Carson Callum has been introduced as the new General Manager of the Manitoba Beef Producers.
Callum grew up on a mixed grain and beef cattle farm south of Miami, Manitoba and he comes to MBP with extensive education and experience in agriculture.
He has a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Agriculture and a Master’s of Science from the University of Manitoba where he majored in Animal Science. Most recently he was the Market Manager, Grains & Oils with Corteva Agriscience (formerly Dow AgroSciences).
"I'm very excited to be here to represent our great beef producers from across the province," said Callum. "We have a great group here and I'm really looking forward to leading them."
Tom Teichroeb is the President of MBP, and he's thrilled to have Callum joining the team.
“Callum has an array of personal, academic and work experience and training related to agriculture that will be very beneficial to our organization and to our membership, including advocacy work related to policy issues and trade,” Teichroeb said. “We believe he will be a valuable addition to the MBP team.”
Callum also thanks MBP’s board of directors for this opportunity and noted he is looking forward to working on issues and opportunities affecting Manitoba’s cattle industry. Being only three days into the job, Callum shares one hurdle he expects to face.
"One of the things is the drought. We're in back to back years of drought, and we're probably going to see some feed shortages this year that will likely cause some problems," added Callum. "We just have to work through different avenues, to find different solutions for our producers."
Callum started with MBP on Tuesday.
