Agriculture committee  No, I can't, because it varies so much across the country. To the point made previously by some of the presenters, what we can produce in an area like southern Alberta versus what we can produce in the rocky hills of B.C. or in eastern Canada varies significantly. That's why thes

Agriculture committee  I can't recall the increase in production. A lot of our focus is on a fairly steady state in terms of the 33% reduction and keeping our cattle herds steady. That being said, whether we can increase our production per animal has been our focus, and we've continued to be able to do

Agriculture committee  I think what we understand is that we continue to focus on reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. We've seen reduction over the last 30 years and we've set a goal for 2030 to continue to make a 33% reduction in those emissions. A lot of that comes from our increasing productivity

Agriculture committee  We're getting close to April 1, 2023, so continuity of research programming is pretty important at this point, because gaps in research mean you lose technicians, you lose a lot of students and even annual trials that need to start in spring and all that. Our highest priority is

Agriculture committee  To confirm, I think it's a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Is that correct, Reynold?

Agriculture committee  One of the things we've been looking at as an industry is feed additives. One of the lowest-hanging fruit, I'd say, is 3-NOP, which has been approved in some South American countries and other countries, primarily in the dairy industry to start, but also beef. We see potential f

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the opportunity to present to you today. I'm Andrea Brocklebank, and I'm joined by Dr. Reynold Bergen. We're both with the Beef Cattle Research Council. The Canadian beef industry is a significant contributor to Canada's environmental goals. Canadian grasslands se