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12 Paulin Bouchard – Quebec 18 Mark Davies – Nova Scotia 22 Garnet Etsell – British Columbia 26 Kurt Siemens - Manitoba 30 Dick and Gladys Ottens – Ontario
32 Paulin Bouchard – Quebec (en français)
34 Mike Pickard - Saskatchewan
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PRC graduate students (L-R) Amir Behrouzi, Soledad urrutia and recent graduate Jacob hamidu. Photo courtesy the university of Alberta.
FROM THE EDITOR
by KRISTy nUddS
Passion for Poultry
When I first started my position with Canadian Poultry magazine, it didn’t take me long to realize that the university of Alberta’s Poultry Research Centre (PRC) was unique.
Not only did my colleagues and industry representatives tell me this, but I saw it first-hand in early 2006 during my first visit to the Alberta poultry industry conference. Every other year, the conference is preceded by a one-day symposium where presentations on research and issues of importance to the Alberta poultry industry are given. 2006 was one of these years, and many of these talks were given by PRC researchers and graduate students. The one thing that really struck me was the enthusiasm and passion the speakers possessed, and how easily this was conveyed to the audience.
The enthusiasm those involved with the PRC possess is infectious, and is always present at every other function held by the PRC, or featuring PRC research, that I have had the pleasure of attending in the past five years. Members have a true camaraderie, and a shared desire to instill passion for poultry research in their graduate students, and have long recognized that research results should be shared with industry and producers. The Alberta poultry industry has also played a pivotal role in the PRC’s success, from providing funding support, recognizing the value of research, and as one of the PRC founding members Dr. frank Robinson said, “having producers who opened up their doors to students to use their farms as living labs.”
In addition to seeing the value in research, Dr. Robinson noted in a speech
he gave during the PRC’s 25th anniversary celebration on June 2, “our industry partners and the four poultry boards saw the value of knowledge generation and the training of high quality people who would serve the present and future generations.”
Instilling a passion for poultry science and communicating with the public about agriculture will be Dr. Robinson’s legacy. The enthusiasm of the students who hosted elementary school children, industry partners and the general public with interactive displays at the PRC during its 25th anniversary celebration open house is clear evidence of this (to read more on the celebration, go to pages 10 and 11).
I would like to congratulate the PRC on its milestone, and I am confident that its model of teaching and bringing industry and research together – a model envied throughout Canada and in other countries – will continue for another 25 years and beyond.
Passion for the poultry industry and dedication is what always stands out for me every year as I put our annual Who’s Who of the Canadian Poultry Industry issue together, and this holds true for this year’s issue. It’s not just groups such as the PRC that are passionate and dedicated to furthering the industry, but individual producers as well.
Whether it’s lending time to the operation of the provincial marketing boards and industry associations, dealing with the challenges of succession planning, or improving production, the passion that so many producers have for the poultry industry is what will allow it to keep moving forward and adapting to new challenges. n
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Stabilizing World Food Prices WHAT’S HATCHING HATCHING
On the eve of the G-20 ministers of Agriculture meeting in Paris, Canada’s dairy, poultry and egg farmers joined a coalition of farm groups from 66 countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe to endorse the “Call for Coherence”, a joint declaration calling on governments and parliaments to recognize the specificity of agriculture in international trade negotiations.
While recognizing the need for fair and equitable trade rules for those products traded on world markets, farm groups in Canada and around the world felt it was critical for governments to acknowledge the importance of food security and the unique role played by agriculture and food in trade agreements. International rules must allow enough policy space for coun-
tries to meet their food security objectives.
Prior to the G-20 meeting, which was held June 23, Chicken farmers of Canada Chairman David fuller said in a release that the coalition questioned “whether the approach of simply opening markets—giving no consideration whatsoever to nontrade issues and how these impact farmers who produce the world’s food—is really the best way forward. Better coherence is needed between any WTO agriculture agreement and those commitments WTO Member States must observe in the international treaties they’ve already signed on issues such as poverty, hunger, climate change and biodiversity.”
At the completion of the meeting, french Agriculture
Minister Bruno Le Maire said the G-20 summit of agriculture ministers had agreed to calm the world market by establishing a transparent system to track global supplies, set up emergency food reserves, engage in more research into new wheat strains and create a rapid response mechanism to deal with drought in producer countries.
With the global population expected to increase from 6.9 billion to 9 billion by 2050, the problem of feeding the world put food security at the top of G-20 summit’s agenda. A recent u.N. study also predicted that prices will be 20 per cent higher for cereals and up to 30 per cent higher for meat in the coming decade compared to the past ten years.
OnTrace Launches Traceability Service
ONTAriO
onTrace Agri-food
Traceability announced its official launch of the OnTrace Verified Network (OVN) in June. Designed for use by businesses of any size, OnTrace’s new traceability service is a secure, online inter-party
network that enables business partners along the food chain to work together to seamlessly share key information as well as verify food product claims.
OnTrace began its work in 2006 with the objective of building and then operating the OnTrace Agri-food Premises Registry which we
launched in 2008,” said Bruce Saunders, Chair of OnTrace. “With the launch of the OVN, we have now strengthened the industry’s ability to track and trace animals and products. We believe that this kind of collaborative solution is a much more effective way of delivering traceability and does not interfere with the speed of commerce.
New Life Mills is the first corporate member of OVN.
“Not Over”
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nadeau Poultry announced that it will continue to actively pursue a solution to the chicken supply management crisis in New Brunswick through a heightened appeal to the provincial government and now the public.
“Our battle to protect a safe and secure chicken food supply in New Brunswickand secure local jobs based on 50 years of history in the St. francois community - is by no means over,” says yves Landry, General Manager and 34-year employee with familyowned Nadeau Poultry.
On the heels of a failed appeal to the federal Court of Appeal, Nadeau Poultry said in a release that it will now refocus its attention on convincing the New Brunswick government to resume regulation of the province’s poultry supply management sector. The company said the provincial government has consistently maintained that they lack the legislative power to do so even though each and every other province in Canada has, in
similar circumstances, upheld their supply management regulatory function in the interests of farmers, processors and ultimately, consumers.
Nadeau Poultry is review-
ing the recent court decision and considering its options, including the possibility of seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Nadeau Poultry is launching a website to inform consumers about the impact of the court decision on New Brunswick’s poultry processing sector and the long-term implications for supply management in Canada. for more information, visit: www. nadeaupoultry.com.
Farm Care Foundation
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Anew charitable foundation that supports food and farming outreach programs will benefit from the proceeds of L.h. Gray & Son/ Gray Ridge Egg farms’ fifth annual customer appreciation golf tournament held in St. Marys, Ont, on June 21.
The event, attended by over 160 egg farmers and industry supporters, raised money through various events and contests held throughout the day as well as donations from the company and individual golfers. The $10,000 in proceeds from the day is
Jerry moye, President of cobb-Vantress, inc. was named the “2011 industry leader of the Year” by the Poultry Federation of arkansas, missouri and oklahoma during its 52nd annual Poultry Festival. the award recognizes the outstanding achievements of poultry and egg executives and their contribution to the industry.
double what the event was expected to generate.
The farm Care foundation, an initiative of the Ontario farm Animal Council (OfAC) and AGCare, focuses activities on ensuring public trust and confidence in food and farming. The contribution by L.h. Gray will be put into funding programs that include regional and national agri-food awareness efforts. A portion of the proceeds will also go to support OfAC’s young Ambassador program which funds a training series for youth in the agriculture industry who want to positively represent agriculture.
dr. bruce Roberts has been named the canadian Poultry research council’s (cPrc) new executive director. a native of new Brunswick, he holds a Ph.d in agricultural economics and has been employed in primary agriculture, agribusiness, and agricultural banking. For the past ten years he has run a consulting company in nova scotia that provided services to agriculture and other rural businesses.
Sarah Thomson, projects manager with the Poultry industry council, won the closest-to-the-pin prize sponsored by Canadian Poultry magazine at the turkey Farmers of ontario golf tournament, held June 29 in Kitchener-Waterloo, ont. congratulations sarah!
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New Name for merck’s Animal Health division
Merck’s animal health division, formerly known as Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal health, announced it will begin using the new name, Merck Animal health. It will be known as MSD Animal health outside the united States and Canada.
“The name change reflects Merck’s commitment to animal health and its complementary
role to the overall business,” said Raul Kohan, President of Merck Animal health.
Merck Animal health is a global leader in the research, development, manufacturing and sale of veterinary medicines and vaccines, with a strong presence in biologics and pharmaceuticals. The division generated global sales of $2.9 billion in 2010.
Aviagen Opens diagnostic lab
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viagen recently opened a new diagnostic and research laboratory in Elkmont, Ala.
The new laboratory provides expanded and dedicated areas for an array of laboratory work including bacteriology, serology, molecular diagnostics, genomics research, and pathological exams. The multimillion-dollar facility was designed to meet biosafety level II (BSL-II) standards and rigourous employee safety criteria. The lab will serve the needs of all Aviagen breeding-production facilities in the u.S.
This facility is an autho-
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September 13-15, 2011
Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show, Canada’s Outdoor Park, Woodstock, Ont. for more information, visit: www.outdoorfarmshow. com or tel: 800-563-5441.
oCTobeR
October 3, 2011
Western Meeting of Poultry Clinicians and Pathologists (WestVet), Post hotel, Lake Louise, Alta. for more information, visit: www.westvet.com.
October 4-6, 2011 Poultry Service Industry Workshop (PSIW), Banff Centre, Banff, Alta. for more information, visit: www.poultryworkshop. com, or e-mail: info@poultryworkshop.com.
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November 10-11, 2011
rized National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) Laboratory and reflects the company’s dedication to ensuring the health status of its breeding stock and products, and its support of the broiler industry’s efforts to promote food safety.
Aviagen designed the lab with a commitment to maintaining strict biosecurity throughout. for a virtual tour of the new lab go to http:// en.aviagen.com/aviagenopens-a-new-veterinary-diagnostic-and-research-laboratory/ and follow the link.
Poultry Innovations Conference, Lamplighter Inn, London, Ont. (*please note new location for this event). hosted by the Poultry Industry Council (PIC). for more information, visit: www.poultryindustrycouncil.ca or tel: (519) 837-0284, or e-mail: pic@ poultryindustrycouncil.ca.
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CFC Executive Committee
Le Comité exécutif des PPC
David Fuller Chair | président
David Janzen 1 st Vice-Chair | premier vice-président
Martin Dufresne 2 nd Vice-Chair | 2 ième vice-président
Adrian Rehorst Member-at-large | membre à titre personnel
Alberta
Prc Turns 25 An Achievement in Poultry research
by Kristy Nudds
he says he was poultry when poultry wasn’t cool. In 1985 while still a Ph.D. student at the university of Guelph, Dr. f rank Robinson saw a job advertisement for a poultry researcher at the university of Alberta. Despite feeling he didn’t have enough experience, he was encouraged to apply for the position by a friend. The rest, as the saying goes, is history.
upon arriving at the uofA for his interview, Robinson says that it only took five minutes of speaking with poultry researcher Dr. Bob hardin to convince him that he wanted the job. he toured the poultry unit and realized that the technicians and barns were waiting for a research team to come in and fill the barns with research birds. “I saw a physical infrastructure waiting for people and poultry,” he says.
dr. Frank robinson shows off the 13 pound laptop computer he used when he first started at the University of
Since the university was unable to narrow the field of candidates to one, it decided to hire the top three: Robinson, Dr. Vicki Baracos, and Dr. Jeong Sim. They started their new positions in October 1986. The team spent their first several weeks trying to establish a greater poultry presence in the department of Agriculture, food and Nutritional Sciences (AfNS), a department that at the time was dominated by beef, swine and dairy research.
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The team had a unique idea – to host a “Poultry Day”, bringing poultry producers in the province to the research farm and talk to them about how the team wanted to work with them, and what kind of research should be taking place.
“We were really charting new territory,” says Robison. “Poultry was not the thing that it is today. No one had thought to bring
producers to the research farm before.”
This “Poultry Day,” held in the spring of 1987, was the start of what is now known as the university’s Poultry Research Centre (PRC), an extremely successful model of research collaboration between the poultry industry in Alberta, the uofA, and Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development (AARD).
In the early days of the PRC, the team only had an office with a phone, and start-up funds were scarce. But this slowly improved, as industry recognized the value of research. Robinson also credits the invaluable assistance of retired poultry science professors Alex Robblee and Don Clandinin for making the PRC what is today, and helping find funds for some its first graduate students.
Today, the PRC supports 41 graduate students, 16 post doctoral fellows/research associates, 12 technicians and 10 undergraduate student assistants. The PRC has expanded its focus from primarily production-related science to include value-added research, meat science, and animal welfare. The primary research team has expanded to include Dr. Mirko Bett (meat science), Dr. Jianping Wu (high value egg utilization), Dr. Douglas Korver (poultry nutrition), Dr. Martin Zuidof (poultry science and bioeconomic modeling), Dr. Robert Renema (value-added poultry science). Collaborators include additional researchers from the uofA and AARD whose research focuses on animal welfare, food microbiology, feed, consumer sensory science and marketing, and economics.
TeAcHiNG
The PRC has also become known for its excellence in teaching. Robinson says in his early teaching days with undergraduate students he began having a class research project, having
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students work in teams and coming up with their own ideas. “Over the years, these projects have become a key part of who we are,” says Robinson. Robinson, Korver and Zuidhof have all been the recipients of multiple teaching awards.
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the PRC hosted an open house June 2. PRC staff and students created educational displays to show elementary school children, industry guests and the general public to “show how our research supports the poultry industry,” says PRC Executive Director Iwona Pawlina. In the evening, a barbecue was held for invited guests, entertained by PRC technician Nigel Davidson’s bluegrass band Reaction.
mOdel OF SUcceSS
The following day, the PRC held it’s annual meeting at the Snow Valley Ski Club. Pawlina stated that the partnership between the uofA, AARD, and the province’s poultry industry has “a great spirit” and she thanked staff, students, researchers, and industry supporters. “Without you, we wouldn’t have such a great centre.”
PRC board of directors chair Don Copeland noted that the PRC’s success was in part due to the fact that the researchers recognize that “research for research sake is pointless. It must be shared with industry and producers.” Due to frank Robinson’s work, Copeland says “broiler breeder management
has changed throughout the world.”
Dr. Stan Blade of Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions (AlBio) says the PRC has what his group likes to see – a superb connection to the industry, and a great group of researchers. Alberta Egg Producers chair Michael froese congratulated the PRC on its milestone and 25 years of partnership, and presented the PRC with a glass egg. “As producers we rely on the PRC researchers to tell us about research in plain language, and because of that we see the obvious benefit to us of what they do.”
Robinson says he has had a lot of fun at the PRC and he is very proud to be associated with it. At various meetings in Canada and throughout the world, he could see that the PRC was held up as the “gold standard.” he says about 10 years ago, he had many people ask why the PRC was doing so well, when other research units at universities in Canada were regressing.
he says he told them the following: “We have an industry that clearly supported research for the short-term and longterm. Our industry partners and the feather boards saw the value of knowledge generations and the training of high quality people that would serve the present and future generations. We also have funding organizations and a provincial agriculture department that recognized that collaborative work was better than university empires that were infrastructure heavy.”
“The formation of this centre happened due to people thinking outside the typical boundaries of thought,” he says. “I really hope we can say this in the next 25 years as well.” n
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Paulin bouchard Quebec
he believes in bringing supply management up to date and using it to make egg farming more efficient
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in the conference room at the fédération des producteurs d’œufs de consommation du Québec (fPOCQ – Quebec Egg Producers) in Longueuil, Que., a large map shows how producers are spread out across the province.
Paulin Bouchard’s farm is down in the bottom, close to the boundary to Maine. his village, Saint-Gédéon-deBeauce, Que., is located halfway between Quebec City and Sherbrooke, Que. The fPOCQ’s new president’s farm is in a far away, isolated region, and that’s exactly why it fits perfectly with the common vision Quebec’s 105 egg producers have given themselves.
“It’s important to have people producing just about everywhere in Quebec,” Bouchard says. “The idea is to produce where there are markets.”
Bouchard was elected president of the fPOCQ on April 14. he fills the shoes of Serge Lefebvre, who remains as second vice-president. This transition is done with continuity, says Bouchard, who had previously been second, then first vicepresident. he is also the president of the Québec/Beauce regional egg farmer union.
After purchasing his parents’ farm in 1987, Bouchard doubled its number of layers to 22,000. he now has a full-time employee working in his wood lot. field crops have also been added, on 600 acres of land.
feed wheat, soybean, canola and barley are part of rotations. A large share of these grains serves to feed the hens.
FPocQ president Paulin Boucard says his federation is all ears to its members’ comments and to critics from outside. over the past years, the FPocQ has created three new programs to increase transparency and fairness in quota attribution. it has also put in place a centralized quota exchange.
Corn is brought from outside, often on the same truck that has just delivered the farm’s wheat. feed is mixed on location, to avoid transportation fees commercial feed mills would have to factor in.
SUPPly mANAGemeNT ANd eFFicieNcy
“We must always improve our production costs, strive to be more efficient and make our businesses more and more competitive.” Bouchard makes it very clear: supply management is not something you just sit on. It ensures the producer gets a fair price for his product, but in return, he has a responsibility to use that income to invest in making his business perform better.
“With supply management, we can afford to look forward,” Bouchard says. If costs of production improve, this will end up making eggs more accessible to consumers. “Egg protein will become even more competitive, we will sell more eggs and our product will stand out. That’s the way we have to see it.”
Supply management must be defended and the best way to achieve this is to communicate, Bouchard says. Politicians need the system explained to them. The consumer must be listened to and reassured that most of the time, the price he pays for eggs compares advantageously with prices elsewhere in the world.
The fPOCQ is determined not only to defend supply management, but also to make it evolve. Bouchard says his federation
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is all ears to its members’ comments and to critics from outside. Over the past years, the fPOCQ has created three new programs to increase transparency and fairness in quota attribution. It has also put in place a centralized quota exchange.
No less than 50 per cent of all new quota allocations are retained for a start-up program, a farm consolidation program and a centralized quota rental program.
Since 2006, six new egg farms were launched, each with a free lifetime quota loan of 5,000 layers. In 2010, five producers owning 28 000 units of quota or less were loaned a total of 1,773 quota units, in order to help smaller-than-average farms located in areas where the hen-perhabitant ratio is lower than average.
In 2011, the new centralized quota rental program allowed 40 producers to rent a share of 65,525 units of rental quota owned either by farmers or the federation.
These programs are supported by a large majority of producers, big and small, Bouchard says. for members to accept receiving only half of the new quota allocations they are entitled to, they really have to believe that these programs are in the best interest of all, he says.
The centralized quota exchange has taken away producers’ freedom to trade quota with whom they wanted, Bouchard reckons. But after giving it some thought, most agree that giving up on privileges is a small tradeoff that allows the system to evolve and to be fairer.
The small number (105) of egg pro-
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ducers in Quebec makes dialogue and the promotion of new ideas easier, Bouchard says. All are invited to take part in the annual general assembly. “The relationship between members is excellent. This makes it very motivating for me to work with these people.”
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Animal welfare is an issue slowly gaining more importance at the fPOCQ. “We must continue to think and discuss about animal welfare,” Bouchard says, adding that communication with consumers will be key.
The president of the fPOCQ believes animal welfare issues are mostly a matter of perception. In order to know what is best for a bird, one must try to think like a bird and not like a human who would not like to be in a cage, he says. One must try to understand what are the bird’s needs for security, temperature and socialization.
“Of all people, producers are the ones that care the most about animal welfare,” Bouchard says. “for a hen to behave in a natural way and to lay an egg, we must provide it the best possible comfort.” Very often, producers take better care of their birds’ diet than they do of their own personal diet.
As another means of reassuring the consumer, the fPOCQ is implementing a comprehensive traceability program, part of which has already been deployed.
Provincial regulation drafted with the fPOCQ should come in effect before the end of 2011, along with an implementation schedule. All farms in Quebec will be equipped to print a code on every single egg they produce.
On the Internet, consumers will be able to use this code to find the farm where the egg they are about to eat was laid. This will be a first in Canada. “It will be a very advanced system,” Bouchard promises. n
mark davies Nova Scotia
as chair of the turkey Farmers of canada, davies leads a poultry industry sector hoping to grow substantially in the near future
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As chair of the Turkey farmers of Canada, Mark Davies has his work cut out for him.
“It’s a challenging time, but a promising time, for turkey,” he says. “There’s a world of opportunity out there for the industry to grasp and that’s exciting.”
Mark’s father David started the family farm (Orchard Crest farms) in 1975, producing about 65,000 kilograms annually. “At that time, it was pretty much at the beginning of the supply-managed system in Nova Scotia, which was established in 1973 – the same year the national turkey agency was formed,” Mark says. Growing up, he remembers helping with everything from brooding to cleanout, but when it came time to choose a post-secondary program, Mark’s interests veered away from agriculture. “I originally graduated from Acadia university in 1986 with a BA in sociology, and was planning a career in teaching, but instead I went to work in my father’s agri-equipment business,” he says. “I toured around a lot with my band when I was young, but I needed to start a career and I’d always had an interest in building the turkey industry. farming was also always something I knew I’d eventually do, and I became involved on a fulltime basis on the farm in 1990.” Davies joined his father as a full partner a couple of years later, and the farm currently
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there are many current issues facing the turkey industry, but tFc chair mark davies says that one of the most serious is figuring out smart ways to grow the market after almost two years of a very “soft” market for further processed products such as deli meats.
produces 365,000 kilograms a year.
Mark has never looked back – and he’s since devoted a substantial amount of time to building his industry. “I joined the Nova Scotia Turkey board (Turkey farmers of Nova Scotia) in 1995, and that same year, I started at what is now Turkey farmers of Canada, serving as an alternate board member until 2000.”
The year after, he became a director in 2001, and was shortly thereafter elected to the executive committee. In 2002, he
was elected vice-chair, and has served as chair since 2007.
“I’m also currently in my third term on the ACA Co-operative board, serving vice-chair during one of those years,” Davies says. “ACA is the only poultry processor remaining in N.S. after Maple Leaf Poultry exited the province about five years ago, and it’s been a pleasure to see it bounce back to healthy profits.” During Mark’s time at ACA, the struggling processor had to make some drastic
Nova Scotia
changes in order to survive. “They decided to stop processing turkey, and that was the second time we as an industry have had to deal with this situation – it also happened in the summer of 1998,” he says. “In this latest situation, turkey farmers are leasing quota, and we’re currently trucking birds to Quebec for processing. I believe the fact that our system was able to provide us with tools so we could get through that difficult time shows that supply management is a business tool in and of itself.”
The eventual result has been that turkey and chicken producers in Nova Scotia have entered into a historic joint venture with Maple Lodge, as 50 per cent owners of a state-of-the-art poultry processing facility being designed and built in the Annapolis Valley. “The plant will be operational in June 2012, and will feature a dedicated turkey processing line,” says Davies. “This is the first time this type of partnership has taken place, and so it’s new ground that we’re breaking. he’s been heavily involved in the process, serving on the board of united Poultry Processors Incorporated (uPPI), which represents the producers’ 50 per cent holding in the venture. Davies also sits on the board of Eden Valley Poultry (the name of the new processing company) in an advisory capacity.
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There are many current issues facing the turkey industry, but Davies says that one of the most serious is figuring out smart ways to grow the market after almost two years of a very “soft” market for further processed products such as deli meats. “We were hit with the perfect storm few years ago: the listeriosis outbreak, the recession and growing competition from other proteins such as pork,” he notes. “The turkey market has been relatively flat with annual consumption stalled at about 4.5 kilograms per person. We’ve been able to maintain our market share, but our goal is growth.”
Davies knows it’s going to be tough to get the consumer to think of turkey as an everyday choice, and not just as
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something to be served for holiday meals three times a year. “We are paying strong attention to the development of further processed products because they hold a lot of promise, while also maintaining a focus on traditional whole-bird sales,” he says.
Another challenge has been figuring out an allocation policy for further processed and whole birds. “At the Turkey farmers of Canada (TfC) board level, we are in discussions looking at the ways we can improve the policy to better serve all stakeholders,” Davies notes. “We want things to be set up in a proactive rather than reactive way, so that we can be nimble in adjusting to consumer demands.”
Another challenge in Davies’ view, is the ever-changing attitudes, habits and concerns of the consumer. “It ranges from on-farm practices to food safety to animal welfare,” he says. “None of these are new but they’ve evolved over the past few years and require us to adapt and address the issues through farm
practice policies, consumer education, use of social media and more.”
The World Trade Organization is also always of concern. “It still looms as a threat over the entire supply-managed system,” Davies observes. “Our system is always under pressure because some oppose it based on ideological concerns or a lack of understanding of the facts.”
Even with all the work ahead, Davies is very positive. he thinks the TfC has always had a very cohesive board (one that includes producers and processors), and that this bodes well for making the progress that needs to be made. “Relationships between producers and processors have always been strong, especially through the last couple of years, which has served us well,” he says. Davies plans to continue to devote extra time to building his industry, when he’s not spending time farming or with musical pursuits. “Music is a passion of mine,” he says. “I am currently building a recording studio in my basement.” n
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British Columbia Garnet etsell
he took the long way into turkey farming
B Y D Av ID S CHMIDT
They say a dream never dies, just the dreamer. In the case of Abbotsford, B.C., turkey grower Garnet Etsell, neither the dream nor the dreamer died, although it took more than 20 years for Etsell to fullfil his dream of being a farmer.
Originally a city boy, Etsell spent his late teenage years on a Chilliwack, B.C., blueberry farm his parents purchased when he was 15. Although they “paid for my university,” berries didn’t interest him. Ironically, his wife Debbie, whom he met in the blueberry fields, is now executive director of the B.C. Blueberry Council.
Of more interest was his uncle’s hobby/sheep farm, which “convinced me I wanted to be in agriculture.”
he began by “learning about feed conversion” at Alberta’s Olds College. That wasn’t promising, as the conversion rate for beef “didn’t make a lot of sense,” and he didn’t like hogs, which had a better rate. Despite that, he continued his education in agriculture, earning a bachelor of science in agriculture from the university of British Columbia in 1977, following up with a two-month milker training course at fraser Valley College in Chilliwack. A short stint as a dairy herdsman “convinced me farm wages would never get me a farm.”
So back to university he went, earning a business degree in accounting. After articling as a chartered accountant with Deloitte-Touche in Vancouver, he moved to the small McKnight Johnson chartered accounting office in Chilliwack “because they had an agricultural clientele and it offered a better chance to be
When garnet etsell gets involved with something, he jumps in with both feet
in ownership and/or management.”
he also bought a small sheep farm in Chilliwack, but it never amounted to much. “I never worked so hard for so little,” he recalls.
When McKnight Johnson started merging, first with Peat Marwick, then eventually KPMP, Etsell realized an ownership opportunity was slipping through his grasp. It was time to make a change.
“I still wanted to farm. I was interested in ranching or dairying but I still didn’t have enough capital.”
Then two things happened almost simultaneously that helped him on his way. One, he left public practice
to take up a position with Clearbrook Grain & Milling (CG&M), becoming the chief financial officer of an agribusiness encompassing 21 poultry farms, two hatcheries and a feed mill. Two, Chilliwack District expropriated his small sheep farm, giving him “a bit of capital.”
Over the next few years, he built up that capital through several real estate development projects initiated by CG&M. The company also exposed him to poultry, a sector he hadn’t previously considered.
“I didn’t like eggs, and turkeys interested me more than chicken,” so when
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the friesen family (who own CG&M) decided to divest one of its turkey farms, Etsell bought it.
“We wouldn’t have been able to get into farming without the help and support of the friesen family. I knew nothing about turkey when I started and they were great at helping us.”
After farming for about five years and slowly scaling back from CG&M, he saw an abandoned 67-acre farm with lots of potential.
“I merged my turkey quota with that of Ray Nickel (who also owns organic and conventional egg farms and was a CG&M fieldman at the time), bought the property and started Coligny hill farms with a new three-stage turkey barn.”
Recently, Etsell bought out Nickel’s interest after his sons, Andrew and Nathan, wanted to get involved in the farm and “Ray didn’t want to be partners with my kids.”
Rather than expand the turkey operation, Etsell actually reduced his quota holding to diversify his farm.
“We were raising about 90,000 birds/ year but we are down to under 70,000.”
he first diversified into catching. Getting catching crews has always been difficult but after avian influenza, it became almost impossible.
“We would end up having to help catch the turkeys, which I didn’t particularly like. I thought there had to be a better way,” Etsell says.
At the same time, Lilydale, which processes most of the turkeys grown in B.C., wanted to change its handling system. So Etsell bought some catching equipment from Italy and now loads out about half of Lilydale’s turkeys.
Run by his son Andrew, the catching crew numbers only four people, compared to the 12 or more it takes to catch turkeys by hand.
“One reason we moved to the type of catching system we have is for biosecurity. We have less people, and hot water pressure to wash our machines after every farm and disinfect them if necessary. It reduces the risk.”
Andrew is also completing a horticulture degree and, to accommodate those
interests, Etsell is planting two acres of grape vines this year.
“We’re getting vines from both the Okanagan and france. We’re planting two acres this summer, will plant another four acres next year and plan to add another four after that for a total of 10 acres. Then we’ll decide if we just want to sell the grapes or put in our own winery.”
With Nathan looking after the turkeys, it has given Etsell time to get very active in industry organizations.
“When I get involved in something, I want to jump in with both feet,” he explains. Within a year of buying his turkey farm, Etsell became a director of the growers association.
“When you get involved, you learn how industry works and how government and industry interact and that’s fascinating.”
A year later, he ran for the B.C. Turkey Marketing Board, but lost. he now calls that loss a blessing in disguise.
“Marketing boards are mostly regulators and I don’t think I would have liked that. I like discussing policy.”
Instead, he became a B.C. representative to the Canadian federation of Agriculture (CfA), being elected second vice-president in 2008. Although he is no longer a vice-president, he remains
on the CfA executive council.
When Nickel, who had been the poultry rep on the B.C. Agriculture Council, stepped down from that position a few years ago to concentrate on his growing farming enterprise, Etsell stepped in. he quickly moved up the ranks, being elected president in 2010.
“What I’ve enjoyed about sitting on these committees is how thankful I am to be in a commodity which has a mechanism to generate a reasonable return.
“If we didn’t have supply management, we would do what all farmers do: Put in a little more to compensate for lower margins, which would drop prices even further until the whole sector is losing money.”
he notes the recent collapse and recovery of the turkey industry is an example of the benefit of supply management.
“We cut back production for one year and now we’re back. unlike other commodities, we didn’t really lose that much.”
however, he warns his fellow producers not to become complacent.
“Supply management has to be responsible in how it responds to the marketplace. We have to supply the product it wants at a reasonable price. Price is still consumers’ number 1 concern.” n
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Manitoba
kurt Siemens
he sees everything he does as a learning experience
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by his own admission, Kurt Siemens is a man who loves to learn. from every challenge, he says there is a lesson to be learned and he gains new skills that help him meet the next challenge and improve how he manages his egg farm.
But in 1983, Siemens said he felt he didn’t yet have the knowledge to manage his family’s cattle, grain and layer operation in Sanford, Man., after the death of his father. his elder brother had already left home and was working out of province, and his mother sold to a nearby hutterite colony, keeping only 16,000 layers of the original 25,000 and relocating the family to a smaller farm in Rosenort.
By 1993, Siemens and his wife Tami had purchased the farm from his mother and expanded the flock by another 4,000 birds. In 2002, they decided to re-cage the barn, installing three tiers of hellman cages. The set-up in his barn provides Siemens with the opportunity to be part of research trials for his local feed company (Nutreco-owned Landmark feeds), something he has a great interest in and a tradition that began with his mother.
Since he is able to collect eggs from individual tiers, this allows Nutreco to measure results from different trials without environmental factors skewing results, as the birds are housed in the same barn under the same conditions. Siemens says he knows when there is research being done only part of the time, and he likes it that way. “It’s good because I have no preconceived notions this way. Sometimes when you think
ON THe leAdiNG
Kurt siemens loves to teach others about egg farming and says “everything is a learning experience”
something should happen, does it really happen? you really don’t know until you look at the data,” he says.
he is also currently working with Manitoba Agriculture, food and Rural Initiatives (MAfRI) to determine if there is an available technology that will allow him to have drier manure in his barn, a need driven by the upcoming ban on winter spreading of manure, which takes effect in 2013. Depending on the length and severity of the winters, Siemens says he needs to be able to stack his manure higher in his existing manure holding facility without having to add on to it. “It’s a theory of mine at this point, so I am looking at different options,” he says. With MAfRI, he has been testing a tube dryer system that will fit under his cages, but nothing has worked 100 per cent. Part of his theory is to add a fourth
row, to reduce the number of birds per square inch, allowing for better drying of manure. he’s currently looking at different options (conventional cages vs. enriched) and plans to install a full row of furnished housing this fall.
“I always want to know what’s happening with technology,” he says. “I like to be on the leading edge of what’s best for the hens in my care.”
A director with the Manitoba Egg farmers (MEf) since 1998, serving as chair from 2001-2009, Siemens has been a “guinea pig” for MEf trials in addition to his participation in feed and MAfRI research. he was one of the first producers in Manitoba to get a conservation permit for composting spent hens, and his farm’s proximity to Winnipeg allowed him to be a test farm for two avian influenza simulations conducted
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by MEf, the Canadian food Inspection Agency (CfIA) and MAfRI. The second trial involved in-barn gassing, with the operational part of the trial conducted in Winnipeg. having 100 government and industry representatives in full biosecurity gear descend on his farm gave him a new appreciation for what his fellow producers went through during the avian influenza outbreak in the fraser Valley in British Columbia in 2003, but he was also “proud to do this for my industry, and to fully realize all of the steps involved,” he says.
he says it also allowed him to get to know those who would be involved from MAfRI and the CfIA should a reallife situation present itself. “It’s good to build this type of relationship, so if a situation should arise, I can sit down with these people and have a real conversation and be involved,” he says.
Siemens has learned the value of building relationships and how to find common ground when faced with differing opinions during his tenure with MEf, and particularly as his former role as the organizations’ alternate to the Egg farmers of Canada (EfC), and his current role as its EfC representative.
Siemens says that being an EfC representative is “a challenging role as well as rewarding.” One of the greatest challenges is having to represent not only the interests of Manitoba producers, but the MEf and the provincial government as well. “But at the table, you are representing Canada. you need to learn when to wear the provincial hat, when do you change the hat, and should you be changing the hat at all?” he says. “It’s a juggling act, and it needs to be done in a positive way.” he says that sometimes it might be best to vote for something that’s good for all of Canada, but it might not necessarily be in the best interest for Manitoba. “ultimately, the aim is to do what’s best for supply management in Canada,” he says.
Siemens’ biggest challenge with the EfC occurred in the spring of 2010, when he had to face the EfC after the MEf’s decision to instill an animal care policy for laying hens whereby all regulated egg
Manitoba
farmers in the province who build new facilities or undertake a major retrofit after 2018 must install a housing system that supports the five freedoms, as laid out in united Kingdom’s Brambell Report. Although the MEf board had been working on the policy for some time, they were forced to release it a little earlier than anticipated. MEf had planned to launch the news after discussing it with EfC and other provinces, but a leaked rumour fast tracked the announcement.
“The EfC was caught by surprise, but we did what we thought we had to do for our producers in Manitoba,” he says. “Sometimes, being a director requires making difficult decisions”, says Kurt. however, this is an example of where having relationships in place is key, as “you can blow off steam, then go for dinner and talk about how to move forward, rather than let an issue become a stumbling block.”
The experience Siemens has gained from his time with the MEf and EfC has also served him well on a personal level. he lives in an area that is prone to severe flooding, and this experience has helped him deal with the stress of flooding in his area, as well as dealing with neighbours and municipal councils on flood-related issues. he says his experience with the poultry industry has taught him how to
accept the ideas of others yet be able to discuss an idea he feels strongly about, and how to bring his viewpoint forward in a positive way. “you need to be able to adjust your opinion. If you can have the best possible outcome from four different opinions, it’s the best option,” he says.
Siemens has also devoted his time and experience in his community. One of his favourite things as an MEf director is interacting and sharing his experience as an egg farmer with the public at the Royal Manitoba Winter fair in Brandon and the Red River Exhibition in Winnipeg, and showing them the “technology that goes into producing an egg.” he has also served as chairman of his local recreation association, coached hockey, served on the board of directors for the Rosenort Chamber of Commerce, and is on the board of his church.
he acknowledges that he would not be able to do what he does without the support of family: wife Tami, daughter Madisson (18), son harley (15), and son Eyob (9), the newest addition to the family, having been recently adopted from Ethiopia in November.
Siemens says he is sure there will come a time when he will step aside and let someone else take over, “but I am sure I will find something else to do,” he says. “Everything is a learning experience.” n
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Ontario
Tackling the Transition
dick and gladys ottens say it’s a balancing act between letting their children run the farm and staying involved enough to provide guidance or help when asked
BY J IM K NISLEY
When Canadian Poultry Magazine reached Dick and Gladys Ottens to ask if they would agree to be featured in its annual Who’s Who issue, they were waiting to board a ferry in British Columbia. Nothing particularly unusual about that except their home and farm is located thousands of kilometres to the east, just outside Petrolia, Ont.
The Ottens are in transition, or as it is framed in farming circles, they are in the midst of an intergenerational transfer. Two of their three children, Mike and Kelsey, are taking over the farm and now control the majority of the common shares in the incorporated enterprise. Meanwhile, their other child Lindsey has built a career as a midwife.
The transition of the ownership of the farm from one generation to the next “is a complicated process,” Dick said. “It’s hard to get into farming and it’s hard to get out.”
A good lawyer and a good accountant are necessities and are deeply involved in working through all the tax issues and through a maze of other legal and financial complexities.
“It has to be like an arm’s length deal even though it is within the family,” he said.
the ottens are in transition: Parents dick and gladys are handing over the reins to son mike and daughter Kelsey
While the process isn’t simple, it isn’t overwhelming either. It’s a matter of dotting i’s and crossing t’s and ensuring the result is something that works for everyone.
This too is far from simple because there is no cookie-cutter, off-the-shelf procedure. Every farm is different, every situation is different, so every transfer is different. for that reason it is important to involve professionals with experience. They have seen the pitfalls and hazards and know how to avoid them. Because of their experience they can act as guides, making the trip as smooth and troublefree as possible.
The intergenerational transfer wasn’t something that the Ottens had necessarily anticipated. “We never expected any
of the children to take over the farm. But they are interested in it,” Gladys said.
Mike was working at the Canadian technology giant Research In Motion (RIM) in Kitchener-Waterloo and Kelsey has just finished her second year of studies at the university of Guelph, where she is studying genetics. Both were building lives that seemed to be leading them away from the farm. But when presented with the opportunity to take on the broiler-breeder and broiler farm, along with 200 acres of cropland, the brother and sister decided it was an opportunity that shouldn’t be passed over.
having grown up on and been involved in the farm, both know the life and its challenges. But they also know that owning and operating a farm is very
Ontario
different from living and working on the farm as children.
With 19,000 hens in the breeder part of the enterprise, 20,000 broilers and the 200 acres in winter wheat and soybeans, it isn’t a small undertaking.
Kelsey said taking ownership of the farm “wasn’t in the original plan.” But it is “a good opportunity for me and it fits well with what I’m doing.”
Mike is married with two children and this is an opportunity that he didn’t want to pass up. It allows him to apply what he learned growing up on the farm and, with technology becoming an essential part of farming, the computer and technological skills he learned at school and at RIM.
But there is a lot more to learn, he said. “When you’re a kid you don’t pay attention to detail. Now we have to.”
Taking over a supply-managed farm also helped Mike and Kelsey make their decision.
“Supply management is more stable,” said Mike.
“We can set up cash flows and know what to expect. If it wasn’t supply managed I would have to think about it,” Kelsey said.
While Dick and Gladys are moving aside, it’s not easy to let go. “We have to learn to be somewhat out of it,” Dick said. But 17 years of owning the farm and the years managing turkey and broiler farms in the Listowel, Ont., area taught them some lessons. “We learned some things to watch out for and we’re not going to sit back and let them happen,” Dick said.
On this point the children and the parents are in full agreement. “We’re not willing for them to let go,” said Mike.
Gladys pointed out that it is a balancing act between letting the new owners run the farm and the staying involved enough to provide guidance or help when asked. “It’s a fine line,” she said.
On the broiler breeder side of the operation, the deep involvement of the Ontario hatcheries will help the transition. Dick said people from the hatchery visit about 20 flocks a week, carry a lot of knowledge with them and are very valuable to the farmer. n
WHERE POULTRY FA RMERS MEET ™
Paulin bouchard Quebec
actualiser la gestion de l’offre, s’en servir pour devenir plus efficace.
Paulin Bouchard
y croit.
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dans la salle de conférence de la fédération des producteurs d’œufs de consommation du Québec (fPOCQ), à Longueuil, une grande carte illustre la répartition des producteurs d’œufs à travers la province.
La ferme de Paulin Bouchard se trouve tout en bas, près de la frontière du Maine. Son village, Saint-Gédéonde-Beauce, est situé pratiquement à michemin entre Québec et Sherbrooke.
Le nouveau président de la fPOCQ a beau produire dans un milieu éloigné, sa production est tout à fait en accord avec les orientations que les 105 producteurs d’œufs du Québec se sont données.
« C’est important d’avoir des gens qui produisent un peu partout au Québec, » dit-il. « L’idée, c’est de produire là où sont les marchés. »
Paulin Bouchard a été élu à la présidence de la fPOCQ le 14 avril 2011. Il succède à Serge Lefebvre, qui continuera à siéger au sein de l’exécutif en tant que 2e vice-président. Cette transition se fait dans la continuité, dit Paulin Bouchard, qui a occupé au préalable les postes de 2e, puis 1er vice-président de la fPOCQ, en plus de diriger le Syndicat des producteurs d’œufs de consommation de Québec/Beauce.
La ferme Paulin Bouchard Inc. compte 22 000 pondeuses. Acquise de ses parents en 1987, elle a depuis doublé sa production d’œufs, en plus de se diversifier dans la production de bois. Depuis cinq ans, les grandes cultures s’y sont rajoutées, sur quelque 600 acres.
Blé de consommation humaine, soya,
la FPocQ est très à l’écoute de ses membres et des critiques qui viennent de l’extérieur, dit son président Paulin Bouchard.
canola et orge font partie des rotations. une bonne part de ces céréales servent à alimenter les poules. Le maïs est livré de l’extérieur, souvent par le même camion qui aura d’abord transporté les céréales que la ferme vend sur le marché. La moulée est fabriquée à la ferme, afin d’échapper aux frais de transport qu’auraient à imposer les meuneries commerciales.
« Il faut toujours améliorer nos coûts de production, faire en sorte qu’on soit plus efficace et que nos entreprises soient de plus en plus compétitives. » Paulin Bouchard n’en démord pas : la gestion de l’offre n’est pas un acquis sur lequel s’asseoir. Si elle permet au producteur d’obtenir un juste prix pour sa production, c’est pour qu’en retour, il s’en serve pour investir dans l’efficacité de son entreprise.
« Avec un système de gestion de l’offre, ça nous permet de regarder en avant », ditil. Si les coûts de production s’améliorent, cela finira par rendre les œufs plus acces-
sibles au consommateur. « La protéine d’œuf va être encore plus compétitive, on va vendre plus d’œufs et notre produit va se distinguer sur le marché. C’est comme ça qu’il faut le voir. »
En plus de défendre la gestion de l’offre, la fPOCQ est déterminée à la faire évoluer. La fédération est très à l’écoute de ses membres et des critiques qui viennent de l’extérieur, dit Paulin Bouchard. Au cours des dernières années, elle a mis en place trois programmes – en plus du système centralisé de vente de quota – pour ajouter de la transparence et de l’équité dans l’attribution des quotas de production.
Pas moins de 50 % des nouvelles allocations sont réservées pour le Programme d’aide au démarrage de nouveaux producteurs, le Programme de consolidation des entreprises et le Programme de gestion de pondoir en commun.
Photo par la FP oc Q
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Saskatchewan
mike Pickard
award-winning broiler producer streamlines his operation
and lends his time to industry boards
B Y T REENA H EIN
more than 30 years ago, Mike Pickard was new to Saskatchewan and new to chicken farming – but the new life he started around that time turned out to be the right one. “After finishing high school, a lot of young people were moving out West, so that’s what I did,” he says. “I’ve been married to a Saskatoon girl for 26 years, and for the last 25, we’ve had a broiler operation in Wynyard, Sask., where we produce over 800,000 kilograms of chicken every year.” Mike and his wife, Jana, have three children, with the youngest graduating this year from high school. The other kids are attending university, and Jana is the company’s accountant.
Although he was new to farming chickens a quarter century ago, Pickard had lots of other farming experience to draw on. “I grew up in New Brunswick and spent most of my summers on my uncle’s farm in the heart of the potato belt near florenceville,” he explains. “I believe I acquired my love for farming from my Dad. he was a third-generation farmer, and he would tell me ‘don’t worry about getting dirty if the job calls for it – dirt washes off.’” Pickard adds with a smile, “I can’t remember how many times Mom would say to me, ‘those pants could stand up by themselves.’”
Starting out, Jana and Mike were able to draw on the broiler farming experi-
mike Pickard with the chicken Farmers of saskatchewan believes that broilers will always require the hands-on human touch, especially with today’s short growing cycle
ence of Jana’s family. “We learned the dos and don’ts, and then from there, we just tweaked this and that,” Pickard says. The couple were obviously doing things right, and received the 2004 Saskatchewan Broiler Producer of the year award. Their 160-acre farm is nestled among the three Quill Lakes, with the nearest neighbour almost two miles away. “Biosecurity on the human side is therefore easy to maintain,” Mike notes, “but we’re on the migratory flight path of geese and ducks, so extra caution has to be taken with respect to that.”
his three barns are set up in a ‘T’ formation with a shop-office in the centre, which Mike says is “very nice” in the
winter because you can access all the barns once inside the shop. The structural arrangement is also the origin of the company name, T-Barn farms. The barns have cross ventilation, with a highpressure misting system to cool intake air in the summer. Over the years, Pickard has also basically doubled the CfM exhaust fan capacity, “as when it gets hot, there’s no such thing as moving too much air.” The barns’ alarm system is triggered in the event of the temperature moving out of acceptable range, loss of water, power outage or noise of a certain decibel. “There’s a smartphone application available now that enables farmers to control temperature, fan speed, etc., but I’m not there yet,” says
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Saskatchewan
Mike. “Plus, I believe that broilers will always require the handson human touch, especially with today’s short growing cycle.”
In 2007, Pickard was asked to run for the Chicken farmers of Saskatchewan (CfS) board, and since 2008, he’s served as the CfS representative for Chicken farmers of Canada (CfC). “I just finished serving as Chair of the CfC Consumer Relations Committee for the past two years and I’m currently on the finance Committee,” he notes. “I am also CfC rep to the Canadian federation of Agriculture.” The Consumer Relations Committee has assisted with a Consumer Relations Strategy that incorporates all of CfC’s consumer relations activities into one focused approach – a Provincial Promotions Program, use of social media, the new CfC website and ongoing relationship-building with health professionals. “We’ve put extra effort into making sure consumers get the right answers to their questions in ways that work for them, with the ’net being a big part of that,” says Pickard.
In the view of the Consumer Relations Committee, understanding consumers is key, which is why they constantly assess consumer needs through usage and Attitude Surveys. “We’ve found that consumers seem to be most concerned about food safety and animal care,” Pickard observes. “And I personally believe that when it comes to poultry farming – like any livestock farming – animal care is critically important. The more comfortable the animals, the better they will perform.” finding out that consumers highly value food safety and animal welfare has led CfC to produce the On-farm food Safety Assurance Program and the Animal Care Program, which are both auditable to ensure all farmers are in compliance.
Pickard says he really enjoys being on all three boards. “I’ve been pleasantly surprised about how much I’ve liked the experience,” he says. “I’ve had some wise people to learn from, and the staffs of all three organizations are incredible. I’d say one of the most important things I’ve learned is how we all can demonstrate the capability to compromise – entering a meeting with an open mind and at the end of the day, speaking with one voice.” Pickard says there’s always a need for new perspectives, and encourages anyone who has the desire to get involved in their provincial board to do so. Serving these organizations is a substantial time commitment, but Pickard is lucky to have had “the same great farm manager” for over 10 years.
Pickard sees today’s rising feed prices and rising energy costs as the main concerns the poultry industry is presently facing. “This may be the new norm,” he says, “and all stakeholders must work together to ease this transition.” he adds, “The broiler industry is always evolving, so producers have to adjust their brooding habits accordingly. We’re fortunate to have some of the best veterinary and poultry science researchers right here in Canada.”
Pickard likes to get away for a week to someplace warm during the Saskatchewan winters and golf during the summers. “But somebody once said ‘if you truly enjoy what you do, you will never work another day in your life,’” he notes. “And that’s true of me.” n
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Depuis 2006, six nouvelles productions ont été lancées, chacune avec un prêt de quota à vie de 5 000 pondeuses. En 2010, cinq producteurs détenant 28 000 unités de quota ou moins ont eu le privilège de se voir prêter en tout 1773 unités de quota, dans le but d’appuyer les entreprises plus petites que la moyenne et situées dans des régions où le ratio de poules par habitant est inférieur à la moyenne.
Quant au Programme de gestion de pondoir en commun, en 2011, il permet à 40 producteurs de se partager 65 525 unités de quota en location.
Ces programmes sont appuyés par une vaste majorité des producteurs, qu’ils soient petits ou gros, affirme Paulin Bouchard. Pour que les membres de la fédération renoncent à la moitié des nouvelles allocations auxquelles ils auraient droit, il faut qu’ils croient que ces programmes servent l’intérêt de tous.
Le système centralisé de vente de quota se trouve à retirer aux producteurs le droit de vendre et acheter du quota en toute liberté, reconnaît Paulin Bouchard. Mais après réflexion, la plupart finissent par accepter de se priver d’anciens privilèges, afin que le système soit plus équitable et qu’il évolue.
Le nombre restreint (105) de producteurs d’œufs au Québec facilite grandement le dialogue et la promotion des idées nouvelles, soutient Paulin Bouchard. Lors de l’assemblée générale annuelle, tous sont invités. « La relation entre les producteurs est excellente, dit-il. C’est une des principales raisons qui me motivent à travailler avec ces gens-là. »
La question du bien-être animal est appelée à prendre plus de place dans les discussions à la fPOCQ. « Il faut continuer à réfléchir là-dessus et à communiquer avec nos consommateurs », affirme Paulin Bouchard.
Le président de la fPOCQ croit que la communication sera cruciale, parce que le bien-être animal est surtout une question de perception. Pour savoir ce qui convient le mieux à une poule, il faut se mettre à sa place et non réfléchir comme un humain qui ne voudrait pas être en cage, dit-il. Il faut tenter de comprendre quels sont les besoins de sécurité, de température ambiante et de socialisation des poules.
« S’il y a des gens qui ont à cœur le bien-être animal, c’est bien les producteurs, affirme Paulin Bouchard. La seule façon qu’une poule ait le comportement naturel de pondre un œuf, c’est en lui donnant le maximum de confort. » Et souvent, les producteurs font plus attention à l’alimentation de leurs poules qu’à leur propre alimentation!
Toujours dans le but de rassurer les consommateurs, la fPOCQ planche sur un programme de traçabilité, déjà partiellement en place.
un projet de règlement devrait être adopté par le gouvernement du Québec d’ici la fin de l’année, suivi d’un délai d’application. Toutes les fermes au Québec seront dotées d’une codeuse, qui imprimera un code de traçabilité sur tous les œufs. Via Internet, le consommateur pourra rapidement retracer la ferme qui a produit l’œuf qu’il s’apprête à manger. une première au Canada! « Ce sera un système très évolué », promet Paulin Bouchard. n
DiRecTORY DiRecTORY
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ALBERTA
HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES
FRASER VALLEY CHICK SALES LTD., (Lethbridge Hatchery)
1520 - 39 St. N., Lethbridge, T1H 5J2
Ph: (403) 327-0491
HARISE EGG PROCESSING & HATCHERY
NW 4-50-24 W 4th, RR 2, Leduc, T9E 2X2
Ph: (403) 986-5013
LILYDALE CO-OPERATIVE LTD., HATCHERY
7503 - 127th Ave., Edmonton, T5C 1R9
Ph: (403) 475-6607 Fax: (403) 472-0769
MAPLE LEAF FOODS INC.,
(The Poultry Company)
4710 - 39 Ave., Wetaskiwin, T9A 3G2
Ph: (780) 421-0638 Fax: (780) 352-7307
MILLER HATCHERIES (ALBERTA) LTD.
10011 - 94th A Ave., Westlock, T7P 2M7
Ph: (780) 349-3520
SUNRISE HATCHERY INC.
9420 - 109 St., Westlock, T7P 2R4
Ph: (780) 307-3622 Fax: (780) 307-3623
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, (Edmonton Research Station F-1)
Alberta Chicken Producers was founded in 1966, representing approximately 267 producers in the province of Alberta.
Comprised of five Board of Directors, Alberta Chicken Producers is committed to food safety, bio-security, animal welfare and protecting the environment. We are dedicated to the industry and are committed to producing a safe, high quality chicken product which ensures consumers a consistent supply of chicken. We look for ways to make our products even better as we respond to the evolving consumer preferences.
Board of Directors: Scott Wiens (Chair)
David Hyink (Vice-Chair)
Directors: Rudy Froese, Jacob Middelkamp & Ite Veurink
Diamond V 2702 90th Ave. E., Edgewood, WA 98371 USA
Ph: (253) 709-0116 Fax: (319) 366-6333
e-mail: nnicholson@diamondv.com www.diamondv.com
Distribution Claude Lévesque 1943 Kelsie Rd., Nanaimo, BC V9X 1B7
Ph: (250) 753-3273 Fax: (250) 753-3276
e-mail: wbrown@rvrwst.com www.dcli.ca
DSM Nutritional Products Canada Inc. PO Box 5604, 1007 - 20th St. SE, High River, AB T1V 1M7
Ph: (403) 652-7272 Fax: (403) 652-4699
e-mail: debbie.thiessen@dsm.com www.dsm.com
Eagle Commodities Ltd. 229B - 12th St. C North, Lethbridge, AB T1H 2M6
Big Dutchman is making a world of difference in broiler management, breeder management, and egg production.
Big Dutchman’s network allows us to understand the needs of farmers in every corner of the world, providing you with the products, services, and support you need to run an efficient and profitable business.
Alberta
Ph: (403) 328-9191 Fax: (403) 381-0400
e-mail: sokolb@telus.net
Evonik Degussa Canada Inc.
3380 South Service Rd., Box 5057, Burlington, ON L7N 3J5
Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd. Chancery Crt., 480 220 4th St. S., Lethbridge, AB T1J 4J7
Ph: (403) 320-9441 Fax: (403) 328-8561
e-mail: rmcnab@parheim.com www.parheim.mb.ca
Potash Corp. Feed Products
288 Maurice St., New Hamburg, ON N3A 2H8
Ph: (519) 662-3891 Fax: (519) 662-2154
e-mail: gordritchie@telus.net www.potashcorp.com
Pro-Ag Products Ltd.
151 Crystal Shores Dr., Okotoks, AB T2S 2B7
Ph: (403) 650-0336
e-mail: dbeckie@pro-ag.com
Alberta Turkey Producers is the voice of the turkey production industry in Alberta. Our leadership and service contribute to creating a stable environment for the protection and growth of the Alberta turkey industry.
Board MeMBers
Darren Ference
Roelof Meijer
Garry Olson
Anno Velthuis
Leonard Waldner
staff
Executive Director – Greg Smith
Assistant Manager – Cara Dary
Administrative Assistant – Shelly Perreault
www.pro-ag.com
Ridley Feed Ingredients 12 Sprucegrove Cres., Airdrie, AB T4B 1V2
Shane O’Neill, District Manager, Agriculture Services 5037 - 50th St. Barrhead, AB T7N 1A5
Ph: (780) 674-2216 ext 208 Fax: (780) 674-3230
e-mail: shane.o’neill@td.com
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
Alberta Chicken Producers 2518 Ellwood Dr. SW, Edmonton, AB T6X 0A9
Ph: (780) 488-2125 Fax: (780) 488-3570
Toll Free: (877) 822-4425
e-mail: abcp@chicken.ab.ca www.chicken.ab.ca
Board of Directors: Scott Wiens, Chair; David Hyink, Vice Chair. Directors: Rudy Froese, Jacob Middelkamp, Ite Veurink. Alberta Egg Producers #101, 90 Freeport Blvd. NE, Calgary, AB T3J 5J9
Michael Froese, Chairman; Joe Kleinsasser, Vice Chairman; Andrew Wipf, EFC Director; Amin Valji, EFC Alternate; Meb Gilani, Director; Levi Hofer, Director; Susan Gal, General Manager.
Alberta Farm Animal Care Association Cambrian PO Box 75028, Calgary, AB T2K 6J8
Greg Smith, Executive Director; Cara Dary, Assistant Manager; Shelly Perreault, Administrative Assistant. Board Members: Darren Ference, Roelof Meijer, Garry Olson, Anno Velthuis, Leonard Waldner. ANAC - Alberta Division PO Box 1095, Brooks, AB T1R 1B9
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service Alimentaire Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf
Poultry/Volaille Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Pork/Porc Maple Leaf, Schneider Foods/Les Aliment Schneider, J.M. Schneider, Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods, Hub Meat Packers, Larsen Packers, Cold Springs Farm, Maple Leaf Potatoes, Hub Meats/Les Viandes Hub, Cappola Food, Thames Valley Processors), 5523 - 176th St., BC V3S 4C2 Ph: (604) 576-1191 Fax: (604) 576-6762
Surrey
J & L Beef Ltd., (Sunrise Poultry), 17565 - 65A Ave., BC V3S 8E7 Ph: (604) 576-0717 Fax: (604) 576-0726
Surrey
Wingtat Game Bird Packers Inc., 9752 - 186th St., BC V4N 3N7 Ph: (604) 882-0054 Fax: (604) 882-0056
Surrey
Sunasia B.B.F. Co. Ltd./Sunasia B.B.F. Co. Ltée, (Sunasia Best Brand Foods Co. Ltd.), 17665 - 66A Ave., Unit 306, BC V3S 2A7
Ph: (604) 576-3855 Fax: (604) 576-3875
Surrey
Nana’s Kitchen & Hot Sauces Ltd., (Nana’s Kitchen)
8125 - 130th St., Units 11-14, BC V3W 7X4
Ph: (604) 572-6202 Fax: (604) 572-6275
Surrey
Pace Processing and Product Development Ltd., (Pace Processing), 19495 - 55th Ave, Units 106-107, BC V3S 8P7
Ph: (604) 539-9201 Fax: (604) 539-9202
Vancouver
Hallmark Poultry Processors Ltd., 1750 Franklin St., BC V5L 1P7
Ph: (604) 254-9885 Fax: (604) 254-7039
Vancouver
Intercity Packers Ltd., 1575 Kootenay St., BC V5K 4Y3
Ph: (604) 291-7796 Fax: (604) 291-0456
Vancouver
Dollar Food Mfg. Inc., 1410 Odlum Dr., BC V5L 4X7
Ph: (604) 253-1422 Fax: (604) 253-2226
Vancouver United Poultry Company Limited, 534 East Cordova St., BC V6A 1L7 Ph: (604) 255-9308 Fax: (604) 254-6581
Vancouver
Tolnai Holdings Ltd., (P & S Frozen Foods), 1238 SE Marine Dr., BC V5X 2V9 Ph: (604) 324-8820 Fax: (604) 324-8870
Vancouver
Sysco Fine Meats Vancouver Inc., A Division of Sysco Canada, Inc., (Trimpac Sysco Inc.), 620 Malkin Ave., BC V6A 2K2
Novus International (Canada) Inc. 2910 South Sheridan Way, Oakville, ON L6J 7J8 Ph: (559) 284-7702 Fax: (905) 892-1582 e-mail: gary.winter@novusint.com
NSC Minerals Inc. 145 - 251 Midpark Blvd. SE, Calgary, AB S7L 5X6 Ph: (403) 873-0322 Fax: (403) 873-0394 e-mail: rcandelora@nscminerals.com www.nscminerals.com
Dave Pringle, Chairman; Chuck Poelman, Vice-Chairman; Dave Dyble, National Director; Robert Dornan, Secretary/ Treasurer. Directors: Vafa Alizadeh, Marvin Friesen, Jeff Glover, Grant Saar, Harvie Wachter.
BC Broiler Hatching Egg Commission 180 - 32160 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford, BC V2T 1W5
Ph: (604) 850-1854 Fax: (604) 850-1683
e-mail: info@bcbhec.com www.bcbhec.com
BC Broiler Hatching Egg Producers’ Association 180 - 32160 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford, BC V2T 1W5
BC Chicken Growers’ Association PO Box 581, Abbotsford, BC V2T 6Z8
Ph: (604) 859-9332 Fax: (604) 853-4808
e-mail: bccga@telus.net www.poultryinmotion.ca
Ravi Bathe, President; Kerry Froese, VicePresident.
Directors: Trevor Allen, Mark Bartel, Ray Baylis, Gord Esau, Dale Krahn, Andre Patton, Art Penner, Brian Whitta. Margret Duin, Administration.
BC Chicken Marketing Board
Ste. 101 - 32450 Simon Ave., Abbotsford, BC V2T 4J2
Ph: (604) 859-2868 Fax: (604) 859-2811
Toll Free: (866) 859-2868
e-mail: info@bcchicken.ca www.bcchicken.ca
Daphne Stancil, Chair; Greg Gauthier, Vice Chair; Bill Vanderspek, General Manager; Christine Rickson, Executive Assistant; Dave Janzen, CFC Director; Rick Thiessen, CFC Alternate, John McComish, Board Member.
BC Egg Marketing Board
250 - 32160 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford, BC V2T 1W5
Ph: (604) 556-3348 Fax: (604) 556-3410
e-mail: bcemb@bcegg.com www.bcegg.com
Richard King, Chair; Fred Krahn, ViceChair and EFC Delegate; Ken Vanderkooi, EFC Alternate; Walter Siemens, Secretary; Amyn Alibhai, Director; Al Sakalauskas, Executive Director; Anne-Marie Butler, Director, Finance and Administration;
Randy Friesen, Manager, Production & Research.
BC Egg Producers’ Association
c/o 250 - 32160 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford, BC V2T 1W5 Ph: (604) 556-3348
Dan Kampen, President.
BC Primary Poultry Processors Association 36121 Waterleaf Place, Abbotsford, BC V3G 1E1 Ph: (604) 852-4275 (Home), (604) 854-0584 (Cell) Fax: (604) 864-8128 e-mail: crj@shaw.ca
Clarence Jensen, Secretary-Manager.
BC Turkey Association Unit 106, 19329 Enterprise Way, Surrey, BC V3S 6J8 Ph: (604) 534-5644 Fax: (604) 534-3651 e-mail: smallory@bcturkey.com www.bcturkey.com
Steve Heppell, President; James Krahn, Vice-President; Directors: Trevor Allen, Steven Redekop, Stan Thiessen.
British Columbia Turkey Marketing Board #106 - 19329 Enterprise Way, Surrey, BC V3S 6J8 Ph: (604) 534-5644 Fax: (604) 534-3651
e-mail: admin@bcturkey.com
Ralph Payne, Chairman; Eric (Rick) Andrew, Vice-Chairman & CTMA Alternate; Les Burm, Board Member & COMB Rep.; Shawn Heppell, Board Member & CTMA Director; Michel Benoit, General Manager.
Fraser Valley Egg Producers
c/o 250 - 32160 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford, BC V2T 1W5
Ph: (778) 549-0780
Dan Kampen, President, e-mail: doubledfarms@shaw.ca; Danielle Knowles, Secretary/Treasurer, e-mail: danielle@redpencil.ca. Interior Egg Producers’ Association
c/o PO Box 2084, Abbotsford, BC V2T 3T8 Ph: (604) 309-0491 Fax: (604) 854-5598
John Penner, President/Treasurer; Dan Penner, Vice Chair.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT/ UNIVERSITIES
AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA
British Columbia Regional Office 4321 Still Creek Dr., Suite 420, Burnaby, BC V5C 6S7
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service Alimentaire Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf
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Ph: (204) 239-3150 Fax: (204) 239-3180
Ph: (204) 235-8100 Fax: (204) 233-4318
The reports are in. When it comes to serving Saskatchewan Egg Producers, Star Egg is the industry leader. From the processing and grading to the marketing and distribution of eggs and egg products, we get straight A’s. We know eggs.
AGY Endo Corporation 3, Place du Commerce, Suite 500 Montréal, QC H3E 1H7 Ph: (514) 766-9638 Fax: (514) 766-3449 guillaume.endo@agyendocorporation.com www.agyendocorporation.com
STAFF
Wayne Hiltz General Manager
Karen Armstrong Assistant Manager
Lucinda Reay Production Control Officer
Val Weeks Field Services Technician
Erica Poudrette Office Manager
Dedicated to representing the needs of the hatching egg and chicken producers of Manitoba by providing leadership in maintaining a viable and stable industry.
Canadian Bio-Systems Inc. 4389 112 Ave. SE, Calgary, AB T2C 0J7 Ph: (800) 561-2474 Fax: (403) 236-3471 e-mail: bpiper@canadianbio.com www.canadianbio.com
Distribution Claude Lévesque 1943 Kelsie Rd., Nanaimo, BC V9X 1B7 Ph: (250) 753-3273 Fax: (250) 753-3276 e-mail: wbrown@rvrwst.com www.dcli.ca
DSM Nutritional Products Canada Inc. PO Box 5604, 1007 - 20th St. SE, High River, AB T1V 1M7 Ph: (403) 652-7272 Fax: (403) 652-4699 e-mail: debbie.thiessen@dsm.com www.dsm.com
Eagle Commodities Ltd. 229B - 12th St. C North, Lethbridge, AB T1H 2M6 Ph: (403) 328-9191 Fax: (403) 381-0400 e-mail: sokolb@telus.net
Ron Johnston, Chairman; Darrell Roskos, Vice Chairman/Treasurer; Dennis Kornelsen, National Diretor; Herb Schultz, Business Manager. Directors: Blair Cressman, Phil Klopak, Norm Paisley, Kevin Toles.
Directors: Jake Wiebe, Chair; Danny Wiebe, Vice Chair; Josie Boschman; Kevin Enns; Vernon Froese; Stuart Nikkel; Dean Penner; Benny Waldner. Staff: Wayne Hiltz, General Manager; Karen Armstrong, Assistant Manager; Lucinda Reay, Broiler Production Control Officer; Val Weeks, Field Services; Erica Poudrette, Office Manager/Breeder Production Control Officer.
Manitoba Egg Farmers Suite 18, Waverly Square, 5 Scurfield Blvd.,
Ed Kleinsasser, Chairman; Cal Dirks, ViceChair.; Harold Froese, Executive Member; Cory Rybuck, General Manager. Directors: Kurt Siemens (EFC), Lloyd Rempel, Ron Plett, Ray Plett, Dan Penner, Doug Pauls.
Bill Uruski, Chair; Wayne Kroeker, Vice-Chair; Rachelle Brown, Director; Steve Hofer, Director. Staff: Helga Wheddon, General Manager; Donna Bruce, Administrative Assistant; Krista Pratt, Marketing & Communications Coordinator.
McCain Foods Limited, (McCain Foods (Canada)), 8800 Main St., NB E7L 1B2
Ph: (506) 392-5541 Fax: (506) 392-0891
Moncton
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service
Kemin Health, L.C. 600 E Court Ave., Ste A, PO Box 503092058, Des Moines, IA 50309-2021 USA Ph: (515) 248-4000 Toll Free: 1-888-248-5040 e-mail: customer.contacts@kemin.com www.kemin.com
L. V. Lomas Limited 1660 Hymus Blvd., Dorval, QC H9P 2N6 Ph: (514) 683-0660 Fax: (514) 683-5050 e-mail: rdietert@lvlomas.com www.lvlomas.com
Novus International (Canada) Inc. 2910 South Sheridan Way, Oakville, ON L6J 7J8 Ph: (819) 461-2332 Fax: (905) 892-1582 e-mail: jp.lincourt@novusint.com
Potash Corp. Feed Products 288 Maurice St., New Hamburg, ON N3A 2H8 Ph: (519) 662-3891 Fax: (519) 662-2154 e-mail: ken.barnes@potashcorp.com www.potashcorp.com
Agrapoint International Inc. 10 Webster St., Suite 210, Kentville, NS B4N 1H7
Ph: (902) 678-7722 Fax: (902) 678-7266
e-mail: f.macrae@agrapoint.ca www.agrapoint.ca
AGRICULTURAL
REPRESENTATIVES FOR BANKS
Bank of Montreal
Fredericton
Grand Falls & Woodstock
Derek Briggs 656 Main St., Woodstock, NB E7M 2G9 Ph: (506) 328-4130 Fax: (506) 328-4134
e-mail: derek.briggs@bmo.com
Saint John
Donna Scribner
Account Manager, Agriculture 15 Market Square, Saint John, NB E2L 1E8
Ph: (506) 632-0207 Fax: (506) 633-0594
e-mail: donna.scribner@bmo.com
Tom Allaby, Account Manager
Ph: (506) 848-0622 Fax: (506) 639-6867
e-mail: thomas.allaby@bmo.com
CIBC
Agriculture – Atlantic Region
Janice Tait
Agricultural Banking Specialist
759 - 761 Main St. , Moncton, NB E1C 1E5
Ph: 506-961-9122 Fax: 506-859-6026
e-mail: janice.tait@cibc.com
Farm Credit Canada/Financement agricole Canada
1800 rue Hamilton St., Regina, SK S4P 4L3
Ph: (306) 780-8900 Fax: (306) 780-8919
Toll Free: (888) 332-3301 www.fcc-fac.ca
RBC Royal Bank
Steven Harris, Vice President, Commercial Financial Services 940 Prince St., Truro, NS B2N 1H5 Ph: (902) 852-4496 Fax: (902) 852-4408
steven.harris@rbc.com
Scotiabank
Larry Mayhew
Senior Commercial Relationship Manager 325 Main Street, Florenceville, NB E7L 3G7 Ph: 506-392-8033 Fax: 506-392-8034
e-mail: larry.mayhew@scotiabank.com
Nathan Archibald
Client Relationship Manager
Eastern New Brunswick 274 Water Street, P.O. Box 1595 Summerside, PE C1N 2V5
Ph: 902-888-5350 Fax: 902-436-1570
TD Canada Trust
Atlantic Provinces Regional Agriculture Services
Gerald Flewelling, Manager, Small Business Banking & Agriculture
184 Hampton Rd., PO Box 21012
Quispamisis, NB E2E 4Z4
Ph: (506) 849-8124 Fax: (506) 849-8664
e-mail: gerald.flewelling@td.com
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
ANAC - Atlantic Division
53 Elliott Dr., Sussex, NB E4E 2K5
Ph: (506) 433-5917
e-mail: anacatla@rogers.com
Paul Harris, Chair; Frank Van Gestel, ViceChair; Louis Snyder, National Director; Dave Colpitts, Executive Manager & Secretary-Treasurer.
Director: Dave Seeley, New Brunswick
Chicken Farmers of New Brunswick 277 Main St., Suite 103, Fredericton, NB E3A 1E1
Ph: (506) 452-8085 Fax: (506) 451-2121
e-mail: nbchicken@nb.aibn.com
Marc Cormier, Chairman; Louis Martin, Sec.-Mgr.
New Brunswick Egg Producers
Les producteurs d’oeufs du N.-B. Suite 101, 275 rue Main Street Fredericton, NB E3A 1E1
Ph: (506) 458-8885 Fax: (506) 453-0645
e-mail: nbegg@nbnet.nb.ca www.nbegg.ca
Gailand Law, Chairman; David Coburn, Vice Chairman; George MacLeod, EFC Director; Yves Durepos, Director; Jeff Dunphy, Director; April Sexsmith, General Manager.
Turkey Farmers of New Brunswick 277 Main St., Suite 103, Fredericton, NB E3A 1E1
AB Vista 1350 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Suite 550, Chesterfield, MO 63017 USA Ph: (314) 392-0874 Fax: (314) 392-0860 e-mail: tarayork@abvista.us or craigwyatt@abvista.us www.abvista.com
Adisseo 12288, rue du Poitou, St-Hyacinthe, QC J2T 5B1 Ph: (450) 799-5904 Fax: (450) 799-5961 e-mail: andre.gilbert@adisseo.com www.adisseo.com
Balchem Corporation 52 Sunrise Park Rd., New Hampton, NY 10958 USA Ph: (845) 326-5600 Fax: (845) 326-5742 www.balchem.com
Canadian Bio-Systems Inc. 4389 112 Ave. SE, Calgary, AB T2C 0J7 Ph: (800) 561-2474 Fax: (403) 236-3471 e-mail: ojones@canadianbio.com www.canadianbio.com
Crosby Molasses Company Limited PO Box 2240, 327 Rothesay Ave., Saint John, NB E2L 3V4
Novus International (Canada) Inc. 2910 South Sheridan Way, Oakville, ON L6J 7J8 Ph: (819) 461-2332 Fax: (905) 892-1582 e-mail: jp.lincourt@novusint.com
Potash Corp. Feed Products 288 Maurice St., New Hamburg, ON N3A 2H8 Ph: (519) 662-3891 Fax: (519) 662-2154 e-mail: ken.barnes@potashcorp.com www.potashcorp.com
Smith Brokerage, Division of Parrish & Heimbecker Limited PO Box 1166, Saint John, NB E2L 4G5 Ph: (506) 633-7575 Fax: (506) 633-5004 e-mail: smithbkg@nbnet.nb.ca
The Canadian Salt Company Limited 10701, boul Parkway, Anjou, QC H1J 1S1 Ph: (514) 352-7490 Fax: (514) 352-8371 e-mail: darsenault@windsorsalt.com www.windsorsalt.com
245 Water Street, St. John’s, NL A1C 5H5 Ph: 709-576-7948 Fax: 709-576-7197 e-mail: ryan.macinnis@scotiabank.com
TD Canada Trust
Atlantic Provinces Regional Agriculture Services
Kevin Harnum, Manager, Small Business Banking & Agriculture
140 Water St., St. John’s, NL A1C 6H6 Ph: (709) 745-8087 Fax: (709) 745-8089
e-mail: kevin.harnum@td.com
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
ANAC - Atlantic Division
53 Elliott Dr., Sussex, NB E4E 2K5 Ph: (506) 433-5917
e-mail: anacatla@rogers.com
Paul Harris, Chair; Frank Van Gestel, ViceChair; Louis Snyder, National Director; Dave Colpitts, Executive Manager & Secretary-Treasurer. Director: Ed Doyle, Newfoundland & Labrador.
Kemin Health, L.C. 600 E Court Ave., Ste A, PO Box 503092058, Des Moines, IA 50309-2021 USA Ph: (515) 248-4000 Toll Free: 1-888-248-5040 e-mail: customer.contacts@kemin.com www.kemin.com
L. V. Lomas Limited 1660 Hymus Blvd., Dorval, QC H9P 2N6 Ph: (514) 683-0660 Fax: (514) 683-5050 e-mail: rdietert@lvlomas.com www.lvlomas.com
53 Elliott Dr., Sussex, NB E4E 2K5 Ph: (506) 433-5917
e-mail: anacatla@rogers.com
Paul Harris, Chair; Frank Van Gestel, ViceChair; Louis Snyder, National Director; Dave Colpitts, Executive Manager & Secretary-Treasurer. Director: Mathew Miller, Nova Scotia.
Tim Ansems, Chair; Ron teStroete, ViceChair. Directors: Paul Cook, Nick deGraaf, Matthew Harvie, Peter Swetnam. Chicken Producers Association of Nova Scotia
At CPSI we take pride in being a solution driven company. We are a Proactive, industry leader that provides long-term commitments �to our Customers. We offer over 30 years of experience with a network of crews in various� provinces.
We are always looking to expand our network, so whether you operate in B�ritish Columbia, Nova Scotia or any point in between, give CPSI a call!
D & S Meat Products Ltd., (The Canadian Peameal Bacon Company, The Elite Canadian Peameal Bacon Company, The Real Deal Peameal Bacon Company, The Elite Meat Peameal Bacon Company, The Elite Meat Company), 220 Clements Rd., Units 1-6, ON L1S 3K5 Ph: (905) 427-9229 Fax: (905) 427-6861
Amherstburg
Belwood Poultry Limited, (Belwood Country Premium), RR 4, ON N9V 2Y9
Ph: (519) 736-2236 Fax: (519) 736-0531
Arthur
Golden Valley Farms Inc., 50 Wells St., PO Box 670, ON N0G 1A0 Ph: (519) 848-3110 Fax: (519) 848-3470
Ayr
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service Alimentaire Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf
Poultry/Volaille Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf
Pork/Porc Maple Leaf, Schneider Foods/Les Aliment Schneider, J.M. Schneider, Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods, Hub Meat Packers, Larsen Packers, Cold Springs Farm, Maple Leaf Potatoes, Hub Meats/Les Viandes Hub, Cappola Food, Thames Valley Processors), 180 Northumberland St., ON N0B 1E0
Ph: (519) 632-5000 Fax: (519) 632-8850
Beamsville
Grand River Foods Ltd., 3249 Frost Rd., RR 2, ON L0R 1B0
Sofina Foods Inc./Aliments Sofina Inc., 145 East Drive, ON L6T 1B9
Ph: (905) 790-3737 Fax: (905) 790-1416
Brampton
Country Queen Foods Inc.
205 Wilkinson Rd., ON L6T 4M2
Ph: (905) 456-2460 Fax: (905) 456-3640
Brampton
Olymel S.E.C./Olymel L.P., (Galco Food Products (1994) Ltd., Les Produits Alimentaires Galco (1994) Ltée, A. Lafleur, Aliments Prince S.E.C./Prince Foods, L.P., Les Salaisons Brochu, Aliments Déliham, Viandes Ultra Meats, Excelham, Délipak),
318 Orenda Rd., ON L6T 1G1
Ph: (905) 793-5757 Fax: (905) 793-2513
Brampton
U L Canada Inc., (Unilever Canada), 307 Orenda Rd., ON L6T 1G4
Ph: (905) 793-8250 Fax: (905) 793-7626
Brampton
Kutco International Inc., 275 Walker Dr., ON L6T 3W5 Ph: (905) 789-7887 Fax: (905) 789-7150
Brampton
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Meats/Les Viandes Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Prepared Meats/ Les Viandes Préparées Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service Alimentaire Maple Leaf, Shopsy’s, Shopsy’s Foods/Les Aliments Shopsy’s, Les Aliments Hygrade/ Hygrade Foods, Vancouver Fancy Meats/ Les Viandes Préparées Vancouver Fancy, Burns Meats, Gainer, Principal Marques, Principal Marques Meat Company, Bittners, Parma, Coorsh, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/Les Aliments de Consommation
Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Pork/Porc Maple Leaf, Hub Meat Packers, Larsen Packers, Prime Poultry, Prime Meats, Maple Leaf, Tend-R-Fresh, Clearview Farms, Royce DuPont, The Poultry Company, Maple Leaf Poultry),
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service Alimentaire Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Poultry/Volaille Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Pork/Porc Maple Leaf, Schneider Foods/Les Aliment Schneider, J.M. Schneider, Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods, Hub Meat Packers, Larsen Packers, Cold Springs Farm, Maple Leaf Potatoes, Hub Meats/Les Viandes Hub, Cappola Food, Thames Valley Processors), 10 Canning St. West, ON N3T 1P1 Ph: (519) 759-4751 Fax: (519) 759-1636
Brantford
Pillers Fine Foods Inc., (Piller Sausages & Delicatessens), 38 Middleton St., ON N3S 7V7 Ph: (519) 757-0663 Fax: (519) 757-1305
Brantford
Tamsco Food Systems Inc., 50 Copernicus Blvd., ON N3P 1K5 Ph: (519) 751-1818 Fax: (519) 751-8066
Burlington
Tender Choice Foods Inc., (Family Pak Foods), 4480 Paletta Court, ON L7L 5R2 Ph: (905) 632-3449 Fax: (905) 632-4081
Burlington Canafric Inc., (Mortimer’s Fine Foods, Saffron Gardens), 5341 John Lucas Dr., ON L7L 6A8 Ph: (905) 336-0000 Fax: (905) 336-0909
Burlington De Boer’s Poultry Inc., (Holima Foods), 4485 Harvester Rd., ON L7L 4X3 Ph: (905) 632-7674 Fax: (905) 632-7678
Caledon
Holly Park Meat Packers Inc.
8070 Old Church Rd., ON L7E 0N7 Ph: (905) 880-1100 Fax: (905) 880-1058
Cambridge Grand River Poultry Ltd., (Grand River Foods), 685 Boxwood Dr., ON N3E 1A4 Ph: (519) 653-3577 Fax: (519) 653-7595
Concord Les Plats du Chef Inc., (Jonathan T, VLR Food Corporation, TGF, Cuisine Adventures, Cuisi Prestige, Thyme & Truffles) 2160 Hwy. 7, Units 6-18, 22, 27-28, 30, ON L4K 1W6
Ph: (905) 695-1355 Fax: (905) 669-9829
Dashwood Hayter’s Turkey Products Inc., RR 2, ON N0M 1N0
Ph: (519) 237-3561 Fax: (519) 237-3460
Dublin
Sofina Foods Inc./Aliments Sofina Inc., (Sofina Foods), 147 John St., ON N0K 1K0
Ph: (519) 345-2270 Fax: (519) 345-2231
Dundas
Country Meat Packing Ltd., 1188 Hwy 8, ON L9H 5E1
Ontario
Ph: (519) 621-6829 Fax: (519) 622-5306
Elmira
Mennonite Central Committee Canada, (Elmira Meat Canning), 1044 Arthur St. N., ON N3B 2Z1
Ph: (519) 505-5600 Fax: (519) 632-8231
Flinton
Flintshire Farms Inc., 79 Pheasant Farm Rd., ON K0H 1P0
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments
Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service Alimentaire Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Poultry/Volaille Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Pork/Porc Maple Leaf, Schneider Foods/Les Aliment Schneider, J.M. Schneider, Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods, Hub Meat Packers, Larsen Packers, Cold Springs Farm, Maple Leaf Potatoes, Hub Meats/Les Viandes Hub, Cappola Food, Thames Valley Processors), 643 Speedvale Ave., W., ON N1K 1E6
Ph: (519) 827-1303 Fax: (519) 827-0326
Halton Hills
Innovative Food Brands Inc., 19 Brownridge Rd., Unit 6, ON L7G 0C6
Ph: (905) 693-1110 Fax: (905) 693-1333
Hamilton Ontario Ravioli Limited, 121 Brockley Dr., ON L8E 3C4 Ph: (905) 561-4132
Nikolaos Fine Foods Limited, 225 Nebo Rd., Unit 5, ON L8W 2E1
Ph: (905) 388-8074 Fax: (905) 388-9084
Hamilton
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service Alimentaire Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Poultry/Volaille Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Pork/Porc Maple Leaf, Schneider Foods/Les Aliment Schneider, J.M. Schneider, Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods, Hub Meat Packers, Larsen Packers, Cold Springs Farm, Maple Leaf Potatoes, Hub Meats/Les Viandes Hub, Cappola Food, Thames Valley Processors), 21 Brockley Dr., ON L8E 3C3
Ph: (905) 573-7744 Fax: (905) 573-9671
Hamilton
Springer’s Meats Inc., 544 Parkdale Ave. N., ON L8H 5Y7
Ph: (905) 544-0782 Fax: (905) 547-3107
Hamilton
Nemfood Corporation, 96 Covington Dr., ON L8E 2Y5
Ph: (905) 547-6688 Fax: (905) 547-8688
Hanover
P & H Foods, A Div. of Parrish & Heimbecker Ltd., 478 - 15th St., PO Box 220, ON N4N 3C6
Ph: (519) 364-1770 Fax: (519) 364-7745
Harriston
Farm Fresh Poultry Co-operative Inc., 191 John St., PO Box 729, ON N0G 1Z0
Ph: (519) 338-3200 Fax: (519) 338-3276
Kitchener
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments
Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service
G. Brandt Meat Packers Limited, 1878 Mattawa Ave., ON L4X 1K1 Ph: (905) 279-4460 Fax: (905) 279-9155
Mississauga
Erie Meat Products Limited, (Can-Am Meat Purveyors, Golden Maple Meat Products, Harvest Creek), 3180 Wharton Way, ON L4X 2C1 Ph: (905) 624-3811 Fax: (905) 625-8815
Mississauga
Maple Lodge Farms Ltd., (Puddy Bros. A Division of Maple Lodge Farms Ltd.), 7120 Edwards Blvd., ON L5S 1Z1 Ph: (905) 795-0001 Fax: (416) 795-0047
Mississauga
Everest Wholesale Meat Ltd., 7171 Torbram Rd., Units C26-28, ON L4T 3W4
Ph: (905) 676-7600 Fax: (905) 676-7670
Mississauga
Molinaro’s Fine Italian Foods Ltd., 2345 Stanfield Rd., Units 3A, 4, 50, ON L4Y 3Y3
Ph: (905) 275-7400 Fax: (905) 275-7318
Ontario
Mississauga
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service Alimentaire Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Poultry/ Volaille Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Pork/Porc Maple Leaf, Schneider Foods/Les Aliment Schneider, J.M. Schneider, Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods, Hub Meat Packers, Larsen Packers, Cold Springs Farm, Maple Leaf Potatoes, Hub Meats/Les Viandes Hub, Cappola Food, Thames Valley Processors), 333 Courtney Park Drive, East, ON L5T 2T6 Ph: (905) 565-9388 Fax: (905) 565-1955
Mississauga
Dr. Oetker Ltd., 2229 Drew Rd., ON L5S 1E5 Ph: (905) 678-1311 Fax: (905) 678-9334
Mississauga
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service Alimentaire Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Poultry/Volaille Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Pork/Porc Maple Leaf, Schneider Foods/Les Aliment Schneider, J.M. Schneider, Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods, Hub Meat Packers, Larsen Packers, Cold Springs Farm, Maple Leaf Potatoes, Hub Meats/Les Viandes Hub,
Cappola Food, Thames Valley Processors), 2245 - 2265 Drew Rd., ON L5S 1E5 Ph: (905) 677-7722 Fax: (905) 677-6440
Hospitaliers-Ontario Inc., (Healthcare Food Services, HFS Experts in Healthcare Food), 1010 Dairy Dr., ON K4A 3N3
Ph: (613) 834-3360 Fax: (613) 834-3394
Paris
Heritage Poultry Ltd., 20 Woodslee Ave., ON N3L 4A5
Ph: (519) 442-7812 Fax: (519) 442-4975
Paris
Pinty’s Delicious Foods Inc., 20 Scott Ave., ON N3L 4A5
Ph: (519) 442-7448 Fax: (519) 442-5342
Petrolia
Franz Turkey Farms Ltd., 2950 Plank Rd., ON N0N 1R0
Ph: (519) 864-1071 Fax: (519) 864-1460
Port Colborne
Pinty’s Delicious Foods Inc., RR #1, ON L3K 5V3
Ph: (905) 835-8575 Fax: (905) 834-5093
Port Perry
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service Alimentaire Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf
Poultry/Volaille Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf
Pork/Porc Maple Leaf, Schneider Foods/Les Aliment Schneider, J.M. Schneider, Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods, Hub Meat Packers, Larsen Packers, Cold Springs Farm, Maple Leaf Potatoes, Hub Meats/Les Viandes Hub, Cappola Food, Thames Valley Processors), 1865 Perth County Rd. 139, PO Box 1180, ON N4X 1B7
Ph: (519) 229-8900 Fax: (519) 229-8953
Stoney Creek
The Meat Factory Limited, (Peameal Bacon of Canada, Lou’s Barbeque, Five Star Canadian Beef), 46 Community Ave., ON L8E 2Y3 Ph: (905) 664-2126 Fax: (905) 662-2284
Sudbury
Vitto Brand Foods Limited,
934 Cambrian Heights Dr., ON P3C 5L8
Ph: (705) 560-6300 Fax: (705) 560-3962
Thamesford
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments
Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service
Alimentaire Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf
Poultry/Volaille Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf
Pork/Porc Maple Leaf, Schneider Foods/Les Aliment Schneider, J.M. Schneider, Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods, Hub Meat Packers, Larsen Packers, Cold Springs Farm, Maple Leaf Potatoes, Hub Meats/Les Viandes Hub, Cappola Food, Thames Valley Processors), 149 Brock St., ON N0M 2M0
Ph: (519) 285-3940 Fax: (519) 285-3181
Thornbury
Black Angus Fine Meats & Game Inc., 207484 Hwy 26, Conc 11, Lot 136, ON N0H 2P0
Ph: (519) 599-2334 Fax: (519) 599-2338
Tillsonburg
Otter Valley Foods Inc., 95 Spruce St., ON N4G 5C5
Chai Poultry Inc., (Chai Kosher Poultry), 115 Saulter St. S., ON M4M 3K8
Ph: (416) 462-1313 Fax: (416) 462-1758
Toronto Select Food Products Ltd., 120 Sunrise Ave., ON M4A 1B4
Ph: (416) 759-9316 Fax: (416) 759-9310
Toronto
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Meats/Les Viandes Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Prepared Meats/ Les Viandes Préparées Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service Alimentaire Maple Leaf, Shopsy’s, Shopsy’s Foods/Les Aliments Shopsy’s, Les Aliments Hygrade/ Hygrade Foods, Vancouver Fancy Meats/ Les Viandes Préparées Vancouver Fancy, Burns Meats, Gainer, Principal Marques, Principal Marques Meat Company, Bittners, Parma, Coorsh, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Pork/Porc Maple Leaf, Hub Meat Packers, Larsen Packers, Prime Poultry, Prime Meats, Maple Leaf, Tend-R-Fresh, Clearview Farms, Royce DuPont, The Poultry Company, Maple Leaf Poultry),
100 Ethel Ave., ON M6N 4Z7
Ph: (416) 767-5151 Fax: (416) 767-2113
Toronto
Campbell Company of Canada/ Compagnie Campbell du Canada, 60 Birmingham St., ON M8V 2B8 Ph: (416) 251-1131 Fax: (416) 253-8654
Cami International Poultry Incorporated, 620 Rusholme Rd., ON L3B 5N7 Ph: (905) 732-9111 Fax: (905) 732-9112
Woodbridge
Benevito Foods Inc., 40 Gaudaur Rd., Unit 2, ON L4L 4S6 Ph: (905) 850-8300 Fax: (905) 850-8322
FEED MANUFACTURERS
ADM Alliance Nutrition
842 Juliana Dr., Woodstock, ON N4V 1B9
Ph: (519) 539-2091 Fax: (519) 539-0616
e-mail: randy.neals@adm.com www.admani.com/canada
Agribrands Purina Canada Inc.
PO Box 250, 404 Main St., Woodstock, ON N4S 7X5
Ph: (519) 539-8561 Fax: (519) 539-7883
e-mail: sandraw@agribrands.ca www.agripurina.ca
Agribrands Purina Canada Inc. 8073 Hwy. 29, PO Box 10,
Our mission is to deliver strategy-driven and entrepreneurial leadership that builds value for the Ontario chicken industry
“We ar e passionate about building our business through decisive, purposeful action and positive, productive industry relations.”
A message from our CEO Rob Dougans
We’re very proud of what we do! In its role as an effective, responsive and progressive regulator, CFO works closely with farmers, key industry stakeholders and government to grow Ontario industry value and sustainability.
We have a clear strategy and guiding values. We are supported by a professional, disciplined CFO team and performance-driven operating culture.
CFO’s business model reflects our commitment to responsible supply management stewardship which will meet or exceed two primary business accountabilities,
■ deliver cost-effective and socially-responsible production of safe, high quality chicken
■ deliver value and sustainability-enhancing solutions for the benefit of the Ontario chicken industry value chain
Chicken
Left to Right (back row): John Maaskant, Henk Lise, Tim Klompmaker, Adrian Rehorst, Murray Opsteen, Ryan Van Til, Ed Verkley Left to Right (front row): Henry Zantingh, Murray Booy
Furst-McNess Company of Canada Ltd. 30 Wilson St., Ingersoll, ON N5C 4E8 Ph: (519) 485-7440 Fax: (519) 485-7442 e-mail: shelley.martin@mcness.com www.mcness.com
Hensall District Co-operative Inc. 306 King St., Londesboro, ON N0M 2H0 Ph: (519) 523-9606 Fax: (519) 523-9135 e-mail: tjarrett@hdc.on.ca www.hdc.on.ca
Hensall District Co-operative Inc. Highway 84, Zurich, ON N0M 2T0 Ph: (519) 236-7155 Fax: (519) 239-4008 e-mail: tjarrett@hdc.on.ca www.hdc.on.ca
Interprovincial Cooperative Limited 1290 Central Parkway W., Suite 410, Mississauga, ON L5C 4R3
Ph: (905) 272-5808 Fax: (905) 272-4321
e-mail: b.duckett@fcl.ca
Kenpal Farm Products Inc. RR 1, 69818 London Rd.,
Centralia, ON N0M 1K0
Ph: (519) 228-6444 Fax: (519) 228-6560
Toll Free: 1-800-265-2904
e-mail: kpalen@kempal.on.ca www.kenpal.on.ca
Lucta USA Inc.
950 Technology Way, Suite 110 Libertyville, IL 60048 USA
W-S Feed & Supplies Ltd. 45 Maria St., Tavistock, ON N0B 2R0 Ph: (519) 655-3777 Fax: (519) 655-3505
e-mail: markbrito@wsfeeds.ca www.wsfeeds.ca
W-S Feed & Supplies Ltd. 535 Queen St. W., Mount Forest, ON N0G 2L0 Ph: (519) 323-1880 Fax: (519) 323-3183
e-mail: kenheipel@wsfeeds.ca www.wsfeeds.ca
Wallenstein Feed & Supply Ltd. 7307 Line 86, Wallenstein, ON N0B 2S0
Ph: (519) 669-5143 Fax: (519) 669-3560
e-mail: rickmartin@wfs.ca www.wfs.ca
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Staff
Janet Schlitt
General Manager
Louise Minty Communications Coordinator
Lori Hilborn
Quota & Statistics Administrator
Greg Morrison
Senior Field Inspector
Blair Camm
Field Inspector
Sandy Van der Heyden
Finance & Policy Administrator
Left to Right: Brian Ricker, District #2; George Campbell, District #1; Tom Hayter, District #3; Paul Vanderzanden, District #2; Ingrid DeVisser, Chair, District #4; Tyson Schlegel, Executive Member, District #3; Bill Mailloux, Vice Chair, District #1.
Ontario
FEED INGREDIENTS, SUPPLEMENTS & ADDITIVES
AB Vista
1350 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Suite 550, Chesterfield, MO 63017 USA
Ph: (314) 392-0874 Fax: (314) 392-0825 e-mail: tarayork@abvista.us or craigwyatt@abvista.us
Adisseo 12288, rue du Poitou, St-Hyacinthe, QC J2T 5B1 Ph: (450) 799-5904 Fax: (450) 799-5961 e-mail: andre.gilbert@adisseo.com
Pfizer Animal Health Global Poultry, Global Headquarters 1040 Swabia Court, Durham, NC 27703-8481 USA Ph: (919) 941-5185 e-mail: james.paulakuhn@pfizer.com www.pfizer.com
139 Prescott Street, P.O. Box 520, Kemptville, ON K0G 1J0
Ph: 1-877-BNS-AGRI (267-2474) Fax: 613-258-6014
e-mail: hugh.oneill@scotiabank.com
Scotiabank Executive Offices
Peter Brown P.Ag., Director, Agriculture Suite 3007 Scotia Plaza
Ontario
40 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5H 1H1
Ph: 416-866-6296 Fax: 416-866-5966
e-mail: peter.brown@scotiabank.com
Roger Roy, Senior Agriculture Manager Suite 3007 Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West Toronto, Ontario M5H 1H1
Ph: 416-933-1824 Fax: 416-866-5966
e-mail: roger.roy@scotiabank.com
Shane Chetner P.Ag., Agricultural Manager Commercial Banking Suite 3007 Scotia Plaza
40 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5H 1H1
Ph: 416-933-1781 Fax: 416-866-5966
e-mail: shane.chetner@scotiabank.com
TD Canada Trust
Head Office:
Oxford, Norfolk, Brant, Haldimand, Niagara and Hamilton Counties
Pat McNeill, District Manager, Agriculture Services
4206 Catherine St., Dorchester, ON N0L 1G0
Ph: (519) 268-3359 Fax: (519) 268-2756
e-mail: patrick.mcneill@td.com
Essex, Kent, Lambton, Middlesex and Elgi Counties
Wilhelmina Waters, District Manager, Agriculture Services
255 King Street West, Chatham, ON N7M 1E6
Ph: (519) 351-3144 Fax: (519) 351-3689
e-mail: wilhelmina.waters@td.com
Waterloo, Wellington, Halton, Peel and Dufferin Counties
Bob Bender, District Manager, Agriculture Services
550 King Street North, Waterloo, ON N2L 5W6
Ph: (519) 746-1890 Fax: (519) 746-7830
e-mail: bob.bender@td.com
Dufferin, Simcoe, York, Durham, Muskoka, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Peterborough, Northumberland, Hastings, Prince Edward and L&A Counties
Matt Holden, District Manager, Agriculture Services 19132 Centre Street, Mount Albert, ON L0G 1M0
Ph: (905) 473-2141 Fax: (905) 473-7261
e-mail: matthew.holden@td.com
Huron, Bruce, Perth and Grey Counties
Craig Bremner, VP, Agriculture Services
120 Research Lane, Ste 201 Guelph, ON N1G 5G3 Ph: (519) 763-1708 Fax: (519) 763-3825
e-mail: j.craig.bremner@td.com
Quebec and Renfrew, Frontenac, Lanark, Leeds, Ottawa, Grenville, Dundas, Russell, Stormont, Prescott and Glengarry Counties Sylvain Racine, District Manager, Agriculture Services 258 Main Street East Hawkesbury, ON K6A 3C8
Dave Buttenham, CEO; Ron Campbell, Operations & Member Service Manager. Steve Holmes, Chair; Peter Vingerhoeds,
Vice-Chair; Dave Bender, Past-Chair; Jim Blackman, Chair-Nutrition Committee. Directors: Andrew Coghlin, Jim Deblock, Vicky Hammell, Ron Heibein, Tom Robinson, Nadine Schwandt, Walt Taylor, Ken Vander Vleuten, Kevin Weppler. Association of Ontario Chicken Processors RR 5, Guelph, ONN1H 6J2
Ph: (519) 836-8383 Fax: (519) 836-5015
e-mail: kthompson@aocp.ca
Mr. Kevin Thompson, Executive Director. Chicken Farmers of Ontario PO Box 5035, 3320 S. Service Rd., Burlington, ON L7R 3Y8
District #1, Adrian Rehorst; District #2, John Maaskant; District #3, Murray Booy - Chair; District #4, Henk Lise; District #5, Henry Zantingh - 1st Vice Chair; District #6, Murray Opsteen - 2nd Vice Chair; District #7, Ryan Van Til; District #8, Ed Verkley; District #9, Tim Klompmaker. Egg Farmers of Ontario 7195 Millcreek Dr., Mississauga, ON L5N 4H1
Carolynne Griffith, Chair, Zone 1; Scott Graham, Vice-Chair, Zone 6; Dianne McComb, Zone 2; Dan Veldman, Zone 3; Roger Pelissero, Zone 4; Brian Miller, Zone 5; Robert Scott, Zone 7; Hubert Schillings (Egg Farmers of Canada Representative), Zone 8; Craig Hunter, Zone 9; Marcel Leroux, Zone 10; Andrew DeWeerd, Pullet Director.
Ontario Association of Poultry Practitioners, OAPP
c/o Animal Health Lab, University of Guelph, PO Box 3612, Guelph, ON N1H 1R8
Ph: (519) 824-4120, ext 54550
Fax: (519) 821-8072
e-mail: mbrash@uoguelph.ca
Dr. Marina Brash, Treasurer.
Ontario Broiler Chicken Hatching Egg Producers Association
483 Arkell Rd., RR 2, Guelph, ON N1H 6H8
Ph: (519) 821-0657 Fax: (519) 821-9419
e-mail: obchepa@golden.net
John Kraay, Chair; Martin Benjamins, Vice-All; Jim Patton, Sec./Treas. OBHECC Directors: Jack Greydanus, John Kapetyn, Dick Ottens, Dave Brock. OFAC Rep., Jeremy Damen.
Ontario Broiler Hatching Egg & Chick Commission
251 Woodlawn Rd. W., Suite 213, Guelph, ON N1H 8J1
Ph: (519) 837-0005 Fax: (519) 837-0464
e-mail: info@obhecc.com
Robert Guy, General Manager.
Ontario Farm Animal Council, OFAC
Ontario AgriCentre, 100 Stone Rd. West, Suite 106, Guelph, ON N1G 5L3
Ph: (519) 837-1326 Fax: (519) 837-3209
e-mail: info@ofac.org
www.ofac.org OR www.farmissues.com
John Maaskant, Chair, Chicken Farmers
of Ontario; David Murray, Vice-Chair, Dairy Farmers of Ontario; Wendy Omvlee, Treasurer, Ontario Federation of Agriculture; Bruce Christie, Past Chair, Shur-Gain/Nutreco Canada.
Directors: Robert Scott, Egg Farmers of Ontario; Paul Vanderzanden, Turkey Farmers of Ontario; Heather Copland, Grober Nutrition; Penny Lawlis, OMAFRA; Ron Douglas, Ontario Pork; Gerald Rollins, Ontario Cattlemen’s Association; Kendra Keels, Ontario Livestock Alliance. Staff: Crystal Mackay, Executive Director; Kelly Daynard, Communications Manager.
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Ontario AgriCentre, 100 Stone Rd. West, Suite 206, Guelph, ON N1G 5L3
Ph: (519) 821-8883 Fax: (519) 821-8810
Toll Free: (800) 668-3276
e-mail: info@ofa.on.ca www.ofa.on.ca
Bette Jean Crews, President, Trenton; Don McCabe, Vice President, Inwood; Mark Wales, Vice President, Alymer; Keith Currie, Executive Member, Collingwood. Ontario Hatcheries Association
7660 Mill Rd., RR 4, Guelph, ON N1H 6J1
Ph: (519) 763-6360 Fax: (519) 837-0729
e-mail: stevens@sentex.net
Gord Hastie, President; Deborah Carroll, Secretary. Directors: Hackman Ankumah, Stuart Archer, Aden Frey, Bruce MacMillan, Paul Martindale.
Ontario Institute of Agrologists
108 - 100 Stone Rd., West, Guelph, ON N1G 5L3
Ph: (519) 826-4226
Toll Free: 1-866-339-7619
e-mail: registrar@oia.on.ca www.oia.on.ca
The P.Ag designation is held by over 10,000 licensed Professional Agrologists across Canada. It has signified professionals in the agriculture, agri-food and agri-life science sectors for over 50 years. Under provincial legislation OIA licensed practitioners serve to protect the public interest through education and compliance with ethical practice standards and stewardship principles, and serve to protect society’s interests through public accountability.
Board Members: Craig Bremner, George Campbell, Leeanne Cooley, Tim de Witt, Bob Guy, Stephen Halley, Dr. Helen Anne Hudson, Crystal MacKay, Ed McKinlay, Murray Opsteen, Roger Pelissero. Staff: Tim Nelson, Executive Director; Kim Sheppard, Research Coordinator; Rose Carlo, Accounts; Sarah Thomson, Education Programs Manager; Annette Hartley, Project Manager; Dr. Danielle Julien, Biosecurity Program Specialist.
Poultry Service Association
39 William St., Elmira, ON N3B 1P3 Ph: (519) 669-3350 Fax: (519) 669-3826 e-mail: susan.tfio@sympatico.ca
Susan Fitzgerald, Executive Director; Dave Ottens, Chairman.
Turkey Farmers of Ontario 1120 - 100 Conestoga College Blvd., Kitchener, ON N2P 2N6
Ingrid DeVisser, Chair; Bill Mailloux, Vice Chair; Tyson Schlegel, Executive Member; Janet Schlitt, General Manager. Directors - George Campbell & Bill Mailloux, District 1; Brian Ricker & Paul Vanderzanden, District 2; Tom Hayter & Tyson Schlegel, District 3; Ingrid DeVisser, District 4.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT/ UNIVERSITIES
AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA
Ontario Regional Office 174 Stone Rd., W., Guelph, ON N1G 4S9 Ph: (519) 837-9400 Fax: (519) 837-9782
AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS APPEAL TRIBUNAL
ANIMAL HEALTH LABORATORY, LABORATORY SERVICES DIVISION University of Guelph, PO Box 3612, Guelph, ON N1H 6R8 Ph: (519) 824-4120 ext. 54530 Fax: (519) 821-8072 http://ahl.uoguelph.ca
Avian Pathologists: Dr. Marina Brash, Dr. Emily Martin.
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION
AGENCY- Ontario Area Office 174 Stone Rd. W., Guelph, ON N1G 4S9 Ph: (519) 837-9400 Fax: (519) 837-9771 www.inspection.gc.ca
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION
AGENCY - Regional Office - Central 259 Woodlawn Rd. W., Suite A, Guelph, ON N1H 8J1 Ph: (519) 837-5817 Fax: (519) 837-9774
Ontario/Prince edward island
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION
AGENCY - Regional Office - Northeast 38 Auriga Dr., Unit 7, Nepean, ON K2E 8A5
Ph: (613) 946-7897 Fax: (613) 946-7902
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION
AGENCY - Regional Office - Southwest 1200 Commissioners Rd. E., Unit 19, London, ON N5Z 4R3
Ph: (519) 691-1300 Fax: (519) 691-1314
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION
AGENCY - Regional Office - Toronto 1124 Finch Ave. W., Unit 2, Downsview, ON M3J 2E2
Kemin Health, L.C. 600 E Court Ave., Ste A, PO Box 503092058, Des Moines, IA 50309-2021 USA Ph: (515) 248-4000 Toll Free: 1-888-248-5040 e-mail: customer.contacts@kemin.com www.kemin.com
Novus International (Canada) Inc. 2910 South Sheridan Way, Oakville, ON L6J 7J8 Ph: (819) 461-2332 Fax: (905) 892-1582 e-mail: jp.lincourt@novusint.com
Potash Corp. Feed Products 288 Maurice St., New Hamburg, ON N3A 2H8 Ph: (519) 662-3891 Fax: (519) 662-2154 e-mail: ken.barnes@potashcorp.com www.potashcorp.com
Vetech Laboratories Inc. 131 Malcolm Rd., Guelph, ON N1K 1A8 Ph: (519) 822-2994 Fax: (519) 822-9471
Toll Free: (800) 973-3365
e-mail: immucox@vetechinc.com www.vetechinc.com
Vétoquinol Canada Inc.
2000 chemin Georges, Lavaltrie, QC J5T 3S5
Ph: (450) 586-2252 Fax: (450) 586-4649
Toll Free: 1-800-565-0497
e-mail: info@vetoquinol.ca www.vetoquinol.ca
POULTRY CONSULTING,
VETERINARIANS,
RESEARCH, ETC.
Agrapoint International Inc. 10 Webster St., Suite 210, Kentville, NS B4N 1H7
Ph: (902) 678-7722 Fax: (902) 678-7266
e-mail: f.macrae@agrapoint.ca www.agrapoint.ca
AGRICULTURAL REPRESENTATIVES FOR BANKS
Bank of Montreal
Charlottetown
Phil Floyd
Account Manager, Agriculture
105 Grafton St., Charlottetown, PE C1A 7L2
Ph: (902) 628-1295 Fax: (902) 894-4696
e-mail: phil.floyd@bmo.com
Cindy McCloskey
Account Manager, Agriculture
Ph: (902) 628-1293
e-mail: cindy.mccloskey@bmo.com
CIBC
Agriculture – Atlantic Region
Janice Tait
Agricultural Banking Specialist
759 - 761 Main St., Moncton, NB E1C 1E5
Ph: 506-961-9122 Fax: 506-859-6026
e-mail: janice.tait@cibc.com
Farm Credit Canada/Financement agricole
Canada
1800 rue Hamilton St., Regina, SK S4P 4L3
Ph: (306) 780-8900 Fax: (306) 780-8919
Toll Free: (888) 332-3301 www.fcc-fac.ca
RBC Royal Bank
Steven Harris
Vice President, Commercial Financial Services
940 Prince St., Truro, NS B2N 1H5
Ph: (902) 852-4496 Fax: (902) 852-4408
e-mail: steven.harris@rbc.com
Scotiabank
Nathan Archibald
Client Relationship Manager
274 Water Street, P.O. Box 1595
Summerside, PE C1N 2V5
Ph: 902-888-5350 Fax: 902-436-1570
TD Canada Trust
Atlantic Provinces Regional Agriculture Services
Kevin Harnum, Manager, Small Business Banking & Agriculture
140 Water St., St. John’s, NL A1C 6H6
Ph: (709) 745-8087 Fax: (709) 745-8089
e-mail: kevin.harnum@td.com
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
ANAC - Atlantic Division
53 Elliott Dr., Sussex, NB E4E 2K5
Ph: (506) 433-5917
e-mail: anacatla@rogers.com
Paul Harris, Chair; Frank Van Gestel, ViceChair; Louis Snyder, National Director; Dave Colpitts, Executive Manager & Secretary-Treasurer. Director: Neil Campbell, Prince Edward Island. Chicken Farmers of Prince Edward Island 4701 Baldwins Rd., New Perth, PE C0A 1G0
Ph: (902) 838-4108 Fax: (902) 838-4108
e-mail: peipoultry@pei.sympatico.ca
Leonard Carver, Chairman; Dean Good, Vice-Chairman; Katherine MacPhail, Secretary; Barry Uyterlinde, CFC Director; Andre Merks, Board Director; Janet Hilliard-Murphy, General Manager.
Egg Producers of Prince Edward Island 420 University Ave., Charlottetown, PE C1A 7Z5
Ph: (902) 892-8401 Fax: (902) 566-2755
www.eggspei.ca
John Dennis, Chairman; Peter Stavert, Vice-Chairman; Ian Simmons, SecretaryTreasurer & EFC Alternate Director; Leith Murray, Egg Farmers of Canada (EFC) Director; Nathan Burns, Director; Michael Cummiskey, General Manager.
Les Éleveurs de volailles du Québec 555, boul. Roland-Therrien, bur. 250 Longueuil (Québec) J4H 4G1
Tél./Tel. : 450 679-0530
Téléc./Fax : 450 679-5375
Site Web/Website : www.volaillesduquebec.qc.ca
Comité exécutif 2011 / 2011 Executive Committee
De gauche à droite : Léon Gagnon, membre; Carole Girard, membre; Jean-Paul Bouchard, président; Yves Campeau, 1er vice-président; Magella Pépin, 2e vice-président.
From left to right : Léon Gagnon, Executive Member; Carole Girard, Executive Member; Jean-Paul Bouchard, Chairman; Yves Campeau, First Vice-Chairman; Magella Pépin, Second Vice-Chairman.
Quebec
COUVOIR UNIK INC.
222, Route 104, Mont Saint-Grégoire, J0J 1K0
Ph: (450) 347-0126 Fax: (450) 347-0814
REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS
Canton Langelier
Chez Monika
330, rang est, QC G0X 1R0 Ph: (819) 523-4034 Fax: (819) 523-8691
Granby
Ferme Avicole André Leclerc Inc.
750, rue Dufferin, QC J2G 9H8 Ph: (450) 372-3194
Huntington
Boucherie Valens Inc.
77 York St., QC J0S 1H0 Ph: (450) 264-4061
L’Étang-du-Nord
Ferme Avicole Bourgeois Dumont Inc. 13, chemin du Bois-Brulé, QC G4T 3T5 Ph: (418) 986-4419
Aliments Ouimet-Cordon Bleu Inc./OuimetCordon Bleu Foods Inc., (La Maison des Incontournables Inc./The House of the Must Inc., La Fabrique de Marques Privée Inc./The Private Label Factory Inc., Organisation Cordon Bleu du Terroir Inc.), 8383, rue J.-René-Ouimet, QC H1J 2P8 Ph: (514) 352-3000 Fax: (514) 352-3418
Charcuterie la Tour Eiffel Inc., (Charcuterie de Bretagne, Charcuterie la Belle Bretagne, Chef Georges, Summersweet MC.), 1020, boul. Michèle-Bohec, QC J7C 5E2
Ph: (450) 979-0001 Fax: (450) 979-2390
Blainville
Les Aliments Parador Foods Inc., 1060, boul. Michèle-Bohec, Bureau 103, QC J7C 5E2
Les Plats du Chef Inc., (Cuisine Adventures, Thyme & Truffles, Cuisi-Prestige, Pizzetta), 51, rue Kesmark, QC H9B 3J1 Ph: (514) 685-9955 Fax: (514) 685-2602
Canards du Lac Brome Ltée/Brome Lake Ducks Ltd., 40, chemin du Centre, QC J0E 1V0
Ph: (450) 242-3825 Fax: (450) 243-0497 Lachine
Montenac International Inc., (Entrepôt Frigorifique Montenac, Les Aliments Montenac), 2316 32nd Ave., QC H8T 3H4
Ph: (514) 636-1631 Fax: (514) 636-0785
Lachine
Les Viandes Bernard Centrale Inc./Central Bernard Butchers Corp. Inc., (Les Viandes Central Bernard, Les Viandes Central Bernard Inc.), 2001, 32 ieme Ave., QC H8T 3J1 Ph: (514) 780-8585 Fax: (514) 780-8590
Lachine
4513444 Canada Inc., (Les Aliments T & N Inc., T & N Foods), 2900, rue Louis A. Amos, QC H8T 3K6 Ph: (514) 631-9275 Fax: (514) 631-8917
Les Aliments Levitts Inc./Levitts Foods Inc., (Au Petit Goret (1979) Inc., T. Lauzon Ltée, Salaison G. Lauzon Inc., Les Aliments Lauzon Inc.), 7070, rue St. Patrick, QC H8N 1V2 Ph: (514) 367-1654 Fax: (514) 367-3035
Laval 2749173 Canada Inc., (La Préférence), 575, Montée Saint-Francois, QC H7C 2S8 Ph: (450) 664-2371 Fax: (450) 664-7500
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service Alimentaire Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf
Service Alimentaire Le Chatel Inc., (Le Chatel Inc., Les Aliments Le Chatel, Les Mets Le Chatel, Les Mets Traditionnels, Services Alimentaires Le Chatel), 2995, rue Joseph-A. Bombardier, QC H7P 6C4
Ph: (450) 688-0822 Fax: (450) 688-0322
Laval 149942 Canada Inc., (B.L.P. Food Distribution/Distribution Alimentaire B.L.P., BLP Distribution/ Distribution BLP, Les Aliments B.L.P., B.L.P. Foods), 3050, boul. le Corbusier, QC H7L 3W2 Ph: (450) 688-7660 Fax: (450) 688-4687
Laval
Les Aliments au Vieux Duluth Inc., 825, boul. St-Martin Ouest, QC H7S 1M4 Ph: (450) 663-1165 Fax: (450) 663-3769
Laval
Produits Alimentaires Berthelet Inc., 1805, rue Berlier, QC H7L 3S4
Ph: (514) 334-5503 Fax: (514) 334-3584
Laval
Les Viandes Col-Fax Inc., 3673, Autoroute Laval Ouest, QC H7P 5P6 Ph: (450) 973-7770 Fax: (450) 681-7737
Le Gardeur
Les Aliments Riendeau Inc., (Viandes Riendeau Ltée., Les Entrepôts Frigorifiques Riendeau Inc., Ali-Pro Distribution Ltée, 9116-6264
Québec Inc., O’Boucher et Fils Ltée), 399, rue des Industries, QC J5Z 4Y8
Ph: (450) 654-6262 Fax: (450) 654-4796
Le Gardeur
Aliments Mer et Monde Inc., (Charcuterie de la Famille/Les Aliments Mer et Monde Inc.), 419, rue des Industries, QC J5Z 4Y8
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service Alimentaire Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Poultry/Volaille Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Pork/Porc Maple Leaf, Schneider Foods/Les Aliment Schneider, J.M. Schneider, Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods, Hub Meat Packers, Larsen Packers, Cold Springs Farm, Maple Leaf Potatoes, Hub Meats/Les Viandes Hub, Cappola Food, Thames Valley Processors), 254, rue Principale, QC G0R 2N0 Ph: (418) 885-4474 Fax: (418) 885-9408
St-Augustin
Les Spécialités du Connaisseur Inc., (Viandes Surfines), 35, rue des Grands-Lacs, QC G3A 1T5 Ph: (418) 878-3681 Fax: (418) 878-3228
St-Augustin de Desmaures
Les Aliments ô-Mets-Chinois Inc., (Les Courtages Annecy Inc.)
115, rue des Grands-Lacs, QC G3A 2T9 Ph: (418) 878-4608 Fax: (418) 878-3845
St-Charles-de-Bellechasse
Les Spécialités Prodal (1975) Ltée, (Premier Chef, Du Breton, Cuisichef, Au Menu, Table d’Hote, Cuisichef au Menu,
Les Produits de l’ile d’Orléans, Bocetin, Le Jardin Métivier, Les Produits Maison Saguenay Ltée, Aliments Breton (Canada) Inc., Paysan Du Breton), 251, avenue Boyer, QC G0R 2T0
Ph: (418) 887-3301 Fax: (418) 887-5073
St-Charles-de-Drummond
Ferme des Voltigeurs Inc., 2350, boul. Foucault, QC J2B 7T5
Ph: (819) 478-7495 Fax: (819) 478-9249
St-Cuthbert
Volaille Giannone Inc./Giannone Poultry Inc.,
2320, rue Principale, QC J0K 2C0
Ph: (450) 836-3063 Fax: (450) 836-1508
St-Damase
Olymel S.E.C./Olymel L.P., (Galco Food Products (1994) Ltd., Les Produits Alimentaires Galco (1994) Ltée, A. Lafleur, Aliments Prince S.E.C./Prince Foods, L.P., Les Salaisons Brochu, Aliments Déliham, Viandes Ultra Meats, Excelham, Délipak), 249, rue Principale, QC J0H 1J0
Ph: (450) 797-2691 Fax: (450) 797-2469
St-Damase
Exceldor Coopérative Avicole, 125, rue
Ste-Anne, QC J0H 1J0
Ph: (450) 797-3331 Fax: (450) 797-3528
St-Eustache
Les Viandes Concord/Concord Premium Meats Ltd., (Marcangelo, Les Aliments Skoulakis, Skoulakis),
Kemin Health, L.C. 600 E Court Ave., Ste A, PO Box 50309-2058, Des Moines, IA 50309-2021 USA Ph: (515) 248-4000 Toll Free: 1-888-248-5040 e-mail: customer.contacts@kemin.com www.kemin.com
L. V. Lomas Limited 1660 Hymus Blvd., Dorval, QC H9P 2N6 Ph: (514) 683-0660 Fax: (514) 683-5050 e-mail: rdietert@lvlomas.com www.lvlomas.com
La Coop fédérée, Usine de minéraux et de prémélanges 2055, 5e rue Centre Industriel, Lévis, QC G6W 5M6
Place Quebec Commercial 900 Boulevard Rene Levesques Est, Suite 100, Quebec, QC G1R 2B5 Ph: 418-691-2600 Fax: 418-522-7809
TD Canada Trust
Head Office:
Sylvain Racine, District Manager, Agriculture Services 258 Main Street East Hawkesbury, ON K6A 3C8
Ph: (514) 465-7401 Fax: (613) 632-4819
e-mail: sylvain.racine@td.com
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
AQINAC - Association Québécoise des Industries de Nutrition Animale et Céréalière QC
Christian Breton, Président; Jacques Leclerc, 1er Vice-Président; Guylaine Brochu, 2e Vice-Présidente; Yvan Lacroix, Président Directeur Général - AQINAC; René Belhumeur, Trésorier; Patrice Guillet, Secrétaire. Administrateurs : Luc Côté, Mario Côté, Robert Desnoyers, Michel Duval, Maurice Hénault, Luc Ménard, Robert Brunet, Patrice Gagnon, Renée Henri, Yan Turmine, Claude Robitaille, Sylvain Vallée. Association des abattoirs avicoles du Québec (AAAQ)
CTAC, 200 rue MacDonald, bureau 102 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 8J6 Ph: (450) 349-1521, poste 204 Fax: (450) 349-6923 www.conseiltac.com/fr/aaaq/default.aspx Fédération des producteurs d’oeufs de consommation du Québec 555, boul. Roland-Therrien, bureau 320, Longueuil, QC J4H 4E7 Ph: (450) 679-0530 Fax: (450) 679-0855 e-mail: info@oeuf.ca www.oeuf.ca Paulin Bouchard, Président; Gislain Houle, 1er vice-président; Serge Lefebvre, 2e vice-président; Serge Lebeau, Secrétaire. Administrateurs: Maurice Richard, Claude Barnabe, Manjinder Singh Sarkaria, Sylvain Lapierre, Louis Ricard, Denis Dubé. Les Éleveurs de volailles du Québec 555, boul. Roland-Therrien, bur. 250, Longueuil, QC J4H 4G1
Ph: (450) 679-0540 Fax: (450) 679-5375
e-mail: evq@upa.qc.ca www.volaillesduquebec.qc.ca
Comité exécutif:
M. Jean-Paul Bouchard, Québec, président; M. Yves Campeau, Saint-Jean-Vallefield, 1er vice-président; M. Magella Pépin, Beauce, 2e viceprésident. Membres du Comité exécutif : M. Léon Gagnon, Mauricie; Mme Carole Girard, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-
Jean Administrateurs :
M. Nil Béland, Outaouais-Laurentides; Mme Lise St-Georges, Lanaudière; M. Normand Teasdale, Montérégie-Est; M. René St-Pierre, Centre-du-Québec; Mme Jo Anne Cyr, Estrie; M. Denis Charrois, Côte-du-Sud. Syndicat des producteurs d’oeufs d’Incubation du Québec (INCOBEC) 555, boul. Roland-Therrien, bureau 515, Longueuil, QC J4H 4E7 Ph: (450) 679-0530 Fax: (450) 679-3652
courriel: incobec@upa.qc.ca
Gyslain Loyer, Président; Robert Massé, Vice-président; Martine Laporte, Vice-présidente; Pierre Belleau, Secrétaire général.
FACULTE DES SCIENCES DE L’AGRICULTURE ET DE L’ALIMENTATION, Dept. des Sciences Animales, Universite Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6 Ph: (418) 656-2131 Fax: (418) 656-3766
Dr. Michel Lefrancois, Professor, Dept. des Sciences Animales, Pavillon Paul-Comtois, 2425, rue de l’Agriculture, Universite Laval, Quebec G1V 0A6, Ph: (418) 656-2131, ext. 2223, Fax: (418) 656-3766, e-mail: michel.lefrancois@fsaa.ulaval.ca
RÉGIE DES MARCHÉS AGRICOLES ET ALIMENTAIRES DU QUÉBEC
201, boul Crémazie Est., 5e étage, Montréal, QC H2M 1L3
Cameron Hutchinson, (Hutch’s Poultry) Box 624, SK S0A 3L0
Ph: (306) 645-4430 Fax: (306) 645-2000
Saskatoon
Star Egg Company Ltd.
1302 Quebec Ave., SK S7K 1V5
Ph: (306) 244-4041 Fax: (306) 664-6619
Saskatoon
Prairie Sunrise
RR 4, Site 46, Box 58, SK S7K 3J7
Ph: (306) 239-4818 Fax: (306) 239-4685
Star City
Star City Colony Ltd., (Star City Poultry)
Box 190, SK S0E 1P0
Ph: (306) 863-2343
Unity
Ganter Ag Ltd., (Cheryl Ganter) Box 536, SK S0K 4L0
Ph: (306) 228-2900 Fax: (306) 228-4460
White City
Hutterian Brethren Church of Lajord, (Lajord Colony)
PO Box 520, SK S0G 5B0
Ph: (306) 771-4160 Fax: (306) 771-4124
FEDERALLY REGULATED
POULTRY SLAUGHTERING AND/OR PROCESSING PLANTS
Melfort
Thomson Meats Ltd., (Saskatchewan Toll Processing Centre), 618 Hamilton Ave. W., SK S0E 1A0
Ph: (306) 752-2802 Fax: (306) 752-4674
Saskatoon
The Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre Inc., (The Food Centre), #117-105 North Rd., SK S7N 4L5
Ph: (306) 933-7555 Fax: (306) 933-7208
Saskatoon
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc.,(Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service Alimentaire Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf
Poultry/Volaille Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Pork/Porc Maple Leaf, Schneider Foods/Les Aliment Schneider, J.M. Schneider, Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods, Hub Meat Packers, Larsen Packers, Cold Springs Farm, Maple Leaf Potatoes, Hub Meats/Les Viandes Hub, Cappola Food, Thames Valley Processors), 100 McLeod Ave., SK S7M 5V9
Ph: (306) 978-3600 Fax: (306) 931-4315
Saskatoon
Prairie Pride Natural Foods Ltd., 3535 Millar Ave., SK S7P 0A2
Ph: (306) 653-1810 Fax: (306) 653-1811
Saskatoon
SJ Irvine Fine Foods Ltd., (Irvine Fine Foods), 827 - 56th St., East, SK S7K 5Y9
Ph: (306) 653-1702 Fax: (306) 653-1703
Saskatoon
New Food Classics, (The Foodservice Company, Over the Edge, Grillhouse, BBQ Perfect, Ground & Browned, Bento, Oven Perfect, Absolute Favourites, Micro Perfect, Canadian Gourmet, Pubpan, Mastercut, Super Club, Recipe Ready), 820 - 60th St., East, SK S7K 8G8
Ph: (306) 683-5900 Fax: (306) 683-5022
Wynyard
Lilydale Inc., (Lilydale Foods), 502 Bosworth St., PO Box 760, SK S0A 4T0
Ph: (306) 554-2555 Fax: (306) 554-3958
Yorkton
Premium Brands Operating GP Inc., (Harvest Meats), 501 York Rd. W., SK S3N 2V6
AB Vista 1350 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Suite 550, Chesterfield, MO 63017 USA Ph: (314) 392-0874 Fax: (314) 392-0825 e-mail: petewilcock@abvista.us www.abvista.com
Adisseo 12288, rue du Poitou, St-Hyacinthe, QC J2T 5B1
Ritchie & Sons Alta PO Box 400, Abbotsford, BC V2S 5Z5 Ph: (604) 859-6660 Fax: (604) 859-6183 e-mail: randy@ritchieandsons.ca
Rogers Sugar Ltd. 4293 West 13th Ave., Vancouver, BC V6R 2T7 Ph: (604) 224-7561 Fax: (604) 224-7566 e-mail: boboya@telus.net www.lantic.ca
Saskatoon Processing Company, Division of West Coast Reduction 3018 Miners Ave., Saskatoon, SK S7K 4Z8 Ph: (306) 934-4887 Fax: (306) 934-3364 e-mail: bking@wcrl.com www.wcrl.com
The Canadian Salt Company Limited PO Box 522, Belle Plaine, SK S0G 0G0 Ph: (306) 345-5200 Fax: (306) 345-2552 e-mail: tmcaleese@windsorsalt.com www.windsorsalt.com
Tradex Commodity Group Inc. 100 - 715 Saskatchewan Cres. W., Saskatoon, SK S7M 5V7
Ph: (306) 975-7066 Fax: (306) 975-7067
e-mail: rob@tradexgroup.net www.tradexgroup.net
Wilbur-Ellis Company of Canada Ltd. 2635 Lorne Ave., Saskatoon, SK S7J 0S5 Ph: (306) 934-8244 Fax: (306) 934-8044
Shannon Borden, Chair; Neil MacMillan, Vice-Chair; Tim Armstrong, National Director; Allen Doherty, SecretaryTreasurer. Directors: Peter Bennett, Wayne Eelkema, Bruce King, Al McKim, Wade Obst, Mark Oldfield, John Wright. Chicken Farmers of Saskatchewan 224 Pacific Ave., Suite 201, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1N9
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, GOVERNMENT OF SASKATCHEWAN 3085 Albert St., Regina SK S4S 0B1 Ph: (306) 787-0338 Fax: (306) 787-0630
INSPECTION AND REGULATORY MANAGEMENT BRANCH
Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, Room 201, 3085 Albert St., Regina, SK S4S 0B1
Ph (306) 787-5547
e-mail: greg.douglas@gov.sk.ca
Dr. Greg Douglas, Chief Veterinary Officer. SASKATCHEWAN AGRI-FOOD COUNCIL
Room 302, Walter Scott Building, 3085 Albert St., Regina, SK S4S 0B1 Ph: (306) 787-5978 Fax: (306) 787-5134
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN, Department of Animal & Poultry Science 6D34 Agriculture Bldg., 51 Campus Dr., Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8
Ph: (306) 966-4128 Fax: (306) 966-4151
e-mail: aps@usask.ca www.usask.ca
WESTERN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE,
Department of Veterinary Pathology 52 Campus Dr., Saskatoon SK S7N 5B4 Ph: (306) 966-7300 Fax: (306) 966-7439
Bob Goodhope, Poultry Veterinarian.
CFC Director – Mike Pickard
CFC Alternate Director – Rudy Martinka Director – Tim Keet
Chief Executive Officer: Clinton Monchuk
National industry Associations
Agricultural Institute of Canada 9 Corvus Court, Ottawa, ON K2E 7Z4 Ph: (613) 232-9459 Fax: (613) 594-5190 Toll Free: (888) 277-7980 e-mail: office@aic.ca www.aic.ca
Doug Yungblut, President. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 1341 Baseline Rd., Ottawa, ON K1A 0C5 Ph: (613) 773-1000 Fax: (613) 773-2772 e-mail: info@agr.gc.ca
Animal Nutrition Association of Canada (ANAC-Head Office)
109, rue Murray St., Suite 2, Ottawa, ON K1N 5M5 Ph: (613) 241-6421 Fax: (613) 241-7970 e-mail: info@anac-anac.ca www.anac-anac.ca
Executive Director, National Office, Graham Cooper.
Executive Committee:
Chairman - Phil Graham, Cargill Animal Nutrition;
Vice Chairman - Peter Bennett, Federated Co-operatives Ltd.;
Treasurer - Dennis Kornelsen, Hytek Ltd.; Past Chairman - Paul Wideman, W-S Feed & Supplies Ltd.;
Director on the Executive Committee - John Brennan, Nutreco Canada Inc. Division Directors:
BC - Dave Dyble, Viterra, Feed Products Group;
AB - Gary Golby, Champion Feed Services Ltd.;
SK - Tim Armstrong, New-Life Feeds;
MB - Dennis Kornelsen, Hytek Ltd.;
ON - Nadine Schwandt, New Life Mills; QC - Patrice Guillet, Bio Agri Mix LP; ATL - Louis Snyder, Co-op Atlantic. Directors at Large: Patrice Brochu, Agri-Marché Inc.; Michel Duval, Provimi Canada ULC; Owen Jones, Canadian Bio-Systems Inc.; Bevyn Litke, Masterfeeds. Associate Members: Paul Primeau, Premier Ag Resources Ltd.; Maurice Smith, Pfizer. Nutrition Committee Past Chair: Nancy Fischer, Viterra, Feed Products Group.
Canada-China Agriculture and Food Development Exchange Centre 1100 South Service Rd., Suite 317, Hamilton, ON L8E 0C5 Ph: 289-649-0045 Fax: 866-391-4791 Toll Free: 1-877-949-0045 e-mail: info@ccagr.com www.ccagr.com
Canadian Animal Health Coalition 660 Speedvale Ave. West, Suite 205, Guelph, ON N1K 1E5 Ph: (519) 829-2242 Fax: (519) 767-2502 www.animalhealth.ca
Canadian Animal Health Institute 102 - 160 Research Lane, Guelph, ON N1G 5B2
Canadian Association of Poultry Veterinarians, CAPV-ACVA c/o Animal Health Lab, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1H 6R8 Ph: (519) 824-4120 ext 54550 Fax: (519) 821-8072 e-mail: mbrash@uoguelph.ca www.capv-acva.ca
Dr. Marina Brash,Treasurer/Communications Coordinator. Directors: Dr. William Cox, Dr. Rachel Ouckama, Dr. Robert Charette.
Canadian Hatching Egg Producers 21, rue Florence St., Ottawa, ON K2P 0W6 Ph: (613) 232-3023 Fax: (613) 232-5241 Jack Greydanus, Chair, Ontario; Calvin Breukelman, Vice Chair, British Columbia; Kevin Tiemstra, Alberta; Hendrick Van Steenbergen, Saskatchewan; Dean Penner, Manitoba; Gyslain Loyer, Quebec; Ernie Silveri, CHF Representative.
Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council
Head Office: 1545 Carling Ave., Suite 400, Ottawa, ON K1Z 8P9 Ph: (613) 724-6605 Fax: (613) 724-4577 Mike Vanderpol, Chair; Craig Evans, Vice-Chair; Reg Cliche, Past Chair; Jeff McDowell, Treasurer; René Proulx, Secretary.
Board of Directors: Gerry Kennie and Rick Weiss, Canadian Hatchery Federation; Hank Lammers and Bert Harman, Egg Grading; Aaron Kwinter and Mike Vanderpol, Egg Further Processing; Ed Rodenburg and René Proulx, Primary Chicken; Jeff McDowell and Craig Evans, Primary Turkey; Lucy McKee and Paul Borg, Poultry Further Processing. Staff: Robin Horel, President & CEO; Susan Mallet, Executive Assistant; Erica Charlton, Technical Director; Nicolas Paillat, Manager, Hatcheries & Turkey Sectors; Kevin Thompson, Manager, Chicken Sector; Vacant, Egg Sector Director; Brian Dahms, Meeting Planner.
Canadian Poultry Genetics Exporters Association
7660 Mill Rd., RR #4, Guelph, ON N1H 6J1
Ph: (519) 837-3369 Fax: (519) 837-0729
William Stevens, President; Ron Slavnik, Vice President; John Flaherty, Secretary/ Treasurer.
Canadian Poultry Research Council
350 Sparks St., Suite 1007, Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8
Ph: (613) 566-5916 Fax: (613) 241-5999
e-mail: info@cp-rc.ca www.cp-rc.ca
Bruce Roberts, Executive Director. CPRC Directors: Jacob Middelkamp, Chair (CFC); Roelof Meijer, Vice Chair (TFC); Erica Charlton (CPEPC); Cheryl Firby (CHEP); Helen Anne Hudson (EFC).
The membership of the CPRC consists of Chicken Farmers of Canada, Canadian Hatching Egg Producers, Turkey Farmers of Canada, Egg Farmers of Canada and the Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors’ Council. CPRC’s mission is to address its members’ needs through dynamic leadership in the creation and implementation of programs for poultry research in Canada, which may also include societal concerns.
Directors: Fred Krahn, BC; Andrew Wipf, AB; John Penner, NT; Stan Fehr, SK; Kurt Siemens, MB; Hubert Schillings, ON; Serge Lefebvre, QC; George MacLeod, NB; Peter Clarke, NS; Leith Murray, PE; Joseph R. Smallwood II, NL Scott Brookshaw (CPEPC); Mike Vanderpol (CPEPC); Eric Stejskal (CPEPC); Robert Sexty (CAC).
2525 St. Laurent Blvd., Ste. 203, Ottawa, ON K1H 8P5 Ph: (613) 738-1175 Fax: (613) 733-9501 e-mail: fppac@sympatico.ca
Turkey Farmers of Canada
7145 West Credit Ave., Bldg. 1, Suite 202, Mississauga, ON L5N 6J7 Ph: (905) 812-3140 Fax: (905) 812-9326 e-mail: admin@tfc-edc.ca
www.turkeyfarmersofcanada.ca
Board of Directors: Mark Davies, Chair, Nova Scotia; Bill Mailloux, Vice Chair, Ontario; Wayne Goodsman, Executive Member, Saskatchewan. Members: Shawn Heppell, British Columbia; Roelof Meijer, Alberta; Wayne Kroeker, Manitoba; Michaël Boulay, Quebec; Bertin Cyr, New Brunswick; Doug Hart, CPEPC/CCTOV; Michel Pépin, CPEPC/ CCTOV; Paul Borg, FPPAC/ACSV.
University of Saskatchewan, Dept. of Animal & Poultry Science, 6D34 Agriculture Building, 51 Campus Dr., Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8
Ph: (306) 966-2492 Fax: (306) 966-4151
e-mail: karen.schwean@usask.ca
Mrs. K. V. Schwean-Lardner, Secretary, WPSA Canadian Branch.
2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORS / CONSEIL D’ADMINISTRATION
2011
De gauche à droite : Hendrik Van Steenbergen, Saskatchewan; Gyslain Loyer, Québec; Jack Greydanus, Président, Ontario; Dean Penner, Manitoba; Calvin Breukelman, Vice-Président, Colombie-Britannique; Ernie Silveri, FCC; Kevin Tiemstra, Alberta
From left to right: Hendrik Van Steenbergen, Saskatchewan; Gyslain Loyer, Quebec; Jack Greydanus, Chair, Ontario; Dean Penner, Manitoba; Calvin Breukelman, Vice Chair, British Columbia; Ernie Silveri, CHF; Kevin Tiemstra, Alberta
Agency Background
Egg Farmers of Canada
in December 1972, Egg Farmers of Canada (EFC) (formerly Canadian Egg Marketing Agency) became the first national poultry agency established under the authority of the Farm Products Agencies Act. Since then, EFC and its provincial partners have worked together to provide high-quality Canadian eggs to consumers from coast to coast.
Our mission is to manage the supply of eggs to our traditional and newer markets by determining producer and customer requirements. To achieve this, we market eggs according to the size, volume and type demanded by consumers. All regulated egg farmers operate under supply management, a domestic food production system that enables our industry to match supply with demand and meet consumers’ changing needs. Supply management comes at no extra cost to taxpayers or government, guarantees fair prices for consumers, and ensures farmers a fair and stable income for their labour.
EFC operates an industrial product program that sells eggs to Canadian breakers. This program ensures that egg farmers recoup their cost of production over time on average. EFC also represents farmers before the federal government on a wide range of issues, including international trade, animal welfare, food safety, product labeling, animal disease prevention, traceability and emergency management.
On the marketing side, we emphasize eggs’ wholesome goodness and lasting energy through retail promotions, sports marketing sponsorships and campaigns that include television advertisements. EFC is also a proud sponsor of the annual Postmedia Canspell spelling competition and the Official Nutrition Partner of the CIBC Run for the Cure. In line with our efforts to convey sound information about the nutritional benefits of eggs and dispel myths about cholesterol, EFC is conducting outreach with family physicians across Canada. In 2010,
Nielsen data showed that growth stabilized nationally at 0.6%. We are aiming to achieve 1.5% growth in 2011.
Science continues to play a major role in advancing the egg industry’s knowledge, being the cornerstone of on-farm practices and innovations in hen housing. As such, EFC funds a variety of independent research projects at institutions across the country. This past year, EFC established a research chair in economics at Laval University and a research chair in poultry welfare at the University of Guelph. EFC is also a founding member of the Canadian Poultry Research Council and continues to support its programs.
In 2010, a total of 1,032 regulated egg operations in all provinces and the Northwest Territories were allocated quota to produce roughly 563 million dozen eggs. Our most recent data shows that a typical farm consists of 18,969 hens and is run by two or more farmers. The industry generates roughly $690 million annually in farm cash receipts and employs some 10,000 Canadians. Thousands more are employed in the feed, retail, restaurant, farm equipment, farm supplies and veterinary sectors. Egg farmers contribute about $1.4 billion annually to Canada’s GDP and roughly $115 million in annual tax revenues to federal, provincial and municipal governments. n
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Agency Background
Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC)
Who We Are and What We Do
Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) is a national organization, funded completely through farmer levies paid according to the amount of chicken marketed.
OUR MiSSiOn
To build a strong, competitive, consumer-centred Canadian chicken industry that meets the challenges of a changing world, and to profitably grow its position as the protein leader in Canada.
Established over 30 years ago, CFC is proud of its role in a continuing agriculture success story and for many great years of raising the quality chicken that Canadians trust.
CFC’s main responsibility is to ensure that our 2,800 farmers produce the right amount of fresh, safe, high quality chicken to meet consumer needs. To do so, farmers, processors, further processors and members of the restaurant trade from across the country meet every eight weeks to determine anticipated market requirements and set production levels accordingly.
This evolving risk management system that we operate under is commonly known as “supply management”. As part of the system, CFC also monitors compliance with provincial quota allocations and the inter-provincial or market development trade of chicken.
Another CFC responsibility is to represent the interests of chicken farmers and the Canadian chicken industry. CFC strives to ensure that key decision makers in government fully understand the views of Canada’s chicken farmers and that these are taken into account when important agriculture and trade policy decisions are made.
CFC plays a key role in developing, partnering or managing programs for Canada’s chicken farmers that prove that farmers continue to grow the high quality chicken that consumers trust. Through on-farm programs such as the food safety program, Safe, Safer, Safest, the animal care program and biosecurity initiatives, CFC works closely with government partners and industry stakeholders to keep the industry innovative and responsive.
Our directions and policies are determined by a 15-member Board of Directors. The Board is comprised of farmers appointed by provin-
cial chicken marketing boards. Nonfarmer directors — one from the restaurant industry, another from the further processing industry, and two representing the processing industry — are appointed by their respective national associations.
CFC and its stakeholders work together on behalf Canada’s chicken industry, from farmer to consumer. Ours has long been a Canadian success story, known for its responsiveness and leadership within an evolving supply management system. Strong leadership and proactive strategies will always play an integral role in our ongoing success. n
Agency
Turkey Farmers of Canada
proclaimed by Parliament in 1974 as the Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency and now known as the Turkey Farmers of Canada (TFC), the Agency works closely with its member organizations (provincial turkey marketing boards, CPEPC, FPPAC) to ensure that appropriate and balanced supplies enter the marketplace. TFC represents 548 Canadian turkey farmers from coast to coast, who generate over $322 million in farm gate revenue.
Over and above its role in establishing production levels and provincial allocations, TFC is actively involved in ongoing market analysis, regulatory analysis, ongoing maintenance of On-Farm Food Safety and Flock Care Programs, marketing and international trade negotiations.
More information about TFC can be found on our website at www.turkeyfarmersofcanada.ca. n
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AGRO-DESIGN - constructs all poultry-related facilities as well as out buildings for equipment, etc. We offer custom designs complete with engineering services, if required. Our past clientele are people who require a solid building construction with attention to the finer details that truly make a functional and attractive building.
Scott Wiens
AlbERtA chIckEN pRODucERS - Scott Wiens was raised on a poultry farm of table eggs and broilers. He has managed several family farms since 1993 and in 1998 began his own broiler farm. Scott and his wife reside in the County of Strathcona (Sherwood Park) with their two elementary-aged children. Scott has served on the Alberta Chicken Producers Board since March 2006, and is current Chair of the Board. He served as Producer Representative on the Industry Advisory Committee, served with UFA as a member on the Youth Advisory Committee for three years 1993-1996, and has been an active member of the Agriculture Operations Practices Act Policy Advisory Committee since October 2007. Scott is honoured to serve Alberta chicken producers and the industry, and is dedicated to protecting and enhancing Canada’s supply-managed system to ensure a consistent safe, high quality chicken product for consumers. Scott’s personal interests include playing hockey, fishing and volunteering at his church.
AlbERtA EGG pRODucERS - Alberta Egg Producers (AEP) represents the 150+ egg farmers in Alberta and works in close partnership with the Egg Farmers of Canada, whose goal is to provide Canadians with a secure supply of high quality Canadian-produced eggs. Michael Froese of Poplar Lane Farms is the newly appointed Chairman of the AEP Board of Directors. Michael has been an egg farmer since 2004 and brings his positive, outgoing, can-do approach from his barn to the Board: “In the marketplace it is important to recognize and respond to consumers’ concerns and preferences about food production.” Michael serves as Chairman because he wants to ensure that every Canadian egg farmer will continue to profitably produce high-quality eggs in the future.
tina Notenbomer, chair
AlbERtA hAtchING EGG pRODucERS - The Alberta Hatching Egg Producers was established in 1982. Since 1986, the Canadian hatching egg industry has operated under a supply management system. This supply management system had its origin in the establishment of the Canadian Broiler Hatching Egg Marketing Agency (CBHEMA), which was created under the Farm Products Agencies Act to reflect the terms of an agreement between the federal government, provincial agriculture ministers and broiler hatching egg producers in member provinces. It is the national agency that oversees the orderly marketing of broiler hatching eggs in Canada. Our commitment is to ensure the availability of a high quality product by encouraging and promoting high standards and efficient practices, provide an economic environment for the profitable production of broiler hatching eggs, and to provide input into the agricultural policy regulatory environment and general agricultural policies impacting broiler hatching eggs. The AHEP Board’s authority is established through the Alberta Marketing of Agricultural Products Act creating the Alberta Hatching Egg Plan and Regulations.
cara Dary
AlbERtA tuRkEY pRODucERS - Cara Dary joined ATP on July 11th, 2011 as the new Assistant Manager. With a BSc in Agriculture from the University of Alberta, Cara brings six years experience working for both the private and public sector implementing and managing HACCP based On-Farm Food Safety and Animal Health programming. Most recently, Cara managed and coordinated Biosecurity initiatives for the Government of Alberta working directly with Growing Forward funding programs. Cara is looking forward to working with Alberta’s Turkey producers in her new role where she will be responsible for production related programming, on-farm food safety, emergency planning and marketing & communications.
AVIAGEN - Aviagen is the world’s leading poultry breeding company, developing pedigree lines for the production of broiler chickens under the Ross, Arbor Acres and Indian River brand names. As the leader in research and development, Aviagen delivers top quality breeding stock backed by a dedicated technical team. In Canada, the primary team members are regional business manager, Scott Gillingham, DVM (519) 8204955, sgillingham@aviagen.com; and technical managers Mark Belanger (518) 569-3150, mbelanger@aviagen.com and Stan Gough (519) 274-5291, sgough@ aviagen.com. For more information please visit www. aviagen.com.
bc chIckEN GROWERS’ ASSOcIAtION - With farms off limits to visitors due to biosecurity protocols, the BC Chicken Growers’ Association, in partnership with the BC Broiler Hatching Egg Producers’ Association, has developed Poultry in Motion™, a mobile mini barn, in an effort to increase public awareness and educate consumers. This fully equipped mini barn has been featured at fairs, schools and agriculture events around the province. The trailer consists of three sections, each showing a different stage of development: day-old chicks, market ready broilers and their parent stock – the broiler breeders. Each section is set up as a small scale poultry barn, showing the technology and responsible animal husbandry that is practiced on BC chicken farms. The Poultry in Motion™ Educational Mini Barn is an excellent tool to increase public awareness and understanding of chicken production, family farming, food safety, animal care and bio-security. Further information, photos and contact information can be found at HYPERLINK “http://www.poultryinmotion.ca” www.poultryinmotion.ca
bc chIckEN MARkEtING bOARD - 50 Years of Growth & Service. The Board was established on December 12, 1961 and began operations on January 1, 1962 as the first poultry board in Canada. The first quota issuance was based on one bird per square foot of barn space and totaled 2.9 million birds per 12 week cycle. This was spread across 242 Registered Producers. The industry has experienced much growth over the last 50 years and today, BC producers hold over 16 million quota units per 8 week cycle. That is approximately 31 million kilograms of chicken (live weight) produced every 8 weeks!! British Columbia now has over 320 licensed chicken growers and produces a variety of chicken from free run and organic to specialty breeds such as the Silkie or Taiwanese chicken. BC is the third largest chicken producing province in Canada representing 15% of the National Production.
Fred krahn bc EGG pRODucERS - Fred Krahn was raised on a berry and poultry farm. Together with his brother, they expanded their layer operation to include broilers and turkeys. Eventually, they also moved into the feed and feed processing business and after a number of years, diversified into real estate, construction, and land development. His desire to see the B.C. egg industry become effective at the national level motivated Fred to become involved in marketing boards at their inception and thus Fred has served in various capacities, on numerous boards and associations including the BC Egg Marketing Board, B.C. Chicken Marketing Board and the Egg Farmers of Canada, formerly, Canadian Egg Marketing Agency. Presently, he is a director on the BC Egg Marketing Board and serves on the Executive Committee and 1st Vice Chair of Egg Farmers of Canada. Fred and his wife Judy have three sons, one daughter and numerous grandchildren. They are pleased that the sons are all involved in the family business.
bIG DutchMAN - Big Dutchman provides equipment to farms around the world and has been the worldwide leader in poultry and egg production systems since 1938. We offer practical, economical and environmentally-friendly solutions geared to your future needs. Big Dutchman stands for longlasting quality, service, and unsurpassed know-how. As the industry leader, our innovations will continue to positively impact the industries we serve. Every day farmers the world over realize the benefits of Big Dutchman’s dedication to innovation. From our poultry and egg production systems, to our tightly integrated automatic controls, we continue to set standards for efficiency, productivity and reliability. Big Dutchman has headquarters located around the world, and with a global network of sales representatives our support staff is already nearby at www.bigdutchmanusa.com
bOultER MAchINE WORkS ltD. - Boulter Machine works specializes in the custom re-manufacture of Diamond farm packers. We also provide dependable sales, service and repairs on egg handling equipment across Canada and the Western United States. Serving the industry since 1983. Contact us at 250-748-2130 or via e-mail: boultermac@shaw.ca. Check us out on the web at www. boultermachine.com
harold bundy
bRAEMAR buIlDING SYStEMS ltD. - Harold has been with Braemar since 1986 and is familiar with all facets of the operation. He started on the construction side, moved to sales in 1996 and was appointed Sales Manager in 1998. Drawing on his experience in renovation and construction of farm buildings, Harold works diligently to ensure that customers receive quality products, outstanding customer service and competitive pricing. Call: 1-800-215-1996.
brad clarke
bRAEMAR buIlDING SYStEMS ltD. - Brad has been with Braemar since April 2007 and in that time has become a very valuable and integral part of the Braemar Sales Team. Prior to joining Braemar, Brad was the Plant Engineer for North America’s largest manufacturer of water heaters and HVAC equipment. Brad brings over 18 years of project management experience including Capital Projects, Design/Build, Estimating and Construction. Drawing on this experience and the Braemar team you can be assured that Brad will deliver outstanding customer service, quality products and competitive pricing. Call: 1-800-215-1996.
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bRANt RADIANt hEAtERS lIMItED - Brant Radiant Heaters Limited - Re-Verber-Ray - Canada’s largest product selection of infrared heating for agricultural applications. Infrared heating allows the source of heat to begin at the floor level and not at the ceiling. This creates the most efficient and effective methods in which to heat areas for live stock. Save up to 50% in fuel costs over forced air heating systems. Our knowledgeable factory-trained distributors are here to serve the Canadian market and ready to consult with you. Brood with the leaders in infrared heating. Contact us today for your free, no-obligation analysis at T: 1-800-3874778 or email sales@brantradiant.com.
paul Roper, Exhibit Sales & Demo consultant cANADA’S OutDOOR FARM ShOW - Paul started working part-time at COFS in 2000, helping with field equipment demonstrations spearheaded by his father-inlaw, Clare Elston, during the show. In 2005, Paul assumed the full-time position of Exhibit Sales and Demo Consultant upon Clare’s retirement. Paul has been instrumental in expanding the level of customer service excellence for exhibitors and strongly believes in one-on-one interaction with COFS exhibitors. Paul’s efforts help companies develop new innovative ways to showcase and demonstrate their equipment/services during Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2011 will be held September 13, 14 & 15 at Canada’s Outdoor Park in Woodstock, ON. For more information, visit www.OutdoorFarmShow.com or call Paul at 1-800-563-5441 Ext. 34.
cANADIAN bIO-SYStEMS - For 26 years, Canadian Bio-Systems has manufactured a wide range of products utilized in feed, food and industrial applications. Each product is developed for a specific function and is a catalyst resulting in a safe, natural way to profitability. Tel: 403-279-3339, www.canadianbio.com.
Jack Greydanus, chair/président cANADIAN hAtchING EGG pRODucERS - Established in November 1986, the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers (CHEP) is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2011. CHEP represents approximately 254 broiler hatching egg producers of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. CHEP’s mission is to continue to grow a profitable broiler hatching egg industry in Canada in order to ensure a strong, efficient and competitive industry and a dependable supply of quality broiler hatching eggs to the Canadian chicken industry. Our commitment extends to providing hatching eggs that meet the need of the Canadian marketplace while ensuring fair returns to our members and supporting stable, consistent and profitable growth for all stakeholders. Canadian farmers produced 657.7 million hatching eggs in 2010.
lES pRODuctEuRS D’OEuFS D’INcubAtION Du cANADA - Les Producteurs d’oeufs d’incubation du Canada (POIC), dont l’office a été créé en novembre 1986, célèbrent leur 25e anniversaire en 2011. Ils représentent environ 254 producteurs d’oeufs d’incubation de poulet de chair de la Colombie-Britannique, de l’Alberta, de la Saskatchewan, du Manitoba, de l’Ontario et du Québec. La mission des POIC consiste à continuer à favoriser la croissance et la rentabilité du secteur des oeufs d’incubation de poulet de chair du Canada afin d’avoir une industrie forte, efficace et concurrentielle, et de garantir un approvisionnement fiable en oeufs d’incubation de poulet de chair de qualité à l’industrie canadienne du poulet. Les POIC s’engagent en outre à fournir des oeufs d’incubation qui répondent aux besoins du marché canadien tout en garantissant à leurs membres un juste revenu et en favorisant une croissance stable, régulière et rentable de toutes les parties prenantes. Les éleveurs canadiens ont produit 657,7 millions d’oeufs d’incubation en 2010.
brian herman, president cANADIAN pOultRY SERVIcES INc. - Over 30 years of experience with a network of crews in various provinces. Specializing in loading broilers, broiler breeders, layers and turkeys. We also provide pullet housing, vaccinating and beak trimming. Call us for all your poultry servicing needs. 1-888- 292-2249, www.brianspoultry.com.
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Jacques chevrette
c c t. INc. - A paper converter, C.C.T. produces all paper products needed by the poultry industry like chick box pads, feeder paper rolls, chick guards and chick trays. We ship, as requested, to our customers in mixed product loads. This reduces your inventory and gives you more flexibility. Call us at 450-836-3846.
chARISONS tuRkEY hAtchERY ltD. - has been supplying Western Canada with poults for over 50 years. We continue to work closely with producers to provide the quality poult they are looking for. For more information, please call 204-886-2922.
David Fuller
chIckEN FARMERS OF cANADA - David Fuller is a proud Canadian chicken farmer. He continues to operate the family farm started by his father over 50 years ago in Nova Scotia. As the Chairman of Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) since 1999, David has been at the helm throughout some of the most critical challenges facing the Canadian chicken industry. A dedicated supporter of Canadian agriculture, David has participated at a number of international trade and agriculture events, including World Trade Organization Ministerials in Seattle, Cancun and Hong Kong, Geneva, numerous Cairns Group Farm Leaders meetings, International Federation of Agricultural Producers conferences and the World Poultry Congress. He has also been a part of several CFA trade delegations to Geneva and continues to play a leading role in international trade discussions. With almost two decades of experience as a member of the CFC Board of Directors, David has been a driving force behind the strategic development of CFC’s vision and its role in Canadian agriculture.
Murray booy – chair
chIckEN FARMERS OF ONtARIO - Murray Booy is currently serving as Chair of the Chicken Farmers of Ontario. Murray was first elected to the Board in 1999. Prior to being elected to the Board, Murray served as a District Committee Representative for eight years. As a third generation chicken farmer, Murray has spent his entire life working in the chicken industry. He grew up on his parents’ chicken farm in the Aylmer area, where he and his wife, Sherry, purchased their own farm over 20 years ago. He graduated from Farm Business Management from Ridgetown College and has completed the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Programs, Class 8.
Rudy Martinka
chIckEN FARMERS OF SASkAtchEWAN - Rudy Martinka and two brothers have been raising broilers since 2006 near St. Benedict, Saskatchewan (after dispersing their dairy herd). He has been on the CFS board since 2009 and has been alternate to CFC during that time. He is now also a member of the Consumer Relations Committee and looks forward to working to help promote our industry.
chORE-tIME - Maximize the natural potential of your poultry with reliable CHORE-TIME® Systems. ChoreTime Poultry Production Systems offers a complete line of integrated feeding, watering, ventilation, heating, cooling and control products as well as nest systems through its network of authorized independent TRUE RED® Distributors. Chore-Time Egg Production Systems offers innovative poultry housing including its VERSA™ Fully Enriched Colony System which has received the American Humane Association Seal of Approval for Humane Housing Systems. Chore-Time also offers an enrichable colony system as well as aviaries, nesting systems and traditional cage systems. Founded in 1952, Chore-Time has built a reputation for offering a winning package of top quality products, knowledgeable people and profit-enhancing performance for poultry and egg producers. Chore-Time, P.O. Box 2000, 410 North Higbee Street, Milford, Indiana, 46542-2000; Telephone 574-658-4101; Fax 574-658-3471; e-Mail: info@choretime, web: www.choretime.com
phil carey
clARk AG SYStEMS ltD. - Clark Ag Systems is a leading supplier of high quality poultry & egg production equipment. They distribute and offer installation on a complete line of products including Farmer Automatic conventional and alternative housing systems for layers and pullets, the revolutionary Butterfly Feeding System for broilers, Big Dutchman production equipment, Ziggity Watering systems, Ventilation systems and energy saving electronic monitoring, heating and lighting products. Contact National Sales manager Phil Carey at 905-414-7812 or visit www.clarkagsystems. com for a complete product listing.
cORE cAlcIuM AND ShEll pRODuctS - has been the leader in supplying Quality Shell Products to the Poultry and Feed industry for many years. Still located in Mobile, Alabama, the Sales and Management is headed by Ronnie McDonough. Ronnie has over 30 years experience in the business with the former Oyster Shell Products Company who owned plants in Baltimore, Maryland and Houston, Texas as well as Mobile. Core Calcium and Shell Products has carried on the process of production closely following the popular Pilot Brand Shell. Our current Coastal Brand Shell is also known as the Organic Choice. With the price of eggs today, Coastal Brand Shell as your Calcium source is more important than ever as any breakage at all can be very expensive. For more information contact us toll free at 1-877-679-1399.
cuDDY FARMS - Cuddy Farms, with over 60 years of experience working and developing turkey markets around the world, is the leading supplier of choice for commercial turkey hatching eggs and day old turkey poults. With a full service program including laboratory facilities, veterinarian and service personnel, we would be happy to address your turkey requirements. Call or email us at: Tel: 1-800-265-1823 / judyg@cuddy.com
DIAMOND MObA - Diamond Moba Americas is a sales, service and support organization for the egg grading and packing industry in North and South Americas. It represents two innovative and leading brands of equipment: Diamond and Moba. The offices are located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Farmington Hills, Michigan. Next to these two offices Diamond Moba Americas can count on an extensive and well trained agent network throughout the Americas, offering customers availability of nearby parts and service centres. It is the service that makes the difference. Diamond Moba Americas also has an extensive product portfolio to choose from. By offering the best of both brands, various egg grading and packing solutions with capacities from 1,600 - 180,000 eph can be provided. With the help of the latest technology and innovations Diamond Moba Americas continues to offer the best possible solutions available. For more information about sales, service and support please look at: www. diamondmobamericas.com. For more information about our two brands, please look at www.diamondsystem.com and www.moba.nl.
DI c EA b ED - Diceabed, serving Alberta and Saskatachewan, provides animal bedding that saves time, is non-toxic and has proven thermal and absorbency qualities. Contact us at 780-922-6282.
peter clarke, chair
EGG FARMERS OF cANADA - Egg Farmers of Canada (EFC) [formerly Canadian Egg Marketing Agency] manages the Canadian egg supply in order to address producer and customer needs. EFC optimizes the supply to both traditional and newer markets, while ensuring a fair return to egg farmers. Formed in 1972, EFC promotes Canadian eggs and represents the views of regulated egg producers in dealings with government. Pictured here is Peter Clarke, who was elected by acclamation as EFC Chair on March 23, 2011. Mr. Clarke assumed the leadership of EFC following the retirement at the time of long-time Chair Laurent Souligny. Mr. Clarke has represented Nova Scotia on the EFC Board of Directors since 1995 and served on the Nova Scotia Egg Producers Board of Directors since 1987. He is a well-respected member of the agriculture community in Nova Scotia, where he operates an egg farm with his family.
carolynne Griffith
EGG FARMERS OF ONtARIO - Carolynne Griffith is Chair of Egg Farmers of Ontario (EFO), an independent, self-governing association funded entirely by egg and pullet farmers. She has served as Chair of the Board since April 2002. Carolynne became a Board Director in 1996 and served as Vice-Chair from 1999 to 2002. As a Director for Zone 1, she represents Essex, Kent and Lambton counties. Carolynne has been an egg farmer for almost 40 years. She is a passionate advocate of supply management. Working alongside Canadian and international delegates, she works diligently to share the opinions of Ontario’s supply managed farmers on a world stage at the World Trade Organization talks. In addition to egg farming, Carolynne advocates the importance of buying locally grown and produced food.
EXAcON INc. - manufactures and distributes ventilation, heating, cooling, feeding and flooring products across Canada, thereby providing a unique, single source, convenient one stop shopping approach. Brand names offered include: MULTIFAN exhaust fans (vertical or horizontal mount); AGRIFAN exhaust fans (Series “M” and “L”), VARIFAN programmable electronic controls; FLOWRIGHT fresh air inlets; PSI un-vented unit heaters, RECOVAIRE AIR-TO-AIR HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM, CRYSTAL
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SPRING wet/dry feeders, AIRCOOL centrifugal cooling/ misting system AND PORT-A-COOL evaporative cooling units. Other ventilation related products include various styles of recirculation fans, light trap/dark outs, chimney fans, duct fans and temperature/humidity recorders. EXACON also offers products from J&D MANUFACTURING. J&D Mfg. offers a superb line of cow comfort systems to meet your needs; stalls, bedding, flooring and stall mat systems, all products that will maximize dairy production. Newest to the J&D Mfg. Cow Comfort product line is FIBERGLASS Freedom Stalls, Penning and Gates. We are constantly working to develop new and innovative products to ensure we maintain our leading edge. New products are: STANFIELD Heat Pads, SOLAR WALL Air Heating System, COOL BREEZE 36" Ceiling fan, NORLOCK PVC Planking and 72" VHV CYCLONE FAN. For more information call our office at 1-866-335-1431.
FARM cREDIt cANADA - As a specialty lender with a portfolio of over $20 billion, we finance processors, wholesalers, input providers, equipment manufacturers and dealers: businesses that enhance Canadian agribusiness and agri-food. Finance real estate and equipment, or expand or diversify your business. Our team takes the time to learn about your business and understand what kind of financing is right for you – deferred payment, interest-only payment, staggered disbursements, or loans that reward your business performance.
FORD DIckISON (2000) INc - FDI Cage Systems specializes and manufactures poultry equipment for the egg industry. Layer and pullet cages, “Enriched” layer units, nests, chain feeding, egg collection and manure conveyance equipment. FDI Cage Systems has 48 years experience designing and manufacturing cage equipment for remodeling existing buildings, new construction and research equipment to meet the ever changing needs of the egg industry. Contact FDI Cage Systems at fd2000@ on.aibn.com or call toll free 1-800-554-2275.
GlASS-pAc - Glass-Pac designs and manufactures fibreglass exhaust fans and air inlet systems and also represents a quality line of poultry products from ROXELL - feeding systems, LUBING - drinking systems, FANCOM - ventilation controls, feed weighing/blending systems, live bird weighing systems, HIRED-HAND - super saver heaters, SHENANDOAH - breeder nesting systems and more. Our products are sold direct with full design, installation, training and support made available.
hYbRID tuRkEYS - is the feed conversion leader. We deliver the world’s most profitable birds to growers and processors in North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Hybrid is dedicated to excellence and continually strives to perfect the science of turkey production - with enhanced nutritional requirements, hands-on selection techniques, patented DNA technology, optimal performing products and sound technical advice. The winner is the market, and our customers can be confident that when they buy a Hybrid product, they’re not just buying the world’s premier turkey genetics, they’ll also continue to profit from our high performance products and the company expertise necessary to achieve significant long term profits. The continued success of Hybrid clearly rests on our reputation for delivering the finest genetics in the industry for long-term profitability.
INStA-INSulAtION - is the poultryman’s choice for farm building insulation packages. For over 10 years they have been providing spray-in-place polyurethane foam insulation and blow attic insulation for the roof. Five years ago, Insta brought to the poultry industry INSTA PANELS™, the R-12 polyurethane foam core insulation panels that complete the insulation package. Since then over seven million square feet have been installed in poultry barn floors. The positive response to floor insulation has been overwhelming. Producers have become accustomed to drier floors, no need for bird crowding, less shavings, easy cleaning barn floors, quicker barn heating, between 25-30% energy savings, overall healthier growing environment for the birds, better birds and bigger profits. For more information, call Insta at 1-800-668-0311 or visit our website at www.instainsulation.com.
J. DEAN WIllIAMSON lIMItED - is the Canadian representative for Diamond Moba Americas Egg Grading, Breaking, Further Processing and Farm Egg Packing Equipment. With the full line of both Diamond and Moba Farmpackers we have the Packer that meets your needs.
J. Dean Williamson Limited is a Canadian Chore-Time Distributor for Cage, Nest and Aviary Systems. In addition to the complete line of Chore-Time Broiler and Turkey Feeders, Ventilation and Waterers, we also represent Ziggity Systems, Lubing Systems, Exacon and Tecno Poultry Equipment. Call us today for more information. (519) 657-5231
JAMESWAY INcubAtOR cO. - Jamesway Incubator Company Inc, the undisputed world leader in incubation systems for over 100 years, offers the solutions for all of your hatchery needs, with a full line of single-stage & multi-stage poultry incubation systems, and ventilation equipment. In addition, Jamesway offers complete before & after sales service consisting of hatchery design, consultation and continuing education programs, to leading poultry producers throughout the world. Headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, Jamesway also has regional sales service offices and a network of distributors to provide direct assistance around the globe. Contact your local Jamesway Representative today at: www.jamesway. com. Jamesway…the home of Platinum Chicks™
JEFO - Jefo is a leader in the field of non-medicated performance feed additives. The company offers a vast array of innovative and highly effective species-specific feed supplements for dairy cows, swine, poultry and other species. Among its star products are Poultrygrow 250, Galliacid and Gallinat+. Species-specific additives. The company researches and develops additives that consider the genetic make-up and metabolism specific to a species. Because these additives are designed to address not only the limitations, needs and capacity of a particular species, but also the varying requirements of the market, the return on investment is unparalleled. The Jefo team includes 25 passionate agricultural specialists. The company also has impressive technical expertise, which is the result of a decade of field and station research conducted around the world, in a variety of challenging environments and conditions. jefo.com
JENI MObIlE WASh - With more than 24 years serving the poultry community, our commitment and dedication to “OUR” industry continues. We provide an honest, top quality, reliable, barn washing and disinfecting service to S.W. Ontario. Barn washing is our SPECIALTY. We can provide crews to match any size operation. We have 6 trucks to serve you better, so you can always count on our reliablity. We carry effective, quality disinfectants to complement your biosecurity requirements. We continue to focus on biosecurity as an integral part of our service to you. We at JENI MOBILE WASH know that quality and service do make the difference. Head office: 1-800361-3637
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JOlcO ÉquIpEMENtS - Partner in the industry distributes a comprehensive range of poultry and livestock equipment from two locations in Quebec and has done so for the past 40 years. In order to ensure the most efficient customer service, the company also has establishments in Ontario and in the Maritimes. This gives us access to 70% of the Canadian market. As Jolco Équipements is continuously seeking to expand the scope of its operations, the company has developed expertise in setting up overseas agricultural production facilities in emerging markets. Jolco Équipements is recognized for its capacity to offer, at very competitive cost, the best products available, including worldwide brand names such as : ChoreTime – Mixrite – Brock – Vencomatic – Ziggity –Steiner – Fancom – Canarm – Valli. Our product range consists mainly of computer-operated water and animal feed supply systems, and heating and ventilation systems. We also supply cages and egg sorters/washers. The Jolco Équipements sales and after-sale services are widely recognized throughout Quebec and our experienced staff is trained in the latest technologies. By choosing Jolco Équipements, you are a winner!
kl pRODuctS - KL is an innovator in food processing and hatchery automation providing productivity and food safety improvement using advanced robotics. In addition to our fully integrated hatchery automation systems, key areas of focus are fresh and ready-to-eat direct food handling, post weigh/price/label case packing, and palletizing. KL also manufactures a full line of industrial washers for items used throughout the food industry (totes, bins, boxes, trays, Vmegs, dollies, buggies, carts, pallets, live haul modules, and more). Learn about KL’s automation and washing systems at www. KLproducts.com.
kubOtA cANADA ltD. - Kubota Canada Ltd. celebrated 35 years of success and pride of ownership in the Canadian marketplace as a leading distributor of compact diesel tractors & construction equipment. As the only major competitor in Canada with a head office and three distribution centres, Kubota feels connected with our customer base, their needs and providing innovative equipment solutions. Reporting directly to Japan, Kubota Canada Ltd enjoys the product support and financial stability of belonging to the Kubota Corporation, founded 120 years ago. Kubota Canada’s strongest attribute is the dealer network, 150 authorized, dedicated locations across Canada. To become a proud customer and experience the Kubota difference visit www.kubota.ca to find your local dealer.
l.h. GRAY & SON lIMItED - L.H. Gray has been marketing eggs and egg products since 1934. The company, headed by Bill Gray, President, grades eggs at its HACCP Recognized grading stations in Strathroy and Listowel, Ontario and markets its products under the Gray Ridge Egg Farms, Conestoga Farms and GoldEgg brand names._It also has affiliations with Golden Valley Foods in British Columbia, Ovale Eggs in Quebec, and Global Egg Corporation/EggSolutions in Toronto. For more information about L.H. Gray go to www.grayridge.com.
M. Jean-paul bouchard, président/ chair lES ÉlEVEuRS DE VOlAIllES Du quÉbEc - M. Jean-Paul Bouchard est éleveur de poulet et de dindon à Saint-Gervais dans la région de Québec. Il a à son actif plus de 30 années d’expérience en élevage de poulet et 18 années en élevage de dindon. Depuis 2005, il assure la présidence du Syndicat des éleveurs de volailles de sa région. En avril 2011, M. Bouchard a été élu président des Éleveurs de volailles du Québec (ÉVQ). Il occupait auparavant le poste de 1er vice-président depuis 2007. M. Bouchard siège aux divers comités au sein des ÉVQ : approvisionnements, approvisionnements exceptionnels, négociation des prix du poulet, réglementation du poulet, environnement, chaire avicole, relève, comité biosécurité des attrapeurs et vérification. Jean-Paul Bouchard is a chicken and turkey producer from Saint-Gervais in the Quebec region. He has over 30 years experience in chicken farming and 18 years experience in turkey. Since 2005, he has been the Chair of the Éleveurs de volailles de la région de Québec. In April 2011, Mr. Bouchard was elected Chair of the Éleveurs de Volailles du Québec (ÉVQ). He was previously the organization’s First Vice-President. Mr. Bouchard serves on numerous committees within the ÉVQ: supply, poultry price negotiation, chicken legislation, environment, succession planning, poultry catcher’s biosecurity, poultry chair, and audit.
lubING - With more than 60 years of experience developing innovative products for poultry producers worldwide, Lubing has established a reputation as one of the most technologically advanced companies in the poultry industry. Our concentrated efforts in developing new technologies for nipple drinking systems, egg conveying systems and high pressure fogging systems have allowed us to specialize our knowledge and produce the most innovative products in the marketplace. Got Lubing? For information on our cutting-edge poultry products, please call 423-709-1000, use our toll-free fax line 1-866289-3237, write to info@lubingusa.com or visit www.lubingusa.com.
lYkIR lIMItED - A hatchery and farm supplier with instock supplies, ready for pickup or delivery. Some of our items include: chick boxes, chick box pads, feeder paper rolls, creped paper rolls, brooder guard, floor and cage feed trays, disposable clothing, crinoline cloth, etc. We have been serving the Canadian poultry business at the Mount Brydges location for 30 years. Doing our part to help make the Canadian poultry business profitable.
bill uruski, chair
MANItObA tuRkEY pRODucERS - Bill Uruski has been a Board Member since 1992, and has held the position of Chair since 2006. The Manitoba turkey industry currently has 51 commercial producers and 8 breeder producers who are represented by 4 Board Members: Bill Uruski, Chair; Wayne Kroeker, Vice-Chair; Steve Hofer, Director; and, Rachelle Brown, Director. Board office staff include Helga Wheddon, General Manager; Donna Bruce, Administrative Assistant; and Krista Pratt, Marketing & Communications Coordinator.
MANulIFt EMI - Manulift EMI, established company since the 70’s, has a vast experience with telehandlers. With more than 4,000 units delivered to customers and its telehandler admired rental fleet, being the largest in the country (400 units), and in the North American top 15, Manulift EMI is the uncontested Canadian leader. Manulift EMI is a family business with the second generation management team already in place and rising operations to a national level; since 2009, the company has begun an important expansion project throughout Canada. Manulift revolutionizes poultry barns by reducing cleaning time up to 50% thanks the speed of execution, shorter turning radius, impressive lifting capacity and real power for bucket work. For more information please visit www.manulift.ca or call 1-877-641-8355.
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MEEStER INSuRANcE cENtRE - Smithville, Ontario, are industry leaders in Farm and Agri-Business programs and related services. With their understanding of the poultry industry Meester Insurance provides specific insurance coverages and risk management to all facets of the business. Meester Insurance designed and distributes OBHECC’s exclusive Flock and Business Interruption Program.
MEllER pOultRY EquIpMENt - North American Distributors for Germany’s #1 Meller Poultry cage systems, and the Jansen Nesting, Slating and conveyor system for Breeers, free range or Organic Flocks. The Meller Layer and Pullet cages with chain, hopper, or auger feeders. Plastic manure belts and heavy duty drives. Direct entry egg elevators or lift systems and egg conveyors. Available in 2-8 tier heights. Factory trained technicians,well stocked warehouses in Ontario and Michigan, and we service what we sell. We aim to be the best (not the biggest) in the industry.
NEW tEch FOGGING - New Tech Fogging provides state of the art disinfection and insecticide services through fumigation (fogging). Our process provides a much more even and effective fog than conventional hand held foggers and a much more consistent coverage than pressure washers. The result is a better disinfection. Barns that have been tested have proven that our process is highly effective. Our company is fully licensed and insured and we look forward to providing you with excellent disinfection and insecticide results. For more information or a quote call l 519-952-0209
NEWtEch AG. INc. - A company that supplies, installs and maintains all ventilation, feeding, heating and cages systems. Our company will keep your farm running smoothly. Our main lines include Hellmann cage systems, Cumberland feeding and watering systems, Lubing nipple systems, GSI flex augers and feed tanks, Hired Hand and PSI box heaters, Re-Verber-Ray, Brant and Superior Radiant tube-heaters, ventilation systems from Norsol, Vic Systems, Vari-fan Controls, Agri-fans, Phason and Prairie Pride. Also available are Dosatron water injectors, cameras (wireless, wired & Internet based), electronic animal, feeding and bin scales, Sensaphone and Agri-alert alarm systems. We offer full troubleshooting and repair service electronic and mechanical for any of your needs – big or small we do them all. CONTACT: 1-866-767-2986 OR email: parts@newtechag.com.
NIOEX SYStEMS INc. – Environmentally and Socially Acceptable Solutions. Nioex is a solutions company dedicated to developing environmental compost systems for the livestock and organic waste industries. Nioex’s flagship product, the BIOvator, has been successfully implemented in over 200 operations throughout North America, providing a bio-secure, hassle free disposal option for mortality and organic waste. The pathogen free end product can be safely and effectively disposed of or land applied. The revolutionary and durable BIOvator, as well as contact information, can be viewed at www.nioex.com. Nioex’s experience and unmatched customer and after sales service make them the #1 choice for compost solutions. Nioex – “Giving Nature a Helping Hand”.
NutRIAD INc. - Nutriad, Inc, is a global leader in feed additives and palatability solutions. We are dedicated to working with producers, nutritionists and researchers to develop the most effective feed additives available. Our technical expertise, along with animal focused results, provides customers with confidence, results and value they can rely on.
pOultRY INDuStRY cOuNcIl - The Poultry Industry Council is a not-for-profit poultry industry research and education association. Its volunteer board is composed of a representative cross section of leading poultry organizations from across the industry. We manage the collective investment of industry funds in targeted research and education programs that work to ensure that our industry remains at the forefront of poultry production as an efficient, competitive force in the agri-food sector nationally and internationally.
pROtERRA SYStEMS – Agile’s ProTerra® Systems line offers poultry producers a 54-inch outside-mount fan option. Able to be installed over rough openings for most 48- to 54-inch fans, the 54-inch ProTerra® Fan features the company’s BI-FLOW® Shutter to deliver up to 10% more air. In addition to ProTerra® fans, evaporative cooling, lifts and inlets, Agile Mfg., Inc. offers a complete line of equipment for poultry producers. Get ROXELL® oval feeding systems as well as drinking, storage and transport systems; SHENANDOAH® heating, nesting and incineration systems; and AGRO LOGIC® controls and scale systems. Agile offers technology designed for value, efficiency and profitability; and single source simplicity for brands you trust with local distributor support. Agile Mfg., Inc., 720 Industrial Park Road, Anderson, Missouri, U.S.A. 64831; Telephone: 417-845-6065; Fax: 417-845-6069; E-mail: sales@agilemfg.com; Web: www.agilemfg.com
RMS ROllER-GRINDER - is a well known manufacturer of roller mills, roller grinders, and product cleaning systems. We also specialize in servicing roller grinders across North America. RMS has been in the particle size reduction business for well over 20 years; our goal is to provide our customers with a quality product at a reasonable price. We would be grateful for the chance to assist you and earn your business. Full Test lab, On-site consulting, On-site service, On-site training, Custom machines, Replacement Parts, Roll Sharpening and Exchange program and (3) 24-hour telephone numbers
ROtARY FORk - The Rotary Fork is a quick attach shavings or straw spreader that attaches to almost any lawn mower, tractor or skid steer. Over 100 happy customers across Canada and the United States. See the videos on the website and call me, this will change the way you run your farm. Made in Canada by a chicken farmer for the Canadian poultry industry.
SAlMEt INtERNAtIONAl - Salmet InternationalSalmet International is an equipment manufacturer and an egg producer in Germany. All of our equipment is tested in our own farms so we have the on-hand experience to help you whatever your needs. Our world renowned expertise is in colony housing systems and cage-free systems for both layers and pullets. We also specialize in conventional cage systems, breeder cages, broiler equipment and manure handling equipment. For further information please call 937-358-2260 or e-mail kim.horch@salmet.us. www.salmet.com
SASkAtchEWAN EGG pRODucERS - In 1972 the Government of Canada along with the Provincial Governments established a National Supply Managed Egg System. Market allocation was based on a five year average. Saskatchewan’s initial share of the allocation (4.76%) was reduced to 4.2% allowing the Northwest Territories to participate in the national supply system. Saskatchewan’s quota allocation is 890,960 layers distributed over 65 producers. The Provincial Board in Saskatchewan is made up of six directors, including the chairman. It is the board’s objective to improve and stabilize the producer’s return and to meet consumer demand for nutritious and safe product with a consistent supply of fresh table eggs at a reasonable price.
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Martin kanehl SpEcht-cANADA - sells German-manufactured Specht laying, pullet, breeder, aviary cages and floor nest systems. Our cages are of high quality and animal-welfare friendly. We can customize to suit our client’s needs, with options available for egg gathering, manure drying and ventilation. Specht-Canada also supplies equipment for broiler, breeders, turkey and duck barns. Installation and ongoing service by trained personnel. Contact us at martin@specht canada.com or on the web: www.spechtcanada.com.
SuNRISE hAtchERY - is the Alberta Leghorn hatchery supplying Shaver White, Bovans, and ISA Brown from breeders in secure Alberta locations. Sunrise Hatchery, the only Shaver and Bovans franchise west of Manitoba, is designed to supply all of the western provinces from Manitoba to British Columbia. Owned and operated by Al and Candy Keshwani, Sunrise hatchery offers combined experience in breeders, layers and hatching that total over 40 years. We help producers achieve better margins!
SuREFOOt SlAt SYStEMS - Importing exotic hardwood from Asian countries, Surefoot continues to excel as the most popular slat for the Canadian Broiler Breeder farm, and now becoming the most popular choice for the “Cage Free Layer.” Top quality and service remain the priority of Surefoot since 1990 and we are still going strong after 20 years. We provide farmers a flooring system that is strong, clean and easy to install. Our product is sold direct and designed specifically to meet the needs of each individual producer. More and more farmers across this country are realizing full satisfaction because of Surefoot Slat Systems. Call Surefoot toll free in Canada and USA at 1-800-411-1909.
tEcNO pOultRY EquIpMENt - Tecno Poultry Equipment has been operating in the poultry field for more than 40 years and is now one of the most renowned realities worldwide for the production and installation of poultry plants. Keeping to its philosophy, Tecno Poultry Equipment has always dedicated noteworthy effort in researching, projecting and developing its equipment to guarantee return on investments, growth and safety to its customers. In Western Canada contact Holborn Enterprises, 4132 Range Road, Box 15, Stony Plain, AB T7Z 1X1, phone: 780-963-4795, fax: 780-963-5034, e-mail: holborn@xplornet.com. In Eastern Canada contact J. D. Williamson Limited, 1922 Mallard Road, London, ON N6H 5M1, phone: 519-657-5231, fax: 519-657-4092, e-mail: jdw.jd@on.aibn.com
thYMOX (lAbORAtORIES M2) - THYMOX® the first biodegradable disinfectant for livestock farms in Canada, is distinguished by its innovative nature. It is an ultra-highperformance disinfectant containing thyme and essential oil based active natural ingredients. Some of its features:
• Broad spectrum of activity: effective as a bactericide, fungicide and virucide.
• Non-toxic: no danger to users or animals.
• Non-corrosive, for a longer service life of agricultural facilities.
• 100% biodegradable in less than 14 days (OECD 301E).
• Pleasant thyme fragrance.
• Approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
• Developed and manufactured in Canada. laboratoire M2 - A Quebec leader in biosafety, Laboratoire M2 is renowned for its innovations as well as its scientific and technical expertise in livestock farm disinfection and safety. Laboratoire M2 is also recognized for its design of a cleaning and disinfecting protocol and its emergency response unit in the event of sanitary contamination. It owns and operates a state-of-the-art, containment level 2 microbiology laboratory, and is a pacesetter in R&D and private labelling with its disinfectant for institutional and household use. Website: www.thymox.com
tuRkEY FARMERS OF cANADA - TFC represents 548 registered turkey farmers in eight provinces. TFC’s objective is to develop and strengthen the Canadian turkey market through an effective supply management system that stimulates growth and profitability for economic stakeholders, and ensures a reliable supply of high quality turkey products for consumers. TFC is governed by an 11-member Board of Directors, composed of eight elected Provincial Board representatives and three elected processor representatives. Visit us on the web at www.turkeyfarmersofcanada.ca.
Ingrid DeVisser, chair
tuRkEY FARMERS OF ONtARIO (tFO) - Ingrid DeVisser, Chair of the Turkey Farmers of Ontario (TFO), has held the position since May 2006 and has served as a Director since 1998. Ingrid had served on the Turkey Farmers of Canada (TFC) board for several years and in 2011 made a decision to step down. The TFO has approximately 190 farmers across the province representing over 40% of the production across Canada. The TFO General Manager is Janet Schlitt who, along with five additional staff members works diligently on behalf of the turkey farmers and industry in Ontario.
VAllI - Valli was founded in 1956 and today we export our equipment worldwide. We manufacture all models of Laying and Rearing cages from two to 12 tiers. We can provide Belted cages (with/without manure drying system) or “A” frame / Vertical cage models for shallow or deep-pit houses. Feeding system can be by travelling feed hoppers (sliding onto our self-supporting feed trough 1 mm thick) or flat chain. Egg collection is available by lifter, escalators/ elevators or individual tables. Quality for us is a lifestyle, not an advertising formula or an abstract concept. It comes from an endless commitment, from experience, from the deep belief that only through quality it is possible to reach those goals that are the only guarantee for a balanced development of any activity. VALLI has stuck to this principle for more than 50 years, engaged in a continuous effort and with no compromises, to the improvement of all the products and services offered to our Customers. Any decision, any technical solution, any detail has been developed with this principle in mind. Fully enriched, enrichable and broiler cages are also available. VALLI…. quality you can depend on! For information: VALLI S.P.A., Via Cimatti no. 2, 47010 Galeata (FC), Italy Ph. no. +39.0543.975311 - Fax no. +39.0543.981400 - www. valli-italy.com - info@valli-italy.com.
Dan Van bruinessen
VAN bRuINESSEN FARM buIlDING ltD. - Established in 1986, Van Bruinessen Farm Building Ltd. began as a farming business engaged in the labour and construction of agricultural buildings. In January 1999, the business expanded its operation to include selling and erection of agricultural buildings. Our projects have included a variety of poultry, beef, swine and crop storage buildings, as well as a nursery potting plants and machine shop buildings. Located in Keene, Ontario, Van Bruinessen Farm Building Ltd. is a family owned business operated by Dan and Kim Van Bruinessen. Let us take care of your investment! For more information, please call (705) 295-4033 or fax (705) 295-4045 or visit our web site at www.vanbruinessenfarmbldg.com.
VÉtOquINOl cANADA. - is exclusively committed to the Animal Health Industry, offering a complete range of proven products and quality services. Medication, insecticides, disinfectants and rodenticides are the right elements to elaborate a complete biosecurity program to achieve optimum performance. The product offering combined with the technical support makes Vétoquinol Canada., the perfect partner to maximize results and to meet today’s production requirements.
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WAlINGA INc. - Established in 1954, Walinga is a leading North American manufacturer of quality-built aluminum transportation equipment. Consisting of BULK FEED TRUCKS AND TRAILERS for the poultry, cattle, dairy, pet food and hog industries, these units are specifically engineered to the customers’ needs. Other product lines include PORTABLE PNEUMATIC CONVEYORS for agricultural and commercial applications. Walinga complements these products with rendering and recycling units, as well as a newly developed CENTRAL VAC DUST CONTROL SYSTEM. For all your bulk handling equipment and pneumatic conveying system needs, call: WALINGA INC., Guelph, Ontario 1-888-925-4642 or visit our website at www.walinga.com.
WAREhOuSE ShEll SAlES cOMpANY - For over 60 years Warehouse Shell Sales has been a leader in supplying the poultry industry with the finest quality oyster shells available. For more information, please give us a call at 1-888-459-7294 or visit our website at www.warehouse shellsales.com.
WEbER’S FAbRIcAtING ltD. - has been manufacturing Live Turkey Loaders since 1970. Since Clare Weber grew up on a Turkey Farm, he has first hand knowledge of the turkey business. The company has changed the design of Turkey Loaders over the years to suit customer demands. We offer the traditional “S” Slider model and a “2S” twostorey model. Further development of our Turkey Loaders has led us to offering a “T” Telescoping model and a “C” Caging model which both eliminate the need for a preloader. We not only offer Turkey Loaders but have extensive in house capabilities to design and manufacture to suit your needs. Whether it’s steel, aluminum or stainless steel, we would be glad to quote on your needs. Contact us at 519-664-3711, e-mail cnweber@rogers.com or visit our website at www.webersfab.ca.
WEEDEN ENVIRONMENtS - Weeden Environments is a leader in providing new technology in products & equipment designed for the poultry and livestock industry to lower stress levels while improving performance and productivity. Weeden Environments manufactures sprinkler systems for activity promotion, cooling, dust control and cleanout preparation. Weeden’s full service poultry equipment products include computerized controllers & scales, drinkers and nipple lines, feeding systems, heating and ventilation systems. Their WATER-SMART program provides producers with a simple program to follow as well as the tools needed to ensure proper pH levels and clean water lines including Proxy-Clean and Jefacid. They also offer monitoring tools such as ORP pens and pH strips, as well as necessary equipment such as injector pumps, mineral removers and medicators.
ZIGGItY SYStEMS, INc. - is the only manufacturer 100 percent focused on poultry watering for improved performance. Since 1977, Ziggity has developed innovative poultry watering products that help producers achieve exceptional performance in every category — bird weight, feed conversion, mortality and condemnations. That’s because Ziggity drinkers are designed to deliver all the hygienic water birds need to thrive without wetting the litter or pits. Ziggity’s most recent innovation is Pressure Pro, a system that allows a producer to adjust the pressure on all the lines in a broiler house at the same time and by the same amount. For more information, write Ziggity Systems, Inc. at 101 Industrial Parkway, P.O. Box 1169, Middlebury, Indiana 46540-1169 USA, call +1 574.825.5849, fax +1 574.825.7674, or visit our website at www.ziggity.com.
2010 Poultry Statistics Canadian Poultry Production
The following data is compiled from Statistics Canada, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, and the Farm Products Council of Canada
PoulTry ProducTion
1. Sales of poultry meat totalled $2.3 billion in 2010, down 3.9 per cent from 2009
2. Canadian farmers produced 1.2 million tonnes of poultry meat in 2010. Chicken, including stewing hens, which accounts for 87 per cent of all poultry meat produced, is up 2.5 per cent from
2009. Turkey meat production stood at 159 thousand tonnes in 2010, a decrease of 4.5 per cent from the previous year
2011 Outlook - A 1.5 per cent expansion in the Canadian chicken industry is expected. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) anticipates a scaling back in U.S. production levels due to forecasted rising corn prices and lower wholesale prices for boiler products.
Egg ProducTion
1. The value of egg sales reached $912.3 million in 2010, a decrease of 0.8 per cent from the previous year
2. Egg production was 636.3 million dozen, an increase of 2.5 per cent from 2009. The central region produces over half of the eggs in Canada with Ontario producing 239.2 million dozen eggs and Quebec producing 111.6 million dozen eggs
2011 Outlook - The Egg Farmers of Canada (EFC) anticipate a two per cent increase in production owing to the quota increases in 2009 and 2010 and the 53-week production year in 2011. Growth is estimated to reach 1.5 per cent in shell-egg table demand and that both the U.S. breaking stock prices and the Canadian producer prices will be higher than in 2010. n
PoulTry ProducTion by ProvincE
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LARGE POULTRY OPERATION: Presently set up for Turkey. 3 barn operation. 88,000 sq ft of growing area. Suitable for other poultry. Standby generator and all farm & barn equipment. Modern 3+1 bdrm home. All on 50 acres of land located near Acton, ON.
WINDHAM CENTRE – BROILER FARM: One barn operation. 40 x 352 x 2. Ziggity nipple drinkers. Chore-Time equipment. Sprinkler mist system. 55 kw generator and alarm system. Natural gas heaters. 12 acres on paved road.
LITTLE BRITAIN - BROILER BREEDER FARM WITH 14256 H.E.M.S. Split flock. 2 barn operation. Barn 1- 275 x 40 x 1, Barn 2- 305 x 40 x 1. Solar wall Vencomatic Nests, Roxell Feeders, Fancom Computer, Bird weighting. Box heaters. Lubing drinkers. Automatic generator, 105 kw. New well. Pullet quota of 8257 produced off site. Year round production. 50 Acres, 45 workable tiled loam soil. New 3+1 Bdrm brick home.
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It Never Rains But It Pours ALL ThingS cOnSiDeReD
by jim knisley
The agricultural situation on the Prairies is worse than first thought. Prior to the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) mid-June forecast of crop prospects, the most dire assessment that I saw was that flooding would prevent the seeding of about five million acres. The CWB, which has better and more complete information than anyone else – the federal government included – estimates that six to eight million acres won’t be seeded. This comes on top of the more than 10 million acres that was unseeded last year because of wet weather. To put this in perspective, the last two years have been the worst in the last 50 years.
Bruce Burnett, CWB director of weather and market analysis, said: “This is occurring at a time when grain prices are extremely high, adding insult to injury.”
That understates the situation. It is adding injury to injury.
While the CWB doesn’t get into the extent of the economic damage, aside from conceding the farmer losses will be in the billions, there is no need for such reluctance.
A conservative estimate would put average wheat production at a tonne an acre. There are just under 37 bushels of wheat in a tonne and prices this year look to be in the $8 a bushel range though they may trend higher. Lost revenues this year come in at about $2 billion. If you add on production lost to seeding late or seeding into saturated fields losses could easily surpass $3 billion. Add to that the $2.5 billion to $3 billion that disappeared into last year’s mud and you have something in the range of $5 billion.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecast in early June that world wheat production would be the third highest ever. But that forecast didn’t account for the seeding difficulties on the Canadian Prairies or similar troubles in the Dakotas and other areas in the northern tier of the United States.
CWB analysts also reported that the U.S. is harvesting a drought-reduced Kansas winter-wheat crop, while a major drought is affecting crops in Europe. Russia has seen some drought recovery but still needs timely moisture for its spring crops.
But the big story for the USDA is the problems facing the U.S. corn crop. The USDA is projecting a decrease in corn stocks that are already in short supply.
“Corn is a major focus because of the price ripple effect it has for all crops,” Burnett said.
In its June report the USDA projected sharply lower feed grain supplies for 2011/12 and less land planted to corn.
“Planting delays through early June in the eastern Corn Belt and northern Plains are expected to reduce planted area, more than offsetting likely gains in the western Corn Belt and central Plains where planting was ahead of normal by mid-May,” the USDA report said.
The big story for the USDA is the problems facing the U.S. corn crop
Even if these back of the envelope calculations are off, the amounts are daunting and those are just direct losses. Add on all the spinoffs – farm supplies, transportation, grain handling, lost equipment sales and more – and you get into some truly large 10- or 11-digit numbers.
It’s not just wheat and barley that are expected to be down. Canola is also expected to see reduced seeding this year.
“Many farmers in the wettest areas have planted next to nothing this spring, while others are watching their newly emerged crops drown,” said Burnett,
The situation is worst in southwestern Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan. But large areas of farmland have been abandoned and pockets of severely wet areas dot the entire southern Prairies.
The result will be “sharply lower” feed grain ending stocks with expected corn ending stocks down 205 million bushels to 695 million. This reduction in ending stocks shows that production is not keeping pace with demand. The result is that ending stocks for the 2011/12 crop year are lower than beginning stocks, indicating a stocks-to-use ratio of 5.2 per cent compared with the 2010/11 forecast ratio of 5.4 per cent, the USDA said.
A stocks-to-use ratio of 5.2 per cent is very low and is being reflected in higher prices. The picture is the same worldwide. Global coarse grain supplies for 2011/12 are projected to be down, with lower beginning stocks and production.
Global ending corn stocks for 2011/12 are projected down sharply at 111.9 million tons, the lowest since 2006/07.
The USDA report is likely optimistic. It appears there is a greater prospect for corn and wheat supplies to be tighter than projected by the USDA.
It looks like grain markets could be in for a wild ride over the next 12 months. n
