KAP Joins CTA Review Coalition

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) has formed a coalition with other Canadian agricultural groups to submit recommendations to the Canada Transportation Act Review Panel.

 

The group believes that the current rail system is not meeting the needs of producers and exporters.

 

KAP General Manager James Battershill says one of their recommendations is for the establishment of a permanent advisory board to provide oversight on information shared by grain monitor Quorum Corporation.

 

"What we'd like to see is that information coming in in a more timely manner and the railways really being forced to offer up more accurate and timely information," he said. "So having an advisory group in place to oversee what information is being provided and analyzed is important to make sure that it's not the information that the railways choose to hand over at their free will but rather what's necessary."

 

Battershill notes that the sharing of information by the railways is their biggest concern.

 

The agriculture industry CTA Review Coalition represents the vast majority of shippers of bulk and processed grains and a broad cross section of grower funded organizations.

 

Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.