KAP President Invites Trudeau To Visit Rural Western Canada

Oct 23, 2019

With the federal election now in the books, Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) President Bill Campbell is hoping that more attention will be paid to agriculture.

"I have not heard the word 'agriculture' very much," he commented. "We only need to realize that some of the leaders did not visit some Western Canadian ridings. They did not visit rural ridings and get outside of the major cities, so to say that a minority government will be able to achieve results for agriculture, I'm still in a wait and see mode."

Campbell is inviting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ag minister to visit Manitoba to see first hand some of the challenges that farmers are facing, especially with the wet harvest conditions.

"I would like to send out a personal invitation to the Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, in spite of their busyness before the election, and we understand that, to come and visit Western Manitoba and rural Manitoba and rural Western Canada to actually feel and see some of the impacts that are being felt out here by producers and citizens of this country.

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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.