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Gilbert Matheson and his family, our featured producer for New Brunswick. Photo by Cecile Matheson
FROM THE EDITOR
BY KRISTY NUDDS
Make an Effort to Engage
This month, Canadian Poultry presents our annual Who’s Who of the Canadian poultry industry, where we highlight the human side of our industry. It’s my favourite issue of the year — it never fails to amaze me how diverse this industry is, how dedicated Canadian poultry farmers are, and the great stories they have to tell.
It’s the dedication to producing a high-quality product, family life and serving community that shines through in this issue each and every year. As well, the many benefits of supply management are more than evident.
With the onslaught of “undercover” videos in recent months it seems as though farmers, and the act of farming itself, is under attack. Articles in newspapers across the country, as well as “reports” from think-tank and special interest groups try to equate supply management with higher prices for poultry and dairy products at the grocery store. It’s no wonder consumers are confused, unsure, and looking for assurance that the products they buy are raised in a conscience way and safe.
And they also want to buy Canadian products. That’s why the Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) have been working for a number of years on a branding campaign, last month launching a new logo, “Raised by a Canadian Farmer,” that let’s consumers know that the chicken they are buying is Canadian.
The organization has frequently conducted usage and attitude surveys by the polling and research group Leger Marketing According that show Canadians are becoming increasingly conscious of where their meat is coming from. “In the last ten or 15 years, we’ve seen the country of origin and trust in Canadian chicken farmers become very
important in the minds of the consumers,” says Lisa Bishop-Spencer, communications manager with CFC.
The most recent survey, conducted in July 2013, confirmed this with 87 per cent of Canadian primary shoppers feeling that it’s important the chicken they buy is Canadian, not imported, and 77 per cent of Canadians would trust the chicken label they selected as best if it came directly from a farmers’ group rather than a retailer or manufacturer.
CFC launched the campaign in June. But consumers want to know more than just that their chicken is Canadian.
That’s why CFC is also launching “The Inside Coop”, a space on the chickenfarmers.ca website where farmers can share their stories and give Canadian consumers real, credible information on how their chicken is raised, and who raised it.
It’s a great initiative, following in the footsteps of similar initiatives such as Farm Credit Canada’s “Agriculture More Than Ever” where Canadian farmers from all commodities are encouraged to tell their story. It’s too early to tell whether this initiative is getting its intended point across and how well it is being used by consumers, but it’s encouraging to see the number of farmers and those working in the agriculture industry using it.
It would be great to see the Inside Coop get the same amount of participation from Canadian chicken farmers. The rapidly evolving world of communications and social media has provided agriculture with the opportunity to engage consumers in a more human, real way — take advantage of it. n
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T Hybrid Faces Charges WHAT’S
he Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals (OSPCA) has laid 11 charges in relation to suspected animal abuse at a Hybrid Turkeys facility in the province.
The animal rights group Mercy for Animals (MFA) released a video in March that was shot at the Hybrid Turkeys plant in Bright, which appeared to show employees clubbing and kicking the birds.
The OSPCA, which conducted an investigation jointly with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), says it is charging the corporation as well as five employees.
The specific charges Hybrid Turkeys is facing are:
• One count of failure to provide care necessary for animals’ general welfare;
• One count of failure to provide adequate and appropriate medical attention;
• Three counts of permitting distress;
• Two counts of failure to kill an animal by a method that is humane and minimizes pain and distress; and
• Four counts of causing distress (by killing an animal in a manner that caused suffering).
Some of the charges carry potential fines of up to $60,000 and jail sentences of up to two years.
MFA stated in a release that it is “calling on the National Farm Animal Care Council to establish standards to ensure that sick and injured birds are provided with appropriate veterinary care, that turkeys are no longer bred to grow so fast they become crippled under their own weight, and that live-streaming video cameras are installed in all facilities
that handle farmed animals to help prevent malicious abuse.”
Hybrid Turkeys released a statement following announcement of the charges, affirming the company has completed comprehensive, third party (independent) audits of its facilities and policies, implemented a pilot project of video monitoring euthanasia, and initiated joint research into the care and welfare of its flocks.
“Our third party audits have been completed with overall strong results, reconfirming our long standing commitment to animal welfare. Our pilot program to monitor the euthanasia of turkeys with video cameras is moving forward. We continue to explore and implement new steps to improve the welfare of animals in our care,” said Dr. Helen Wojcinski, Manager of Science and Sustainability in the statement.
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The Board of Directors of the George Morris Centre (GMC) announced June 19 their intent to dissolve the organization later
George Morris Centre to Dissolve Quebec Processors
this year and transfer the net assets as a gift to the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) of the University of Guelph, in accordance with the wishes of the late George Morris. The Centre is a national, independent think-tank focusing
Exceldor Cooperative and Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited announced in June that it has signed a definitive agreement under which Exceldor will acquire P&H Foods. Included in the transaction are the primary turkey processing plant located in Hanover, Ontario, and a joint venture interest in Golden Valley Farms consisting of a further processing plant located in Arthur, Ontario. P&H Foods produces and sells products under the Butterball brand in Canada under a licensing agreement with Butterball, LLC, headquartered in Garner, North Carolina. The transaction is expected to close in the third Quarter of the current calendar year, shortly after required regulatory approvals are received. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The acquisition will allow Exceldor to expand its operations outside of Quebec, have revenues in excess of $625 million and its products will be sold across Canada. The company said in a release that employees
exclusively on the agriculture and food industries.
In returning to the University of Guelph, the vision of the Centre is going home, as it was domiciled with OAC for its first 10 years. In the interim period, a transition team is in place to ensure the continued integrity of all obligations of the George Morris Centre.
of P&H Foods will be retained.
Egg grader Nutri Group announced that it is taking ownership, through Nutri-Oeuf, of Ovale Eggs’ entire assets. Following this transaction, Nutri Group is now comprised of six modern, high-performance plants across Canada.
Besides enabling Nutri Group to strengthen its presence in Eastern Québec, the company said in a release that
acquiring Ovale Eggs gives it the opportunity to consolidate and optimize its operations. NutriGroup outlined in the release additional benefits to the company for the transaction, including: ensuring a stable offer for its major buyers, guaranteeing optimal product marketing for local producers, providing consumers with a wider product selection, and optimizing it’s transportation logistics.
Prairie Livestock Expo
Hog and Poultry Days is expanding it’s reach and will now be known as the Prairie Livestock Expo. The biennial event will now include exhibitors for other livestock species in addition to hogs and poultry. Still included is the poultry
industry’s charity event and Canada’s largest pork quality competition. Product demonstrations and educational sessions will round out the event, which takes place December 10, 2014 at the Victoria Inn Hotel & Conference Centre in Winnipeg.
COMING EVENTS
JULY 2014
July 14-17, 2014 Poultry Science Association annual meeting, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas. For more information, visit: www.poultryscience.org/psa14 or email: psa@assochq.org
SEPTEMBER
2014
September 9-11, 2014 Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show, Canada’s Outdoor Park, Woodstock, Ont. For more information, visit: outdoorfarmshow.com
OCTOBER 2014
October 7-9, 2014 Poultry Service Industry Workshop, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alta. For more information, visit: poultryworkshop.com
October 19-23, 2014 Asia Pacific Poultry Conference, ICC Jeju, Jeju, Korea. For more information, visit: www.appc2014.org
October 29, 2014 Canadian Poultry Sustainability Award and Symposium, Hanlon Convention Centre, Guelph, Ont. For more information, visit: www.CPsustainability.com
WHAT’S
HATCHING HATCHING
EFC Hosts Downtown Diner
Egg Farmers of Canada (EFC) handed a $10,000 cheque to Food Banks Canada after hosting a successful, popular Downtown Diner in Ottawa in June.
EFC’s 1950s-inspired diner served egg sandwiches created by Marc Doiron of Town, a local restaurant, to Members of Parliament, Senators, Hill staffers and the public, accepting donations to Food Banks
Canada.
Farmers from across Canada were on hand to discuss the success of their industry and the system of supply management.
The Egg Farmers of Canda has has been collaborating with Food Banks Canada for more than two decades, and last year alone, more than one million eggs were donated to the organization.
Merial Hosts Avian Forum
M500 participants from 68 countries convened to address key industry challenges at the Forum
eeting the rapidly increasing demand for poultry and improving flock health and care were two of the key industry issues discussed at the Third Global Avian Forum, hosted by Merial recently in Paris, France. The animal health company convened customers, experts, leading academics, and international regulatory bodies from around the globe to share critical intelligence about maintaining the health and wellbeing of the world’s poultry supply.
Merial also unveiled the Ovo-Jector™, which enables the in ovo administration of its Vaxxitek® HVT + IBD vaccine. It has the capacity to treat up to 35,000 eggs per hour.
DECEMBER
2014
December 10, 2014 Prairie Livestock Expo (formerly Hog and Poultry Days), Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre, Winnipeg, Man. For more information, visit: www.prairielivestockexpo.ca or email: info@ prairielivestockexpo.ca
JANUARY 2015
January 27-29, 2015 International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE), World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit: www.ippexpo.com
January 29-31, 2015 Pacific Agriculture Show, Tradex Exhibition Centre (Abbotsford Airport), Abbotsford, B.C. For more information, visit: www.agricultureshow.net
Already launched in Brazi, it will be rolled out in all regions around the world, this year and next. The Ovo-Jector completes the existing global offer of Merial’s VTS (Vaccination Technology and Services) with vaccination equipment supported by dedicated teams of field experts who travel quickly to farms around the world managing flocks and developing equipment fine-tuned to customer needs.
The Forum also included a roundtable with representatives from the top-10 leading poultry companies in the world. All agreed that maintaining a high level of poultry health while maintaining cost control were two key future challenges.
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Egg Farmers of Canada is proud to provide a healthy breakfast to children across the country through our national partnership with Breakfast Club of Canada .
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Peter Clarke Chairman of the Board Président du Conseil
Tim Lambert
Chief Executive Officer
Chef de la direction
Board of Directors
Conseil d’administration
Ben Waldner AB/ALB.
Fred Krahn BC/C.-B.
Kurt Siemens MB/MAN.
George MacLeod NB/N.-B.
Joseph R. Smallwood II NL/T.-N.-L.
John Penner NT/T.N.-O.
Glen Jennings NS/N.-É.
Roger Pelissero ON/ONT.
Leith Murray PE/ Î.-P.-É.
Serge Lefebvre QC/QUÉ.
Regan Sloboshan SK/SASK.
Guy Flavelle CAC/ACC
Scott Brookshaw
CPEPC (Grading)
CCTOV (Secteur du classement)
Mike Vanderpol
CPEPC (Processing)
CCTOV (Secteur de la transformation)
Brad Lawson
CPEPC (Hatcheries)
CCTOV (Secteur des couvoirs)
WHAT’S
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Canada’s Food Tracking Needs Improving
Canada must improve its food tracing system if it is to be considered among the best in the world and realize economic benefits, according to a new study from the University of Guelph.
The study by researchers at U of G and the Global Food Traceability Center in Washington, D.C., analyzed the food tracking systems of several countries, including the United States and nations in Europe, South America and Asia. Systems in European countries ranked highest, while those of Canada and the U.S. were average, according to the study’s authors.
The report, “Comparison of Global Food Traceability Regulations and Requirements,” was published in Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. Lead author Prof. Sylvain Charlebois, College of Business and Economics, said the findings hold important lessons for the Canadian government, farmers, policy-makers and exporters.
“Canadian food safety is fairly secure, but improved traceability would enhance a range of areas, including animal welfare, organic sourcing, fair trade and food fraud,” he said.
“Strengthening our tracing systems would provide increased global trade options for Canadian farmers and producers, with fewer restrictions on exports from Canada.”
During food safety scares, an entire country’s particular product may be banned while investigators determine where the problem product originated, he said.
“One of the complications is tracing affected products internationally and domestically when there is an incidence of food-borne illness
or animal or plant disease,” Charlebois said.
Traceability is especially important to the success of produce and other markets dependent on access to markets around the world, he said.
“Globalization is why food traceability is so important. We are seeing foods shipped all over the world. The ability to track where these foods are from and have been is key to improving confidence in trading partners across different nations. This trend is expected to continue, and improved tracing will mitigate the need for regulations,” he said.
Graduate student Sanaz Haratifar, a co-author on the report, said a number of issues could prevent Canada from improving its food traceability.
“Population density and sound logistics help build better traceability systems. Canada has neither, so it will remain a challenge to do better, but some incremental commitments can be made,” she said.
Charlebois said Canada and the U.S. need to look at what’s happening elsewhere, especially in Europe, so systems can be harmonized and standardized.
Cobb Announces Canadian Flock Award Winners
Groupe Westco of St François de Madawaska, New Brunswick, is the latest winner of the award for the top Cobb500 breeder performance in Canada.
The award was presented to Groupe Westco breeder manager Michele Levesque and her production team by David Engel, Cobb-Vantress technical service manager for Eastern Canada, and Philippe Dufour, Canada sales manager. The group was
also presented with the award for the best Cobb 500FF flock, winning this for the second year in a row.
Ranked on adjusted performance to 65 weeks of age, the company averaged 149.15 chicks / hen housed on all flocks. Their flock in Barn 302 won the award for the best Cobb 500FF flock which averaged 150.89 chicks / hen housed adjusted to 65 weeks of age.
”Michele and her team at Westco have consistently produced great results. It is our pleasure to recognize this team for their outstanding performance,” said David Engel.
The Canadian awards, introduced in 2012, also recognized the best performing Cobb 500SF flock. Couvoir Boire & Frères in Quebec won this award for the flock in Girard #2, averaging 144.91 chicks / hen adjusted to 65 weeks of age.
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Quebec Pierre-Luc Leblanc
Quebec poultry farmers’ youngest president ever is on a mission to establish fair quota transactions
BY ANDRÉ DUMONT
Just 35, Pierre-Luc Leblanc is the youngest president in the history of Éleveurs de volaille du Québec (ÉVQ – the Quebec poultry farmer’s union). But Pierre-Luc Leblanc doesn’t care much about his age. He was chosen because his union needed an enthusiastic and persuasive leader. After one year on the job, he still feels he’s the right person for the task.
‘’If members are satisfied with my work, I’ll be there for a long time. If they don’t appreciate me, my time there will be shorter,’’ he says.
A turkey and chicken producer in La Présentation, near Saint-Hyacinthe, Leblanc hadn’t planed on heading the ÉVQ. He was on the turkey committee, but was never a board member. When he was approached for presidency, he was surprised. But then he understood: if his union was to make progress on very important issues, his talent for bringing people together could be very useful.
Leblanc is not new to being involved in agriculture. He has served on the boards of local co-ops and was a member of the ÉVQ turkey committee for four years. He is a municipal councillor at La Présentation and sits on an agricultural committee with the City of Saint-Hyacinthe.
Born on a cash crop farm, Leblanc always knew he wanted to make his living from agriculture. ‘’In school, everyone was wondering about their future, but not me. I felt privileged that my parents had a farm.’’
Leblanc obtained a college diploma from l’Institut de technologie agroali-
PERSUASIVE LEADER
The ÉVQ’s youngest president in history, Pierre-Luc Leblanc always knew he wanted to make his living from agriculture
mentaire. With the help of his parents, Laurent Leblanc and Pierrette Gaudette, he became owner of his first turkey house. His brother Laurent also received financial support to purchase his first broiler house.
Laurent Leblanc wanted his sons to each have their own businesses. To this day, Laurent and his wife still own all the cash crop land. Pierre-Luc and his older brother Jocelyn still own some poultry productions individually, but they have long figured that growth would be easier if they teamed up. Since 2004, they have made all acquisitions together, under the company they formed, called Groupe Aquino.
More than forty employees work for the brothers and their parents in the fields and in broiler, turkey, pullet and incubation egg production sites in the greater region of Saint-Hyacinthe. A couple of years ago, their sister Marylène joined the company. Groupe Aquino oversees
all input purchases, human resources and day-to-day administration.
‘’Poultry is the part I’m passionate about. I always loved animals,’’ Leblanc says. His brother Jocelyn has a preference for cash crops.
HOT TOPICS
As head of the ÉVQ, Leblanc first wanted the union to confirm its core values, in order to develop strategies that match unanimous goals.
Core value number one is the continuity of the family farm. Other values include production efficiency and quality, respect and equality among members, and animal welfare.
The ÉVQ’s most important issue these past years have been its request for a centralized broiler quota exchange and a cap on the price of quota. The Régie des marchés agricoles et agroalimentaires du Québec (the province’s farm market
regulator) has asked the ÉVQ to modify the concept of its proposed centralized quota exchange and to file an improved version by November 1st.
‘’We are analyzing the Régie’s decision,’’ Leblanc says. ‘’The Régie recognized that our goals are legitimate, but the means are to be improved.’’
Leblanc says he’s worried that the current price of broiler production quota may be too high for any young farmer to purchase and be profitable. Although quota value is not part of the cost of production calculation, Leblanc is also concerned that the public could think that the price of chicken meat is reflective of high quota prices.
‘’We want to stabilize the price of quota and make sure everyone has an equal chance to purchase some,’’ Leblanc says. ‘’With a centralized quota exchange, anyone could start a farm.’’ The goal is to allow at the same time for young farmers to access quota and for existing farms to continue expanding, he says.
For the last four years, there has been a hold on broiler quota transactions in Québec. The suggested fixed price would be $900 per m2. But Leblanc says it’s still unclear what should be taken in account when setting the price.
The ÉVQ are also re-examining their new farmer assistance program. Quota that is to be distributed to new farmers or sons and daughters of existing farmers must really be for individuals who will be working full time on the farm, Leblanc says.
SUPPLY MANAGEMENT AND EFFICIENCY
At the national level, Leblanc wants to work with other provinces to solve growth allocation issues. Distribution of new production allocations must not only take in account population growth, he says. Efficiency in production and transformation must also be considered.
Defending supply management is a permanent item on Leblanc’s agenda. “With the recent trade agreement with the European Union opening our market to fine cheeses, poultry growers are worried they could also lose some market
protection in order for other bilateral trade agreements to be finalized,” he says.
‘’We want to be close to the government, to make them realize what the impact would be if anything is changed. ‘’Poultry farmers pay $1.8 million in income taxes and our production doesn’t live off subsidies.’’
Countries like the U.S., Brazil and China don’t have standards for food safety and environment as high as Canada, Leblanc says. ‘’The supply management system is what allows us to produce efficiently while respecting strict food safety regulation. These high standards have a cost, but I think this is what Canadians want.’’ n
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Innovation, best practices and strong industry relationships are priorities
BY DONNA FLEURY
With an eye on the growth of the industry,
David Hyink is passionate about his family farm operation and the broader Canadian poultry industry.
David and his brother Eric are partners in a family-owned broiler chicken business and shareholders with their parents, who bought the first farm in Ponoka, Alberta, from Lilydale in 1976. The original farm, which was located in the town of Ponoka until the mid2000s, has been re-located outside the town and the Hyinks’ have converted the original farmsite into the Chicken Hill residential subdivision. They have expanded their operation to include three farms between Ponoka and Lacombe, with an annual production of close to three million kilograms per year.
“Eric and I manage the day-to-day operations of the three farms and are building the business together,” says Hyink, owner of Hyink Farms together with his wife Sharlene and their three children Justin, Travis and Kristen. “When we moved Hyink Farms to the new location, we built a fairly modern farm to take advantage of the technology we have today, as well as modernizing Eric’s Chicken Hill Farm, Red Barn Farms. Incorporating new technology and innovation into our farms allows us to minimize the labour required to run the operations. The two of us manage most of the ongoing farm operations, but we do hire teens from the community to help with certain jobs during peak periods.”
David Hyink is passionate about both his family farm and the Canadian poultry industry
The three broiler operations include eight barns varying in size from 10,000 to 20,000 square feet of open area with automated feed lines and water systems. The ventilation system manages temperature, humidity, C02 and other aspects to maintain a proper climate for healthy birds. Hyink also installed high-pressure misting systems into the barns to help cool the birds when the barns are running at full capacity. All the barn operations are computerized, making monitoring and management easier. The ability to check and control the computers in the barn from smart phones has allowed the Hyinks to have a high standard of care for the birds
even when they are busy and away from the farm.
Animal care is important to the Hyink family business and is a passion of David’s who carries that past his operation to various provincial and national industry boards. Hyink emphasizes that it is because of the farming partnership with his brother that he is able to be away from the farm to participate in the many boards and committees across the country.
ANIMAL CARE AND FOOD SAFETY A PRIORITY
Over the past several years, David has held board positions on both provincial
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and national industry associations and task teams. He was elected to the Alberta Chicken Producers for the first time 14 years ago and continues as Alberta Director on Chicken Farmers of Canada Board, today, with only one year off in that time for mandatory step down. He has also served as Vice Chair, Chair and member of the Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC) board and member on the Alberta’s Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) policy advisory committee, the regulator for intensive livestock operations in Alberta.
“Based on the important work done in Alberta by the various representatives on animal care, then General Manager of AFAC, Susan Church, and myself got involved with other stakeholders across Canada to help create the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) in 2005 and get it up and operational,” explains Hyink. “For the first two years I sat on the executive as the Farm Animal Care representative. It was exciting to help build something off the ground and see how well that organization is continuing today. It continues to bring credibility to the codes of practice and assessment programs that are developed and improved in Canada.”
Hyink, who was also the first chair of the Chicken Farmers of Canada’s Animal Care Committee, is pleased to see that after many years of hard work and lots of effort a successful
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chicken industry animal care program has been initiated in all provinces across Canada. “I believe our program is very comprehensive and world class, and compares well to other programs out there,” says Hyink. “This auditable animal care program allows us as producers to assure consumers that the chicken they are eating has been grown under controlled conditions and farmers are actively audited and monitored to maintain those standards. This is an important piece of the puzzle to put those practices and processes in place and be able to prove we are following the program standards.”
The Chicken Farmers of Canada also has a mandatory On-Farm Food Safety Program across the country, and were the first commodity organization to receive third party audit by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) for the program. He believes it is an excellent program and important to have the credibility of CFIA behind the program. “From an industry perspective, it is important to have credible national programs in place and implemented across the industry,” adds Hyink. “I think it provides a level of stability and consistency, and assurance for consumers of our chicken products.”
Hyink emphasizes that the economic impact on producers and the costs to implement programs to improve safety and welfare need to be recognized. “As a result of this program, many farmers had to make real production changes on their farm and invest in new technologies, which had significant economic impacts on their business. Producers made these changes for the good of the industry at large in Canada.”
He has also served on the National Farmed Animal Health and Welfare Strategy, an advisory council with stakeholders from federal and provincial governments and agencies and industry organizations. “Antimicrobial use and resistance is one of the issues this partnership is bringing leadership to. In addition to the work of the partnership I am proud of the
DAVID HYINK, SHOWN HERE WITH HIS WIFE SHARLENE, IS VERY INVOLVED WITH HIS FAMILY AND COMMUNITY
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Launching this summer, The Inside Coop will be a space where we can proudly share our stories and give Canadians real, credible information about Canada’s chicken industry.
Look for it at www.chickenfarmers.ca/blog
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steps the chicken industry has taken to proactively address this issue,” says Hyink. For example, industry completely restricted “preventative” use of Category 1 antimicrobials in chicken production as of May 15, 2014. Category 1 antimicrobials are deemed to be the antibiotics most critical for human health. This change will create challenges for farmers to be even more diligent in the work they do. “We continue to make progress to address these challenges and issues for industry.”
Hyink believes that developing strong, honest and meaningful relationships with industry partners is very important, both for his own business and for industry. As industry issues come up, those relationships provide a way to have difficult conversations and solve issues and challenges together. Hyink continues to be involved in many provincial and national industry boards and activities. He is also very involved with his family and community, supporting his kids’ sorting endeavours and activities. Christian faith and service in his church and community are also very important to Hyink and his family.
GROWING DEMAND FOR THE FUTURE
In 2007, the Alberta Chicken Producers identified the rapidly growing population in Alberta as a key industry issue and have been working with the Chicken Farmers of Canada and other provinces to address the future allocation system for industry. “Every federal and provincial agreement has to face this reality and the chicken industry is no exception. We believe that for our chicken supply management system to stay strong, we need to address the reality of this growth situation and find a fair, robust allocation system to provide a strong platform for the Chicken Farmers of Canada to move forward in the future,” says Hyink. “I am a very passionate proponent of a strong national system of the Chicken Farmers of Canada and the work they do, and you won’t find a director in Alberta who would think otherwise. We continue to work diligently along with every other province to try to find a new allocation system that includes meaningful differential growth and that will be acceptable to all 10 provinces.”
Karen Kirkwood, Executive Director of Alberta Chicken Producers, and Hyink have been leading a team from Alberta to address this issue and held many meetings consulting with producers, processors and those they are negotiating with to try and resolve the issue. However, despite all of the efforts, consensus was not reached, and as of January 1, 2014, the Alberta Chicken Producers were no longer part of the national agency and are operating on a temporary agreement, which expires in July 2014.
“A strong national supply management system is very important to us and we hope we are able to come to a solu-
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tion soon and get all 10 provinces to sign back on to an agreement,” explains Hyink. “We are very open to long-term sustainable solutions and addressing the issue strictly out of the growth of the industry. Chicken farmers in Canada are fortunate to be in a vibrant growing industry and a solution will not need to impact any current allocation and production across Canada. No farmer in Canada would be growing any less chicken than they were before or shutting down their barns. We will continue to work towards trying to find a solution based on a positive view of the future.”
SUPPLY MANAGEMENT SUPPORTS FARM TRANSITION AND GROWTH
Transitioning the farm from one generation to another, or supporting new farmers to enter the business is a challenge and is very expensive for any type of farming operation. However, Hyink believes that supply management, although sometimes criticized as a costly venture and difficult to get into, actually makes it easier for young farmers. The chicken industry in Alberta and in other provinces has one of the youngest demographics across the agriculture industry.
“For young farmers who are patient, have a long-term focus and work hard, supply management can provide stability and a consistent business that banks will consider financing,” says Hyink. “Although it has taken 20 years of hard work, off-farm income and perseverance, without supply management I don’t think I would be in farming today. It has provided a way for my brother and I to go to the bank and arrange to transition the farm from our parents and, at the same time, expand and grow the business to where it can support our families. I couldn’t imagine even being a farmer it is wasn’t for the consistency of the supply management system. And hopefully, this system will remain strong and provide the opportunity for transition to the next generation in the future.” n
Manitoba
Dean Penner
Dedication and work with CHEP helps secure sector’s future
BY TREENA HEIN
Near Steinbach, Manitoba, sits a farm that is the pride of Dean Penner and his family. “I grew up on a broiler and grain farm, and as a young adult, I did road construction,” he recalls. “But when I got married to Carolyn I wanted to be at home more, and that was a big part of the motivation to start farming. It’s a good lifestyle to have for raising a family.”
The landscape is flat in the area, with some other farms nearby. One edge of the Penner farm actually touches on Steinbach’s city limits, which is convenient when a quick purchase is needed. In 1989, when the farm was purchased, it was a 4,000-bird, broiler breeder operation. In 2000, the Penners expanded to 10,000 hens and acquired Dean’s father’s broiler quota (totalling 30,000 kg). In 2005, the family started a hog operation (7,200 animals) at another site.
Dean does the day-to-day paperwork, repairs and maintenance. Employees handle egg collection. “Carolyn pitches in when employees are away, and our son and daughter, who are young adults, help out as well,” says Penner. “They haven’t shown a lot of interest in working full time on the farm yet, but we hope that one or both will be interested in that in the future.”
Over the years, the Penners have made typical updates to the lighting, water, ventilation systems and more. However, they broke new ground in 1993. “I was the first in the province to install bird scales in the barn,” Penner explains. “Technology has changed considerably since then in
BREAKING NEW GROUND
Dean Penner (above) and his wife Caroyn purchased the farm in 1989 and have expanded the broiler breeder operation and added broilers and hogs
terms of accuracy of weighing, but at the time and as it is now, scales made it far easier to monitor weight gain.”
CHEP INVOLVEMENT
Penner has served on the board on Manitoba Chicken Producers for about six years and the Manitoba board member at Canadian Hatching Egg Producers (CHEP) for many years as well. Founded in 1986, CHEP represents 235 farmers from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. “Last year was a big year because Alberta and Saskatchewan came on as full members,” says Penner. “That’s a big accomplish-
ment. We now have every province from Quebec westward as members and are working to have the Maritime provinces join.”
Penner has served as chair of the CHEP Advisory Committee for the last three years. In 2013, there were a number of challenges that the Committee handled, namely interpreting market conditions and measuring their influence on overall chicken demand for the Canadian marketplace throughout the year. “Among the key elements influencing demand for chicken in 2013,” Penner says, “were alternating economic growth forecasts, overproduction in the early half of the year, growing spent fowl imports into the
Canadian marketplace, and opportunities created by the ever-evolving escalation of prices for competing meats.”
In the spring of 2013, the committee sought to assess the expected level of growth for the rest of that year and this one. It focussed on the factors above, but also: the potential shortages of hatching egg and chicken meat supplies in the U.S., caused by recently reported avian influenza outbreaks in Mexico; growing broiler bird weights; and inflation of food and meat prices.
“Ultimately, we agreed at the end of 2013 that strong growth in demand will likely continue in 2014, and we recommended a 2014 volume similar to the volume set in July 2013,” Penner says. “The whole industry benefits when broiler hatching egg allocations are established on a reliable level of chicken estimates, and the work done by the Advisory Committee helps to achieve this goal.”
Penner also sits on the Poultry Code Development Committee for broiler chickens, turkey broilers, broiler-breeders, turkey breeders and hatcheries. That committee is updating the existing code, which is about a decade old. The Code involves stipulations on how much room birds must have and addresses other husbandry factors. In addition, Penner is chair of the CHEP Production Management Committee, a group with the responsibility for food safety including “CHEQ” food safety program and animal care programs. Members of this committee are in the early stages of creating a new animal care program based on the new code that is being developed. The program will ensure producers follow the Code through an audit process. The CHEQ program gets regular reviews and updates and the audit process is monitored.
“It’s a good group of people in CHEP,” says Penner. “And it’s a very good thing for the industry. It sometimes takes a while to come to a conclusion on something, and it can take a long time to get things in place in terms of government involvement, but progress is steady. It’s been a positive experience, and you learn a lot of things that you would not learn staying on the farm.”
When he attends annual meetings in
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various provinces, Penner enjoys seeing how things are done differently when the delegates go on farm tours. “It’s surprising and interesting,” he says.
In terms of where the industry is headed in future, Penner says “With some of the animal welfare aspects, there is more outside pressure to do more. We are doing
a good job, but I think we have to do a better job of communicating that. Supply management debates are ongoing.” In their spare time, the Penners enjoy quading, spending time at their cabin in the woods and travelling. They would like to do more travelling in the future and so will likely be looking to hire a farm manager. n
Ontario
J&S Judge Farms
The newest technology ensures a sustainable future for this awardwinning Ontario farm business
BY TREENA HEIN
Progressive, proactive, technology-focussed — these are three words that well describe J&S Judge Farms in Norfolk County, Ontario, one of a number of businesses that the Judge family owns and operates.
“Our first broiler chicken farm with 30,000 quota units was purchased with 50 acres of land, and this farm is still the home base of our operations,” says owner Jim Judge. Over the years, the family expanded the broiler operation to two more sites and just over 103,000 quota units. The family also has a 2,300 farrow-to-finish hog operation that supplies breeding stock to eastern Canada, the U.S. and occasionally to other countries as well.
Over the years, along with adding better ventilation systems and automated controls three years ago, the Judges started installing cameras at their poultry (and pork) facilities. They had had some thefts and vandalism incidents, and their insurance company recommended exterior cameras as the best option for security. At the time, they also decided to install interior cameras, which accomplished a number of important goals. “We can monitor the birds and check that the barns have power from any internet connection in the world,” says Judge. “We can move the camera around, zoom in. So the cameras are about security, but also barn operation and biosecurity as well.”
Just recently, in April 2014, LED lights
Jim Judge (L) and his son Rob have an eye on the future and were awarded a 2013 Premier’s Award for their self-made solution to combatting poor corn yields
were installed in all their broiler barns to achieve greater efficiency and higher light output. Judge says the cost return should be achieved within five years, but with increasing electricity rates to come in Ontario, it may come sooner.
The Judge family also grows corn and soybeans on 3,000 acres of owned and rented land and sells a large portion of their corn to their feed suppliers, from which they buy both poultry and hog feed. With the land located on the Sand Plain of Norfolk County, dry years presented yield challenges, and it was in 2012 — a
year in which extreme heat and drought led to field corn crop failure — that the family decided to act on research they had been conducting for two years into ensuring a good crop every season.
“Our normal yield per acre for corn is around 150 to 175 bushels, but on some of our sandy drought-prone land, it’s a struggle to get much more than 100 bushels per acre,” explains farm manager Todd Boughner. “We need to increase that.” The quest to do better started in 2010 with testing drought-resistant corn varieties, and working on some related projects by
FOCUS ON THE FUTURE
themselves and in partnership with various companies and academics. Over time, the focus came to rest on creating a system that would completely take concern over future weather patterns out of the picture: subsurface irrigation.
The idea had sprung from the installation of a simple lawn-watering system at the home farm a few years before. Discussions followed with local irrigation suppliers about subsurface systems for crops, but there was no data or experience with these types of systems anywhere near Canada – just in the southern U.S. where the heat is so strong. So, if the Judges wanted to proceed, they would have to blaze the trail. With Boughner and others, they planned a field irrigation pattern, sourced components, and began designing and building the equipment. “It took time to determine an optimum irrigation schedule, and to create a wireless monitoring system to regulate water flow,” Boughner says.
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The year 2013 saw them turning on their state-of-the-art, wireless, farm-created subsurface drip irrigation system on 75 acres of one of their farms, a system that is now in the early stages of commercialization. It also gained Judge Farms a 2013 Premier’s Award in agricultural innovation.
The setup also required the enlargement of a farm pond, which they were only able to draw from with a permit. “The small water usage requirements — about half — with sub-surface irrigation made it easier to obtain the water-taking permit in comparison to conventional technologies,” Boughner explains. “A pond that supplies at least 100 acres of overhead watering can supply 200 to 250 acres of sub-surface drip.”
The capital cost of the entire system was about $1,500 per acre, with cost return reached in only a few years. “We believe the irrigation increased the yield on that farm in 2013 by 45 to 50 bushels, but it was a good year from a rainfall standpoint,” says Judge. “In a drought year, we believe it will increase yields by 100 to 150 bushels, which boosts farm income considerably.” The ongoing workload (only one person required) and operational cost for the system is minimal, and it will be 15 to 20 years before major replacement work will be needed.
This farmer-developed technology is attracting a great deal of farmer inter-
est among field crop, tobacco, orchard and vegetable growers. “Farmers have a challenging time these days, and if they can maximize underutilized land, that is very beneficial to the bottom line,” Judge notes. “We will likely do another farm with drip irrigation in the near future.”
Judge Farms is also one of the founding members of Farm Fresh Poultry Cooperative (FFPC) in Harriston, Ont., and Jim Judge has been president since 1997. The venture involved a group of about 30 farmers buying an existing plant and expanding it. “We process the birds from one of our barns there,” Judge notes. “We are very pleased with having gone into the venture as it provides us with another ongoing option for processing.”
He believes supporting new markets and value-added products is important for farmers.
In the past, Judge has served on the Chicken Farmers of Canada board and also served as President and on the board of Chicken Farmers of Ontario. He currently serves on the boards of the FFPC, the Association of Ontario Chicken Processors and Integrated Grain Processors Co-operative Inc., which owns IGBC Ethanol in Alymer, Ontario. n
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THE FARM HAD LED LIGHTING INSTALLED BY PROQUIP INTERNATIONAL TO INCREASE LIGHT INTENSITY AND REDUCE ELECTRICAL COSTS
British Columbia James Gunther
A reluctant leader
BY DAVID SCHMIDT
Nine years ago, the B.C. Egg Marketing Board (BCEMB) introduced its Producer of the Year Award recognizing B.C. egg producers who excel in food safety and animal care practices.
To earn the award, producers must score a minimum of 95 per cent on both the Egg Farmers of Canada “Start CleanStay Clean” (layers) program and the Egg Farmer’s of Canada (EFC) Animal Care Program and successfully complete a SC-SC (Part 3) audit. It is a testament to the increasing attention B.C. producers pay to food safety and animal welfare that 95 of B.C.’s 133 registered egg producers (71 per cent) qualified to be Producers of the Year in 2013.
But that was not always the case. When it was introduced in 2006, only one producer earned the award: James Gunther of Jake’s Poultry Farm in Abbotsford. Now 47, the second-generation egg producer has been farming for 27 years.
“I bought a 6,000 bird quota when I was 20 and leased a barn from my Dad,” Gunther recalls. To help make ends meet during the early stages of the operation, he also drove a grain truck for 13 years.
About 15 years ago, he was looking for a new home for his birds, and/or a new opportunity, when the property he is now based on became available.
“I had looked at it earlier, but at that time it was out of my price range.”
He was mulling it over when his Dad gave him an ultimatum. “Dad told me I had the weekend to decide and if I passed on the farm, he would buy it on Monday.”
Gunther took the plunge, transferring his original quota to his parents and taking over the 16,000-bird quota that came with the new farm.
ATTENTION TO DETAIL
James Gunther’s layer operation has won the BCEMB’s Producer of the Year award each year since its inception
“A year later my Dad passed away from cancer, and I amalgamated the two quotas (which with industry growth was now total about 50,000 birds) under my Dad’s existing farm name and started building here.”
What he built was a pullet-rearing barn, a large layer barn divided down the centre and two smaller layer barns. Gunther always has two flocks in production, spaced seven months apart. Half of each flock is in the large barn and the other half in one of the smaller barns.
It appears that by becoming B.C.’s first Producer of the Year, Gunther foresaw the direction the industry was heading in, but that is not the case. “I’ve never farmed thinking ‘this is the future.’
I just do what I think is the right thing.”
He credits then EFC auditor Liam Keanne for encouraging him to pursue the award.
“He constantly asked me to do the audit. He suggested I might get more for the eggs but I didn’t believe it and it didn’t happen,” he says. “I didn’t look at it as leading the way. I thought it was a challenge. It’s more about the selfsatisfaction.”
So how does Gunther achieve the award year after year? Through very systematic, organized record-keeping and thorough barn cleaning between each batch.
“We’ve always kept records but we’re always upgrading to better charts and better spreadsheets,” he says, admitting
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His daily production records allow him to spot and address problems very quickly. Housing each flock in two barns also allows him to determine whether those problems are barn- or equipmentrelated or due to feed.
Gunther firmly believes every producer should be on the SC-SC and animal care program, saying “I’m surprised it isn’t already a mandatory program. When retailers come ask about animal welfare, I want to confidently say to them this is what I do and why I do it.”
Despite that, and although he has been a Producer of the Year for each of the past nine years, Gunther is not sure how long or even if that will continue.
“The bar is now being raised so high it’s almost become unattainable.”
When he built his barns 11 years ago, his cages met the standard of 64 square inches/bird. Almost the day after they were built, the standard was increased to 67 square inches. Now the BCEMB has raised the standard to 80 square/inches with no grandfathering of existing barns.
Although Gunther has the room to go to 80 square inches for his existing quota holding, B.C. producers are about to get a quota increase and he does not have space for both. “I will need a whole new 10,000-bird barn.”
He questions the merits of the new standard, claiming there is no scientific basis for it. He cites research that showed birds performed more poorly with 80 square inches than with 64.
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“The barns were colder because it is harder to maintain temperature.”
He believes the new standard has put the industry “in chaos” as producers, including him, wrestle with what to do.
“That’s a real tough issue. I question the enriched cage — it’s still a cage,” he says, asking “how can you get a loan to put in equipment when you don’t know how long you can have it?
If we just let special interest groups control us, we’re in big trouble.”
He recalls how impressed the public was when hens were first housed in cages.
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Nova Scotia Cornwallis Farms Ltd.
A family-run farm with deep roots in the Annapolis Valley
BY DAN WOOLLEY
There are not many Canadian poultry farms that can boast of being a ninth-generation family farm. However, Cornwallis Farms Ltd. in Port Williams, Nova Scotia, has that distinction.
Cornwallis Farms Ltd., owned by Geneve and Craig Newcombe, in partnership with Craig’s brother Brian, is located on part of an original land grant given to the family more than 250 years ago.
In 1761, the Newcombs (now spelled Newcombe), New England Planters, migrated to the Annapolis Valley to farm the fertile lands cleared by the 1755 British expulsion of the Acadians. Deacon John Newcomb received a land grant in the region known as Cornwallis, and he and his two sons, Eddy and John Jr., began farming in what is now known as Port Williams.
Geneve and Craig have three children who will now make it a 10th-generation family farm.
Their eldest son, Robert, 24, is a Nova Scotia Agricultural College and Dalhousie University graduate, who is employed as an industrial engineer with the Barrington Consulting Group in Halifax.
He is also enrolled in an MBA program at St. Mary’s University, and although not on the farm, he lends his engineering expertise to it when needed.
The Newcombes’ second son, David, 22, graduated this spring from St. Mary’s University with a B. Comm. (cum laude) and has returned to the farm, making him the 10th generation. Geneve reports: “he is excited about the future and his education in business will be an asset to the farm.”
Their daughter, Kathleen, 18, graduated from high school in June, and
David Newcombe, his mother Geneve and sister Kathleen in a promotional photo for the Nova Scotia Egg Producers. David has returned to the farm after finishing business studies and is the 10th generation of the family to farm
this September she will attend Acadia University in its Bachelor of Kinesiology program. She wants to be a sports therapist or physiotherapist. Back on the farm, she collects eggs on weekends.
Cornwallis Farms’ present egg quota is for 21,000 layers. The Newcombes also produce 1.6 million kilograms of broiler chickens annually and operate a dairy herd of 65 pure bred Holsteins with a 84-kilogram fluid milk quota.
They grow corn, wheat, soybeans and forages for their dairy herd and “we are currently experimenting with Fava beans in order to reduce the amount of off-farm protein sources we use,” says Geneve.
They run an on-farm feed mill that is producing TMR for dairy, layer and broiler feeds, making approximately 3,500 tonnes per year. “We also have an on-farm extruder which allows us to process our own soybeans,” she says.
The Newcombes also have an environmental farm plan, instituted in 2003, and a nutrient management plan (NMP) completed in 2006. Geneve states: “We feel that we have been able to reduce our farm’s environmental footprint in a number of areas.”
They accomplished this, she adds, through the use of no till, crop rotation, cover crops, plus the NMP which enables them to use only the required inputs on the soil by weighing all their manure, thereby managing nutrient inputs to match the needs of the crop being grown.
They also fenced all their streams to keep out cattle and created wetlands with cattails to treat wastewater. As well, the Newcombes bought a plate cooler to recapture heat from milk and wash water, plus converted their farm to LED lighting to reduce power consumption, along with the weigh scales and grain dryer extruder.
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Moreover, they have adopted a GPS for their cropping practices. “We are always looking to our efficiency,” says Geneve.
“We do not have an official, documented, farm business plan; but we are always meeting as a family to discuss our goals and objectives.”
Their current priorities are the transition of the farm to a 10th generation and increasing its self-sufficiency through expanding its land base through land purchase.
The Newcombes have seven full-time employees, aside from the family: two work primarily with the dairy herd, three mainly with the broilers, and one each with the layers and with the onfarm mechanical services.
For managerial responsibilities, Craig oversees the broilers, layers and feed mill, while Brian manages the dairy herd and cropping. Says Geneve, “I look after the farm financials and the record keeping for the layers and broilers. I have also developed an employee manual along with standard operating procedures for the farm, and I am currently working on farm safety.”
In the larger farm community, Craig is a director on the boards of Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia, the Atlantic Poultry Research Institute and Atlantic Poultry Inc.
Geneve is chair and a director of the Nova Scotia Egg Producers (NSEP), co-chair of the Nova Scotia Agriculture Awareness Committee, a representative of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture’s Council of Leaders and treasurer of the Kings County 4H, and the Chipman’s Corner Cemetery.
Their second son, Dave, will co-chair Nova Scotia Eggs’ Run for the Cure Team this fall.
Geneve admits she now has, “a new level of time commitment,” but, she contends, the new demands on her time are fairly easy to accommodate, “as I spend a great deal of time in the farm office, so I can easily answer calls and respond to emails.”
She comments: “I was always a very involved mother; so, as my children have gone out on their own, it has freed up my time to take on this new role.”
She feels fortunate to have an experienced, dedicated NSEP staff “as well as a very knowledgeable and committed board, so there is a great deal of support and experience to draw from.”
Geneve says the NSEP directors have a strategic plan for direction. “As a board we were very pleased to announce a New Entrants program this year and feel it is a strength of our industry and shows how supply management can, and has evolved over the years to, encourage new entrants to our industry.”
This past year, following the example of the Egg Farmers of Canada (EFC), she says the NSEP has found opportunities to engage and train young farmers. “I am quite excited with the results. We have a wonderful resource in our youth and we gain as much as they do from these opportunities.”
She attends EFC’s national meetings as an alternate delegate representing the NSEP. “Our Nova Scotia board has made a practice of electing the Chair as the EFC alternate so they can stay abreast of national issues.”
Asked how safe and secure she feels supply management is, she replied: “Our provincial and federal governments have both
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publicly stated that they support supply management. Supply management is a system that has proven itself and the number of young people choosing to farm in supply-managed commodities demonstrates that the system still works.
“It is not a system that we should take for granted. So, as farmers, we must continue to voice our support for our system and educate others.”
Geneve has also provided active leadership in local amateur athletics as President of the Valley Girl’s High School Hockey League, Vice-President of the South Conference Female Hockey Federation, a director of East Kings Soccer and a manager of a number of sports teams.
Similarly, this past year, Craig coached both high-school girls’ hockey and soccer and is currently coaching East Kings Under 18 girls’ soccer. He is also a Commissioner for the Village of Port Williams.
Daughter Kathleen has also been very active in amateur athletics, taking part in soccer, rugby, hockey, wrestling and cross-country running. For the past two seasons she has also been a volunteer coach with the Acadia sledge hockey team.
Eldest son Robert, this past winter, coached the Atom A Halifax Hawks hockey team, which won the provincial championship. He also plays Senior Men’s soccer, as does his brother, David.
For her own recreation Geneve likes to swim, sew, quilt, do fine needle arts, and she keeps a scrapbook on the history of the farm “as well as ongoing initiatives and events.” n
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CRAIG NEWCOMBE (L), AND SON DAVID.
Photo courtesy of Nova Scotia Egg Producers
Québec
Pierre-Luc Leblanc
Les Éleveurs de volaille du Québec misent un président jeune et dynamique.
PAR ANDRÉ DUMONT
À35 ans, Pierre-Luc Leblanc est le plus jeune président de l’histoire des Éleveurs de volaille du Québec (ÉVQ). Son âge, il s’en formalise peu. Si on l’a choisi, c’est parce que son syndicat avait besoin d’un leader dynamique et persuasif. Un an après son arrivée en poste, il a encore l’impression d’être la bonne personne pour la tâche.
« Si les membres sont satisfaits de mon travail, je serai là longtemps. S’ils apprécient moins, ce sera plus court », dit-il.
Producteur à La Présentation, tout près de Saint-Hyacinthe, Pierre-Luc Leblanc n’avait pas planifié son accession à la présidence des ÉVQ. Il avait siégé au comité dindon, mais jamais au conseil d’administration. Quand on l’a approché pour occuper la présidence, il a été surpris. Puis il a compris : pour que son syndicat mène à terme certains dossiers très importants, son esprit rassembleur pouvait être très utile.
Son engagement en agriculture n’est pas nouveau. Il a été délégué dans des coopératives locales, il siège au comité dindon des ÉVQ depuis quatre ans et il est conseiller municipal à La Présentation. Il fait aussi partie d’un sous-comité sur l’agriculture à la Ville de Saint-Hyacinthe.
Né sur une ferme de grandes cultures, Pierre-Luc Leblanc a toujours su qu’il voulait vivre d’agriculture. « À l’école, tout le monde se posait des questions sur son avenir. Moi, mon chemin était tracé. Je me trouvais privilégié que mes parents aient une ferme. »
Le plus jeune président de l’histoire des ÉVQ a toujours su qu’il voulait vivre d’agriculture
Diplôme d’études collégiales de l’ITA de Saint-Hyacinthe en poche, il se lance en production de volaille. Ses parents, Laurent Leblanc et Pierrette Gaudette, l’aident à devenir propriétaire d’un premier élevage de dindons. Son frère Laurent recevra aussi de l’aide financière pour acquérir un premier poulailler.
Laurent Leblanc souhaitait que ses fils aient chacun leur entreprise. À ce jour, son épouse et lui possèdent encore toutes les terres en grandes cultures. Pierre-Luc et son frère aîné Jocelyn ont chacun quelques poulaillers, mais ils ont rapidement compris que la croissance serait plus facile en s’unissant. « Une grosse ferme et son
quota étaient à vendre, raconte Pierre-Luc. Je n’étais pas capable de l’acheter seul et mon frère non plus. Nous l’avons achetée ensemble. Depuis 2004, nous faisons toutes les acquisitions ensemble. » Ainsi est né le Groupe Aquino. Une quarantaine d’employés se partagent les tâches aux champs et sur des sites de production de poulet à griller, de dindon, de poulettes et d’oeufs d’incubation, répartis dans la grande région de Saint-Hyacinthe. « C’est la volaille qui me passionne, dit Pierre-Luc. J’ai toujours aimé les animaux. » Son frère Jocelyn a un penchant naturel pour les grandes cultures. Depuis quelques années, leur sœur Marylène fait
aussi partie du Groupe Aquino. Même si le tiers des sites de production avicole sont en propriété individuelle, c’est le Groupe Aquino qui réalise tous les achats, gère les ressources humaines et assure le volet administratif.
DOSSIERS CHAUDS
À la tête des ÉVQ, Pierre-Luc Leblanc a d’abord voulu confirmer les valeurs fondamentales du syndicat, afin que tous puissent ensuite s’entendre sur des stratégies qui correspondent à des objectifs qui font l’unanimité.
La valeur numéro un est la continuité de la ferme familiale. Suivent l’efficacité et la qualité de la production, le respect et l’équité entre membres, sans oublier le bien-être animal.
Le dossier qui accapare le plus les ÉVQ ces dernières années est la demande de création d’une agence centralisée de vente de quota et la fixation du prix du quota. La Régie des marchés agricoles et alimentaires du Québec a demandé aux ÉVQ de revoir les dispositions de l’agence proposée et de présenter une nouvelle demande d’ici le 1er novembre.
« Nous sommes en train d’analyser la décision de la Régie, explique Pierre-Luc Leblanc. Elle reconnaît que nos objectifs sont les bons, mais les moyens sont à améliorer. »
Le président des ÉVQ se dit préoccupé par le prix actuel du quota, qui ne permettrait plus à de jeunes producteurs d’en acquérir en espérant le rentabiliser. Il s’inquiète aussi de la perception du public, qui pourrait croire que le prix élevé du quota se reflète dans le prix du poulet, alors que techniquement, il ne fait pas partie du calcul du coût de production.
« Nous voulons stabiliser la valeur des quotas et que tous aient une chance égale d’en acquérir. Avec une agence de vente, tout le monde pourra démarrer un élevage. » L’agence de vente et la fixation du prix du quota doivent à la fois permettre à la relève d’accéder à la production et aux entreprises existantes de continuer à croître, insiste le président. Depuis quatre ans, il y a un moratoire
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LE PRÉSIDENT DES ÉVQ SE DIT PRÉOCCUPÉ PAR LE PRIX ACTUEL DU QUOTA, QUI NE PERMETTRAIT PLUS À DE JEUNES PRODUCTEURS D’EN ACQUÉRIR EN ESPÉRANT LE RENTABILISER
sur les transactions de quota de production de poulet au Québec. Le prix fixe évoqué serait de 900 $ le mètre, mais Pierre-Luc Leblanc reconnaît qu’il reste encore beaucoup d’interrogations sur la méthode à employer pour justifier ce prix.
Les ÉVQ sont aussi à revoir leur programme d’aide à la relève. L’attribution de quota doit véritablement servir à intégrer la relève qui travaillera à temps plein à la ferme, insiste le président, en allusion à des cas où la relève qui a bénéficié du programme actuel occupe un emploi à temps plein à l’extérieur.
EFFICACITÉ ET GESTION DE L’OFFRE
À l’échelle nationale, Pierre-Luc Leblanc entend travailler avec les autres provinces pour régler la question de la croissance différentielle. L’allocation de la croissance ne doit pas se faire en tenant compte seulement de la croissance de la population, croit-il. On doit aussi consi-
dérer l’efficacité de la production et de la transformation.
La défense de la gestion de l’offre demeure d’actualité. L’entente avec l’Union européenne qui ouvre le marché des fromages fins fait craindre aux ÉVQ qu’une partie de leurs acquis s’envolent pour favoriser la conclusion d’autres ententes bilatérales.
« Nous voulons être proches du gouvernement, pour qu’il réalise l’impact s’il change quelque chose. Les éleveurs de volaille paient 1,8 milliard $ seulement en impôts et notre production n’est pas subventionnée », fait valoir le président des ÉVQ.
Des pays comme les États-Unis, le Brésil où la Chine n’ont pas les mêmes exigences sanitaires et environnementales que le Canada, rappelle Pierre-Luc Leblanc. « La gestion de l’offre, c’est aussi ça : un moyen de produire efficacement en respectant des normes de salubrité élevées. Il y a un coût à ça, mais je pense que c’est ce que les Canadiens veulent. » n
Ontario Mike Petrik
A Conversation with the Chicken Vet
BY LESLIE BALLENTINE
Many in the poultry industry know of “Mike the Chicken Vet” and some have had the good fortune to work with him. As a practical scientist blessed with the ability to communicate, Mike Petrik is special. And his commitment to all things poultry makes him even more so.
A 1998 Ontario Veterinary College grad, Mike has made laying hens his specialty. As Director of Technical Services for McKinley Hatchery he has used his expertise and experience to advance the poultry industry for nearly 15 years. And his natural ability to explain technical details and controversial issues in an engaging and credible way has gained him a loyal following among the chicken-keeping public.
Mike has acted as a poultry industry spokesman, advocate, technical expert, and mentor and now he will be running a new animal care initiative launched by Farm and Food Care. We wanted to catch up with him to find out why he does what he does and how he sees his efforts as helping Canada’s farmers.
Mike says he chose to specialize in laying hens because he comes from a mixed poultry farm and that is his comfort zone of familiarity. As well, he adds, thanks to the investment made by the sector there is much less guesswork in working with poultry than in other sectors so there is greater chance to make a difference. “Because there has been so much research done on poultry,” he explains “there is so much more known about them. So when you are doing treatments or investigating
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problems there is a lot more detail to rely on and a lot more finesse that can be used.”
His interest in poultry welfare goes back to his days as a vet student and is an area he has worked in over the years even without the credentials. Having served on the scientific committees for both the Poultry-Layer Code of Practice and the Code for Chickens, Turkeys and Breeders as well as becoming the unofficial welfare lead for the Ontario Association of Poultry Practitioners; he has also worked with the Poultry Industry Council and Egg Farmers of Ontario in what he describes as a “fas-
cinating” line of work. “So I finally decided to go back and get a formal education in it and get some credentials behind my name.” In 2013, he graduated from the University of Guelph with a Master’s degree in animal welfare. Now, in addition to serving on the Layer Code of Practice implementation committee, he is embarking on leading a new and unique program designed for farm animals.
“It’s pretty exciting, it’s different than anything else I’ve ever worked on,” he says in describing this new initiative. Still in its conception stage, Mike explains that the idea of the
Mike Petrik aka “The Chicken Vet” has gained a loyal following among the chicken-keeping public and industry
program is to improve animal welfare on the farm, and that the target audience is going to be the animals. Philosophically, he says, the vision is very much similar to the Environmental Farm Plan; one that provides farmers with information and ideas they can take back and apply on their own farms. “I see the program as being very practical, very hands-on and that will have immediate results for the animals,” he says.
Once it is launched in late 2014 or early 2015, the IMPACT Program, which stands for Innovative Methods and Practical Animal Care Training Program, will be available for all commodities not just poultry and will also extend to allied farm sectors such as auction barns and truckers.
But Mike is quick to point out that it will not replace existing programs already in place for the different segments of the industry. It is an extension program to be delivered by industry members, he explains. “And it will not be a certification or auditing program,” he adds, although it will compliment such existing programs by incorporating the best practices contained in these programs and that are already out there. He also says that it will not use a “one size fits all” approach but rather the program will be tailored to the different needs and abilities of the different livestock and poultry sectors and even down to the individual types of farming operations. Although the program will be created with the input and involvement of a cross representation of stakeholders, it is about the animals. “I am much more interested in having this program improve the welfare of the animals than improve the appearance of the welfare of the animals,” he says.
Development of the program is being funded under the federal government’s Growing Forward 2 program and through the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food because, as Mike explains, animal welfare is a top issue throughout the food supply chain. “Animal welfare is the number one pressure,” he believes, “and the number one change that is happening is an awareness of and an adaption to animal welfare practices,” he says.
“Now every farmer is talking and thinking about animal welfare, every supplier is wanting to prove that they have good animal welfare programs and every purchaser is wanting to purchase their products from an ethical production source.” He says that because everyone has this front of mind, “we need to keep doing the best we can so we can keep our customers satisfied that we are doing the best job we know how to do.”
Mike is also gaining world recognition through his blog “Mike the Poultry Vet.” Begun in 2011 at the suggestion of Egg Farmers of Ontario, the blog celebrated its 100,000th view this past spring.
According to Mike the idea came about through his work with EFO around municipal bylaws on backyard
flocks and the realization that both city people and rural people know little or nothing about where their eggs come from. The blog was created as a public outreach to those who raise backyard flocks and don’t have the knowledge to take proper care of their flocks but it also serves as an education tool for learning
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about modern agriculture and modern chickens. Using his hockey playing nickname, the blog is specific to laying hens and egg production although Mike believes it is a model that can be applied to any type of food production. “The blog reaches people who will never read a poultry publication and will never see
the inside of a modern poultry barn but who are very interested in egg production,” he says.
And his expertise and advice is getting worldwide attention. As Mike tells it he gets some “very interesting” enquiries. One included a Huffington Post reporter who found Mike the Poultry Vet on the Internet and contacted him to verify that a case of a California lady who paid $2,800 for surgery on her hen was not a hoax. He was able to confirm the medical condition really does exist but also used the opportunity to explain that most backyard flock owners and certainly all commercial farms would not invest that sum of money to perform a very high risk surgery for a very rare condition. To the best of his knowledge the hen survived the surgery and his explanation of why this would never happen in the food producing world made it into the news report.
These kinds of cases are something that vets are facing more and more these days so his advice to future poultry vets is to begin with hands-on experience: “If you want to work in the poultry industry in Canada, I think it would be more important to work on a chicken farm than it is to work for a chicken vet.” It is his opinion that having the insight into the day-to-day operations of a barn and what the pressures are on the farmer, the things that are driving the decisions on the farm and the way things are actually done is a huge advantage in a poultry practice. “Having grown up on a poultry farm I understand why things are done the way they are, so if I am going to make a recommendation on some kind of change on the farm I can factor in the practicality of making a change.”
The most significant change that Mike has seen since a youth growing up on his family farm is the growing number of balls that farmers need to juggle these days in making basic decisions. “Today’s decisions are much longer term and broader and not just about what makes economic sense anymore,” he says. Farmers have to factor in many more con-
siderations in operating their businesses.
“For instance, now farmers building a new barn have to take into account not only production issues such as feed conversions and return on investment but also environmental issues, welfare issues, antibiotic-residue issues, and public relations issues,” he says.
He also doesn’t hold ill feelings towards the opinions held by some of today’s public. He suggests that “the biggest problem we face right now with criticisms from the public has to do with public ignorance about how we farm and the things that we do.”
It is his opinion that industry critics are generally good people with good intentions even if they are impractical or misplaced in the real world, adding, “the fact that activists are ignorant about food production doesn’t make them bad it just makes them wrong.”
He argues that the industry is mostly to blame: “we haven’t explained our end of the chain very well and we don’t let people know what it is that we do.” It has been his experience that when you take people through a barn and tell them what you are doing and why, they are comfortable with it.
“The way we raise animals here in Ontario is very justifiable and very acceptable to people—once they understand. I think that will be the big challenge for the next 10 to 20 year; explaining that we do things for very good reasons and that the animals’ wellbeing is always first and foremost in our minds.”
Mike also firmly believes that consumers need to know the implications and the real consequences of their choices.
“Cages or sow stalls, for example, were developed for good animal welfare reasons and it is important that consumers understand the implications for the things they ask for.” He believes that most people who want cages and pens removed from today’s food production systems have no idea what that really means for the animals. Recognizing that farmers will produce whatever the consumer demands, he cautions that “we need to make sure that we don’t
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give customers something that will be detrimental to the animals.”
Mike says he is in an enviable position. He says he wouldn’t be able to do what he does if it weren’t for the backing he gets from McKinley’s. “Without their support and generosity I wouldn’t be able to do all these side projects.” It is
all in keeping with the company’s progressive and forward thinking attitude, according to Mike. “Whether through their active contributions to organizations such as CPEPC and the Hatcheries Association or allowing me to make my own contributions, it is all because these
New Brunswick
Gilbert Matheson
The grandson of Mrs. Feathers has diversified the family operation
BY KIM WAALDERBOS
He’s been eagerly crossing the road between his childhood home and his grandparents farm in southern New Brunswick since he was a toddler. Gilbert Matheson was by his grandparents’ side, gathering eggs, tending cattle and working fields. Today, Gilbert and his wife, Stacy, call the farmstead at Grant’s Breeder Farm Ltd. in Kars, N.B. their own and cross that barnyard alongside their five children as they carry on the family farm.
When Gilbert graduated high school in 2000, he immediately began working full time with his grandparents, Donald and Colleen Grant, on their farm. Then it comprised 4,000 layer breeders, 14,000 pullets and 20 beef cows. Gilbert diligently saved his money, and married Stacy, a dairy farmer’s daughter, and by 2004 the young couple transitioned to the helm as farm owners.
“My grandfather believed that if you wanted to pass on the farm — even to your own kids — that they should pay for it,” Gilbert says, adding you’ll work harder for something you’re invested in.
Perched on a hill overlooking beautiful Belleisle Bay, the farm has grown and diversified since ownership changed in 2004. Gilbert and Stacy modernized the existing barns and found efficiencies. In 2007 they bought a second farm in Hatfield Point, eight kilometers away, with an additional barn to house their flock, which had grown to 32,000 pullets and 5,000 breeders.
In 2008, Gilbert realized his dream to have a dairy farm when he was successfully accepted to the N.B. new entrant
LOOKING AHEAD
Gilbert and Stacy Matheson are keen to involve their children in day-to-day farm life. Kara (8), Bradford (6), Cecily (4), Silas (2) and Soloman (6 months) lend a hand with chores like setting out baby chicks, rounding up cows and gathering eggs
program. He traded the beef herd for registered Jerseys and Holsteins, and, with the help of a brother and an uncle, invested sweat equity to construct a freestall dairy barn.
In 2011, the couple were chosen in another new entrant program, this time for egg layer quota. Under the program they currently have quota for 2,400 hens.
The Mathesons have a small licensed grading station, and have graded and marketed their own eggs to local customers and stores. Since 2012, their eggs
have been graded and sold by Maritime Pride Eggs Inc. in Nova Scotia. They continue to maintain their grading station for a few local stores.
STRIKING A BALANCE
It may sound like a juggling act, but to the Matheson family the diverse pieces are a perfect complement. “It all fits together,” Gilbert explains. The hen manure is cheap fertilizer for the grass grown to feed the cows, and to sell as
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hay. Machinery for the dairy herd doubles to clean out poultry barns and haul the manure.
Gilbert is a numbers guy — keen to track progress and find efficiencies. “I don’t like the status quo, I like challenge,” says Gilbert, adding while he’s not the first to jump on new technology he’s always exploring ideas.
Gilbert gives credit to a great team. While keeping an eye on all aspects, he focuses most of his energy on the dairy herd and outdoor work. Stacy looks after the bookkeeping, homeschooling, and pitches in as Jill-of-all-trades around the farm. Long-time employee Sherry Nancekivell is devoted to caring for the pullets and laying hens. Neighbour and retired poultry farmer Stephen Harper pitches in when needed. And Gilbert’s family has been supportive and lending their time, whether it’s unloading new baby chicks in the barn or watching kids.
FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
Chosen from a lineup of young boys at an orphanage in St. John, N.B., in 1940, then ten-year-old Donald Grant found himself as a farm hand for Miles Jenkins. College-age Jenkins had lost his father and needed an extra set of hands to milk cows and fell trees.
Donald could attend school only on days when there were no farm chores — a rare occurrence. “He never learned to read or write,” says Gilbert of his grandfather, “but he sure had a sharp memory. He’d never forget details.”
Donald would meet and marry Colleen, the daughter of a butcher. He would remain as a farmhand for Jenkins until he was 26 years old, then he went to work in the woods for neighbouring farmers.
In 1957, the owner of one such woodlot approached Donald with an offer to sell him the farm. “My grandmother still has the original purchase agreement,” marvels Gilbert.
Donald and Colleen branched beyond hens to milking cows and cream shipping in the 1960s. Gardening and woods work in the winter helped round out the farm.
“My grandfather disliked milking cows,” says Gilbert, so in the 1980s his grandparents transitioned to breeders and pullets.
CARVING OUT A MARKET
Today, Grant’s Breeder Farm Ltd. is the only farm in Atlantic Canada with
Hungarian genetics, Tetra breeders: TetraBrown, Tetra-Amber and Tetra-White. “They’re quiet birds, will suited for freerun production and good producers too,” Gilbert describes. The farm is also one of the few in Canada raising breeders without having their own hatchery. “We prefer the flexibility,” he says.
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Between the two barns, four batches of pullets are raised annually. The first 8,000 are kept for replacements, and with the other 24,000 pullets Gilbert says they’ve carved out a niche marketing to smaller market quota holders and to feed stores for “pullet days” with customers in all four Atlantic provinces. “It enables us to generate a little more margin than selling them as a commercial pullet farm.”
Until two years ago, Grant’s Breeder Farm Ltd. was also the only free-run commercial layer flock in Atlantic Canada. Now there are two other such layer flocks. “The layer cage is the most efficient way to raise an egg, there’s no way around it,” says Gilbert, “but if the customer is willing to pay extra it’s a market worth exploring.”
Gilbert’s grandfather passed away in 2005. His grandmother — while semiretired — has continued her involvement in the poultry industry. At 76 years of age Colleen supplies day-old chicks annually to Purina, Co-op and some Shur-Gain stores throughout the Atlantic region. “She still loads and drives the truck placeto-place with some help,” Gilbert proudly says. She’s known as “Mrs. Feathers”, so fittingly so too is her business name.
The Mrs. Feathers business ties in well with Grant’s Breeder Farm Ltd. Gilbert supplies hatching eggs and keeps a small flock of broiler breeders and exclusively sells these eggs to his grandmother.
LOOKING AHEAD
Both Gilbert and Stacy are keen to involve their children in day-to-day farm life. Kara (8), Bradford (6), Cecily (4), Silas (2) and Soloman (6 months) lend a hand with chores like setting out baby chicks, rounding up cows and gathering eggs. Stacy draws from her education degree and French major to homeschool their kids.
The can-do, entrepreneurial spirit of Gilbert and Stacy is clearly carrying on in the younger generation. Oldest Kara has been putting her new sewing machine to use creating garments for her siblings, and Bradford is often awake and in rubber boots by 6 a.m. headed for the hen
GILBERT CHECKING FEEDERS. THE YOUNG FARMER FEELS SUPPLY MANAGEMENT GIVES EVERY PRODUCER THE SAME OPPORTUNITY.
barn. He fills his own little cartons with eggs gathered from four hens he’s carefully selected and separated from his parents flock. Of course “he likes to top up his cartons with eggs from the other hens too,” laughs Gilbert. Bradford’s eggs are a hit with his special customers.
While the family is “happy where we are at right now,” Gilbert dreams of establishing a feed mill on site to meet the needs of the dairy, layers and pullets. He also hopes to grow his dairy quota to 60 kilograms, a size more sustainable and suited to potentially include a robotic milking system.
One thing Gilbert knows for certain: whatever moves they make “we’ll continue to invest in supply managed commodities.” It was a conscious decision made in 2006 after yet another frustrating year with the beef herd that resulted in being paid half of what they had invested in the product. “Never mind working for nothing,” says Gilbert, “but I have a problem when I start paying to work.”
He feels supply management gives every producer the same opportunity. “We’re paid the same, there’s a market for the product, I know what I’m getting paid so I can budget…it’s the only way to farm I believe.” n
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HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES
DIRT WILLY GAME BIRD FARM AND HATCHERY
53116 Range Rd. 210, Ardrossan, AB T8G 2E4
Ph: (780) 922-6080
FAIRLANE HATCHERY
PO Box 12, Skiff, AB T0G 2B0
Ph: (403) 222-0000
FRASER VALLEY CHICK SALES LTD., (LETHBRIDGE HATCHERY)
1520 - 39 St. N., Lethbridge, AB T1H 6L4
Ph: (403) 327-0491
HARISE EGG PROCESSING & HATCHERY
NW 4-50-24 W 4th, RR 2, Leduc, AB T9E 2X2
Ph: (780) 986-5013
LILYDALE CO-OPERATIVE LTD.
(HATCHERY)
7503 - 127th Ave., Edmonton, AB T5C 1R9
Ph: (780) 475-6607
MAPLE LEAF CONUMER FOODS
4710 - 39 Ave., Wetaskiwin, AB T9A 3G2
Ph: (780) 421-0638
ROCHESTER HATCHERY
9420 - 109 St., Westlock, AB T7P 2R4
Ph: (780) 307-3622
SUNRISE HATCHERY
9420 - 109 St.,Westlock, AB T7P 2R4
Ph: (780) 307-3622
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, (Edmonton Research Station F-83, Poultry Research Facility)
116 St. and 83 Ave.
Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3
Ph: (780) 492-7694 (Hatchery)
REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS
Armena
Sunworks Farm Ltd.
PO Box 55, AB T0B 0G0
Ph: (780) 672-9799
Fax: (780) 672-9984
Athabasca
Katherine Nelson
PO Box 336, AB T9S 2A4
Ph: (780) 675-4741
Bassano
Hutterian Brethren Church of Newell, (Newell Colony)
PO Box 360, AB T0J 0B0
Ph: (403) 641-2121
Bezanson
Mini Creek Farm Ltd.
Box 40, AB T0H 0G0
Ph: (780) 568-3308
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Breton
Purnima Farms
PO Box 575, AB T0C 0P0
Ph: (780) 696-2332
Fax: (780) 696-2402
Calgary
Burnbrae Farms Ltd.
3404 - 56th Ave. SE, AB T2C 2C3
Ph: (403) 279-1779
Fax: (403) 236-5323
Calgary
Gilani Investments of Alberta Ltd., (Sparks Farm Egg Supply; Eastern Alberta Produce; Echo Eggs)
RR 6, AB T2H 4L5
Ph: (403) 285-3447
Carbon
1315153 Alberta Corp., (Britestone Farming)
PO Box 129, AB T0M 0L0
Ph: (403) 572-3049
Cardston
Hutterian Brethren Church of East Cardston (1977)
General Delivery, AB T0K 0K0
Ph: (403) 653-2451
Cayley
MacMillan Farming Company Ltd.
General Delivery, AB T0L 1P0
Ph: (403) 395-2221
Cluny
Hutterian Brethren Church of Cluny, (Cluny Colony)
PO Box 70, AB T0J 0S0
Ph: (403) 734-2481
Eaglesham Codesa Colony, (Peace Country Poultry Farms)
PO Box 300, AB T0H 1H0
Ph: (780) 359-2422
Fort Macleod
Driview Farms, (Gerrit and Janet Van Hierden)
PO Box 1123, AB T0L 0Z0
Ph: (403) 553-2178
Grande Prairie
Hutterian Brethren Church of Grandview, (Grandview Colony),
723042B Regional Rd. 74, AB T8X 4L1
Ph: (403) 532-6500
Granum
Hutterian Brethren Church of Granum
PO Box 360, AB T0K 1A0
Ph: (403) 687-2180
Hay River
Hay River Poultry Farms Ltd.
52 Wildrose Dr., NT AB X0E 0R6
Ph: (867) 876-0645
Fax: (604) 874-2216
Hilda
Roseglen Farming Co. Ltd.
Box 117, AB T0J 1R0
Ph: (403) 838-2272
Fax: (403) 838-2039
Irracana
Hutterian Brethren Church of Tschetter, (Tschetter Colony)
General Delivery, AB T0M 1B0
Ph: (403) 935-4406
Irvine
Hutterian Brethren Church of Elkwater, (Elkwater Colony)
PO Box 117, AB T0J 1V0
Ph: (403) 834-2120
Fax: (403) 834-2006
La Crete
Wild Rose Poultry Farms, (Abraham F. Wall)
PO Box 924, AB T0H 2H0
Ph: (780) 928-2557
La Crete
Savage Farm, (Corny F. Wall)
PO Box 1024, AB T0H 2H0
Ph: (780) 928-2721
Lethbridge
Harvest Haven Market Farm
RR 8, Site 22, Comp. 1, AB T1J 4P4
Ph: (403) 329-9157
Fax: (403) 329-3412
Morinville
Moralta Poultry Farms, (Morinville Colony)
RR 2, AB T8R 1P5
Ph: (780) 939-2118
Fax: (780) 939-3452
Morinville
Kuku Farms
RR 1, AB T0G 1P0
Ph: (780) 777-7786
Nobleford
Galimax Trading Inc.
117 13th St., AB T0L 1S0
Ph: (403) 715-8470
Nobleford
5 Grain Eggs Ltd.
Box 596, AB T0L 1S0
Ph: (403) 308-3502
Oyen
Acadia Hutterian Brethren Ltd., (Acadia Colony)
PO Box 210, AB T0J 2J0
Ph: (403) 664-2406
Pincher Creek
Hutterian Brethren Church of Spring Point
PO Box 249, AB T1K 3Z8
Ph: (403) 553-2284
Pincher Creek
Hutterian Brethren of Pincher Creek
PO Box 1028, AB T0K 1W0
Ph: (403) 627-4021
Standard
Standard Hutterian Brethren, (Standard Colony Farming Co. Ltd.)
PO Box 390, AB T0J 3G0
Ph: (403) 644-2224
Fax: (403) 644-2196
Two Hills
John DeBoer, (Grazin Acres)
PO Box 58, AB T0B 4K0
Ph: (780) 657-2001
Fax: (780) 657-0043
Viking
Hutterian Brethren Church of Viking, (Viking Colony)
PO Box 840, AB T0B 4N0
Ph: (780) 336-0109
Vulcan
Hutterian Brethren
Church of the Little Bow Colony
PO Box 1587, AB T0L 2B0
Ph: (403) 897-2323
Warburg
Hutterian Brethren Church of Warburg, (Warburg Colony)
Alberta Processing Company, Division of West Coast Reduction Ltd. 7030 Ogden Dale Place SE, Calgary, AB T2C 2A3
Ph: (403) 279-4441
Fax: (403) 279-6928
email: gsmolkin@wcrl.com www.wcrl.com
Alltech Canada
21, 10551 - 50 St. SE, Calgary, AB T2C 3E3
Ph: (403) 735-3281
Fax: (403) 735-3283
email: smcgregor@alltech.com www.alltech.com
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Dean Penner, Manitoba; Calvin Breukelman, Vice-Chair, British Columbia; Ernie Silveri, CHF Representative; Hendrik van Steenbergen, Saskatchewan; Gyslain Loyer, Quebec; Doug Mcghee, CHF Representative; Jack Greydanus, Chair; Dick Ottens, Ontario; Kevin Tiemstra, Second Vice-Chair, Alberta
Board of Directors: Erna Ference, Chair; Jason Born, Vice Chair. Directors: David Hyink, Dennis Steinwand, Ite Veurink. Karen Kirkwood, Executive Director. Alberta Farm Animal Care Association Cambrian PO Box 75028, Calgary, AB T2K 6J8
Darren Ference, Chair/TFC Director; Leonard Waldner, Vice Chair/TFC Alternate; Graham Gilchrist, Director; Jeff Kamlah, Director; Anno Velthuis, Director. Cara Prout, Executive Director; Jamie Kratchkowski, Production Coordinator; Chelsea Kamprath, Office and Communications Coordinator.
ANAC - Alberta Division PO Box 1095, Brooks, AB T1R 1B9
Ph: (403) 362-2905
Fax: (403) 501-5456
email: glennrav@xplornet.com www.anac-ab.ca
Bevyn Litke, Chairman; Grant McTavish, Vice-Chairman; Gary Golby, National Director; Rick Walger, Past Chairman; Glenn Ravnsborg, Division Manager. Directors: Ian Earle, Jassen Jackman, Mike Patterson, Theunis Wessels, Bob Ehr, John Stephen. Bernie Grumpelt, Member-atLarge.
Egg Farmers of Alberta #101, 90 Freeport Blvd. NE, Calgary, AB T3J 5J9
Ph: (403) 250-1197
Fax: (403) 291-9216
Toll Free: (877) 302-2344
email: info@eggs.ab.ca www.eggs.ab.ca
Susan Schafers, Chair; Levi Hofer, ViceChair; Ben Walder, EFC Director; Joe Kleinsasser, EFC Alternate; Muneer Gilani, CEIRA Director; John Hofer, Director; Susan Gal, General Manager.
THE POULTRY RESEARCH CENTRE, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta F83 Edmonton Research Station, Edmonton AB T6G 2E1
Sunwest Food Processors Ltd., 31100 Wheel Ave., BC V2T 6G8
Ph: (604) 852-3760 Fax: (604) 852-5969
Abbotsford
Lilydale Inc., 31894 Marshall Rd., BC V2T 5Z9
Ph: (604) 850-2633 Fax: (604) 850-7878
Abbotsford
K & R Poultry Ltd., (Farmfed), 31171 Peardonville Rd., BC V2T 6K6
Ph: (604) 850-5808 Fax: (604) 850-5838
Abbotsford
Rossdown Natural Foods Ltd.
2325 Bradner Rd., BC V4X 1E2
Ph: (604) 856-6698 Fax: (604) 856-4909
Armstrong Colonial Farms Ltd., 3830 Okanagan St., PO Box 9, BC V0E 1B0
Ph: (250) 546-8933 Fax: (250) 546-8933
Coquitlam
Superior Poultry Processors Ltd.,
2784 Aberdeen Ave., BC V3B 1A3
Ph: (604) 464-0533 Fax: (604) 464-6213
Delta
Catelli Foods Corporation/Corporation d’Aliments Catelli, (Olivieri a Division of Catelli Foods Corporation, Olivieri, une Division de Corporation D’Aliments Catelli), 1631 Derwent Way, Annacis Island, BC V3M 6K8
Ph: (604) 525-2278 Fax: (604) 525-8207
Lac la Hache
Northern Family Holdings Ltd., (Country Prime Meats Ltd.), 3171 Hwy 97, BC V0K 1T1
Ph: (250) 396-4111 Fax: (250) 396-4110
Langley
FG Deli Group Ltd., 27101 - 56th Ave., BC V4W 3Y4
Ph: (604) 607-7426 Fax: (604) 607-7461
Langley
JD Sweid Foods Ltd., (JD Sweid Foods), 9696 - 199A St. BC V1M 2X7
Lhoist North America of Canada, Inc. 20303 - 102 B Ave., Langley, BC V1M 3H1 Ph: (604) 888-4333 Fax: (604) 888-4238 email: carl.anderson@lhoist.com www.lhoist.com
Vétoquinol Canada Inc. 2000 chemin Georges, Lavaltrie, QC J5T 3S5
Ph: (450) 586-2252 Fax: (450) 586-4649
Toll Free: (800) 565-0497 www.vetoquinol.ca
Zoetis LPO
16740 Trans-Canada Hwy. Kirkland, QC H9H 4M7
Ph: (800) 663-8888 www.zoetis.ca
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
ANAC - BC Division
c/o PO Box 2100, Sardis Station Main, Chilliwack, BC V2R 1A5 Ph: (604) 866-2378 Fax: (604) 794-3697 email: rjdornan@telus.net
Chuck Poelman, Chairman; Vafa Alizadeh, Vice-Chairman; Robert J. Dornan, Secretary/Treasurer. Directors: Everett Dixon, David Dyble, Marvin Friesen, Dave Pringle, Grant Saar, Harvie Wachter.
BC Broiler Hatching Egg Commission
180 - 32160 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford, BC V2T 1W5
Ravi Bathe, President; Dale Krahn, VicePresident. Directors: Trevor Allen, Mark Bartel, Ray Baylis, Allan Boudreau, Raymond Bredenhof, Brian Redekop, Fred Redekop, Brian Whitta. Margret Duin, Administration.
BC Chicken Marketing Board
101 - 32450 Simon Ave., Abbotsford, BC V2T 4J2
Ph: (604) 859-2868 Fax: (604) 859-2811
Toll Free: (866) 859-2868
email: info@bcchicken.ca www.bcchicken.ca
Robin Smith, Chair; Greg Gauthier, Vice Chair; Bill Vanderspek, General Manager; Christine Rickson, Executive Assistant;
Richard King, Chair; Fred Krahn, ViceChair and EFC Delegate; Walter Siemens, Secretary; Amyn Alibhai, Director; Jennifer Woike, Director; Al Sakalauskas, Executive Director; Anne-Marie Butler, Director, Finance and Administration; Megan Ward, Manager, Web/Media Relations.
BC Egg Producers’ Association
c/o 250 - 32160 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford, BC V2T 1W5
Ph: (604) 556-3348
Dan Kampen, President.
BC Poultry Association
c/o 250 - 32160 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford, BC V2T 1W5
Ph: (604) 625-6400
email: rnickel@shaw.ca
Ray Nickel, President.
BC Turkey Association
106 - 19329 Enterprise Way, Surrey, BC V3S 6J8
Ph: (604) 534-5644 Fax: (604) 534-3651
email: smallory@bcturkey.com www.bcturkey.com
Steve Heppell, President; James Krahn, Vice-President; Directors: Trevor Allen, Derek Edwards, 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
email: admin@bcturkey.com
Ralph Payne, Chairman; Les Burm, ViceChairman & TFC Alternate; Vic Redekop, Board Member; Shawn Heppell, Board Member & TFC Director; Michel Benoit, General Manager.
Fraser Valley Egg Producers’ Association
c/o 250 - 32160 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford, BC V2T 1W5 Ph: (604) 556-3348 email: doubledfarms@shaw.ca
Dan Kampen, President Interior Egg Producers’ Association c/o PO Box 2084, Abbotsford, BC V2T 3T8
Ph: (604) 309-0491 Fax: (604) 854-5598
John Penner, Chair/Treasurer; Dan Penner, Vice Chair.
Western Meeting of Poultry Clinicians & Pathologists
30325 Canary Court, Abbotsford BC V4X 2N4
Ph: (604) 854-6600 Fax: (604) 854-6100
email: admin@canadianpoultry.ca www.westvet.com
Dr. Bill Cox, President; Dr. Stewart Ritchie, Secretary and Treasurer.
POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS,
RESEARCH, ETC.
Ambrose Poultry Consulting Ltd.
PO Box 80, Stn. Whonnock,
Maple Ridge, BC BC V2W 1V9
British Columbia/Manitoba
Ph: (604) 302-1352 Fax: (604) 462-0943
email: dr.ambrose@telus.net
Dr. Neil Ambrose, DVM, Diplomate ACPV Canadian Poultry Consultants Ltd. 30325 Canary Court, Abbotsford, BC BC V4X 2N4
Rothsay, A Member of Maple Leaf Foods Inc. 607 Dawson Rd., Winnipeg, MB R2J 0T2 Ph: (204) 233-7347 Fax: (204) 235-0942 email: scott.masterton@rothsay.ca www.rothsay.ca
The Canadian Salt Company Limited PO Box 522, Belle Plaine, SK S0G 0G0 Ph: (514) 352-7490 Fax: (514) 352-8371 email: darsenault@windsorsalt.com www.windsorsalt.com
Phil Klopak, Chairman; Darcy Pauls, Vice Chairman/Treasurer; Dennis Kornelsen, National Director; John Enns, Business Manager. Directors: Rhett Arnason, Ray Carriere, Mark Lanouette, Darrell Roskos. Manitoba Chicken Producers 1357 Kenaston Blvd., Winnipeg, MB R3P 2P2
Dedicated to representing the needs of the hatching egg and chicken producers of Manitoba by providing leadership in maintaining a viable and stable industry.
1357 Kenaston Boulevard Winnipeg MB R3P 2P2
Tel: 1 204 489 4603 Fax: 1 204 488 1163
Web: www.chicken.mb.ca
Email: chicken@chicken.mb.ca
LOUIS COULOMBE, DVM Technical Services Veterinarian
ALANO Sales Representative Western Region
WILLIAMS Product Manager
BRAULT Sales Representative Quebec Region
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Vice-Chair.; Harold Froese, Executive Member; Cory Rybuck, General Manager. Directors: Kurt Siemens (EFC), Catherine Krocker-Klassen, Abe Loewen, Doug Pauls, Dan Penner, Arnold Wollmann. Manitoba Turkey Producers
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL INITIATIVES, GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA Legislative Building, Rm. 165, 450 Broadway Ave., Winnipeg MB R3C 0V8 Ph: (204) 945-3722 Fax: (204) 945-3470 Toll Free: (866) 626-4862 email: minagr@leg.gov.mb.ca www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture
LIVESTOCK KNOWLEDGE CENTRE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL INITIATIVES, GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA University of Manitoba, 545 University Cres., Winnipeg MB R3T 5S6 Ph: (204) 945-8220 Fax: (204) 945-8062 www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture
Carlyle Bennett, Manager (Industry Focus), Livestock Knowledge Centre, (204) 945-7673, David Hunt, Acting Director, david.hunt@gov.mb.ca; Angela Kroeker, On-Farm Food Safety Specialist – Poultry, (204) 391-0537, Angela.Kroeker@gov.mb.ca. MANITOBA AGRICULTURE FOOD, AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
812 - 401 York Ave., Winnipeg MB R3C 0P8 Ph: (204) 945-0630 Fax: (204) 945-1489 Ken Caldwell, Chair; Robert Muir, Vice Chair. Members: Erin Crampton, John Sandborn, Judy Storjord, Rick Wiens. UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural & Food Sciences, Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2 Ph: (204) 474-9383 Fax: (204) 474-7628 email: animal_science@umanitoba.ca www.umanitoba.ca/afs/animal_science/ Poultry Research Unit, Fort Garry campus. Dr. J.C. Rodriguez-Lecompte, Facility Director, (204) 297-7217.
AGRICULTURAL
REPRESENTATIVES FOR BANKS
CIBC
Quinn Friesen
Agriculture Banking Specialist 302 Stephen St. Morden, MB R6M 1T5
Ph: 204-822-7306 Fax: 204-822-3841
email: quinn.friesen@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
Keith Wiebe Vice President, Commercial Financial Services Manitoba West 740 Rosser Ave. Brandon, MB R7A 0K9
McCain Foods Ltd., (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 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), 144 Edinburgh Dr., NB E1E 2K7
Ph: (506) 853-6100 Fax: (506) 853-0618
Saint-André
McCain Foods Ltd., (McCain Foods - Canada), 795, route 108, Building A, NB E3Y 4A5
Ph: (506) 473-2300 Fax: (506) 475-7021
Scoudouc
Ocean Pier, 20 Pattison St., NB E4P 3R4
Ph: (506) 532-3010 Fax: (506) 532-4345
St-Francois
Nadeau Ferme Avicole Ltée/Nadeau Poultry Farm Ltd., 2222, rue Commercial, NB E7A 1B6 Ph: (506) 992-2192 Fax: (506) 992-3660
Matthew Miller, Chairman; Gerry Lutes, Vice-Chairman; Dave Colpitts, Executive Manager & Secretary-Treasurer. Director: Dave Seeley, New Brunswick. Chicken Farmers of New Brunswick 103 - 277 Main St., Fredericton, NB E3A 1E1
David Coburn, Chair; Yves Durepos, Vice Chair; George MacLeod, EFC Director; Kimberly Kelly & Hans Kristensen, Directors; April Sexsmith, General Manager
David Coburn, Chair; Yves Durepos, Vice Chair; George MacLeod, EFC Director; Kimberly Kelly, Hans Kristensen, Directors; April Sexsmith, General Manager. Turkey Farmers of New Brunswick 103 - 277 Main St., Fredericton, NB E3A 1E1
240 Mary St., Port Perry, ON L9L 1B7 Ph: (905) 982-2781 Fax: (905) 982-2784 Toll Free: (800) 540-4756 lyndon.hiebert@halchemixcanada.com www.halchemixcanada.com
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Matthew Miller, Chairman; Gerry Lutes, Vice-Chairman; Dave Colpitts, Executive Manager & Secretary-Treasurer. Director: Ed Doyle, Newfoundland & Labrador. Chicken Farmers of Newfoundland and Labrador PO Box 8098, 308 Brookfield Rd., Agriculture Canada Building 6, St. John’s NL A1B 3M9
Ruth Noseworthy, Chairperson; Ed O’Reilly, Vice-Chairperson; Ron Walsh, Manager. Directors: Andy Larner, Davis Noel. Egg Farmers of Newfoundland and Labrador
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY - Regional OfficeNewfoundland and Labrador 10 Barter’s Hill, St. John’s, NL A1C 5X1
Ph: (709) 772-4424 Fax: (709) 772-2282
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, GOVERNMENT OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR Animal Health Division, PO Box 7400, St. John’s NL A1E 3Y5 Ph: (709) 729-6879 Fax: (709) 729-0055 www.nr.gov.nl.ca
Chief Veterinary Officer: Dr. Hugh Whitney, hughwhitney@gov.nl.ca; Veterinary Pathologist: Dr. Laura Rogers, laurarogers@ gov.nl.ca; Poultry Veterinarian: Dr. Robert Hudson, roberthudson@gov.nl.ca
FARM INDUSTRY REVIEW BOARD
PO Box 2006, Fortis Building, Corner Brook NL A2H 6J8
7827 Venture Rd., Regina, SK S4Y 1L4 Ph: (306) 536-5156
email: mark.bonnor@mosaicco.com www.mosaicco.com
Novus International (Canada) Inc. 2910 South Sheridan Way, Oakville, ON L6J 7J8
Ph: (905) 440-0115 or (819) 461-2332 Fax: (905) 985-3198
email: jp.lincourt@novusint.com
PMT Inc.
12 - 550 Trillium Dr., Kitchener, ON N2R 1K3
Ph: (519) 748-5515 Fax: (519) 748-2663
email: rforeman@pmtgroup.com www.pmtgroup.com
Potash Corp. Feed Products 288 Maurice St., New Hamburg, ON N3A 2H8 Ph: (519) 662-3891 Fax: (519) 662-2154 email: ken.barnes@potashcorp.com www.potashcorp.com
Rothsay, A Member of Maple Leaf Foods Inc. 169 Lower Truro Rd., PO Box 151, Truro, NS B2N 5C1 Ph: (902) 895-2801 Fax: (902) 893-0176 email: kim.ungar@rothsay.ca www.rothsay.ca
The Canadian Salt Company Limited 10701, Boul Parkway, Anjou, QC H1J 1S1 Ph: (514) 352-7490 Fax: (514) 352-8371 email: darsenault@windsorsalt.com www.windsorsalt.com
Wilbur-Ellis Company of Canada Ltd. 800 Windmill Rd., Suite 204, Dartmouth, NS B3B 1L1 Ph: (902) 830-5169 email: lseaman@wilburellis.com www.wilbur-ellisfeed.com
WLT Distributors Inc. 75 Henlow Bay, Winnipeg, MB R3Y 1G4 Ph: (204) 487-6336 Fax: (204) 487-6625 email: rsukkau@wltdistributors.com www.wltdistributors.com
DRUGS, VACCINES, ETC.
Bio Agri Mix LP
11 Ellens St., PO Box 399, Mitchell, ON N0K 1N0
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Matthew Miller, Chairman; Gerry Lutes, Vice-Chairman; Dave Colpitts, Executive Manager & Secretary-Treasurer. Director: Vacant, Nova Scotia. Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia
Paul Cook, Chair; Lindsay Steele, ViceChair. Directors: Nick de Graaf, Steven Eadie, Matthew Harvie, Craig Newcombe. Chicken Producers Association of Nova Scotia
D & S Meat Products Ltd., (The Canadian Peameal Bacon Company, The Elite
Canadian Peameal Bacon Company, The Real Deal Peameal Bacon Company, The Elite 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 Ltd., (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
Olymel S.E.C./Olymel L.P., (Olymel S.E.C./L.P., Aliments Prince, S.E.C./ Prince Foods, L.P., Supraliment S.E.C.), 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
Sierra Custom Foods Inc., 275 Walker Dr., ON L6T 3W5 Ph: (905) 595-2260 Fax: (905) 595-2264
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, Gainers, 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
Ontario
DuPont, The Poultry Company, Maple Leaf Poultry),
32 Kennedy Rd. S., ON L6W 3E3
Ph: (905) 453-6262 Fax: (905) 453-6362
Brampton
Maple Lodge Farms Ltd., 8301 Winston Churchill Blvd., ON L6Y 0A2 Ph: (905) 455-8340 Fax: (905) 455-8370
Concord Premium Meats Ltd., (Marcangelo Foods, Concord Premium Foods, Black River Angus Company Ltd., Black Valley Angus Company Ltd.), 220 Wilkinson Rd., ON L6T 4N7 Ph: (905) 450-7778 Fax: (905) 564-6844
Brampton
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), 97 Walker Dr., ON L6T 4Z3 Ph: (905) 791-9277 Fax: (905) 791-3927
TNT Foods International Inc., (TNT Foods), 20 Westwyn Court, ON L6T 4T5 Ph: (905) 672-1787 Fax: (905) 612-8555
Brampton
Cardinal Meat Specialists Ltd., 155 Hedgedale Rd., ON L6T 5P3
Ph: (905) 459-4436 Fax: (905) 459-7925
Brantford
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 Pork/ Porc Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Poultry/ Volaille 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
Premium Brands Operating Limited Partnership, (Piller’s, Piller Sausages & Delicatessens, Piller’s Fine Foods - a div of PBOLP),
38 Middleton St., ON N3S 7V7
Ph: (519) 757-0663 Fax: (519) 757-0663
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
Callander
Nipissing Game Farm Inc., 368 Birchgrove Dr. W., RR 1, ON P0H 1H0 Ph: (705) 752-2061 Fax: (705) 752-2084
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 Ltd., 121 Brockley Dr., ON L8E 3C4
Ph: (905) 561-4132 Fax: (905) 561-4132
Hamilton
Catelli Foods Corporation/Corporation d’Aliments Catelli, (Olivieri a Division of Catelli Foods Corporation, Olivieri, une Division de Corporation D’Aliments Catelli),
80 Brockley Dr., ON L8E 3C5
Ph: (905) 560-6200 Fax: (905) 560-6949
Hamilton
Nikolaos Fine Foods Ltd., 225 Nebo Rd., Unit 5, ON L8W 2E1
Ph: (905) 388-8074 Fax: (905) 388-9084
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
Hannon
Maple Leaf Foods Inc./Les Aliments Maple Leaf Inc., (Clearview Farms, Cold Springs Farm, Coorsh, Gainers, Hub Meats/
Les Viandes Hub, J.M. Schneider, Larsen Packers,Maple Leaf Foods/Les Aliments
Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/ Les Aliments Hygrades/Hygrade Foods, Maple Leaf Consumer Foods/Les Aliments de Consommation Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Poultry/Volaille Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Food Service/Service Alimentaire Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Fresh Foods, Maple Leaf Meats/Les Vivandes Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Pork/Porc Maple Leaf, Maple Leaf Poultry/Volaille Maple Leaf,
Maple Leaf Prepared Meats/Les Vivandes Preparees Maple Leaf, Mitchell’s Gourmet Foods, Parma, Prime Meats, Prime Poultry, Principal Marques Meat Company, Royce DuPont, Schneider Foods/Les Aliments Schneider, Shopsys, Shopsys Foods/Les Aliments Shopsys, Tend-R-Fresh, Thames Valley Processors, The Poultry Company, Vancouver Fancy Meats/Les Viandes Preparees Vancouver Fancy), 440 Glover Rd., ON L0R 1P0 Ph: (905) 692-8050 Fax: (905) 692-3281
Static flow rates are meaningless.
Key Principle:
You can’t use an invalid concept to create drinker standards. Birds drink by pecking intermittently on the side of the trigger pin (dynamic flow), so why set a standard based upon lifting and holding a trigger pin straight up (static flow) for one minute. This makes no sense! Unfortunately many in the industry still use this false procedure to evaluate drinkers even today.
Release Drinkers should be designed to work in harmony with the way birds drink-intermittent pecking (Fig. 1).
It is also assumed that a drinker with a higher static flow rate will discharge proportionally more water when triggered dynamically. However, tests prove this assumption is false! (see video at poultrywatering.com/4).
Key Directive: Don’t use “static flow rate” to evaluate a drinker’s merit or to manage a drinker line. Learn about best watering management practices and much more at Ziggity’s Poultry Watering U website.
www.PoultryWatering.com
• How-to videos
• Poultry Watering U news
• Management downloads
Holding the drinker trigger pin up (“static flow”) does NOT replicate the way birds really drink (Fig. 2).
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
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), 321 Courtland Ave. E., ON N2G 3X8 Ph: (519) 741-5000 Fax: (519) 749-7400
Kitchener
Keybrand Foods Inc., 1326 Victoria St. N., ON N2B 3E2 Ph: (519) 578-2940 Fax: (519) 578-4701
Listowel
508818 Ontario Ltd., (LCS, Deli Classic Inc., Erie Meat Products, Harvest Creek, Golden Maple, Can-Am Meat Purveyors), 1400 Mitchell Rd. S., ON N4W 3H6 Ph: (519) 291-6593 Fax: (519) 291-3733
G. Brandt Meat Packers Ltd., 1878 Mattawa Ave., ON L4X 1K1 Ph: (905) 279-4460 Fax: (905) 279-9155
Mississauga
Erie Meat Products Ltd., (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
Peck Release Peck
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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
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 Dr. E., ON L5T 2T6
Ph: (905) 565-9388 Fax: (905) 565-1955
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
Concord Premium Meats Ltd., (Marcangelo Foods, Concord Premium Foods, Black River Angus Company Limited, Central Park Deli), 6481 Edwards Blvd., ON L5T 2V2
Ph: (905) 564-0786 Fax: (905) 564-6844
Mississauga
Janes Family Foods Ltd., (Crisp & Delicious Foods), 3340 Orlando Dr., ON L4V 1C7
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), 15350 Old Simcoe Rd., ON L9L 1A6 Ph: (905) 985-7373 Fax: (905) 985-7289
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,
RR 6, ON N4X 1B7
Ph: (519) 229-8900 Fax: (519) 229-8953
Stoney Creek
The Meat Factory Ltd., (Peameal Bacon of Canada, Lou’s Barbeque, Five Star Canadian Beef), 46 Community Ave., ON L8E 2Y3
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
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
Toronto Griffith Laboratories Ltd./Laboratoires
Griffith Ltée,
Ontario
757 Pharmacy Ave., ON M1L 3J8
Ph: (416) 288-3050 Fax: (416) 288-3481
Toronto
Premium Brands Operating Limited
Partnership, (Piller’s, Piller Sausages & Delicatassens, Piller’s Fine Foods - a div of PBOLP),
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), 150 Bartor Rd., ON M9M 1H1
Ph: (416) 741-7181 Fax: (416) 741-2073
Toronto
Sabatini U. Gourmet Foods Ltd., 312 Dolomite Dr., Units 919-931, ON M3J 2N2
DSM Nutritional Products Canada Inc. 395 Waydom Dr., Ayr, ON N0B 1E0 Ph: (519) 577-2737 or (519) 624-2781 Fax: (519) 623-4849 email: brent.byggdin@dsm.com www.dsm.com
E, D & F Man Canada Inc. 328 - 75 Sherbourne St., Toronto, ON M5A 2P9 Ph: (416) 368-7396 Fax: (416) 368-0862 email: murrayi@us.edfman.com www.edfman.com
Andrew DeWeerd, Pullet Director; Craig Hunter, Zone 9; Scott Helps, Zone 1; Roger Pelissero (Vice-Chair & Egg Farmers of Canada representative), Zone 4; Hubert Schillings, Zone 8; Scott Graham (Chair), Zone 6; Dan Veldman, Zone 3; Brian Miller, Zone 5; Bryan Hostrawser, Zone 7; Dianne McComb, Zone 2; Marcel Leroux, Zone 10.
Dave Buttenham, CEO; Andrew Coghlin, Chairman; Nadine Schwandt, Vice-Chair; Peter Vingerhoeds, Past Chair; Kathleen Shore, Member Ex-Officio. Directors: Jim Deblock, Vicky Hammell, Rick McGlynn, Paul Oosterhof, Tom Robinson, Walt Taylor, Ken Vander Vleuten, Kevin Weppler. Association of Ontario Chicken Processors 7660 Mill Rd., Guelph, ON N1H 6J1 Ph: (519) 836-8383
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; District #4, Henk Lise; District #5, Henry Zantingh - Chair; District #6, Murray Opsteen - 1st Vice Chair; District #7, Ed Benjamins; District #8, Ed Verkley; District #9, Tim Klompmaker - 2nd Vice Chair. Egg Farmers of Ontario 7195 Millcreek Dr.,
Scott Graham, Chair, Zone 6; Roger Pelissero, Vice Chair and Egg Farmers of Canada Representative, Zone 4; Scott Helps, Zone 1; Dianne McComb, Zone 2; Dan Veldman, Zone 3; Brian Miller, Zone 5; Bryan Hostrawser, Zone 7; Hubert Schillings, Zone 8; Craig Hunter, Zone 9; Marcel Leroux, Zone 10; Andrew DeWeerd, Pullet Director.
John Kapetyn, Chair; John Kraay, Vice-All; Ed Mosterd, Sec./Treas. OBHECC Directors: Jack Greydanus, Dick Ottens, Jim Patton, Dave Brock. Farm & Food Care Reps.: Livestock - Mark Woods; Soil & Crop - Jim Patton.
Board Members: Craig Bremner, Leanne Cooley, Don Copeland, Tim deWit, Charlie Elliott, Gary Fread, Dr. Helen Anne Hudson, George Jeffery, Brian Miller, Emily Nieuwland, Ed Verkley and Bill Woods.
Staff: Keith Robbins, Executive Director; Kim Sheppard, Research Coordinator; Rose Carlo, Accounts; Terrina Fitzgerald, Office & Event Coordinator; Laura Bowers, Education Programs Manager.
Poultry Service Association
39 William St., Elmira, ON N3B 1P3 Ph: (519) 669-3350 Fax: (519) 669-3826 email: susan.tfio@sympatico.ca
Susan Fitzgerald, Executive Director; Dave Ottens, Chairman.
Turkey Farmers of Ontario 1120 - 100 Conestoga College Blvd., Kitchener, ON N2P 2N6 Ph: (519) 748-9636 Fax: (519) 748-2742
Ingrid DeVisser, Chair; Bill Mailloux, Vice Chair; Paul Vanderzanden, Executive Member; Janet Schlitt, General Manager. Directors: George Campbell & Bill Mailloux, District 1; Brian Ricker, District 2; Tom Hayter & Emily Nieuwland, District 3; Ingrid DeVisser, District 4.
49 Holland St. W., PO Box 910 Bradford, ON L3Z 2B4
Ph: 705-456-1235 Fax: 705-456-1233
email: david.rose@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
Peter Guth, Vice President, Commercial Financial Services
74 Wyndham St. N., 2nd Floor
Guelph, ON N1H 4E6
Ph: (519) 767-4001 Fax: (519) 836-1634
email: peter.guth@rbc.com
Scotiabank
Agri-Business Banking Centre
Janice Holzscherer
Vice President, Agricultural Banking Agri-Business Banking Centre 104 Wallace Ave. N., PO Box 159 Listowel, ON N4W 3H2
Ph: (519) 291-4019
email: janice.holzscherer@scotiabank.com
Pierre Robitaille
Director and Group Lead, Agricultural Banking
Agri-Business Banking Centre
104 Wallace Ave. N., PO Box 159
Listowel, ON N4W 3H2
Ph: (519) 291-4340 Fax: (519) 291-4755
email: pierre.robitaille@scotiabank.com
Hugh O’Neill P.Ag.
Director and Group Lead, Agricultural Banking
139 Prescott St., PO Box 520
Kemptville, ON K0G 1J0
Ph: 1-877-BNS-AGRI (267-2474) Fax: (613) 258-6014
email: hugh.oneill@scotiabank.com
Scotiabank Executive Offices
Peter Brown P.Ag.
Director and Group Lead, Agriculture Suite 3007 Scotia Plaza, 40 King St. W. Toronto, ON M5H 1H1 Ph: (416) 866-6296 Fax: (416) 866-5966
email: peter.brown@scotiabank.com
Roger Roy
Senior Agriculture Manager Suite 3007 Scotia Plaza, 40 King St. W. Toronto, ON M5H 1H1
Ph: (416) 933-1824 Fax: (416) 866-5966
email: roger.roy@scotiabank.com
Shane Chetner P.Ag.
Agricultural Manager, Commercial Banking Suite 3007 Scotia Plaza, 40 King St. W. Toronto, ON M5H 1H1 Ph: (416) 933-1781 Fax: (416) 866-5966
email: shane.chetner@scotiabank.com
TD Canada Trust
Head Office:
Catherine Agar, District Manager
Agriculture Services - Norfolk, Brant, Haldimand, Niagara, Hamilton, Oxford, Waterloo, and South Wellington Counties 195 Thames St. S. Ingersoll, ON N5C 2T6 Ph: (226) 971-2428 Fax: (519) 485-5741
email: catherine.agar@td.com
Wilhelmina Waters, District Manager, Agriculture Services - Essex, Kent, Lambton, Middlesex and Elgin Counties 255 King St. W. Chatham, ON N7M 1E6
Ph: (519) 351-3144 Fax: (519) 351-3689
email: wilhelmina.waters@td.com
Steve Faris, District Manager, Agriculture Services - Dufferin, Simcoe, York, Durham, Muskoka, Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Peterborough, Northumberland, Hastings, Prince Edward and L&A Counties 33 Collier St., 2nd Floor Barrie, ON L4M 1G5
Ph: (905) 853-4947 Fax: (905) 853-7095
email: stephen.faris@td.com
Brian Van Hooydonk, District Manager Agriculture Services - Huron, Bruce, Perth, Grey, Wellington, Halton, Peel and Dufferin Counties
Potash Corp. Feed Products 288 Maurice St., New Hamburg, ON N3A 2H8 Ph: (519) 662-3891 Fax: (519) 662-2154 email: ken.barnes@potashcorp.com www.potashcorp.com
Rothsay, A Member of Maple Leaf Foods Inc. 169 Lower Truro Rd., PO Box 151, Truro, NS B2N 5C1 Ph: (902) 895-2801 Fax: (902) 893-0176 email: kim.ungar@rothsay.ca www.rothsay.ca
The Canadian Salt Company Limited 10701, Boul Parkway, Anjou, QC H1J 1S1 Ph: (514) 352-7490 Fax: (514) 352-8371 email: darsenault@windsorsalt.com www.windsorsalt.com
Wilbur-Ellis Company of Canada Ltd. 800 Windmill Rd., Suite 204, Dartmouth, NS B3B 1L1 Ph: (902) 830-5169 email: lseaman@wilburellis.com www.wilbur-ellisfeed.com
WLT Distributors Inc. 75 Henlow Bay, Winnipeg, MB R3Y 1G4 Ph: (204) 487-6336 Fax: (204) 487-6625 email: rsukkau@wltdistributors.com www.wltdistributors.com
DRUGS, VACCINES, ETC.
Bio Agri Mix LP 11 Ellens St., PO Box 399, Mitchell, ON N0K 1N0 Ph: (519) 348-9865 Fax: (519) 348-4100 email: wilson@bioagrimix.com www.bioagrimix.com
Ceva Animal Health 1040 Fountain St. N., Cambridge, ON ON N3E 1A3 Ph: (519) 650-9570 Fax: (519) 650-9576
Toll Free: (800) 510-8864
email: service.canada@ceva.com www.ceva-canada.ca
Elanco Animal Health
429 Elizabeth St., PO Box 483, St. Marys, ON N4X 1B3
Matthew Miller, Chairman; Gerry Lutes, Vice-Chairman; 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 email: peipoultry@pei.sympatico.ca
Dean Good, Chair; Katherine MacPhail, Vice-Chair; Andre Merks, Secretary/ Treasurer; Barry Uyterlinde, CFC Director; Andrew MacPhail, Director; Janet HilliardMurphy, General Manager.
Egg Producers of Prince Edward Island 420 University Ave.,
John Dennis, Chair; Ian Simmons, Vice Chair; Nathan Burns, Secretary Treasurer; Leith Murray, Egg Farmers of Canada Representative; Peter Stavert, Director. Michael Cummiskey, General Manager, Janis MacKay, Promotion Coordinator.
POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH, ETC.
Perennia
199 Dr. Bernie MacDonald Dr., Bible Hill, NS B6L 2H5
Aliments Triumph Inc., (Aliments Triomphe, Charcuterie la Tour Eiffel, Charcuterie de Bretagne, Charcuterie la Belle Bretagne, Chef Georges, Summersweet MC, La Mere Poule Aliments pour Bebes/Mother Hen Baby Foods, Les
Quebec
Aliments la Mere Poule/Mother Hen Foods, Nostrano, Charcuterie Nouvelle France, Santa Croce, La Cie Salami Venitien
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, T & N Foods), 2900, rue Louis A. Amos, QC H8T 3K6 Ph: (514) 631-9275 Fax: (514) 631-7862
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
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 4S8
Groupe Colabor Inc./Colabor Group Inc., 2715, rue de Reading, QC H3K 1P7 Ph: (514) 937-8571 Fax: (514) 937-5958
Montréal
McCain Foods Ltd., (Wong Wing, Wong Wing, a Division of McCain Foods Ltd./ Wong Wing, une Division de les Aliments McCain), 1875, rue Bercy, QC H2K 2T9 Ph: (514) 524-3676 Fax: (514) 521-1404
Montréal
Charcuterie Parisienne Inc., 6910, rue Marconi, QC H2S 3K1
Ph: (514) 274-9375 Fax: (514) 274-9379
Montréal
Les Viandes Bovibecq Inc., (Tendrement Vôtre/Tenderly Yours), 3022, rue Adam, QC H1W 3X3
Ph: (514) 521-5565 Fax: (514) 597-2598
Montréal
Volailles et Viande AMGA Ltée/A MGA Poultry & Meat Co. Ltd., 6580, rue Jeanne-Mance, QC H2V 4L2
Ph: (514) 273-8848 Fax: (514) 273-9185
Montréal
Aliments Pro-Marque Inc., (Aliments Fun et Grill, Deli and Brunch, Gouts et Traditions, Grill et Four, Gusti e Tradizioni, Tender Sensation, Wok and Grill, Wok et Grillade), 11695, avenue Philippe-Panneton, QC H1E 4M1
Ph: (514) 881-9998 Fax: (514) 643-0885
Montréal
Aliments Mello Inc., (Aliments Korona Inc./Korona Foods Inc.), 5509, rue Fullum, QC H2G 2H5
Ph: (514) 523-2186 Fax: (514) 523-9974
Montréal
Les Aliments Pek (1997) Inc., 11745, 6-ieme Ave., QC H1E 1R8
Ph: (514) 494-7957 Fax: (514) 494-1948
Montréal
Aliments Triumph Inc., (Les Aliments la Mère Poule/Mother Hen Foods, La Mère Poule Aliments pour Bebes/ Mother Hen Baby Foods), 8790, rue Champ d’Eau, QC H1P 2Y8
Metro Richelieu Inc. 370, rue Métivier, QC G1M 2V3
Ph: (418) 687-2210 Fax: (418) 687-3995
Québec
La Maison du Gibier Inc., 585, rue de L’Argon, QC G2N 2G7
Ph: (418) 849-8427 Fax: (418) 849-9271
Quebec
Repentigny
Les Aliments Riendeau Inc., (Viandes Riendeau Ltée., Les Entrepôts Frigorifiques Riendeau Inc., 9116-6264 Québec Inc., O’Boucher et Fils Ltée), 399, rue des Industries, QC J5Z 4Y8
Ph: (450) 654-6262 Fax: (450) 654-4796
Repentigny
Aliments Mer et Monde Inc., (Charcuterie de la Famille - Pret a Table, Les Aliments Mer et Monde Inc. - Ready Eats), 419, rue des Industries, QC J5Z 4Y8 Ph: (450) 581-6637 Fax: (450) 581-6641
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
Les Aliments ô-Mets-Chinois Inc., 115, rue des Grands-Lacs, QC G3A 2T9 Ph: (418) 878-4608 Fax: (418) 878-3889
St-Bruno-de-Montarville
Les Aliments Excel S.E.C., 1081, rue Parent, QC J3V 6L7
Ph: (418) 830-5600 Fax: (418) 830-5644
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
Les Aliments Infiniti Inc., (Groupe Menu Solutions, Bistro Créations,Trois Fourchettes, Groupe Dufour, Porc de Charlevoix, Famille Dufour, Cousin de France, Talthi, Ward) 3480, rang des Trente, RR 1, QC J0L 2B0 Ph: (450) 446-3636 Fax: (450) 446-7135
Westway Molasses, A Division of E, D & F Man Canada Inc. 6, Place du Commerce, Suite 202, Brossard, QC J4W 3J9 Ph: (450) 465-1715 Fax: (450) 465-5334 email: gilbertd@us.edfman.com www.westway.com
AQINAC - Association Québécoise des Industries de Nutrition Animale et Céréalière
Christian Breton, Président; Guylaine Brochu, 1er Vice-Président; Robert Brunet, 2e Vice-Président; Yvan Lacroix, Président Directeur Général - AQINAC; René Belhumeur, Trésorier; Patrice Guillet, Secrétaire. Administrateurs: Raymond Breton, Luc Côté, Mario Côté, Robert Desnoyers, Maurice Hénault, Luc Ménard, Renald Mercier, 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
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
email: info@oeuf.ca
www.oeuf.ca
Paulin Bouchard, Président; Gislain Houle, 1er vice-président; Sylvain Lapierre, 2e viceprésident; Serge Lebeau, Secrétaire. Administrateurs: Donald Desharnais, Jonathan Gauvin, Serge Lefebvre, Pierre-Paul Ricard, Maurice Richard, Nicholas Tremblay. Les Éleveurs de volailles du Québec
M. Pierre-Luc Leblanc, Montérégie, président Mme Lise St-Georges, Rive-Nord, 1re viceprésidente, M. Martin Lemieux, Cantons de l’Est, 2e vice-président, M. Jean-Paul Bouchard, Est-du-Québec, membre, M. Louis-Philippe Rouleau, Mauricie-Centredu-Québec, membre, Administrateurs: M. François Cloutier, Montérégie, Mme Julie Dufresne, Rive-Nord, M. René Gélinas, Mauricie-Centre-du-Québec, M. Stéphane Veilleux, Est-du-Québec, M. Benoît
Fontaine, Cantons de l’Est ,M. Guillaume
Côté, membre du comité des éleveurs de dindon
Syndicat des producteurs d’oeufs d’Incubation du Québec (INCOBEC) 555, Boul Roland-Therrien, bureau 515, Longueuil, QC J4H 4E7
AGENCY- Regional Office - Montréal East & West Room 671- 2001 University St., Montréal, QC H3A 2S9
Ph: (514) 283-8888 Fax: (514) 283-3143
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION
AGENCY- Regional Office - Québec Place Iberville IV, 100 - 2954, Laurier Blvd., Ste-Foy, QC G1V 5C7
Ph: (418) 648-7373 Fax: (418) 648-4792
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 2014 / 2014 Executive Committee
De gauche à droite : Jean-Paul Bouchard, membre; Martin Lemieux, 2e vice-président; Pierre-Luc Leblanc, président; Lise St-Georges, 1re vice-présidente; Louis-Philippe Rouleau, membre.
From left to right : Jean-Paul Bouchard, Executive Member; Martin Lemieux, 2nd Vice Chair; Pierre-Luc Leblanc, Chair; Lise St-Georges, 1st Vice Chair; Louis-Philippe Rouleau, Executive Member.
Quebec/Saskatchewan
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION
AGENCY- Regional Office - St-Hyacinthe
4500 - 3225 Cusson Ave., St-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 0H7
Ph: (450) 768-1500 Fax: (450) 768-1473
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 MINISTÈRE DE L’AGRICULTURE, DES PÊCHERIES ET DE L’ALIMENTATION DU QUÉBEC (MAPAQ)
RÉGIE DES MARCHÉS AGRICOLES ET ALIMENTAIRES DU QUÉBEC
201, Boul Crémazie Est., 5e étage, Montréal QC H2M 1L3
Ph: (514) 873-4024 Fax: (514) 873-3984
email: rmaaqc@rmaaq.gouv.qc.ca
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University Macdonald Campus, 21111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste. Anne de Bellevue QC H9X 3V9 Ph: (514) 398-7773 Fax: (514) 398-7990
UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire/ College of Veterinary Medicine 3200, rue Sicotte, St-Hyacinthe QC J2S 2M2 Ph: (450) 773-8521 poste/ext: 8271 Fax: (450) 778-8137 www.umontreal.ca www.rmaaq.gouv.qc.ca
Stephanie Hamelin, District Manager, Agriculture Services 730 de la Concorde
St.-Romuald, QC G6W 8A8
Ph: (418) 835-6060 Fax: (418) 835-1221
email: stephanie.hamelin@td.com
SASKATCHEWAN
HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES
KYLE HATCHERY
PO Box 250, Kyle, SK S0L 1T0
Ph: (306) 375-2910
PRAIRIE PRIDE CHICK SALES LTD.
PO Box 273, RR 1, Grandora, SK S0K 1V0
Ph: (306) 956-3822
WYNYARD HATCHERY
605 Greer St., PO Box 1108, Wynyard, SK S0A 4T0
Ph: (306) 554-2534
CONSEIL D’ADMINISTRATION 2014
Dans le sens horaire de gauche à droite :
Dean Penner, Manitoba; Calvin Breukelman, vice-président, Colombie-Britannique; Ernie Silveri, représentant de la FCC; Hendrik van Steenbergen, Saskatchewan; Gyslain Loyer, Québec; Doug Mcghee, représentant de la FCC; Jack Greydanus, président; Dick Ottens, Ontario; Kevin Tiemstra, deuxième vice-président
Thomson Meats Ltd., 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), 52 Innovation Blvd., SK S7N 2V3 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
Vétoquinol Canada Inc. 2000 chemin Georges, Lavaltrie, QC J5T 3S5
Ph: (450) 586-2252 Fax: (450) 586-4649
Toll Free: (800) 565-0497 www.vetoquinol.ca
Zoetis LPO
16740 Trans-Canada Hwy. Kirkland, QC H9H 4M7
Ph: (800) 663-8888 www.zoetis.ca
Saskatchewan
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
ANAC - Saskatchewan Division
c/o 339 Poth Cres., Saskatoon, SK
Ph: (306) 978-4720 Fax: (306) 978-4745
email: adoherty@hoodpkg.com
Neil MacMillan, Chair; Colleen Christensen, Vice-Chair; Tim Armstrong, National Director; Allen Doherty, SecretaryTreasurer. Directors: Shawn Fairbairn, Wilf Graf, Al McKim, Wade Obst, Bruce Sestak, John Wright.
Chicken Farmers of Saskatchewan 201 - 224 Pacific Ave., Saskatoon, SK S7K 1N9
Diane Pastoor, Chair; Henry VanEE, Vice Chair; Tim Keet, Director; Rudy Martinka, CFC Director; Wally Sloboshan, Director; Clinton Monchuk, Chief Executive Officer; Gale Kellington, Office Manager. Saskatchewan Broiler Hatching Egg Producers 201 - 224 Pacific Ave., Saskatoon, SK S7K 1N9 Ph: (306) 242-3611 Fax: (306) 242-3286
email: gale@saskatchewanchicken.ca Henk van Steenbergen, Chair; Dave Janzen, Vice Chair. Directors: James Glen, Jeff Regier. Saskatchewan Egg Producers PO Box 1263, 496 Hoffer Dr.,
Regina, SK S4P 3B8
Ph: (306) 924-1505 Fax: (306) 924-1515
email: sep@saskegg.ca www.saskegg.ca
Stan Fehr, Chairman; Ignaz Stadler, Vice-Chairman; Regan Sloboshan, Director & EFC Representative. Directors: Shawn Harman, Peter Wipf, Danny Wollman. Executive Director: Audrey Price. Saskatchewan Hatchery Association 2717 Cleveland Ave., Saskatoon, SK S7K 3R2
Ph: (306) 242-1033 Fax: (306) 242-6466
Bob Kowalchuk, President; Dale Anstey,Vice-President; Ron Anstey, Secretary-Treasurer; Joan Anstey, Director. Saskatchewan Poultry Council 107 Tobin Cres., Saskatoon SK S7K 4M9
Ph: (306) 222-0426 Fax: (306) 931-2825
Rose Olsen, Secretary-Manager. Turkey Farmers of Saskatchewan 1438 Fletcher Rd., Saskatoon, SK S7M 5T2 Ph: (306) 931-1050 Fax: (306) 931-2825
email: saskaturkey@sasktel.net www.saskturkey.com
POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH,
ETC.
Feeds Innovation Institute University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Dr.,
302 - 3085 Albert St., Regina SK S4S 0B1 Ph: (306) 787-5978 Fax: (306) 787-5134 www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca/Agri-FoodCouncil
SIMPLY AGRICULTURE SOLUTIONS INC. - AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS RECYCLING
102- 333 25th St. E., Saskatoon, SK S7K 0L4 Ph: (306) 955-5477 Fax: (306) 955-5473 Toll Free: (866) 298-7222 http://simplyag.ca/recycling-pilot-project/ DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL AND POULTRY SCIENCE, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Room 6D34 Agriculture Bldg., 51 Campus Dr., Saskatoon SK S7N 5A8
WESTERN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE, University of Saskatchewan 52 Campus Dr., Saskatoon SK S7N 5B4 Ph: (306) 966-7447 Fax: (306) 966-8747 www.usask.ca/wcvm
AGRICULTURAL REPRESENTATIVES FOR BANKS CIBC
Alvin Winslow
Agriculture Banking Specialist
5002 - 50th Ave., 1st Floor Lacombe, AB T4L 2L1
Ph: 403-340-4539 Fax: 403-782-7825
email: alvin.winslow@cibc.com
Reint Boelman
Agriculture Banking Specialist
100 - 10 Hebert Rd. St. Albert, AB T8N 5T8
Ph: 780-307-2346 Fax: 780-307-2356
email: reint.boelman@cibc.com
Iain McIntyre
Director and Team Lead, Commerical Banking, Surrey and Fraser Valley
Executive Director, National Office, Graham Cooper.
Executive Committee:
Chairman - John Brennan, Nutreco Canada Inc.;
Vice Chairman - Des Gelz, Ritchie-Smith Feeds, Inc.;
Treasurer - Gary Golby, Champion Feed Services Ltd.; Member at Large - Paul Wideman, W-S Feed & Supplies Ltd.;
Past Chairman - Dennis Kornelsen. Division Directors:
AB - Bevyn Litke, Masterfeeds LP; AB - Gary Golby, Champion Feed Services Ltd.; ATL - Matthew Miller, Northeast Nutrition Inc.;
BC - Des Gelz, Ritchie-Smith Feeds, Inc.;
MB - Dennis Kornelsen, HyLife Ltd.; ON - John Brennan, Nutreco Canada Inc.; ON - Rick Martin, Wallenstein Feed & Supply Ltd.
QC - Guylaine Brochu, Agri-Marché Inc.;
QC - Robert Brunet, La Coop fédérée; SK - Tim Armstrong, New-Life Mills. Nutrition Committee: Paul Groenewegen, Alltech Canada Directors at Large: Randy Bagg, Elanco Animal Health; Michel Duval, Akey - A Division of Cargill Animal Nutrition; Jennifer Henderson, Cargill Animal Nutrition; Paul Wideman, W-S Feeds & Supplies Ltd. Associate Members: Woody Galloway, Bunge Canada; Grant Saar, West Coast Reduction.
Canada-China Agriculture and Food Development Exchange Centre 2 - 10 George St., 4th Floor, Hamilton, ON L8P 1C8
Staff: Jean Szkotnicki, President; Tracey Firth, Programs Director: Lise Rodgers, Programs Coordinator.
Canadian Association of Poultry Veterinarians, CAPV-ACVA www.capv-acva.ca
Executive Members: Dr. Neil Ambrose (West), dr.ambrose@telus.net; Dr. Rachel Ouckama, (OAPP), rouckama.ccl@eagle.ca; Dr. Daniel Venne (AVIA), dvenne@sympatico.ca.
Canadian Federation of Agriculture 21 Florence St., Ottawa, ON K2P 0W6
Ron Bonnett, President; Brigid Rivoire, Executive Director
Canadian Food Inspection Agency - National Headquarters 1400 Merivale Rd., Ottawa, ON K1A 0Y9
Ph: (613) 773-2342
Toll Free: (800) 442-2342 www.inspection.gc.ca
Canadian Hatching Egg Producers 21, rue Florence St., Ottawa, ON K2P 0W6
Ph: (613) 232-3023 Fax: (613) 232-5241
Jack Greydanus, Chair; Calvin Breukelman, Vice- Chair, British Columbia; Kevin Tiemstra, Second Vice- Chair, Alberta; Doug Mcghee, CHF Representative; Ernie Silveri, CHF Representative; Gyslain Loyer, Quebec; Dick Ottens, Ontario; Dean Penner, Manitoba; Hendrik van Steenbergen, Saskatchewan.
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 www.cpepc.ca
Board of Directors: Rick Weiss and Gerry Kennie, Canadian Hatchery Federation; Hank Lammers and Bert Harman, Egg Grading; Ian McFall and Aaron Kwinter, Egg Processing; René Proulx and Jeff McDowell, Primary Chicken; Craig Evans and Reg Cliche,Turkey; Lucy McKee and Scott Cummings, Poultry Further Processing.
Staff: Robin Horel, President and CEO; Susan Mallet, Executive Assistant; Erica
Charlton, Technical Director; Nicolas Paillat, Manager, Hatchery and Turkey Sectors; Mike Terpstra, Manager, Chicken Sector, Margo Ladouceur, Manager, Egg Sectors; Brian Dahms, Meeting Planner.
Canadian Poultry Research Council
350 Sparks St., Suite 1007, Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8
Ph: (613) 566-5916 Fax: (613) 241-5999
email: info@cp-rc.ca
www.cp-rc.ca
Bruce Roberts, Executive Director. CPRC Directors: Roelof Meijer, Chair (TFC); Dr. Helen Anne Hudson, Vice Chair (EFC); Erica Charlton (CPEPC); Brian Bilkes (CHEP); Ed O’Reilly (CFC).
Chairman: Peter Clarke. Chief Operating Officer:Tim Lambert. Directors: Ben Waldner (AB), Fred Krahn (BC), Kurt Siemens (MB), George MacLeod (NB), Joseph R. Smallwood II (NL), John Penner (NT), Glen Jennings (NS), Roger Pelissero (ON), Leith Murray (PE), Serge Lefebvre (QC), Regan Sloboshan (SK), Guy Flavelle (Consumers’ Association of Canada), Scott Brookshaw (Grading), Mike Vanderpol (Processing) and Brad Lawson (Hatcheries).
Farm Products Council of Canada
Central Experimental Farm, 960 Carling Ave., Building 59, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6
Ph: (613) 759-1555 Fax: (613) 759-1566
Toll Free: (855) 611-1165
email: fpcc-cpac@agr.gc.ca www.fpcc-cpac.gc.ca
Further Poultry Processors Association of Canada
206 - 1545 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON K1Z 8P9
Ph: (613) 738-1175 Fax: (905) 356-0753
email: fppac@sympatico.ca www.fppac.ca
International Egg Commission
Second Floor, 89 Charterhouse St., London, United Kingdom EC1M 6HR
7145 West Credit Ave., Bldg. 1, Suite 202 Mississauga, ON L5N 6J7
Ph: (905) 812-3140 Fax: (905) 812-9326
email: admin@tfc-edc.ca www.turkeyfarmersofcanada.ca OR www. tastyturkey.ca
Board of Directors: Mark Davies, Chair (Nova Scotia); Bill Mailloux, Vice Chair (Ontario); Shawn Heppell, Executive Member (British Columbia), Darren Ference (Alberta); Jelmer Wiersma (Saskatchewan); Rachelle Brown (Manitoba); Calvin McBain (Quebec); Bertin Cyr (New Brunswick); Doug Hart (Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council); Michel Pépin (Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council); Keith Hehn (Further Poultry Processors Council of Canada).
Chicken Farmers of Canada was established over 30 years ago and has been helping farmers raise the quality chicken that Canadians trust; we’re part of a continuing agriculture success story and proud of it.
Specifically, Chicken Farmers of Canada is a national organization, funded completely through farmer levies paid according to the amount of chicken produced. No subsidies. We were established back in 1978 under the Farm Products Agencies Act and operate within a regulatory environment guided by the Federal-Provincial Agreement for Chicken, signed by federal and provincial governments and the provincial chicken boards in July 2001.
OUR MANDATE
Chicken Farmers of Canada has two primary mandates. Our main responsibility is to ensure that our 2,700 farmers produce the right amount of fresh, safe, high quality chicken to meet Canada’s needs. To do so, farmers, processors, further processors and members of the restaurant trade from across the country meet every eight weeks to decide, based on market demand, just how much chicken to raise. This evolving risk management system we operate under is commonly known as “supply management”. As part of the system, Chicken Farmers of Canada also monitors compliance with provincial quota allocations – making sure each province raises as much chicken as they agreed to – and the inter-provincial or market development trade of chicken.
Our second responsibility is to represent the interests of chicken farmers and the Canadian chicken industry. Chicken Farmers of Canada plays a key role in developing, partnering or managing programs for Canada’s chicken farmers that prove our producers continue to grow the high quality chicken that Canadians trust. Through programs such as our On-Farm Food Safety Assurance, Animal Care and other biosecurity initiatives, Chicken Farmers of Canada works closely with government partners and industry stakeholders to keep the industry innovative and responsive. Through our
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government relations program, Chicken Farmers of Canada 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.
OUR BOARD
Our directions and policies are determined by a 15-member Board of Directors comprised of farmers appointed by the provincial chicken marketing boards. Non-farmer 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. This way, Chicken Farmers of Canada and its stakeholders work together on behalf of Canada’s chicken industry, from farmer to consumer.
OUR MISSION
On behalf of Canadian chicken farmers, lead and drive the improved efficiency of chicken farmers and the Canadian chicken industry to better serve consumers, and to ensure that chicken continues to be the leading protein preference of Canadians.
OUR VISION
To grow consumer demand for Canadiangrown chicken.
5-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Each year, Chicken Farmers of Canada’s Board of Directors and Executive Management Team take the opportunity to celebrate the successes of the previous year and set priorities for the next. These strategies must correspond with the pri-
orities stated in CFC’s five-year strategic plan. The implementation of the 20142018 strategic plan is guided by the following principles:
1. Promote profitable innovation and expansion of the Canadian chicken industry and the demand for its products.
2. Leverage its leadership position and enhance its capacity to seize every
Agency Background
opportunity to improve efficiency throughout the value chain.
3. Identify and respond to consumer expectations for value, food safety and quality, and social values for animal care, and the environment.
4. Build transparency and accountability in a sustainable and dynamic supply management system.
5. Continuously improve the supply
Egg Farmers of Canada
Now in its fourth decade as one of Canada’s leading agriculture organizations, Egg Farmers of Canada manages the national egg supply, promotes egg consumption and develops national standards for egg farming.
EFC represents over 1,000 egg farmers in all 10 provinces and the Northwest Territories, and works closely with egg boards, industry partners and government to ensure a healthy, strong and sustainable egg industry.
The Canadian egg industry operates under a unique system known as supply management. Through the system of supply management, EFC ensures that Canada’s egg farmers produce the right amount of eggs to meet the needs of consumers. As a result, Canadian consumers have access to a constant supply of fresh, high-quality eggs and farmers receive a fair return.
The system of supply management helps Canadian egg farms stay strong. Strong farms contribute to Canadian communities by creating jobs and supporting the local community. In fact, Canada’s egg industry is responsible for over 16,800 jobs across the country and contributes $1.4 billion dollars to Canada’s GDP.
On behalf of farmers, EFC manages comprehensive on-farm programs, such as Start Clean-Stay Clean™ and the national Animal Care Program, and invests in research and development at universities across the country. Notably, EFC funds two research chairs focused on the egg industry: Dr. Tina Widowski, Research Chair in Poultry Welfare at the University of Guelph and Dr. Maurice Doyon, Research Chair in Egg Industry Economics at Université Laval.
Both Dr. Doyon and Dr. Widowski are currently collaborating with teams of experts in the egg industry, economics and poultry research to generate knowl-
management system to reflect a changing marketplace, while preserving its fundamental values, pillars and principles for the benefit of farmers, stakeholders, and consumers.
We invite you to learn more about us and what we do, our organization’s history, our people, and how we do it at www.chickenfarmers.ca. n
edge of relevance to farmers and consumers alike.
Social responsibility runs deep in Canada’s egg industry. EFC strives to weave the culture of social responsibility into all aspects of the organization’s leadership, policy development, decision making and overall workplace culture.
Through many initiatives—from supporting young farmers by partnering with Canadian Young Farmers’ Forum to teaming up with Breakfast Clubs of Canada to sharing lessons learned with egg farmers in developing nations with the International Egg Foundation—EFC supports a variety of national causes and partners with some exceptional organizations.
Under the leadership of Chairman Peter Clarke and with the dedication of a 16-member Board of Directors, EFC will continue to be known for its dedication, integrity and innovation. To learn more about EFC visit eggfarmers.ca or follow @eggsoeufs on Twitter. n
Agency Background
Turkey Farmers of Canada
Turkey Farmers of Canada (TFC) is proudly celebrating 40 years representing Canada’s turkey farmers. Originally formed under the Federal Farm Products Agencies Act in 1974, the Agency encourages cooperation throughout the Canadian turkey industry and promotes the consumption of turkey in Canada, while acting as the voice for Canadian turkey farmers both domestically and internationally. TFC works closely with its member organizations (provincial turkey marketing boards, the Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council and the Further Poultry Processors Association of Canada) to ensure that appropriate and balanced supplies enter the marketplace. The Agency is also involved in fostering competitiveness and innovation in the turkey industry through active involvement in on-farm food safety, flock care, disease surveillance, scientific research, market research, market segmentation and promotional activities. For more information, please visit the TFC website at www.turkeyfarmersofcanada.ca. n
HYGIENIC DRYING POWDER FOR POULTRY BARNS
“All areas of my production have improved since I started using drySTART®!”
Johnny Heemskerk of Heemskerk Farms Ltd. owns and operates a broiler chicken unit in Norwich Ontario, where he has been farming since 2001. Johnny averages 21,000 per crop and has 5.8 crops per year.
Johnny has been using drySTART® on the floors of his chicken barns since 2011. He was using straw and was finding that it would stick and cake to the floors. After watching the drySTART® information DVD, he decided to give drySTART® drying powder a try. Once he tried it, Johnny said, “The difference was like night and day, the manure did not stick to the floors, which greatly reduced clean-out times and the birds looked a lot healthier and cleaner.”
Johnny uses drySTART® on both concrete and plywood floors. He applies drySTART® followed by a layer of straw. Some things Johnny has to say about the benefits of using drySTART® are: “All areas of my production have improved since I started using drySTART®. My birds are a lot more even and I have less condemns, clean-out times are a fraction of what they used to be and my hydro bill is less because I do not have to use my fans as much to keep the barn dry.”
Johnny has found great success in using drySTART® and looks forward to continuing to see the benefits in his chicken barns.
Johnny Heemskerk Heemskerk Farms Ltd. Norwich, ON
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.
Dennis Wickersham, Chair
ALBERTA HATCHING EGG PRODUCERS - The Alberta Hatching Egg Producers are committed to provide the industry with a superior quality product while fostering profitable growth. The AHEP prides itself in fostering confidence in the hatching egg industry through effective communications and by building co-operative relationships with other stakeholders in the poultry industry value chain.
Darren Ference, Chair
ALBERTA TURKEY PRODUCERS – 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. Our vision is to create a strong, stable and growing turkey industry committed to constantly improving product quality and building consumer confidence. In 2014, Darren Ference commenced his 5th year as Chair of the Alberta Turkey Producers Board of Directors. In addition to being the Alberta Chair, Darren now serves as Alberta’s primary Director on the Turkey Farmers of Canada Board of Directors.
ALLTECH CANADA - Founded in 1980 by Dr. Pearse Lyons, Alltech improves the health and performance of people, animals and plants through natural nutrition and scientific innovation. With more than 3,000 employees in 128 countries, the company has developed a strong regional presence in Europe, North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. For further information, visit www.alltech.com. For media assets, visit www.alltech.com/press. Alltech is the proud title sponsor of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy.
Scott Gillingham, DVM
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 Consultant, Scott Gillingham, DVM (519) 820-4955, 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
AVONBANK AG SOLUTIONS - Located in Granton, Ontario, we are a traditional style farmstead dealer and pride ourselves on our excellent service and relationships with customers. With a rich history in the area we take our knowledge and apply it to supply the newest and most innovative solutions to help you make your farm easier to run and more profitable. We are proud to now be selling the Clima+ Heat Exchangers from Agro Supply in Holland. These extremely high efficiency heat exchangers can help to save up to 70% on heating costs while
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creating a much cleaner and healthier environment for growing strong and healthy birds. “PROVIDING THE RIGHT SOLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE”
BC CHICKEN SQUAD - How do you increase consumer confidence in both chicken farmers and chicken products in a fun, engaging way? Bring in the Chicken Squad. The real chicken farmers of BC are starring in a heart-pounding action movie trailer as an elite enforcement agency protecting the local chicken supply from the foreign import of hormones and steroids. “We wanted to do something to debunk some of the myths out there,” states Ravi Bathe, President of the BC Chicken Growers’ Association and star in the parody action film. “About 64% of BC consumers think that we feed our chicken hormones and steroids, even though these have been banned in Canadian poultry production since 1963.” The campaign was launched in March 2014 with eight short “making of” episodes and interviews with the farmers/actors. As of May 31, 2014 the number of views of the videos on YouTube and www.chickensquad.ca totalled 175,122.
BC CHICKEN MARKETING BOARD - The BC Chicken Marketing Board was created under the Natural Products Marketing (BC) Act in 1961. We monitor and regulate the production and marketing of chicken in BC, licensing and issuing quota to approximately 331 chicken growers. Our activities span from the time the chick hatches until the chicken arrives at the processing plant. Board auditors attend each farm at least once per year to ensure Growers continue to follow the National On Farm Food Safety and Animal Care Programs as well as the BC Poultry Biosecurity Program. BC Chicken Growers produce a variety of chicken from free run, free range and Organic to specific breeds such as the Silkie or Taiwanese chicken, making chicken production one of BC’s top three agriculture industries.
Jennifer Woike
BC EGG MARKETING BOARD - Jen and her husband Ian, along with Ian’s semi-retired father Ben Woike own and operate Running W Egg Farm Ltd., a layer farm in North Cowichan on Vancouver Island. They also own a direct-to-market wholesale company and grading facility called Farmer Bens Eggs. They direct market to 80% of Vancouver Island and support over 350 customers with the help of 12 employees. In addition they also raise between 50-100 head of Angus-Limosene crossed grass fed beef cattle and make over 400 acres of hay per year primarily for the equine industry. Jen grew up on Vancouver Island and has always been involved with agriculture that begun with competing in equestrian events at a young age. Jen has been active in politics since 2009 in her area first sitting on the Municipal Agriculture Advisory Committee; then in 2011 was elected to the Municipality of North Cowichan City Council. In this position she chairs the Agricultural Advisory Committee, Parks and Recreation Committee and sits on the Regional Sports Tourism Committee. She also serves as Vice Chair of the Island Saving Center Commission. In 2009 Jen and Ian were 2009 recipients of the BC Outstanding Young Farmers Award, and Jen now sits as the BC Chair on the national board for Canada’s Outstanding Young farmers Program. In 2014 Jen was elected by her producer peers to represent the Vancouver Island region on the BC Egg Marketing Board. Ian and Jen have three children.
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 long-lasting 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 23 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.
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 1-855-724-3846
Patrick Rouleau
C.C.T. INC. - Nous sommes un transformateur de papier et carton et produisons tous les produits nécessaires aux couvoirs. Nous vendons ces produits à travers le Canada, tel que papier à boîte de plastique, papier à nourrir, trémies et autres. Un fournisseur pour tous les produits, ça réduit vos inventaires tout en étant plus efficace. Pour plus d’information, n’hésitez pas à nous contacter Patrick Rouleau au (450) 836-3846.
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Paul Roper, Exhibitor Sales and Demo Consultant CANADA’S OUTDOOR FARM SHOW - At Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show each September, Paul Roper can be found helping agribusinesses, organizations and their staff make the most out of their exhibits. For nearly 10 years, Paul’s efforts have continued to help companies develop new and innovative ways to demonstrate their equipment or services. His commitment to a high level of customer service has helped make Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show a successful experience for the show’s 750 exhibitors from all sectors, including poultry. Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show will be held September 9, 10 and 11, 2014 in Woodstock, ON. Next year, Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show will be held September 15, 16 and 17, 2015. For more information, visit www.OutdoorFarmShow.com. For information about booking an exhibit space call Paul at 1-519-435-1107.
Jack Greydanus, Chair/Président CANADIAN HATCHING EGG PRODUCERSEstablished in November 1986, the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers (CHEP) represents approximately 228 broiler hatching egg producers from 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 678.5 million hatching eggs in 2013.
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. Ils représentent environ 228 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 678,5 millions d’oeufs d’incubation en 2013.
CEVA ANIMAL HEALTH - Ceva Animal Health is a Global leader in the research, development, production and marketing of an extended line of live, inactivated, vector and customized vaccines for the poultry industry. Ceva has introduced over the last number of years multiple vectored vaccines under the VECTORMUNE® range to provide protection against several diseases. Ceva is also leading in producing custom vaccines for the poultry industry, with unique technologies to rapidly isolate the disease causative agent and accurately identify, thoroughly characterize and purify the virus or bacteria with internal and external contract labs. Ceva has a full range of vaccines for the broiler, breeder, layer and
turkey producer and continues to focus on improving the vaccine application, through training and state of the art vaccination equipment. At Ceva we love healthy chickens and we are passionate to improve the health of poultry flocks by providing solutions that improve your bottom line and help you meet your business and financial goals. For more information please email: don.hanson@ceva.com or visit us on the web: www.ceva-canada.ca
CHARISONS TURKEY HATCHERY LTD. - has been supplying Western Canada with poults for over 60 years. We continue to work closely with producers to provide the quality poult they are looking for. For more information, please call Jamie or Shane at 204-886-2922.
Dave Janzen
CHICKEN FARMERS OF CANADA - Dave Janzen, from British Columbia, has been a chicken farmer for over 30 years and is the Chair of Chicken Farmers of Canada. He has represented British Columbia at CFC meetings as an alternate since 2006 and has been their director since 2008. He has represented CFC on the Tariff Quota Advisory Committee, at the WTO Forum in Geneva, at the North America-EU meetings in Poland and at the World Farmers’ Organization meetings in Rome. Back home, his family farm in Abbotsford that he and wife Jeannie started from scratch in 1981 has been home to four Janzen kids, now all over 20, and is right next door to the Fraser Valley dairy farm where he grew up. Dave is proud to represent Canada’s 2,700 chicken farmers at the provincial, national and international levels.
PRODUCTEURS DE POULET DU CANADADave Janzen, de la Colombie-Britannique, est un producteur de poulet depuis plus de 30 ans et le président des Producteurs de poulet du Canada. Il représente la Colombie-Britannique aux réunions des PPC comme remplaçant depuis 2006 et est devenu administrateur en 2008. Il a représenté les PPC au sein du Comité consultatif sur les contingents tarifaires, au Forum de l’OMC à Genève, aux réunions Amérique du Nord - Union européenne en Pologne et aux réunions de l’Organisation mondiale des agriculteurs à Rome. Au pays, il exploite une ferme à Abbotsford, une entreprise familiale qu’il a créée avec son épouse Jeannie à partir de rien en 1981, où ils demeurent avec leurs quatre enfants âgés de 22 à 28 ans, tout près d’une ferme laitière située dans la vallée du Fraser où il a grandi. Dave est fier de représenter les 2 700 producteurs de poulet du Canada à l’échelle provinciale, nationale et internationale.
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The Chicken Farmers of Saskatchewan (CFS) is preserving and growing the Saskatchewan chicken industry through managing the supply of wholesome, high quality chicken! Our board has seen the addition of two new board members in 2014 following vacancies at the end of 2013. The vacancies have been filled by long-time Saskatchewan chicken farmers, Mr. Henry Van Ee and Mr. Wally Sloboshan. The CFS is excited about the opportunities in 2014 to build on our values of integrity, collaborative relationships, innovation, family farms and being financially sustainable.
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CHORE-TIME - Maximize the natural potential of your poultry with reliable CHORE-TIME® Systems. Chore-Time 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 distributors. The company also offers innovative egg production housing including its VERSA®™ Fully Enriched and Enrichable Colony Systems 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.
CLARK AG SYSTEMS LTD. - Clark AG Systems supplies poultry & egg production equipment to producers across Canada. The product line includes automatic feeding and watering systems, Farmer Automatic conventional and alternative pullet and layer systems, nesting systems, heating, cooling & ventilation systems, and electronic monitoring & control systems. The company has been serving farmers since 1950 and operates out of Caledonia, Ontario. The professional sales, installation and service teams provide reliable, custom tailored systems, and 24/7 emergency service, ensuring maximum productivity, convenience and reliability.
COBB-VANTRESS, INC - is a poultry research and development company engaged in the production improvement and sale of broiler breeding stock. Cobb is the world’s oldest pedigree broiler breeding company. Since 1916 Cobb has grown into one of the world’s leading suppliers of broiler breeding stock with distribution in 100 countries. Cobb has contributed to the dynamic efficiency and growth of an industry that has transformed chicken into an economically affordable healthy protein source for many of the worlds almost 7 billion people.
CORE CALCIUM AND SHELL PRODUCTShas 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. We have new facilities, which opened recently, and are looking for suppliers in areas including Western Canada. We have warehouse space, bagging, barge and ship loading and offloading capabilities. For more information contact us toll free at 1-877-679-1399.
COUNTY LINE EQUIPMENT LTD. - We are a leading supplier for all aspects of poultry production equipment. Founded in 1998 Countyline has steadily grown based on a foundation of excellent products & service. In 2012 Countyline expanded with the purchase of First Choice Bosman and relocated to Listowel, Ontario. We offer some of the highest quality product lines for all your production needs including feeding, watering, ventilation, heating, cages, nesting & more. We take pride in our service department which is fully staffed with licensed electricians & gasfitters as well as a large selection of inventory & parts in our warehouse. Contact us today to learn more about our product lines or for help on your next project. 1-800-463-7622
LE COUVOIR SELECT INC., - situé au Québec, possède des équipements modernes (Platinum Single Stage de Jamesway Incubator Company) et a une capacité d’incubation de 2 400 000 dindonneaux par année. Nous effectuons la vente de dindonneaux de race lourde et légère (Hybrid) et la vente d’œufs d’incubation de dinde. Des normes de biosécurité sont aussi appliquées pour répondre aux standards de qualité dans l’industrie. Afin d’obtenir un suivi adéquat et d’aider les producteurs de dindons à atteindre leurs objectifs zootechniques, le Couvoir est doté d’une caméra thermique et d’une équipe composée d’un vétérinaire, d’une agronome et d’un technicien avicole. De plus, nous assurons la mise à jour de nos connaissances en suivant de la formation continue en aviculture au niveau national et international. Pour plus d’information : Tél. : 418 322-5927 Courriel : couvoirselect@xittel.ca
COUVOIR SELECT INC. - is a turkey hatchery situated in the province of Quebec. It boasts modern equipment (Platinum Single Stage of Jamesway Incubator Company) with a capacity of incubating 2,400,000 poults per year. The breeds comprise heavy and light (Hybrid) as well as the sale of these commercial turkey eggs. Biosecurity standards are constantly applied to meet today’s demands. The hatchery has a thermal camera to help find the comfort zone of the poults. A trained team made up of a veterinarian, an agronomist and a poultry technician is there to help for good start up and follow up as well. Also, continuous training in the avicultural field is implemented into our work to keep up with national and international standards. For more information : Tel. : 418 322-5927. Email : couvoirselect@xittel.ca
Cuddy Farms - A proudly Canadian company formed in Canada over 64 years ago to serve the Canadian turkey market. With a new hatchery build in 2012, Cuddy is able to offer Canadian growers day old turkey poults hatched from the latest Technology. Cuddy offers technical service with each poult placement to ensure optimization of profits. Call today to meet and speak with our full service Turkey Team. Tel: 1-800-265-1823 or email: judyg@cuddy.com.
EGG FARMERS OF ALBERTA - Established in 1968, Egg Farmers of Alberta (EFA) represents Alberta’s 150+ registered egg farmers and works in close partnership with the Egg Famers of Canada (EFC), to provide Canadians with a stable supply of high quality, nutritious and delicious, locally produced eggs and egg products.
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Peter Clarke, Chairman
EGG FARMERS OF CANADA - Peter Clarke is Chairman of Egg Farmers of Canada, a notfor-profit national organization that manages the supply of eggs, promotes egg consumption and develops national standards for egg farming. Peter is a well-respected member of Canada’s agriculture community. Since March 2011, Peter has been leading EFC as Chairman. He was first elected to EFC’s Board of Directors in 1995 representing Nova Scotia and has served on numerous national standing committees including Audit, Budget, Research, Production Management and Executive. A dedicated Nova Scotian, Peter served on the Nova Scotia Egg Producers’ Board of Directors and is a member of the Order of Nova Scotia. Peter is a 5th generation egg farmer and proudly operates an egg farm in Annapolis Valley with his son Jeff Clarke.
Peter Clarke, Président
LES PRODUCTEURS D’ŒUFS DU CANADA - Peter Clarke est président des Producteurs d’œufs du Canada, un organisme à but non lucratif qui gère l’approvisionnement en œufs, en fait la promotion et élabore des normes nationales régissant leur production. Peter est un membre très respecté de la communauté agricole canadienne. Depuis mars 2011, il dirige les POC à titre de président du conseil d’administration. Peter a d’abord été élu au Conseil d’administration des POC en 1995 à titre de représentant de la Nouvelle-Écosse. Depuis, il a siégé à plusieurs comités permanents à l’échelle nationale, y compris ceux de l’audit, du budget, de la recherche et de la gestion de la production, ainsi qu’au Comité exécutif. Peter se dévoue à sa province. Il a siégé au conseil d’administration du « Nova Scotia Egg Producers » et est membre de l’Ordre de la Nouvelle-Écosse. Producteur d’œufs de 5e génération, il exploite sa ferme dans la vallée de l’Annapolis avec son fils, Jeff Clarke.
Scott Graham
EGG FARMERS OF ONTARIO - Scott Graham is Chair of Egg Farmers of Ontario (EFO), an independent, self-governing association funded entirely by egg and pullet farmers. In his second year as Chair, Scott served as Vice Chair from 2009-2012 and as a Board Director 1997-98 and 2008 to present. As the Director for Zone 6, he represents the County of Perth, the Regional Municipality of Waterloo and the City of Waterloo. Scott has served on several Board committees including Executive, Egg Industry Advisory, Finance, Pullet, Public Affairs and Egg Farmers of Canada alternate. Scott is a second generation egg farmer from St. Marys and is proud to continue egg farming into the next generation with his son.
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; L.B. White un-vented unit heaters, RECOVAIRE AIR-TOAIR HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM, CRYSTAL 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. 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” MEGA-STORM fibreglass exhaust fans. For more information call our office at 1-866-335-1431.
FARM CREDIT CANADA - Farm Credit Canada is Canada’s leading agricultural lender. We provide financing, insurance, software, learning programs and business services to Canadian producers and agribusiness and agri-food operators. We have a healthy portfolio of more than $26 billion and 20 consecutive years of portfolio growth. We serve the industry through all cycles and believe in being socially and environmentally responsible. Our employees are committed to the success of our customers and are passionate about agriculture.
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.
GSI ELECTRONICS INC. - develops, manufactures and distributes innovative technological products for the agricultural industry. Our unique expertise allows us to offer accurate, simple and diverse electronic, data processing and mechanical solutions for improving agricultural production. The strength of our competent and motivated team has led us to international success. To maintain this core strength, we offer a healthy work environment where performance, rigor and teamwork are encouraged. The GSI Group treats all our stakeholders, whether they are customers, suppliers or employees, with respect, loyalty and honesty. It is this approach that makes us the leader in technological agricultural solutions and allows us to offer products of the highest quality.
HALCHEMIX CANADA INC. - has been focused exclusively on the Canadian feed industry for more than 25 years. Halchemix Canada Inc. proudly supplies amino acids produced by Ajinomoto Heartland Inc., enzymes, phytase and betaine produced by Dupont Industrial Biosciences, and Agri-ACID, a livestock water acidifier. Agri-ACID, the original water acidifier in Canada, has been available for more than ten years. Products are available at strategic warehouse locations across the country. For more information please visit www.halchemixcanada.com or call 1-800-540-4756.
HELLMANN GMBH - offers a diversified range of products for all layer and pullet producers, including standard, enrichable and fully enriched layer systems for aviary, layer and pullet systems, as well
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as alternative housing and free range systems. Each system can be designed with a choice of multiple tier heights and depths. Additionally, Hellmann layer cages can be equipped with a choice of egg elevator or egg lift collection systems. Hellmann has nation-wide sales, parts and services to support over 300 customer installations. The company continues to innovate to world-class layer, pullet and alternative housing. For more information on Hellmann GmbH, please visit www.hellmannpoultry. com or email hellmannpoultry@bellnet.ca. We may also be reached at Ph: (519) 453-3913 or Fax: (519) 453-3996.
HUBBARD - provides solutions that focus on the economic performance, health and well-being of breeding stock. Hubbard specializes in stateof-the-art selection programs to improve the performance of their pure lines. Hubbard operates its selection programs in 3 different R&D centers in North America and Europe, along with its own production sites in North America, Europe and Brazil. Hubbard has a longstanding experience in breeding, developing and marketing breeding stock for both conventional and alternative markets. Presence in nearly 100 countries around the world and the support of dedicated teams involved in R&D, Production, Technical Service and Sales & Marketing assure the continuity to deliver quality products that are best suited to the different broiler markets throughout the world. Hubbard is a company of Groupe Grimaud.
HYBRID TURKEYS - Our commitment and dedication to the Canadian turkey industry has spanned the last 60 years. The lasting relationships we have developed, ongoing investments in research and the performance of our products are assurances that Canadian turkey farmers will continue to benefit from the advantages Hybrid has to offer: A network of trusted Canadian distributors, Affiliations with agricultural research institutions, A team of global technical experts. No matter where you fit in the turkey chain, from breeding to consumer, Hybrid Turkeys is here to support you and is determined to be your Partner of Choice. Based out of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, Hybrid is part of a global multi-species breeding company; Hendrix Genetics. For more information please visit www.hybridturkeys.com.
INSTA-INSULATION - is the poultryman’s choice for farm building insulation packages. For over 20 years they have been providing spray-inplace polyurethane foam insulation and blow attic insulation for the roof. Ten 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 ten 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
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INTERNATIONAL
DIVISION, INC. - International Division, Inc., or INDIV as we are known, is a total performance international trading company specializing in the sales of Poultry and Swine Equipment. For over 50 years we have served as the export management division for select North American and European manufactures who have established strong records for engineering excellence and quality. In 2001, this broad expertise led the company to begin producing equipment and plastic products for both the poultry and swine industries. Our manufacturing takes place in the USA, Argentina, Malaysia and Mexico to serve the USA and global markets. In June 2013, INDIV made a decision to expand its operations into the USA markets. The construction of a new warehouse in Buffalo, MO. will allow the company to inventory, assemble and package products for customers throughout North America
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 or visit www.jdwpoultry.com
JEFO - Jefo is a leader in the field of non-medicated feed additive, relying on a species-specific approach for each of its products. Jefo’s poultry product line includes Poultrygrow250 & Gallinat+. The Jefo team counts on more than 30 agricultural specialists, to observe world trends, and work with its customers on understanding their needs. The Jefo R&D team takes that information into the research facilities where they work to transform bright ideas into practical, useful, competitive animal nutrition solutions. In 2012, Jefo celebrated its 30th anniversary of commitment to the livestock feed industry. In the last 30 years, the company’s involvement in research, in a variety, of challenging environments and conditions, has resulted in innovation; Jefo products have been shown to make a significant difference on farms.jefo.com
JENI MOBILE WASH - since 1986 we have been 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 are safety conscious and WSIB compliant. Well trained 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: 1-800-361-3637 or 519-843-2672, jmw@wightman.ca.
KARCHER - Karcher Professional Wash Systems can help you with all of your sales, service and parts requirements. Consolidating all products in one location allows us to offer the best support and most comprehensive product and parts line to our customers. We have experienced sales staff who can assist you with choosing the machine best suited to your individual needs. Whether it’s a custom installation, specific application or a recommendation on which unit will fit your needs; our sales department is going to have a cleaning solution for you. Our sales, service and parts department combined have over 130 years in the customer service and repair field; our knowledge and experience helps us serve you best! That’s just one more reason why we’re North America’s top Karcher dealer!
KENPAL FARM PRODUCTS INC. - has been providing quality feeding programs and service to the livestock industry since 1983, with sales now throughout Canada and the USA. Internationally, product has been shipped to locations such as South Korea, Vietnam, Australia, China, Germany and the U.K. drySTART® hygienic drying powder for all types of poultry production helps to absorb moisture, helping to keep the litter drier and less compact. drySTART® also helps to reduce odours, helping maintain a positive environment for the livestock and the people working with the animals. For more information on drySTART® and Kenpal’s complete line of products please visit us online at www.drystart.com, email info@drystart.com or call at 1-866-810-1286.
Mme Lise St-Georges, 1re vice-présidente/ 1st Vice Chair LES ÉLEVEURS DE VOLAILLES DU QUÉBECMme Lise St-Georges est éleveuse de poulet et de dindon à Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon dans la région de Lanaudière depuis 2000. Elle s’implique dans son syndicat régional depuis 10 ans. En 2011, Mme St-Georges est devenue administratrice au sein des ÉVQ et assume, depuis 2013, les fonctions de première vice-présidente des Éleveurs de volailles du Québec (ÉVQ).
Mrs. Lise St-Georges is a chicken and turkey farmer from Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon in the Lanaudière region, where she has been operating since 2000. She became involved in her local union 10 years ago. In 2011, Mrs. St-Georges became a member of the Éleveurs de volailles du Québec Board, and she has been the 1st Vice Chair of the Éleveurs de volailles du Québec since 2013.
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 1-866-289-3237, write to info@lubingusa.com or visit www.lubingusa.com
LYNGSOE SYSTEMS INC. - You might not know us by name, but for over forty years we have been working behind the scenes to support your business. Lyngsoe is listening. Recently you’ve told us you wanted a single-source solution for managing your entire poultry organization, from the hatchery through the broiler farm, the processing plant, the retailer and onto the consumers table. You want to grow the right sized bird, improve your feed conversion, schedule flock production at the right time and optimize your yields. Lyngsoe Systems has teamed up with Matrix Industrial Controls to bring you FarmLynk, a realtime data collection solution that delivers value and savings across your entire poultry organization.Call Robert Lynn today at (519) 940 – 0663 Ext. 238 or visit our website at www.farmlynk.com.
Rachelle Brown, Vice-Chair
MANITOBA TURKEY PRODUCERS - Rachelle Brown has been a Board Member since 2008, and took over the position of Vice-Chair following the annual meeting in March 2014. She is currently Manitoba’s TFC Director, and sits on the TFC Research and TFC Supply Policy Committees. The Manitoba turkey industry currently has 50 commercial producers and 8 breeder producers who are represented by 4 Board Members: Bill Uruski, Chair; Rachelle Brown, Vice-Chair; Steve Hofer, Director; and, Cornie Brandt, Director. Board office staff include Helga Wheddon, General Manager; Donna Bruce, Financial & Office Administrator; and Wendy Harrisko, Marketing & Communications Coordinator.
MELLER POULTRY EQUIPMENT - North American Distributors for Germany’s #1 Meller Poultry cage systems, and the Jansen Nesting, Slating and conveyor system for Breeders, 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 warehouse in Ontario and we service what we sell. We aim to be the best (not the biggest) in the industry.
MERIAL - is a world leader in developing key products for avian producers, including a broad line of vaccines for hatchery and field use, and cleaning and disinfection products. Merial is first and foremost about people and solutions. People who work with poultry health specialists and listen to your specific needs as an avian producer. People who are dedicated to the poultry industry. The avian team at Merial is proud to offer proven and innovative products that meet with your expectations. What we do evolves around you! For more information about Merial Canada and its Avian vaccines, please visit www.merial.ca.
MULTIHEAT - Multiheat-International B.V. manufactures and delivers energy saving heaters and heat exchangers. Well-known are the hot water units for heating poultry buildings. Designed by farmers for farmers! No CO2 production and a perfect distribution of the heat results in a dry litter, less leg problems, improvement of animal health and last, but not least, saving on energy costs. The newest development is the Multiheat X changer, a professional heat recovery system. The three step heat exchange technology, with a dry filter cleaning system avoids freezing of the units. The cross flow recuperator is made of easy to clean durable
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coated aluminium materials. Savings of more than 60% on heating costs are no exception! The model is available in 2 capacities of 8800 cfm and 13250 cfm. For more information visit our website: www.multiheat-international.com or call Bas Pier at info@multiheat-international.com or 1-519-532-9760.
NOR-AG - Nor-Ag Ltd is an agricultural based equipment supply company and has been in the top of its field since 1999. With over 100 years of combined experience, Nor-Ag Ltd specializes in a wide variety of areas including, poultry, swine, feed processing, grain handling and automated controls. Nor-Ag Ltd strides on being a complete turnkey company. Having the proper personnel in place to take projects from the developing and permit stage, to complete the final build. Nor-Ag Ltd has always been involved in the poultry industry, with barn layouts, feeding, watering and barn ventilation. As of 2014 Nor-Ag Ltd has joined with Potters Poultry, to bring our customers’ industry leading cage and housing systems. Potters Poultry allows Nor-Ag Ltd to supply its customers with up to date Aviary, Colony, Rearing and Battery Cages. As well as Nest and Slat that meet Canadian Poultry Board standards.
NUFORM BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES
INC. - is a manufacturer of innovative polymer products for the building construction industry. The benefits over conventional construction have made the polymer finish walls ideal for agricultural, vehicle wash, commercial, industrial and military buildings in the Canadian and international marketplace. Since its introduction in 1992, Nuform has received global recognition for its approach in providing an innovative and environmentally sound solution to the construction industry in particular through its revolutionary stay-in-place concrete wall forming system, Conform. Conform is a patented system of polymer-based extruded components that slide together, interconnecting to make a formwork for pouring concrete walls in place. It’s an adaptable system that allows flexibility of design. The end result is superior durability and cost-effective construction.
POULTRY SERVICE INDUSTRY WORKSHOP
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We are pleased to announce that the 39th Annual Poultry Service Industry Workshop will once again be taking place at the scenic Banff Centre, Tuesday, October 7th through Thursday, October 9th, 2014. The facilities at the Banff Centre will once again provide us with a spectacular means to share Knowledge, ideas and foresight with fellow industry members. Back by popular demand! When you stay at the Banff Centre you will receive a $50.00 discount on your Workshop registration fee. Similar to previous years, we are once again offering early bird registration pricing, so please take advantage of this opportunity. PSIW is known in many poultry circles for providing a very strong program and in keeping with this tradition; our Committee has put together an event that should not be missed. The Committee remains committed to bringing you speakers of the highest quality, presenting topics, which are relevant, timely and diverse enough so that you learn something new and expand your horizons. Visit our website www.poultryworkshop.com for more information.
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NEW NAME! NEW FOCUS! NEW LOCATION
PRAIRIE LIVESTOCK EXPO - formerly Hog & Poultry Days – is Canada’s newest multi-species consumer show. It’s a one-stop shopping event, showcasing the newest technology and information for all livestock production needs! Here is your opportunity to learn about the latest developments in animal handling, feed additives, housing systems, feeding equipment, odour control, composting and manure application. Show highlights include: Canada’s largest pork quality competition celebrating excellence in pork production, the poultry industry’s charity event as celebrities compete with local producers, and educational sessions on new and emerging technologies. Make the CONNECTION and come to Prairie Livestock Expo 2014. Location: Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre (Winnipeg, Manitoba) Date: Wednesday December 10, 2014 Time: 9:00am – 6:00pm For more information: www.prairielivestockexpo.ca info@prairielivestockexpo.ca
SALMET - Salmet International knows that bird welfare is top priority in today’s market place. We have taken the initiative and commitment to re-design our equipment to support the US egg producer. We have focused on function, reliability, efficiency and humane bird management. If you are looking for rearing systems or laying systems for cage or cagefree, check out the many solutions Salmet offers.
SANOVO-STAALKAT - Sanovo-Staalkat is the world leader, developing, marketing and servicing farmpacker, graders and breaker-separators. It includes further processing equipment from hard cooking, peeling and pasteurizing and a full range of depalletizing, palletizing and case packing systems with hatchery packers, tray and egg washers and loaders. The Sanovo Technology Group is based in Michigan with engineers, parts and service to support the Canadian egg industry with Mike Enck managing sales. Sanovo-Staalkat markets reconditioned farmpackers and services all manufactures graders and breakers throughout Canada.
SASKATCHEWAN EGG PRODUCERS - In 1972 the Government of Canada, Provincial Governments, and Provincial Egg Boards established a national supply-managed egg system. Over the past 42 years, the system has established extensive programs that benefit both egg farmers and consumers, including Biosecurity, food safety, and animal care programs, and has provided pricing and supply stability across Canada. Saskatchewan currently has 971,203 hens on 67 egg farms, and produces a variety of eggs to meet consumer demand. The Saskatchewan Egg Producers’ Board is made up of 6 elected Directors, with the objective of promoting a healthy, expanding, innovative egg industry, and ensuring a consistent supply of safe, nutritious eggs at a fair price.
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@spechtcanada.com
SUNRISE HATCHERY - is Western Canada’s Leghorn hatchery supplying Shaver White, Bovans, and ISA Brown from breeders in secure Alberta locations. Sunrise Hatchery, the only Shaver franchise west of Manitoba, is designed to supply all of the western provinces from Manitoba to British Columbia. Sunrise Hatchery offers combined experience in breeders, layers and hatching that total over 61 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 22 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 1-877-57-FARM (3276), email: sales@surefootslats.com.
TECNO POULTRY EQUIPMENT - Leaders in the industry offering enriched and enrichable cage solutions available for any size or type of barn. 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, Unit 1, London, ON N6H 5M1, phone: 519-657-5231, fax: 519-657-4092, e-mail: jd@jdwpoultry.com
TPI-POLYTECHNIEK - is the leader of ventilation components. Our complete program of air inlet valves and chimneys is produced out of high quality polyurethane in our own modern production facilities and offers a solution for almost all houses. The high insulation value of polyurethane makes our program especially suitable for cold climate areas. Our wall and ceiling inlets and tunnel units are most distinctive and unique. We listen to the questions and needs of our clients and act accordingly; fast and precise. In this way we want to become your “First choice in agricultural ventilation components”! For more information please visit www.tpi-polytechniek.com or contact us on infodk@tpi-polytechniek.com and we will help you finding a dealer close to you.
TURKEY FARMERS OF CANADA - Turkey
Farmers of Canada (TFC) is proudly celebrating 40 years representing Canada’s turkey farmers. The Agency’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.
LES ÉLEVEURS DE DINDON DU CANADA - Les Éleveurs de dindon du Canada (ÉDC) sont fiers de célébrer leur 40e année de représentation des éleveurs de dindon du Canada. L’Office a pour objectif de développer et renforcer le marché canadien du dindon grâce à un système efficace de gestion de l’offre qui favorise la croissance et la rentabilité pour les agents économiques, et garantisse aux consommateurs un approvisionnement fiable en produits de dindon de qualité. Les ÉDC sont gouvernés par un Conseil d’administration de 11 membres dont huit représentants élus des offices provinciaux et trois représentants élus des transformateurs. Pour en savoir plus, consultez notre site Web : www.leseleveursdedindonducanada.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 of 2006 and has served as a Director since 1998. Ingrid had previously served on the Turkey Farmers of Canada Board of Directors. Ingrid and her husband Ron have been farming since 1991 and reside in Chesley, 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. +39.0543.981400www.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
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VÉTOQUINOL - Vétoquinol is a family-owned, independent veterinary pharmaceutical company, which has been exclusively and passionately devoted to improving animal health for 80 years. We offer a complete line of innovative and trusted products with an extensive range of medications, disinfectants, insecticides and rodenticides to cater to the everyday needs of Canadian veterinarians, producers and their livestock. Our leadership position in water soluble medications and biosecurity combined with our excellent technical support makes Vétoquinol the perfect partner to maximize results and to meet today’s production challenges.
VÉTOQUINOL - Vétoquinol est une entreprise familiale indépendante dédiée exclusivement et passionnément à l’amélioration de la santé animale depuis maintenant 80 ans. Nous offrons une gamme complète de produits novateurs et éprouvés avec un vaste éventail de médicaments, désinfectants, insecticides et raticides pour les besoins quotidiens des vétérinaires et producteurs canadiens et de leurs animaux. Notre leadership en médication sous forme de poudre soluble et en biosécurité combiné à notre excellent soutien technique font de Vétoquinol le partenaire de choix pour maximiser les résultats et rencontrer les défis de la production moderne.
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 74 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.warehouseshellsales.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” two-storey 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 pre-loader. 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. Weeden is providing Energy Star Approved LED Light Bulbs in a 9 Watt and 6 Watt version at very competitive prices. 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, 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 to help producers achieve exceptional performance in every category — bird weight, feed conversion, mortality, condemnations and egg production. That’s because Ziggity drinkers are designed to deliver all the water birds need to thrive without wetting the litter or pits. Additionally, Ziggity
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provides an educational resource for producers through clearly presented videos and blogs on Ziggity’s new Poultry Watering U website, www. poultrywatering.com, where visitors can obtain a helpful understanding of how birds interact with watering systems and how to best manage such systems for optimal results. Call +1 574-825-5849, fax +1 574-825-7674 or visit www. Ziggity.com.
ZOETIS - Global Expertise. Local Solutions. Zoetis aims to be the leading (benchmark) provider of global poultry health solutions through innovation, exceptional customer service, and respected science. Our commitment to research and development has helped us produce some of the industry’s most trusted vaccines, pharmaceuticals and devices. Regardless of your type of operation — breeder, broiler or commercial layer — Zoetis dedicated team of field experts can help you achieve the best results possible. With our comprehensive portfolio of products and solutions, and passion for poultry health, we are your partners for a healthy bottom line. For any further questions please contact Zoetis at: Zoetis, 16740 Trans-Canada Highway / Kirkland, QC, Canada, H9H 4M7. Visit us: zoetis.com
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This text has been prepared to guide veterinarians, laboratory diagnosticians, nutritionists and students in their professional activities relating to diseases, parasites and malfunction of the digestive tract of commercial poultry. Contents:
Nutrients
Water
Energy
Protein
Vitamins
Minerals • Balancing and Defining Nutrients • Anatomy
• Digestion and Absorption
• Layer Nutrition
• Broiler Nutrition
• Broiler Breeder Nutrition
• Nutrition and Health
• Feed Ingredients and Additives
• Enzymes
• The Scientific Process
• Effective Feed Formulation
• Quality Assurance
• Measuring Performance
HERE’S THE POINT
BY LESLIE BALLENTINE
Helping the medicine go down
Dire warnings of “superbugs” are making headlines everywhere. From what I’m seeing, antimicrobial resistance has easily been the top farm and food news story so far this year. While these warnings are often poor interpretations and overly alarmist, they can’t be ignored.
Antibiotics are a lifesaver. Since the discovery of penicillin in 1928, antibiotics have added about 10 years to the life expectancy of Canadians, according to health groups with www.antibioticawareness.ca. Food production has benefited too. It is undeniable that antibiotics have contributed to better animal welfare through disease prevention, control and treatment; safer food from healthier animals; and higher food output from better feed efficiencies and growth. Yet they have their downside too.
According to the U.S. Centre for Disease Control, 23,000 people are killed by antibiotic resistant bacteria in the U.S. each year, nearly five times the number who die from food poisoning.
In the media at least, animal agriculture seems to get an unfair share of the blame. Canada’s Chief Medical Officer of Health has been repeatedly quoted as saying that three-quarters of the drugs used in Canada are for animals, with 90 per cent of on-farm use dedicated to growth promotion or disease prevention. The fact that three times more drugs are used in animals shouldn’t be surprising given that there are five times more Canadian cattle, chickens, pigs and sheep than people. Even more if we add in other domesticated animals.
to reduce the misuse of livestock drugs. In 2009, the CleanFARMS safe disposal program began collecting unused animal health products from farmers – four years ahead of a similar national collection day for all Canadians.
Animal health companies have been working on antibiotic alternatives. In the poultry industry alone, the Canadian Poultry Research Council (CPRC) has committed over $5 million, nearly half of its research funding, into antimicrobial research.
With the advent of viable alternatives, Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) announced in December 2013 their plans to eliminate extra label use of Category 1 antibiotics in poultry production by May 15, 2014; which they have done. Steve Leech, CFC food safety, animal care and research program manager, said at the time, “the plan is a response to worldwide concerns about potential anti-microbial resistance in humans.” This category of antibiotics is heavily relied on in human medicine so resistance is an issue. CFC also wants to stop the use of over-the-counter drugs by having all antibiotic use require a veterinary prescription. And for nearly 20 years the Canadian Animal Health Institute, which represents drug manufacturers, has called on the Canadian government to halt Own Use Importation and use of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients or bulk chemicals in order to prevent unapproved drug use. Off-label use is another concern.
In the media at least, animal agriculture seems to get an unfair share of the blame
Of the 90 per cent usage for growth promotion or disease prevention, fully two-thirds of antibacterial compounds applied to livestock and poultry, whether at sub-therapeutic or therapeutic levels, are not a threat to human health because they are either not used in human medicine or have a minor importance in treating human disease. So when we hear about so-called “superbugs,” or multi-resistant bacteria, these are more likely to be a result of antibiotics used in humans than those in agriculture.
Never-the-less, farming still involves antibiotic use that can potentially pose a human resistance risk. Canadian farm groups and pharmaceutical companies have not been blind to the issue. In the 1990s, Ontario introduced livestock medicine training courses
These same companies announced on April 11 that they are working with Heath Canada to phase out the use of medically important antibiotics for growth promotion as well as having veterinary oversight of these products when used in feed and water. The phase-out, expected to take three years, will apply to all poultry and livestock production in Canada. Coming on the heels of a similar announcement by U.S. drug manufacturers, this harmonization is doing what the World Health Organization has called for: taking a coordinated approach.
Here’s the point: The industry needs to stay on course. Producers need to be part of the solution, not part of the problem. And more than ever, they need to tell the public what they are doing on their own farms “to help make the medicine go down.” n
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