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 .
6-584: The agency is funded by a levy on Canadian cattle sales to support research and marketing of beef products. Its activities are supervised by the Farm Products Council of Canada . It is governed by a geographically-representative 16-member Board of Directors. The Agency funds bodies like Canada Beef and the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC). The BCRC listed the agency as one of the "Industry Stakeholders Represented at
12-752: Is thus the analogue of the Canadian Dairy Commission for those products. The Council reports to Parliament through the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food . The FPCC is responsible for administering two federal laws, the Farm Products Agencies Act (FPAA) and the Agricultural Products Marketing Act (APMA). It helps to improve farm-product marketing between the provinces and territories and internationally. The Council supervises
18-515: The Farm Products Agencies Act (R.S. 1985, c. F-4) through SOR /2002-48. Farm Products Council of Canada The Farm Products Council of Canada (formerly the National Farm Products Council) is a Canadian government agency established in 1972 that is responsible for promoting efficient and competitive agriculture . It oversees the national Supply management (Canada) agencies for eggs, poultry, and chicken. It
24-686: The BCRC Workshops" in the Canadian Beef Research and Technology Transfer Strategy 2018 - 2023 document. 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 . The Agency's AGM business is hosted at
30-591: The annual Canadian Beef Industry Conference , which was inaugurated in 2016 when both Rachel Notley and Justin Trudeau were in power. The 2018 CBIC was held in London, Ontario . Cattlemen have paid the levy since April 2012. 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 . The CBCA flows from
36-630: The operations of the Egg Farmers of Canada , Turkey Farmers of Canada , Chicken Farmers of Canada , Canada Hatching Egg Producers , as well as the Canadian Beef Check-Off Agency and the Canadian Pork Promotion and Research Agency . FPCC aims to provide Canadians with safe supply management system and monitor agricultural product market behaviours. This Canadian government –related article
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