Member Benefits
Breed Improvement
The CLA develops and offers genetic improvement programs and complete herd reporting systems which offer members the following benefits:
- benefits of pooled data
- reduced data bias and enhanced selection effectiveness
- potential to enhance product quality and maintain our Canadian advantage
- potential to improve production efficiency and thus capture higher margins
- potential to target specific markets - enhanced genetic selection tools (EPDs and selection indexes)
- potential to interact and extract value from commercial industry records
The beef industry is a very aggressive and somewhat challenging environment and in order to excel one needs to be abreast of what direction they are going and what long term goals they intend to achieve. It is with continued support of the membership and its participants that the CLA is able to nurture and grow within this competitive environment.
Member Services
Advertising & Promotion
The CLA is the main advertising source for Limousin as a breed in Canada.
We develop advertising campaigns as well as marketing initiatives to better position the breed within the commercial industry.
Our programs are based on a national level with support offered to provincial associations.
Export Ready
The CLA is an active member of the Canadian Beef Breeds Council, and a promoter of the International Limousin Council, which hosts over 27 member countries.
Health, Safety and Regulations are of utmost importance in maintaining integrity as a country of choice for exporters.
Commercial Outreach
The CLA works to enhance the communication efforts between membership and their commercial customers.
Generating awareness of the breed by way of accomplishments, facts, statistics and a network of marketing opportunities are some of the CLA mandates in this area.
Education
Education and research efforts of the CLA are aimed at characterizing the genetic merit of the Limousin breed and improving the merits of those genetics over time to stay well positioned in the marketplace.
Herd Management
The CLA provides our members the opportunity to make informed breeding decisions, enter performance data and manage your cow herd using one of the best registry platforms in the business, Digital Beef
MEMBER REWARDS
The CLA offers our members access to exclusive discounts from a wide range of businesses including; hotels, travel, clothing, restaurants.
See the list below for currently active promotions.
Member Rewards
CLA members are encouraged to take advantage of these partner rewards programs:
Become a Member
To become a member of the CLA you will be required to fill out and sign the Membership Application Form. The cost to set up a membership and register a farm prefix (tattoo for your herd) is $130 +tax.
Annual memberships are $120 + tax per year, billed in January.
If you are under 21 you can apply for a Junior membership, this is a one time fee of $25 +tax and valid until you are over 21 years of age, then you will be rolled into an annual adult membership.