Seize The Opportunities – Learnings From The Canadian Cow-Calf Cost Of Production Network’s Future Farm Scenarios

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The Canadian Cow-Calf Cost of Production Network (COP Network) was launched in 2021, and has since collected produc - tion and financial information from over 180 cow-calf producers across Canada. From the discussions and data gleaned from COP Network, 46 benchmark farms were established to represent different regions and production systems.

In addition to benchmarking cost of production, producers in the COP Network discussed possibilities for incremental improvements around productivity, input costs and marketing strategies. Future farm scenarios were then developed for each benchmark farm, simulating the potential cost and revenue of implementing selected practices, such as tightening