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VBP+ welcomes $602,250 CAP funding to support program advancement

July 12, 2019

VBP+ NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release July 12, 2019 The Verified Beef Production Plus (VBP+) program, under the umbrella of the Beef Cattle Research Council, a division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA), welcomes the investment of $602,250 from the Canadian Agriculture Partnership (CAP) Agri-Assurance program, announced Wednesday by Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Marie-Claude Bibeau. These funds will be directed to multiple VBP+ activities, including training platform modifications to meet educational demands by producers for continuous improvement in sustainability, increased database capacity and functionality by automating processes where practical and ensuring growing demand is met while adding value and minimizing the cost of the verification process for producers, advancing assessments of equivalency with existing industry programs to provide more value to producers who move through the verification process, and developin....
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The Red Meat Allergy: A Canadian Perspective

July 9, 2019

VBP+ NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release July 12, 2019 The Verified Beef Production Plus (VBP+) program, under the umbrella of the Beef Cattle Research Council, a division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA), welcomes the investment of $602,250 from the Canadian Agriculture Partnership (CAP) Agri-Assurance program, announced Wednesday by Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Marie-Claude Bibeau. These funds will be directed to multiple VBP+ activities, including training platform modifications to meet educational demands by producers for continuous improvement in sustainability, increased database capacity and functionality by automating processes where practical and ensuring growing demand is met while adding value and minimizing the cost of the verification process for producers, advancing assessments of equivalency with existing industry programs to provide more value to producers who move through the verification process, and developin....
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