriders have apologized to the province’s cattle producers after they expressed concern about an A&W commercial for the fast food chain’s Beyond Meat Burger prominently featuring Roughrider fans…

South Korea Confirms Second Case of Deadly African Swine Fever and Pledges Vigilance

South Korea has confirmed a second case of African swine fever at a pig farm near the border with North Korea, a day after reporting its first-ever outbreak of the…

Canada Names its Team for the World Butcher’s Challenge

In the face of plant-based protein being all the rage, some may have also noticed a subtle but significant push for the continued celebration of meat Real Agriculture The rise…

Alberta Ranchers Have a Beef With Plant-Based Burger Companies

Bob Lowe has never tasted a Beyond Meat burger. He has never tried an Impossible Burger, either. For the Nanton-area rancher and vice-president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, the thought…

Burgers and Climate: The Real Beef

I have two burgers. One is a beef burger from McDonald’s on the left and the other on the right is a Beyond Meat, plant-protein burger from A&W by Lesley…

CCSI PSC CDPQ Partnership Outlines Research Priorities

A new three member research partnership is expected to improve the ability of scientists to help the pork sector advance in a number of research areas by Bruce Cochrane –…

The Great Protein War of 2019

The great “protein war” is heating up, as several major restaurant chains are embracing the plant-based movement while others are firmly positioning themselves as guardians of the mighty meat-eater. It’s…

CCA 2019 Semi-Annual Wraps Up

The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) had a successful 2019 semi-annual meeting, held last week in conjunction with the fourth annual Canadian Beef Industry Conference (CBIC) in Calgary, AB The joint…

B.C.’s Clifton Ranch named recipient of the 2019 Environmental Stewardship Award

The CCA is pleased to announce Clifton Ranch, near Keremeos, B.C., as the recipient of the 2019 The Environmental Stewardship Award (TESA). Clifton Ranch is owned and operated by Wade…

Canadian Cattlemen’s Association Working to Diversify Beef Export Markets

In addition to maintaining or improving current trade relations, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) is also focused on diversifying beef exports. However, the work comes with challenges by Kara Oosterhuis…

High Hog Supplies and Uncertain Chinese Trade Add Volatility to Hog Markets

HAMS Marketing Services says the trade situation with China continues to add a higher level of uncertainty to an already volatile North American hog market by Bruce Cochrane · FarmScape…

Farmers Look to Capture Carbon as Warnings of Climate Shocks Grow Louder

Canadian farmers are cultivating some sustainable farming techniques that the United Nations’ latest climate change report identified as particularly useful for an industry it concluded must make drastic changes to…

A Q&A with Central Products & Foods Ltd: Built on Tradition

When you walk into Sausage Makers store front delicatessen at 630 Nairn Avenue in Winnipeg’s east end, the wafting aroma of fine deli meats makes your mouth water. Customers have…

McDonald’s Will Not Be Adding Plant-Based Veggie Burgers to Menu

Many restaurant chains are now adding plant-based or veggie burgers to their menu, but McDonald’s Canada says its 1,400 restaurants are sticking with 100 per cent all Canadian beef The…

Beef Market Update: Cash is King

The calendar has flipped into August and cattle producers are looking forward to the fall yearling and feeder run by Shaun Haney – Real Ag Radio During the past week,…

Our May 2025 Issue

In our May 2025, CCA Congratulates Canada’s new PM, Smithfield Foods and the Chinese implication, Food and Beverage faces mixed 2025 outlook, Olymel’s new product launch, WBC Paris 2025 competition, Thermal Trace’s wireless temperature monitoring system, Trade disruptions on the agriculture sector, and much more!