About Us
Canada’s beef producers were the first to develop a Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Beef Cattle in the 1990’s. The CCA participated in the rigorous review process to update the new Code released in 2013.

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Advocacy
Advocacy is a crucial part of CCA business. Advocacy ensures the interests of Canada’s beef cattle producers are known to key influencers and well-represented in trade negotiations.

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Market Access
CCA won its battle against U.S. mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) in December 2015 when the U.S. repealed the discriminatory legislation for beef and pork, and USDA provided notification that COOL for beef and pork would no longer be enforced. The successful conclusion of this file followed a WTO arbitration panel decision authorizing Canada to implement retaliatory tariffs of $1.055B CAD over COOL.

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Sustainability
CCA spearheaded the development of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef to ensure Canada continues to produce beef in an environmentally sound, socially responsible and economically viable manner.

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News / Events
As the voice of Canada’s 60,000 beef farms and feedlots, CCA is the go-to source for industry news. CCA also hosts lobbying and networking events on Parliament Hill and Town Hall meetings across Canada.

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Resources
CCA and its divisions provide the information, analysis and resources producers need to continue to do their job well. CCA works to advance the interests of the Canadian industry in important areas including market access and trade, policy and regulation, research and innovation and sustainability.

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Animal Care

Providing for Canadian cattle through the best of established knowledge, new experience, and innovation.

Sustainability

Working to improve environmental, social and economic sustainability in Canada’s cattle industry.

Trade

Maximizing cattle producers’ returns through access to markets.

Advocacy

Pursuing meaningful change on issues of concern to Canada`s beef producers.

The national voice of Canada’s 55,000 beef farms

The Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA) structure represents every phase of the production system; the purebred, cow/calf, backgrounding and feedlot sectors. Our association was founded by producers and is led by a producer-elected board of directors from across Canada.

Latest News

June 21, 2021

Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Mentorship Program names its 2021 semi-finalists

Calgary, AB – The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s (CCA) Cattlemen’s Young Leaders (CYL) Mentorship Program is pleased to announce its 24 semi-finalists for the upcoming 2021-2022...

Volume XXVII Issue 5

In this issue...New Action News feature: CCA government relations update, Cattlemen’s Young Leaders Mentorship Program names its 2021 semi-finalists, New and updated factsheets available from Public and Stakeholder Engagement, Nutritional qualities of beef, Farmwork to Feed Canada collaborates with CCA to tell the Canadian beef story, Canfax Market Briefs for the week ending June 18, 2021