From Research to Adoption: Renewed Research and Extension Objectives Support a Thriving Beef Sector
Strategic and collaborative investments in research and knowledge mobilization are strengthening the Canadian beef sector as it responds to rising global food production demands and adapts to increasingly challenging environments and capacity restraints. Today the Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) and its industry partners released a renewed five-year strategy designed to encourage collaboration and better target funding toward high-priority beef research and extension objectives.
The Five-Year Canadian Beef Research & Knowledge Mobilization Strategy provides a coordinated national framework to align investment, accelerate innovation and ensure research outcomes lead to measurable impact for beef producers, the broader value chain and the public. Built upon the success of previous iterations, the new Strategy will help accomplish the National Beef Strategy’s ambitious 10-year goals. It is intended to guide investments of the BCRC and other Canadian beef research funding agencies to improve efficiency with limited funding. By encouraging greater collaboration across funding agencies through a portfolio approach, the Strategy ensures key research, capacity and extension priorities are addressed in a coordinated manner.
The Strategy reflects extensive industry engagement to ensure priorities are grounded in producer needs and real-world challenges across the value chain. More than 500 stakeholders across Canada participated through a combination of national surveys, focus groups and engagement sessions, including producers, veterinarians, researchers, government representatives, industry organizations, funders and extension specialists.
Along with the full Strategy, seven summary documents in key program areas are available:
- Full Document: Five-Year Canadian Beef Research & Knowledge Mobilization Strategy
- Cattle Nutrition & Production Efficiency
- Forage & Feed Production
- Animal Health, Welfare & Antimicrobial Resistance
- Food Safety
- Beef Quality
- Environmental Sustainability
- Knowledge Mobilization
Sharing or reprinting BCRC posts is welcome and encouraged. Please credit the Beef Cattle Research Council, provide the website address, www.BeefResearch.ca, and let us know you have chosen to share the article by emailing us at [email protected].
The BCRC is funded by a portion of the Canadian Beef Cattle Check-Off.
Your questions, comments and suggestions are welcome. Contact us directly or spark a public discussion by posting your thoughts below.