KAP welcomes new five-year partnership agreement

Jul 26, 2022

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is commending Ministers of Agriculture from across Canada on reaching an agreement in principle for the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership.

“The new funds of $500 million, representing a 25% increase in cost-shared funding, is good news for all producers,” said KAP President, Bill Campbell. “These new funds will directly support the efforts and initiatives to grow our sector. We are very pleased to see the acknowledgment of challenges and a focus on science-based decision making as it relates to commodity specific issues, such as hog, bees, and cattle.”

KAP says the increase in the AgriStability compensation rate from 70% to 80% is positive, and a priority that KAP has been strongly advocating for. KAP has been working along with provincial and federal partners to seek more timely, equitable and accessible BRM programs to meet the adoption challenges while removing barriers for producers.

“KAP will continue to work with government to meet climate targets, and these remain a shared priority across our sector. We remain concerned with the increase in GHG reduction targets to 3-5 MT of emissions,” added Campbell. “This will need clear and transparent data sources and measures, but we have yet to see which data and life cycle analysis will be used to determine these targets.”

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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.