. Agri-news. Agriculture. June 16 2003 Proposed changes to Alberta cattle industry structure and representation The Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) and Alberta Beef Council (ABC) have made significant progress in their discussions regarding structure and representation within the Alberta beef industry. Changing dynamics within the industry led to a series of meetings over the last several months to examine ways to enhance both representation and structure within the ABP The goal is to better enable the industry to respond to new issues and challenges more quickly and with a more unified voice. Su
. Agri-news. Agriculture. June 16 2003 Proposed changes to Alberta cattle industry structure and representation The Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) and Alberta Beef Council (ABC) have made significant progress in their discussions regarding structure and representation within the Alberta beef industry. Changing dynamics within the industry led to a series of meetings over the last several months to examine ways to enhance both representation and structure within the ABP The goal is to better enable the industry to respond to new issues and challenges more quickly and with a more unified voice. Subject to approval at the ABP semi-annual meeting this June in Edmonton, the ABP Board will be expanded to include representation from an elected ABP Cattle Feeder Council. Feeder council delegate elections are proposed to take place along with the annual ABP producer delegate elections this fall. Discussions are also underway about how to include broader representation to the ABP from an industry council that is being established. Producers will further develop this concept for consideration during the ABP fall meetings. ABP Chairman. Arno Doerksen welcomes the changes and states, "As our industry faces increased challenges and opportunities, we need to be able to respond quickly and coherently as an industry on a broad range of issues. ABP is a producer organization and the new structure will continue to be accountable to producers in the future, as it has been in the ; ABC Chairman. Jeff Warrack agrees, "the proposed new structure provides us with a valuable new tool that will help facilitate ; But he also adds a note of caution by suggesting that, "we must be careful to recognize this is only a first step and we face the even more difficult challenge of integrating into this new structure, an operating system driven by strategic collaboration amongst industry sectors and ; Shirley McClellan, Deputy Premier and Minister of A
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