Agriculture committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to present this morning. My name is Janice Tranberg. I'm the president and CEO of the National Cattle Feeders' Association. NCFA was established in 2007. It represents Canada's cattle feeders on issues of national importance and works colla

Agriculture committee  It's not an easy question to try to answer. I think the main point is that there isn't a single way. When I address the first part, it's how do we get those messages out? I don't think there is a single way that we're going to do it. We need to use all the tools in the tool box.

Agriculture committee  Obviously, research and investment constantly have an impact, as Tim mentioned. We don't see the herd increasing in numbers in Canada, but what we do see increasing is the weight per cattle. We're taking the research, exactly as he said, and we're looking at how we can increase p

Agriculture committee  The cattle-feeding sector is the sector that I represent, so I'm sorry I can't talk as much about grass-fed, but I can certainly talk about the cattle-feeding sector. There is a lot of research that's being done right now in feed efficiency to make sure we have the right feed and

Agriculture committee  Not that I have heard, not in the cattle-feed sector.

Agriculture committee  I keep getting these great questions that I don't think I can answer. We have built protocol for on the farm. When people might get opponents of agriculture who come onto their farm, we've developed a protocol so there are appropriate responses on how they manage that. I hadn't

Agriculture committee  Can I follow up?

Agriculture committee  Absolutely.

Agriculture committee  Recently I was the chair of Agriculture in the Classroom Saskatchewan. They were building a curriculum to take agriculture back into the classroom and to fit it into the curriculum. I know Agriculture in the Classroom Canada is going to be here later. Another model farm is just b

International Trade committee  My name is Janice Tranberg, and I'm the president and CEO of the National Cattle Feeders' Association. I've worked in the agriculture industry now for over 20 years, and I've worked in areas from industry to government and now the cattle-feeding sector.

International Trade committee  Trade in beef and live cattle between the U.S. and Canada has created a highly integrated North American market that benefits the beef sector on both sides of the border. For all practical purposes, Canadian and U.S. beef industries operate within a single North American market w

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, and I apologize for the problems. Maybe I'll just take over where Michel left off and talk a little bit about the challenges of COVID-19 that have hit the beef industry. There has been a dramatic reduction in beef processing capacity in both Canada and the

Agriculture committee  I'll take this, Michel. It's very hard to say exactly how long this will last, because the situation is adapting and changing. In terms of the program we put together, I think we're now in what I would consider a worst-case scenario, with less than 50% production occurring. It's

Agriculture committee  There wasn't a backup. I mean, everything—

Agriculture committee  Well, that's not true. I'm not sure if Michel can answer, but there certainly was some production backup in the eastern part of the country. Michel, are you able to answer that question?