If you have a beef show upcoming and would like the event information listed in a future NBCP e-news, please email coordinator@agricommodity.ca with details.

2025 NBCP Producer Registration

A friendly reminder that your annual producer registration must be kept up to date to be considered compliant and in good standing with NBCP. You are considered in good standing if you complete and send the form back each year. 

If you are already on our mailing list, you will receive a printed copy of the NBCP registration form with your newsletter. Digital downloads of the producer and dealer registration forms are also available by clicking the button below:

Weekly Price Report

The NBCP website has a Weekly Market Price Report based on cattle sale pricing from the previous week within the Eastern Region, including such sales as the Atlantic Stockyards Ltd., Carvell's Livestock Auction Barn, Quebec (St. Isidore) and Ontario. The current ABP price is also listed. All prices listed are live, except ABP and QC Fed Steers (Carcass). All pricing (other than bob calves) is based on $/lb.

The Weekly Price Report is updated every Tuesday morning and can be found here.

Environmental Farm Management Planning

Application Deadline: January 31, 2025

To foster climate change adaptation and mitigation actions and agri-environmental risk by increasing knowledge, information and technology transfer through the use of Environmental Farm Plans and associated actions. 

Program Guidelines and Application form can be found here.

Applicants should discuss applications with Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries staff (Business Growth Officer, Development Officer or Specialist) before applying. Click here for a list of departmental contacts.

**Please note: The NBCP offer no guarantee as to if this funding has been exhausted prior to highlighting this Program for the month.

Click on the image below to open the full-sized PDF.

Canada Beef Performs Survey Contest

The Canada Beef Performs e-news team wants your feedback. We’d like to hear what you think of the newsletter, the articles you read and what you’d like to see more (or less) of in Canada Beef’s free monthly newsletter via a short survey.

The survey is open until January 10, 2025. Click on the digital ad below to share your feedback about Canada Beef Performs. Candid or complimentary, Canada Beef appreciates feedback from current and new subscribers.

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OFCAF Education Course and Conference Education Bursary

Through the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) agrologists, certified crop advisors and farmers (with a Registered Professional Agricultural Producers number) residing in New Brunswick are eligible to receive 70% up to $5,000 of eligible expenses for the purpose of attending an educational conference or course outside of New Brunswick. Education bursary funds are included in the maximum eligible OFCAF funding for a farmer recipient.

To be eligible to receive this funding, a significant portion of the conference or course agenda must be in alignment with one or more of the three OFCAF program elements, namely Improved Nitrogen Management, Cover Cropping or Rotational Grazing.  

There is a limited amount of funding, and applications will be reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. Eligible applicants must be professional agrologists or certified crop advisors practicing in New Brunswick or Registered Professional Agricultural Producers farming in New Brunswick. Successful applicants will be required to participate in one knowledge transfer activity (KTT), sharing what they have learned with producers at an event sponsored by NBSCIA.

The deadline to apply is January 31, 2025. Eligible courses or conferences may occur from November 1, 2024, - March 15, 2025. The bursary can only be used to reimburse successful applicants for conference/course registration, hotel accommodations and airfare or public transit costs. To make a claim, successful applicants must provide receipts and proof of payment for all claimed expenses [conference/course registration (mandatory), hotel, airfare, train, ferry or bus costs]. Please note: food and hospitality are ineligible expenses. Claims for reimbursement must be received by March 20, 2025.

If you have any questions, please contact NBSCIA OFCAF Program Administrator by email ofcaf.facf@nbscia.ca or phone 506-392-0408.

Survey - Rural Housing Solutions for Agricultural Workers 

The agriculture industry as illustrated in the table below relies heavily on a seasonal workforce. With a tightening labour market, for many operations securing seasonal local labour is a significant issue that results in recruitment of temporary foreign workers or domestic workers from outside the area of operation.  

Discussions have been initiated with the provincial government on the housing needs for seasonal workers. We are seeking your input on the current impact to your operation and your thoughts on potential solutions.  The information provided will be used to further a discussion with the provincial government on potential options and programming that would support industry in addressing this challenge.  It would be greatly appreciated if you could take a few minutes to complete this survey: https://forms.office.com/r/PpXtB8CHPY

Please do not hesitate to contact Kim Lipsett, Workforce Development Coordinator, should you have any questions at 506-461-5418 or at agrinb@fermenbfarm.ca.

VBP+ Calving Book/Pocket Book

Are you in need of calving books? Verified Beef Production Plus is offering cattle producers calving books/pocket books for FREE by completing this order form.

Options for Purchasing Cattle Ear Tags in New Brunswick:

1. Directly from the CCIA website (to learn how to activate your webstore account, click here)
2. From a CCIA Approved Dealer: list can be viewed larger on the NBCP website

Forage U-Pick

Beef Cattle Research Council Podcast



The Canadian Beef Cattle Podcast features the most popular content from BeefResearch.ca in a new audio format. Each week you’ll hear valuable information on topics ranging from animal health and productivity to feed and forage management, and much more. Subscribe on your favourite podcast platform or find new weekly episodes on BCRC's podcasts page.

Atlantic Beef Products



Sign up for Atlantic Beef Products price updates by contacting Bruce Andrews. to be added to his distribution list: bandrews@abpi.ca

Workforce Development - AgriNB

We encourage you to use the Job Bank to advertise your vacancies. To access the site, click here. The site allows job seekers to register and be notified of job postings.  

With the launch of the Seasonal Workforce Program in the Fredericton region this past summer, we are exploring expansion to other parts of the province in 2024.  The program matches farm operators with workers to address workforce requirements throughout the production cycle.  Should you be interested in learning more about the program, contact Jimmy Alam, Shared Workforce Program Manager.

Jimmy Alam – Shared Workforce Program Manager           

evolution@agrinb.ca; 506-260-2213   

Agricultural Alliance of New Brunswick AGM

Jan. 16: More information in future updates.

NBSCIA - Upcoming Events

Jan. 27-31: Cover Cropping & Nitrogen Management Sessions

Feb. 17-21: Grazing Management Sessions

March 13-14: Annual General Meeting, Miramichi, NB

Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership 

New Brunswick programming for the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership has launched!

*As stated in the SCAP Administrative Guidelines, the Canada / New Brunswick Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable-CAP) policy framework is a five-year federal, provincial, and territorial Initiative which will operate from April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2028, unless otherwise announced. Program applications are welcome on an ongoing basis until funding is exhausted. Please check your desired program's administrative guidelines for full details.

Beef specific programs include:

• Beef Rotational Grazing Initiative

Application Deadline: January 31, 2025

To assist beef producers to adopt or improve rotational pasture management on their farms. Proper adoption and use of rotational pasture practices will improve quantity and quality of pasture productivity, improve pasture carrying capacity, extend the grazing season, improve soil health and carbon sequestration, improved root growth, improve animal productivity, improve pasture biodiversity and improve drought resistance of pastures.

• Beef Herd Renewal and Improvement Program

Application Deadline: January 31, 2025

To grow, renew and improve the New Brunswick beef cow herd.

• Beef Genetic Enhancement

Application Deadline: February 28, 2025

To enhance the New Brunswick beef industry with genetically superior animals capable of producing the highest quality beef, competitively and consistently for the benefit of all the beef sectors. This element is made up of the Beef Elite Sire, Beef Elite Female and Beef Elite Embryo Components, and the Beef Genetic Testing Component.

• Bovine Spongioform Encephalopathy (BSE) Sampling

The New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fisheries through its Veterinary Service is supporting Producers and CFIA in the on-going survelliance of Bovine Spongioform Encephalopathy. Eligible samples can receive reimbursement up to $150.00.

Additional programs you may be interested in:

• Agri-Land Accessibility and Enhancement

Support the development of farmland for agriculture in New Brunswick, including bringing lands formerly used for agriculture back into active production, enhancing the development and productivity of new production fields and improving existing farmland. Any increase in acreage will support more sustainable farming practices with reduced environmental impacts, improved crop rotations resulting in healthier soils, increased land base for the production of crops and livestock feed, and increased self-sufficiency levels of food and livestock feed crops which will reduce transportation costs and associated environmental impacts.

• Beneficial Management Practices

Assist producers in taking concrete steps to improve the environmental performance of their operations including activities to conserve and enhance the natural resources utilized by the New Brunswick agriculture industry, minimize the environmental impact of agricultural activities, and mitigate and adapt to climate change.

• Business Planning, Skills Development and Agriculture Education

To support business planning, skills development and awareness in the New Brunswick agriculture sector.

• Crop and Livestock Sector Development

To support crop and livestock development opportunities including economic development programming for sectors with growth opportunities, regional economic development opportunities, and establishing agricultural machinery usage cooperatives.

• Enabling Agricultural Research and Innovation

Encourage the growth, profitability, sustainability and self-sufficiency of New Brunswick’s agriculture, agri-food, agri-product, and agri-science sectors including adapting to climate change. Applicants are eligible for funding assistance for approved activities intended to encourage the growth, profitability, sustainability and self-sufficiency of New Brunswick’s agriculture, agri-food, agri-product, and agri-science sectors through innovative research and development projects; onfarm demonstration trials; pre-commercialization development activities; on-farm innovation; and adoption of new technologies that have a regional or local impact; and adoption of practices and technologies that will support climate change adaptation and mitigation, including reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improving carbon sequestration, and related technology transfer activities.

• New Brunswick Lime Transportation Assistance Program

The program provides financial assistance to help cover the cost of transporting quarried dolomitic and calcitic limestone (e.g., Aglime) and is calculated based on the distance from the source of origin, that has the correct type of lime available, to the delivery destination.

AgriWorkplace Skills Training Program

More information available HERE.

Contact Carvell Crandlemire at 391-6188 or email carvellcrandlemire@gmail.com for auction dates and times.

Carvell’s Livestock Auction Barn

111 Wilmot Road, Wilmot, NB