British Columbia rancher David Haywood-Farmer is the new president of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association.
Haywood-Farmer takes over from Dan Darling of Ontario, who is now past-president. Bob Lowe of Alberta becomes vice-president.
Haywood-Farmer and his wife, Bonnie, run a cow-calf operation on a century farm at Savona, B.C. He is a past-president of the B.C. Cattlemen’s Association and was also chair of the CCA’s foreign trade committee, domestic agriculture committee and regulations committee.
During his two-year term, he plans to encourage the government to implement the trans-Pacific trade deal CPTPP, initiate a freer trade agreement with China and see technical barriers to exporting red meat to Europe resolved within the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.
New members to the CCA executive committee are Doug Sawyer and Cathy Sharp of Alberta, Pat Hayes of Saskatchewan and Ramona Bylth, Manitoba.
New directors to the CCA board include Brian McKersie of B.C., Charlie Christie and Miles Wowk of Alberta, Gord Adams of Manitoba, Jason Reid and Craig McLauglin of Ontario.
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