Visit the Steps to Training to learn how.
In general, cow-calf operations require a minimum of 6 months of records and feedlots 3 months of records before an on-farm assessment. The records needed are outlined in VBP+ training and other VBP+ resources.
This is the assessment branch of VBP+. Contact VBP+ Delivery Services Inc.
Your provincial coordinator will go through a pre-assessment prep call with you to make sure there are no major changes needed for a successful on-farm assessment. Producers can also complete a self-assessment, going through all of the questions that will be asked on the on-farm assessment with the same scoring system, through the Canadian Cattle Learning Center.
VBP+ Delivery Services Inc. will assign an assessor, and work with you to arrange a date and time for the on-farm assessment that fits your schedule.
An assessor will come do a walkthrough of your operation and take a look at your records.
You will receive a report after your on-farm assessment. You will not fail! Instead, if there are any issues meeting the program requirements, the assessor will issue a Corrective Action Request (CAR), which will ask you to fulfill the requirement within a certain timeline.
Please see information below on maintaining your certification.
Certified producers have access to benefits! When you are VBP+ certified, you are also certified to the CRSB Sustainable Beef Production Standard, making you a CRSB Certified Operation.
IN YEAR 1, producers do the full on-farm assessment to get certified.
IN YEARS 2 AND 4, producers submit the suite of records required under the program to VBP+ Delivery Services Inc. This makes sure that all the processes verified on-farm are still running smoothly!
IN YEARS 3 AND 5, producers submit a self-declaration to VBP+ Delivery Services Inc. to verify that they are still doing all the practices verified during the on-farm assessment.
AFTER 5 YEARS, the cycle starts over again!
