More Funding & Seats for Veterinary Students from BC 

On Thursday, March 23, 2023, the Province announced their plans to "permanently double the number of subsidized seats for B.C. veterinary students attending the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) at the University of Saskatchewan." This funding increases the seats from 20 to 40.   We were pleased to have BCCA Vice-President Werner Stump participate in the announcement. Thank you to Ministers Selina Robinson, Pam Alexis and Andrew Mercier. To learn more about the funding, you can read the announcement here. 

Photos courtesy of Province of British Columbia

Resolution Deadline - April 1, 2023

Local and Regional Associations can submit resolution for debate at the BCCA Annual General Meeting by April 1, 2023. For more information on submitting resolutions, download our resolution guidelines.

Learn more about BCCA's Annual General Meeting & Convention, click here

Province Announces Food Security Funding

On Tuesday March 7, 2023, the Province announced $200 million to increase availability of affordable, local food.  The announcement highlights the Ministry of Agriculture and Food's  investment in: 

• strengthening BC's food supply chain
• expanding local food production 
• growing agricultural businesses 
• supporting resiliency to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events
• improving availability and cost of food for Indigenous communities
  

Read more from the Province here

Beef Cattle Industry Development Fund Closed

The Beef Cattle Industry Development Fund (BCIDF) is closed for this year. We look forward to accepting applications again in the Spring of 2024

Be a part of the BC's Forage and Cattle Living Labs project

The BCCA is partnering with a number of other agriculture groups in the BC Living Lab project. They are looking for some sponsor farms to do some testing.  details here

 Temporary Foreign Worker Webinar

BC Cattlemen's Association hosted a webinar on Temporary Foreign Workers featuring Reg Ens and Veronica Moreno with WALI and rancher Pam Krause.   Watch it here

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