CP - July - August 2020

WHO’S WHO 2020

Pg 12

Ontario: Josh Mailloux p.14

Manitoba: Sandra Dyck p.24

Quebec: David Phaneuf p.36

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by Brett Ruffell

Poultry’s strongest enthusiasts

Many people in poultry are crediting supply

management with enabling the industry to quickly adapt to the sudden changes brought on by the pandemic.

While some hatching eggs had to be destroyed, at the time of going to print producers have still avoided having to conduct mass depopulations. This is because the system allows for a coordinated national response.

Another common theme I’ve heard is that the industry’s experience with the pandemic underscores the need for poultry to promote and protect supply management. And who better to take up that mantle than producers themselves?

Add to that the growing focus on educating more Canadians about their food and where it comes from and there’s never been a better time for poultry producers to raise their advocacy game. For inspiration, this year’s Who’s Who issue features some of poultry’s strongest proponents.

As is the case each year, this edition includes a collection of profiles of producers in the broiler, egg, hatching egg and turkey sectors from coast to coast. However, this time we’ve placed a special emphasis on advocacy.

Each of the producers fea-

tured in the pages ahead goes above and beyond to educate the public, share farmers’ concerns to government and, ultimately, support their industry. And they do so in unique ways.

For instance, B.C. chicken farmer Bev Whitta, featured on this year’s cover and profiled on page 12, takes an educational trailer around to schools and fairs to talk about chicken farming. Dubbed Poultry in Motion, the trailer displays live day-old chicks, broilers and breeders to teach people about the lifecycle.

“Consumers are the pillar of our industry and we want them to know the respectful, caring way chicken is raised in Canada, and that farmers are accountable and responsible for following all the regulations,” Whitta says.

There’s never been a better time for poultry producers to raise their advocacy game.

Then there’s Sandra Dyck, featured on page 24. The Manitoba egg farmer works with different organizations to host inner city youth, new Canadians and other groups on her farm. She explains the impact of these efforts: “They come to understand our farming practices and then they’re also advocates for us too.”

On the turkey side, there’s Alberta’s Darren Ference, who’s profiled on page 30. Apart from his important role as chair of Turkey Farmers of Canada, the producer lent his handyman skills to the cause. He built a miniature turkey farm for a nearby school’s Ag Learning Centre to help educate students. It comes complete with live birds and a feeding and drinking system.

“People need to see our passion and respect for the land and the animals,” Ference says. “We just have to be able to show people.”

Egg farmer Clinton Monchuk, who’s profiled on page 32, shares that sentiment. “What has to come across is showing that you care,” says Monchuk, who through his other role as executive director of Food & Farm Care Saskatchewan brings consumers closer to the farm. “I’ve never met a farmer who doesn’t care about their animals.”

I hope you’re inspired by the stories ahead, whether you’re a seasoned advocate or looking for ways to get involved for the first time. And if you’ve taken part in interesting efforts to educate the public and government, I’d love to hear about them.

I’m also eager to hear from you about next year’s Who’s Who issue, the theme of which is innovators. Are you aware of a producer who’s known for adopting cutting-edge technologies or management practices? Send me an email at bruffell@ annexbusinessmedia.com.

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What’s Hatching

CUSMA trade deal comes into force

North America’s new trade agreement finally became the law of the land in early July, complete with a celebratory warning from the Trump administration that the U.S. intends to make sure Canada and Mexico live up to their end of the bargain. As part of the deal, the U.S. gets tariff-free access to Canada for 57,000 tonnes of chicken by the sixth year of the deal, and access for 10 million dozen U.S. eggs and egg equivalents. Poultry groups are still waiting for details of an industry investment fund to compensate their sectors for concessions made in this and other free trade agreements.

Dalhousie researchers using poultry for COVID-19 study

The Atlantic Poultry Research Centre on the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus has partnered with AffinityImmuno Inc, in Prince Edward Island, one of the first laboratories to manufacture antibodies against COVID-19. Following successful production of antibodies in chickens to COVID-19 spike proteins, a partner was needed who had the capacity to increase the number of chickens involved in the process in order to scale-up production. This is where Dalhousie’s Faculty of Agriculture stepped in.

B.C. broiler producers win Outstanding Young Farmers award

Due to COVID 19, the BC/YK Outstanding Young Farmers regional event was cancelled in March. But, the alumni recently announced the region’s 2020 winners, Raymond and Tracey Bredenhof, owners of R & T Poultry and Bredenhof Hop Farms located in Abbotsford, B.C. The farmers and their sons run a commercial broiler farm, R& T Poultry,.

Reusing chicken litter shows benefits, study finds

A new study shows that the environment in reused poultry litter can deter growth of pathogens like Salmonella.

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“When you read or hear that broiler litter is reused to raise multiple flocks of chickens, the typical reaction is that it must be bad for food safety,” says Adelumola Oladeinde, a co-author of the recent study. “Our study demonstrates the exact opposite.”

Oladeinde is a researcher at the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Poultry Research Center in Athens, Ga. He and his colleagues found that ‘good’ bacteria in used poultry litter can hinder Salmonella growth.

“It may be worthwhile to invest time and resources to characterize the bacteria in reused litter,” he says. “We can develop the promising ones into beneficial microbes for better gut health.”

The study also explored litter characteristics, such as moisture

and ammonia levels. These characteristics can dramatically affect the litter microbiome – the mix of bacteria, fungi and viruses in litter.

“Our findings provide new information on the relationship between the physical environment of broiler litter and its microbiome,” Oladeinde says. “Management techniques that account for both factors may help reduce Salmonella in chickens.”

Chicken litter plays a big role in determining broiler health. After a broiler chick gets to a farm, it usually spends the next several weeks pecking and living on litter.

In fact, chicks begin to eat litter even before eating from feeding troughs or drinking. The microbiome present in the litter likely become the ‘first settlers’ in the guts of the chicks.

“These first microbes play a key role in determining gut health,” Oladeinde says.

Bacterial isolate from reused litter with competitive exclusion potential against Salmonella growing on sheep blood agar.

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reused litter microcosm after extraction with glass beads and sieving through cheese cloth.

5 questions with Aviagen’s Marc de Beer

In April, Marc de Beer became Aviagen’s new president of North America. He’s charged with advancing the company’s longterm business strategy and strengthening service to customers throughout Canada and stateside. A poultry nutritionist by trade, he has extensive experience on both the breeder and nutrition sides of the industry. Canadian Poultry asked de Beer five questions.

Tell us about your background. I grew up in South Africa on the east coast in a sugar cane farming region. I studied animal science at Stellenbosch University, which is near Cape Town. And then I came to the U.S. about 17 years ago and went to the University of Arkansas, where I studied poultry science and became a nutritionist. That evolved into business roles through the years, starting at Aviagen and then DSM and onto Elanco. And then I came full circle back to Aviagen now.

How did you find working on the nutrition side and what brought you back?

Like I said, I’m a nutritionist by trade. I felt like, well, if I’m a nutritionist I should find out what it’s like working for a nutrition company. So, I spent a bit of time with DSM. It was nice having the technical background. That’s a bit of an advantage when you’re dealing in business when you have a good understanding of the underlying biological principles. But coming back, genetics plays such a central role. Just the relevance of it to our industry is really critical and that’s a nice place to be engaged in.

What is your first priority? Getting reengaged with all the people. Understanding exactly where everyone is and how they’re doing. I think the company plays an important role in the production system. So, I feel obligated to do a good job and make sure our products are of appropriate quality supplied when and where they’re needed. Aviagen has built an impressive organization. I just want to keep that going and keep developing.

Why did you choose poultry?

It kind of chose me over time. I chose animal science because I was fascinated with the natural world. I really wanted to be a game ranger. Once I got into it I realized there’s no lions, there’s no leopards, there’s no giraffes. This is chickens, pigs, cows and goats. Once I got into it and realized I was misguided in what I was getting into I turned my attention to deciding what was the best option from a career perspective. I chose poultry because of all the dynamics of global protein consumption. You think about all the restrictions you have on certain meats. Poultry doesn’t have that. This humble little chicken is doing incredible things to feed the world and at the time it seemed obvious to me that that would be the industry with the biggest opportunities for someone like me.

What is your proudest achievement thus far?

The things that have given me the most satisfaction is helping to build teams. Seeing teams perform better than they thought possible. Seeing individuals grow.

Coming Events

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PIC’s Annual Golf Tournament poultryindustrycouncil.ca

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OCTOBER

OCT. 15

PIC’s Poultry Health Day, Webinar poultryindustrycouncil.ca

OCT. 22

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NOV. 4-5

Canadian Poultry XPO poultryxpo.ca

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Eastern Ontario Poultry Conference, Webinar poultryindustrycouncil.ca

Marc de Beer is Aviagen’s president of North America.

What s Hatching

Ontario passes bill to protect farmers from trespassing animal rights activists

Ontario has passed legislation it says will protect farmers from animal rights activists who trespass on their property.

The controversial legislation – which the government introduced late last year – hikes fines for trespassing on farms and food-processing facilities and makes it illegal to obstruct trucks carrying farm animals.

Under the law, fines for trespassing will be set at a maximum of $15,000 for a first offence, compared to the previous maximum trespassing fines of $10,000.

Ontario’s agriculture minister Ernie Hardeman has said the bill will help ensure the security of the province’s food supply while also striking a balance that ensures the right to protest.

The bill has been applauded by farmers but roundly criticized by activists who say it targets them.

Activists say the new law will conceal animal cruelty at farms and slaughterhouses and interfere with lawful protests.

Before the bill was passed, the executive director of Animal

Justice told an all-party committee reviewing the legislation that it would be a step backwards for animal protection and was unconstitutional.

“We’ve seen this movie before and the lengthy court battle will waste taxpayer funds at a time when we’re going further into debt,” Camille Labchuk said.

Farmer groups, however, said livestock producers across all sectors are subject to strict rules and inspections in order to ensure animals are treated safely and humanely.

Ed Benjamins, chairman of the Chicken Farmers of Ontario, said his organization supports the measure and is concerned with what it sees as “disturbing trends” where activists trespass on farms.

“Existing laws have not been strong enough to protect our farms and our homes from the risk of invasion,” he said.

“Ontario chicken farmers expect that the same level of protection be afforded to their homes as are enforced for homes in urban and suburban Ontario.”

Turkey Farmers of Canada announces new charitable donation

Canada’s turkey farmers recently announced another $80,000 donation in the wake of COVID-19, which will support mental health initiatives across the country. The funds will be distributed to Kids Help Phone and 4-H Canada, two groups that each work to provide mental health-related resources and assistance to youth in rural communities. Since the pandemic started in mid-March, Kids Help Phone has experienced a continued increase in demand for service from young people all across Canada.

Ontario to spend $150M on rural broadband

The provincial government says it is working to help rural Ontarians get better connections in these unprecedented times. In early June, Premier Doug Ford announced a $150 million investment in cellular and broadband service, designed to improve cell phone and internet access in rural and remote areas of the province. This funding is part of Ontario’s $315 million “Up to Speed” initiative.

Two protesters get conditional discharge after Alberta turkey farm demonstration

Two of three people charged following a protest at a southern Alberta turkey farm have received conditional discharges in court. Maxwell Ming Mah of Edmonton and Claire Buchanan of Calgary were each facing one count of break and enter to commit mischief after the protest last September. Court records show they were sentenced in Lethbridge provincial court in early July.

Ernie Hardeman is Ontario’s minister of agriculture.

LRIC update

By Lilian Schaer, Livestock Research Innovation Corporation

Livestock

Advocacy key to advancing innovation

Advocacy is something most farm organizations are undertaking in some way, whether with government, consumers or other stakeholders. It can also be all of the above – or a combination of various target audiences, depending on the issue or the need.

When it comes to successful advocacy – also called lobbying when it involves working with government, or what is now commonly called government relations – by far one of the most important elements is the idea of building relationships with decision-makers.

That doesn’t just mean knowing who to call when there’s a crisis (although that’s helpful!) or only getting in touch to address a need in the sector. Rather, it involves a

thoughtful, sustained strategy that helps both sides get to know each other and build a level of trust and mutual respect.

Ontario’s poultry organizations are active advocates, both in speaking to consumers and cultivating and maintaining good government relations. For example, Egg Farmers of Ontario has long hosted an annual breakfast at Queen’s Park for MPPs and government staff, and Chicken Farmers of Ontario (CFO) holds an annual Chicken Day at Queen’s Park to highlight sector issues.

During last fall’s federal election, CFO ran an “I Support Local Chicken Farmers” campaign in various ridings across the province where farmers hosted on-farm tours for candidates. The goal was to help increase understand -

ing about chicken farming and raise awareness of the importance of the sector.

The poultry sector also has long-standing food bank donation programs and regularly steps up with additional support when needed, like during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

“These are all excellent ways to build understanding and help ensure that people know who we are and why we matter when we advocate for support on issues that affect the sector,” says LRIC CEO Mike McMorris.

Advocating for new poultry research facilities in Ontario is one such example. The aging structures currently being used by the University of Guelph at its research station in Arkell need to be replaced. Facilities need to reflect technological and manage -

ment advances in the sector, as well as accommodate new areas of research critical to the future success of poultry production, like automation, animal welfare and disease control and prevention.

“Good research is critical to be able to back up a specific position with facts and inform decision-making,” McMorris says. “Strong, local research infrastructure is a key component to support this kind of work.”

Another key element of successful advocacy is support from others along the supply chain. This includes building relationships with researchers, feed and animal health sectors, processors and even retail.

It’s important to hear other perspectives on key issues that matter to the sector, and sometimes there may need to be a bit of give and take to find a common “middle ground” that everyone can agree on or support.

According to McMorris, that’s where an organization like LRIC can play an important role. Due to its connections across the livestock and poultry sector and its supply chains, LRIC can identify areas of common interest and bring partners to the table to address cross-sectoral issues.

“Our key goal is driving innovation in the livestock and poultry sectors and one of the ways to do that is to be able to connect people, businesses and organizations who are facing a common problem or trying to solve a similar issue,” he says.

Industry advocates work booths at local fairs, present at schools, host open farm days, speak to media and more.

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Bev Whitta

Promoting chicken with passion on Vancouver Island.

By Lilian Schaer

To tens of thousands of B.C. school children, fair goers and grocery shoppers, Bev Whitta is the face of chicken farming.

That’s thanks to the former educator’s role as coordinator of the industry’s Poultry in Motion program on Vancouver Island, as well as her ongoing willingness to talk about chicken farming to consumers at grocery stores and other events.

Whitta and her husband Brian have been chicken farmers near Nanoose Bay, just north of Nanaimo, since 1995. They first moved to their farm in 1979, when it was just land that needed clearing so it could be used for agriculture. Today, they farm with their son, raising feeder cattle in addition to broilers, and growing corn and forage crops.

Brian is a long-time director with the B.C. Chicken Growers Association and Bev devotes a lot of her time to outreach efforts on behalf of the industry.

It’s something she believes in very strongly to help Canadians get an accurate picture of where their food comes from.

“At one time, everybody knew a farmer and could do trips to the farm, but that has mostly changed. Now, they don’t have that way to learn about Canadian food production, and what’s on the internet is often not accurate or Canadian,” Whitta explains.

POULTRY IN MOTION

Poultry in Motion is an educational trailer developed by the B.C. Chicken Growers Association and B.C. Broiler Hatching Egg Producers’ Association that Whitta takes to schools and fairs to talk about chicken farming.

Three compartments on the trailer display live birds at different ages – day-old chicks, broilers and breeders – to demonstrate their life cycle. Each compartment is set up just as it is in a real barn with nesting boxes,

feed and water and a computer to control that inside environment. A separate table displays feed samples, a comparison of hatching eggs versus table eggs and printed materials for people to take home.

“When I go to schools, I talk about each compartment, the birds and the equipment – students love detail,” she says. “They’re focused and they listen to everything you say.”

During a school visit, students come out to the trailer by class throughout the day, but kids also come back at recess or lunch time with a clipboard to copy down information from her display. Some teachers also integrate the material into their classroom lessons.

“I get a lot of feedback from the teachers – that’s how I know the details are so important to the kids,” she says. “And when you’re talking to students, it’s like a mushrooming effect because they’re taking all this information home to their families so you’re also talking indirectly to their parents and grandparents.”

In addition to covering how birds are raised and

Bev Whitta is a chicken farmer and coordinator of the Poultry in Motion educational program on Vancouver Island.

what they eat, Whitta makes sure to highlight how chicken farmers practice respect in how they care for their birds and the rules that producers have to follow.

At the high school level, she also talks about supply management, the impact of trade agreements, career options in agriculture, food security and how to buy local. The use of antibiotics is a frequent topic that comes up too, so Whitta addresses different ways farmers keep barns clean to reduce germs, the science of feed and the role of good gut health.

Last year, Vancouver Island got its own Poultry in Motion trailer. Previously, Whitta just borrowed the trailer from Abbotsford. This has dramatically expanded the program’s reach. In 2019, Whitta visited 33 schools and spoke to more than 9,700 students.

“Bev has almost single handedly managed the Poultry in Motion educational program on Vancouver Island for years,” says Bill Vanderspek, executive director of the B.C. Chicken Marketing Board. “She has brought the story of the life cycle of the chicken to countless people at schools, country fairs and other events, and we are very fortunate to have such a passionate advocate for the B.C. chicken industry and Vancouver Island agriculture,”

IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS

Another key part of her work is attending five island fairs with the exhibit. The largest is in Saanich and attracts about 50,000 visitors annually. People are naturally curious about the birds, but some also come with strong views about farming or eating meat, which makes it an ideal chance to have a conversation, Whitta believes.

“For me, that’s a must of a conversation, but it has to be done in a very gentle, respectful way by acknowledging what they say they know and being gentle and genuine. Most of the time you can move the conversation along to talk about our Canadian industry and you can see they’re listening to you and are taking it in –that’s very powerful,” she explains. “I don’t know if I convert anybody but as farmers, we can personalize that conversation to help people learn the true facts.”

The food service industry is keen to learn more about chicken production too, so when Cheryl Davie with the B.C. Chicken Marketing Board had a request from Sysco Victoria for a farm tour, she knew who to call. Forty chefs and restaurant owners visited the Whittas’ farm and the company reported a jump in new customers and a 10 per cent increase in sales after the tour.

“Bev is one of the strongest advocates for the broiler industry in B.C.,” Davie says. “When I need a farmer for an event, Bev is always there and gives 110 per cent.”

For Whitta, it comes down to making personal connections with consumers. She encourages fellow farmers to find ways to have those conversations too, like organizing a social event at a club or church if spending a day at a fair or going into a classroom isn’t something they’re comfortable doing.

“It doesn’t have to be a big thing; little things add up. Consumers are the pillar of our industry and we want them to know the respectful, caring way chicken is raised in Canada, and that farmers are accountable and responsible for following all the regulations.”

The Whittas produce broilers, raise feeder cattle, grow corn and forage crops.

Poultry in Motion is an educational trailer that Whitta takes to schools and fairs to talk about chicken farming.

Josh Mailloux

Turkey producer works to ensure the farmer’s voice is heard. By Lilian

Schaer

Josh Mailloux believes firmly that the farmer’s voice is a voice that deserves to be heard. That’s particularly true when it comes to taxation, land use and water issues – and it’s not always an easy task in a municipality dominated by a large urban centre nearby.

“Agriculture is important – we’ve seen empty shelves recently – and sometimes when you go to meetings, the people you speak to don’t realize what we do and how agriculture works,” Mailloux explains. “A lot of people who run government have little or no roots to the farm so you have to have a strong and consistent voice to properly convey things to them.”

Mailloux is vice president of the Essex County Federation of Agriculture (ECFA), as well as a representative on the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA)’s Policy Advisory Council and a member of the local Grain Farmers of Ontario organization. He also sits on his municipality’s

committee of adjustments, which deals with land use and severance issues, a responsibility he’s had for the last 12 years.

“Land use is really important to me; there’s quite a divide between rural and urban and with urban areas spreading further out, planning is important,” he says. “They don’t make more land, so it’s good to have a voice at the table.”

Turkey farming legacy

Mailloux farms in partnership with his cousin Chad near Amherstburg, south of the border city of Windsor, where they raise turkeys, grow corn, soybeans and wheat on about 1,000 acres and also have a Pioneer seed business.

It’s a farm they took over from their fathers, cousins Bill and Leonard, seven years ago, who had also taken it over from their fathers a generation before.

And this year marks a big milestone for the family – 2020 is the 70th year since the Maillouxs first started raising turkeys on

their family farm, which has been in the family since the 1870s. Whether the next generation will continue the farming tradition is yet to be seen though – Josh’s daughter is 12 and his son is nine, and Chad’s son is only three.

The farm produces three flocks of heavy toms a year, birds that weigh 16 to 17 kilograms at market weight. They are destined for further processing, including turkey strips and deli meats for large chains like Subway and Tim Horton’s.

Needless to say, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on demand, as restaurants across the country were reduced to take-out and delivery after being shuttered to in-store dining in March to reduce the spread of the disease.

The Maillouxs also raise one flock of small hens in the winter that grow to under five kilograms. That is to keep their brooder barn full of birds year-round instead of having it sit empty for periods of time.

Turkey producer Josh Mailloux (back row center), pictured here with cousin Chad and the next generation, voices farmers’ concerns to government through various organizations.

PHOTO: JOSH MAILLOUX

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A family tradition

Mailloux comes by his involvement in farm organizations honestly. In fact, it’s become a bit of a family tradition.

His grandfather Eugene played a key role in establishing supply management for the turkey sector and served as chair of Turkey Farmers of Canada in 1976. His father Bill was on the board of Turkey Farmers of Ontario and spent almost a decade as vice chair of the national organization – roles he took on after many years as an executive member at OFA.

“When Dad went to OFA, I started to farm full-time when I was just over 20 and we essentially just farmed together on the weekends,” he says. “I started on the local board in my mid-20s It was following the tradition, but I had always read a lot about what they do too and how important it is.”

Essex County is quite a diverse area that includes the nearby city of Windsor and is home to Canada’s largest cluster of greenhouse production around Leamington. For farmers in the region, urban sprawl and rural land use, rising taxes and drainage are key issues. Mailloux brings those perspectives forward to the provincial level through his participation in the OFA’s Policy Advisory Council.

“Josh is a bright young guy with a strong legacy from his dad, but he’s also his own individual who is very thoughtful in dealing with issues,” says OFA president Keith Currie. “He’s very engaged in his own operation, but he also has a lot of experience and that’s very much needed.”

According to Currie, one of Mailloux’s additional assets for a lobby organization like OFA is that his seed business gives him an agricultural retail perspective and brings him into contact with many different farmers in the area.

“We work for all farmers so we need many different perspectives,” Currie adds. “It leads to a more balanced approach to the issues and that’s what Josh brings to the table.”

Mailloux also keeps busy with plenty of local advocacy activities in his role as vice president with ECFA.

Local issues

During the last federal and provincial elections, he was part of meetings with candidates to make them aware of agriculture’s importance in the region. The local federation also hosts an annual summer tour of local farms and greenhouses for municipal, provincial and federal politicians so they can experience local agriculture first hand and receive updates on the key issues facing the sector.

He’s also often called upon by local media for his insights on agricultural issues that make the news.

Currie, for one, would like to see Mailloux become more actively involved in the organization provincially. But so far, that’s not a time commitment he’s able to make. “Farms are getting bigger and busier. We used to farm with our dads and now there’s only two of us, so it’s hard to get away, especially when you have young kids,” Mailloux says. “But it’s good to have a voice at the table on these key issues that affect agriculture.”

Nicholas Budd

Chicken producer developed an early passion for educating people about farming and supply management.

By Treena Hein

Although he’s only been in the poultry sector for a few years, Nicholas Budd is passionate about helping his fellow Canadians understand food production and the related benefits that supply management provides to them and to farmers.

His broiler operation, which he runs with his wife Susan and help from their young son Zachary and daughters Annelise and Elisheva, is located on his family’s farm just a few kilometers from the state of Maine.

Katahdin View Farm, an hour west of Fredericton outside of Woodstock, was started in 1994 by Nicholas’ parents, Drs. Kevin and Patricia Budd, large and small animal veterinarians respectively. Kevin, in particular, had always wanted to farm, so he and Patricia bought the operation just a few years after graduating from the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College.

“They started with 350 acres, six beef cows and four young children,” Budd says. “That has grown to present cow-calf operation with close to 300 cow calf pairs, 1,700 acres of farm and woodland, a broiler barn, four more children and eight grandchildren and counting. We produce silage and grain for the cattle and have several full-time employees plus parttime/seasonal students.” Among those employed are Budd’s two younger siblings, Hannah and Matthew, who work

primarily with the cattle.

Kevin and Patricia believe in the benefits of education. They encouraged Budd to attend New Brunswick Community College for the Heavy Equipment Technician program. He uses that training extensively on the farm. Indeed, continued education and research into helpful practices and technologies is a core principle for the Budds, and various family members regularly attend conferences both in North America and the U.K.

In recent years, the family has implemented sustainable practices such as rotational grazing, no-till cropping and crop diversification. In addition, they’ve focused on business management and farm succession planning.

Community involvement was a big part of Budd’s childhood and that continues today. “Church participation, 4-H and Spring Show and Sale were regular events for me as a youngster and I now volunteer as opportunities arise,” he says. “We’ve

Nicholas Budd became a broiler producer through the New Entrant Chicken Farmer Program.

Empowering young advocates

Nicholas Budd was one of the first participants in Chicken Farmers of Canada’s (CFC) Young Farmers Program, which launched last year.

A crop of up-and-coming producers were selected to learn about the inner workings of the Canadian chicken industry.

Others participants included Ontario’s Jonathan Giret, Quebec’s Frédéric Emery Dufresne, Alberta’s Andre Poulin and Saskatchewan’s Tiffany Martinka.

Last spring, they attended the Canadian Young Farmer’s Forum in Toronto. This conference brought together young farmers from coast to coast for a weekend to learn about the different commodities in Canadian agriculture, learn about various ways to finance their farms, future planning and make connections with fellow young farmers.

Then in early May, the group came to Ottawa for three days to attend various workshops and events, including CFC’s Lobby Day.

The Young Farmers participated in an intensive orientation seminar that gave them an in-depth look at what CFC does on a day-to-day basis, how the board of directors functions and the various projects CFC staff has been working on.

The group also partook in social media training from MediaStyle, where they learned how to tell their story and share it with the world.

In addition to this training, they participated in meetings during Lobby Day, connecting with Members of Parliament and Senators to discuss the important issues surrounding the chicken sector.

They were also invited to lunch with Alberta MP Earl Dreeshen at the Parliamentary Dining Room.

During this lunch, the young farmers learned about life as a Member of Parliament and the work all parties are doing to support the agriculture sector.

Their time in Ottawa concluded with a behind-the-scenes tour of Parliament Hill, followed by the CFC’s Parliamentary Reception.

The young farmers then travelled to Saskatoon in July to attend CFC’s annual summer meeting.

The board continues to engage with the young farmers to ensure they have the tools to succeed.

These budding leaders are paving the way in Canadian agriculture through innovation, animal and plant science and entrepreneurship.

also hosted folk music jams here on the farm, and work with the Western Valley Equine Association and with local outfitters who take customers on the farm’s woodland to hunt black bear.”

The family also enjoys gardening, forestry and sportsmanship competitions, having faith in God and building their relationships with each other.

Broiler evolution

Broiler farming came about for the Budds because of Kevin’s continued scanning for diversification opportunities. Upon learning of the New Entrant Chicken Farmer Program through the Chicken Farmers of New Brunswick, he encouraged Budd to apply and, sure enough, he was selected in the draw.

The first challenges were to decide on barn design and which mechanical systems to include. “We wrestled for a while with the design and technologies that would prove most efficient but also affordable,” Budd recalls. “We visited farms all across Canada and in the end, decided on a one-story design. It was more expensive but we thought it would ensure a more optimal environment.

“It would provide fewer longterm complications and be safer for the kids, encouraging them to be involved. For the barn’s systems, we decided on hot water heating, a Vencomatic heat exchanger and Maximus Control System with cellphone monitoring.”

The barn was completed over the winter of 2016-2017 and the first flock of broiler chicks arrived in February 2017. Budd says the learning curve was steep, especially since he’d decided to try antibiotic-free production from the start.

However, with no experience in broiler farming, he decided to discontinue with that type of production, but like all other broiler

farmers in Canada, uses select antibiotics in line with Chicken Farmers of Canada’s (CFC) national phase-out policies and says he gets excellent results.

Then, only three flocks into production, the greatest challenge – one that was completely unimaginable – presented itself. A fire completely destroyed the barn down to the foundation slab. Budd says he remains grateful to the Chicken Farmers of New Brunswick for their help recovering from the fire and for help in general through the New Entrant Program. The rebuild was quick, lasting only the length of three flocks, with only minor improvements made to the feed line winching and fan placement in the new barn.

Marco Volpé was impressed with Budd at the time of the fire, which happened less than a year into production. “He didn’t let that bring him down,” says Volpé, who is senior manager at Groupe Westco, a regional poultry company where Budd purchases his chicks. “He took it as an opportunity to grow stronger.”

To increase profits, last year Budd began experimenting with producing a portion of his feed. He bought wheat directly from a local farm, blended it with purchased feed and at this point, he’s fed it to several flocks with good success. Late last year, the Budds took it a step further, planting winter wheat for the first time in order to add their own to purchased feed.

Of their overall approach to broiler farming, Budd says, “Susan and I strive for excellence and we’re always researching. Whether its tweaking lighting or water conditioning modifications, there’s so much to learn.”

Advocacy

As a new entrant, Budd was invited to take part in CFC’s Young Farmers Program last year. In it, he and

the other members of the group (selected from across Canada) received training on the importance of sharing information about poultry farming on social media.

In addition, the group travelled to Ottawa to learn about CFC and attend Lobby Day on Parliament Hill.

“It was my first time in Ottawa and it was very interesting,” Budd says. “We met with politicians and explained to them what we do on our small family farms and why supply management is so important.”

“It matters that such a large percentage of the population, including many politicians, has very little idea how food is produced,” he observes. “We farmers need to show them day-to-day life on a farm, and that farmers are real people. We also explain how we ensure safe food is delivered to consumers.”

During the past year, Budd says he’s realized the importance of social media in making connections with consumers. On a similar note, the Ag Alliance of New Brunswick promotes an Open Farm Day every fall and this year due to Covid-19, the use of virtual tours is being explored instead of physical tours. The Budds

“We farmers need to show them day-to-day life on a farm and that farmers are real people.”.

hope to participate.

And, although he recognizes that COVID-19 has been difficult for everyone, Budd believes that a silver lining can be found in how understanding across Canada has increased in relation to the importance of supporting food production in one’s own country.

“From practices used on the farm to all parts of the supply chain, having food produced here in Canada or even within your own province ensures that quality is maintained and production isn’t disrupted by disease, natural disasters, trade issues or poor practices,” he says. “Local production also keeps you and your friends and neighbours employed.”

“It’s good to see producers like Nicholas in the industry,” says Volpé, who also serves on the board of Chicken Farmers of New Brunswick. “His leadership, attention to details and willingness to learn lets us believe that someday he would be a great director.”

Says Budd, “I’m thankful that I grew up on a farm and that my parents made poultry farming possible. It’s been a fun journey that’s family friendly.”

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Pauline Duivenvoorden

Telling the egg story in western Newfoundland.

By Lilian Schaer

For Pauline Duivenvoorden, there is huge satisfaction in producing food, but that satisfaction also comes with huge responsibility. Farming is a noble profession, she believes, and with so few Canadians involved in food production today, it’s important for those who are to talk about what they do.

That’s why the egg and dairy farmer from western Newfoundland – she and her husband Phil MacLean farm near Deer Lake about 50 km north of Corner Brook – never misses an opportunity to talk to consumers, whether by hosting open farm day, volunteering at a fair or giving a presentation to school children.

“Having a connection to local food production and understanding the food system is really important. Any opportunity to speak to a consumer on a one-to-one basis is an opportunity that should be taken advantage of,” she says. “On our farm, we do try to embrace the local community and the broader community as much as possible by answering questions and not being secretive about what we do.”

Duivenvoorden grew up in New Brunswick and graduated from what was then the Nova Scotia Agricultural College (now Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture). She

and MacLean came to Newfoundland and Labrador after her 1986 graduation from the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph to take a large animal veterinary position with the provincial government.

After MacLean worked for local dairy farmers for several years, the couple started farming themselves with a rented farm before building their own barn in 1999. Duivenvoorden left the veterinary world in 1995 to join her husband as a fulltime farmer, and a little over two decades later, they expanded into poultry through the Egg Farmers of Newfoundland and Labrador new entrants’ program.

A NEW VENTURE

They now own quota for 5,000 layers and lease another 2,500. That’s in addition to a 400-cow dairy herd that is now in transition to three farm employees: a nephew and two brothers (no relation to Duivenvoorden or MacLean) who are all graduates of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College at Dalhousie University.

“With the succession plan for the dairy, we were interested in maintaining some contact with agriculture so poultry was good and manageable for us both to continue to oversee and keep us grounded,” she says. “We were familiar with supply management, but keen to learn and enter into a new venture.”

In 2016, after a year of educating themselves on poultry welfare and housing and reviewing plenty of research, Duivenvoorden and MacLean opted to build an enriched housing barn that could give birds

more space and freedom to express natural behaviours. Also important was ensuring a healthy barn environment for employees.

BUILT FOR ADVOCACY

Part of their new build included a viewing window into the barn and a camera system in the nesting boxes that lets people watch birds laying eggs. That’s because they thought people might be interested in how eggs are produced, but recognized the biosecurity limitations of opening a layer barn up for visitors.

“Fishery, forestry and agriculture are a big part of the economy here and people are fairly comfortable with those industries around them, but they are also interested and keen to know what we do and be sure we’re responsible,” she says.

Every September, they host an open farm day where they now feature egg as well as dairy production. Duivenvoorden makes school visits, especially at the elementary level, to talk to students about farming and volunteers at egg farming displays at local fairs.

They also donate eggs to the food bank in Corner Brook and sponsor a little green thumbs program for classrooms in partnership with the Newfoundland Federation of Agriculture, which provides everything a teacher might need to grow a garden in the classroom and teach students about vegetable production.

TALKING POULTRY

Duivenvoorden particularly enjoys one-on-one chats with consumers and will strike up a conversation at the grocery store if she sees a fellow

shopper buying eggs. It’s a great way, she says, to talk about food safety, the regulatory process and how important it is to have a responsible domestic food system.

“Having a connection to local food production and understanding the food system is really important.”

“I identify myself as an egg farmer and initially they’re surprised; there are only two layer producers in western Newfoundland so they don’t know any egg farmers, but they’re kind of keen to tell me what their thoughts are,” she says.

The first question she usually gets is whether or not the eggs on the shelf are from her farm. So, she uses that opportunity to talk about traceability, for example, and how each egg carton includes a number that is specific to the farm of origin.

With North America a continent of excess when it comes to food, many people don’t know what’s involved in food production, she be -

lieves. That’s what makes those interactions with consumers important – especially at moments when she is reminded of how many people today have never been on a farm.

According to Duivenvoorden, although not every farmer might be comfortable volunteering at a fair or giving a classroom presentation, everyone can talk to someone in their day who is not from agriculture.

“The idea is not to preach, but to share a few words with someone who has questions and make sure we are able to respond to questions and concerns, myths and fallacies,” she says.

Social media is a great way to connect with people too. She interacts with consumers on Twitter, but also enjoys following other farmers for information and support.

LOCAL FOOD’S IMPORTANCE

The pandemic has made people more aware of the importance of local food production and food security, as well as underlined the importance of the supply managed system to economic stability in the farming sector, she says.

And while farmers feel the responsibility of feeding people, it’s a job she believes is no more important than that of an accountant, electrician or the countless others who keep society and the economy moving.

“Very few producers are looking for accolades; what satisfies me is that I’ve provided something that has value to the average Canadian and I don’t need praise for that,” she says. “We always say thanks to consumers – they appreciate being appreciated.”

Egg farmer Pauline Duivenvoorden, pictured here with husband Phil MacLean, hosts open farm days, volunteers at fairs and presents to school children.

Blake Jennings

A heart for egg farming and a head for business.

By Mark Cardwell

Nova Scotia chicken farmer

Blake Jennings has always had a heart for farming and a head for business. At age nine, he started growing and selling squash, gourds and pumpkins at a roadside stand he opened in front of his family’s fifth-generation farm near Truro, an hour’s drive northwest of Halifax.

At 16, when he got his driver’s license, he started supplying pumpkins to the local Sobeys grocery store. Nine years later, Jennings, now 25, is the largest pumpkin producer in Atlantic Canada.

“Pumpkins are time sensitive like Christmas trees,” says Jennings, who hand picks and delivers more than one million pumpkins to Sobeys and Loblaw for the annual jack-o’-lantern market. “They’re worthless the day after Halloween.”

Jennings has always taken the same head’s-up, hands-on approach to his family’s egg business. The aptly-named Bayview Poultry Farms has 15,000 laying hens and pullets in two barns overlooking the Bay of Fundy.

From an early age, Jennings helped his grandfather Cecil, who founded the business in the 1950s, and his father Glen, a former executive vice chair of Chicken Farmers of Canada, to collect eggs, maintain equipment and clean barns.

Jennings also helped them to install the three small wind turbines that have powered the Jennings’ farm since 2007 – an initiative that made both industry and regional headlines for what was then a pioneering effort in both renewable energy and sustainable development.

“They help to reduce our operating costs,” Jennings says about the mills, which are amply powered by the winds from the nearby bay. “And we advertise our eggs as eco-friendly products because our birds are raised with the use of wind power.”

The Jennings made news again in 2014 – the year Jennings started working on the farm full-time, with a stated goal of one day taking over the family business – when they installed an enriched housing system for their birds.

The improvements included a doubling

in everything from the amount of living space to the numbers of perches, nest boxes and scratch boxes. “It’s definitely created a better environment for the birds, which leads to better feed consumption, increased egg production and decreased mortality rates,” Jennings says.

Early advocacy interest

Off the farm, Jennings showed an early interest in attending and participating in professional and public events put on by Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia. “I love to talk to people, inform them and reassure them about eggs and explain how eggs we make get to their place,” Jennings says.

“The most common question or concern I hear from people is they think eggs sold in stores aren’t fresh. I assure them that eggs get to the store in two to seven days and the expectancy is several months if they are kept refrigerated. I tell them eggs don’t have an expiry date – but they do have a best before date.”

“I also tell people who ask about animal welfare how happy our hens are. I also say

Blake Jennings, a fifth-generation egg farmer from Masstown, N.S., has been a passionate industry advocate from a young age.

they are locally produced and that the old myth about cholesterol is just that – a myth.”

One notable discussion Jennings has had about egg farming in Canada and his family’s innovative operations is with Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.

Jennings met the royal couple during their visit to the Seaport Market in Halifax over the Victoria Day weekend in 2014. “It was a great honour,” Jennings told a journalist at the time. “I was shocked to be asked to talk with him. It really was special.”

Jennings later joined Egg Farmers of Canada’s young farmers program, which helps to connect young producers and train them to be industry leaders and advocates.

He calls the meetings, webinars and workshops at the heart of the year-long program a “great opportunity” for young producers to meet and share knowledge, expertise and experience with their peers and to learn about the many segments of the egg industry from leading experts.

He also credits the program with galvanizing his desire to promote the egg business and with boosting his communication skills and confidence. “I love getting out there to promote the goodness and health of our industry,” Jennings says. “I see egg farmers as being part of a big family.”

In addition to public advocacy, the Jennings are also well known to faculty, staff and students at the century-old agricultural campus of Dalhousie University in the village of Bible Hill, a 15-minute drive from the Jennings’ farm.

“We host tours of teachers

and students and other people or groups from the community,” says Jennings, who now owns and lives in his family’s farm house with his girlfriend, Rebecca Smith, while his parents and grandparents live just up the road.

“We’re very happy and proud to show our farm and the clean and healthy environment our hens are raised in.”

Eyeing new ventures

According to Jennings, he and his father are now working on plans to build a new barn that would be equipped with solar panels on the roof.

“We’re looking at it right now,” says Jennings, who likes to buy and fix up old trucks – including a monster truck he built to ride in mud bog events. “Our windmills are getting older so we need to add to our power needs by adding solar panels to the new barn. Solar is quite expensive. But it could be a good investment in the long run.”

For Jennings, the barn project is a continuation of the innovative, dollars-and-sense approach that his family has always taken in regards to egg farming.

“We’re always looking for ways to be more efficient,” he says. “But there’s more to it that. I get great pride from having grown up working with my dad and my grandfather, who’s in his late 80s and still going strong.

“Everything I know I learned from them. Our farm wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for their hard work and passion.”

Working with family, he added, brings both rewards and challenges. “But I honestly can’t imagine doing anything else than this. This isn’t a job. It’s a lifestyle.”

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Sandra Dyck

From city kid to egg farmer and champion for agriculture. By Melanie Epp

Sandra Dyck grew up a city kid in the suburb of Charleswood, a residential community west of Winnipeg’s busy city center. Her father had owned a series of gas stations and car washes dotted throughout the city, but having grown up on a farm, his heart was always in the country.

When she was 15, Dyck’s father sold everything and purchased a broiler farm near Steinbach. The move was tough at first, but she soon came to love life in rural Manitoba. That love has grown into a passion that she harnesses in her work as an advocate. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to find a bigger champion for agriculture and rural living.

Today, Dyck is a full-time farmer, working closely with her husband Eric and their three kids, Rylee, Levi and Jacob. 4-D Farms Ltd. is located in Springstein, Man., about 15 minutes west of Winnipeg.

Dyck spends most of her time in the family’s layer barn, which has been in

production since 1967. She and her husband have quota for 4,500 hens. The layers are housed in enriched colony housing.

The Dycks also farm 3,500 acres, producing mixed grains, including oil and forage seeds.

They also own a leafcutter bee pollination business. Through the latter they custom pollinate alfalfa for seed. What’s more, the family has invested in solar energy and produces enough to power their farm.

Open-door advocacy

A true advocate for the agricultural sector, Dyck’s work connects her with a cross section of the public – from schoolchildren to new Canadians to curious consumers. She and her husband work with a number of organizations, opening their farm up to the public.

The Fort Whyte farm initiative and the University of Manitoba’s agricultural program are the tour’s main organizers, but the farm is open to any groups that are

interested in learning about agriculture. Approximately 150 to 200 people visit the farm each year.

“Education but also exposure is key to helping people understand farming,” the producer says. “It’s one thing to read about farming, but to experience it and see first-hand… that speaks volumes. They come to understand our farming practices and then they’re also advocates for us too.”

The Fort Whyte group brings inner city youth to the farm through a hobby program that teaches them gardening, beekeeping and small-scale livestock farming. The initiative also includes tours of commercial farms.

Dyck enjoys this program as it gives the kids the opportunity to experience something totally different and helps them to explore options when it comes to future employment.

Groups of new immigrants also visit the farm as part of an English as a Second Language (ESL) program. Many were

Sandra Dyck often hosts different groups at her farm to educate people about egg production and more.

farmers in their home countries and are excited to see how operations work in here in Canada.

Second-year agricultural students from the University of Manitoba visit a number of farming operations across the province. Doing so allows them to see what they’ve

“Education but also exposure is key to helping people understand farming.”

learned about in practice. It helps them see the range of possibilities when it comes to working in agriculture.

Raising her game

The visitors aren’t the only ones expanding their horizons. The tours have inspired Dyck to expand hers as well. The producer’s goal for 2020 is to gain a better picture of the different commodity groups through her membership to Keystone Agricultural Producers of Manitoba (KAP). She believes further education will make her a better advocate.

“I find when I go to these events and do these tours people don’t just have questions about poultry or grain,” the egg farmer says. “They ask me questions about cattle, and I’d like to have an educated answer for them.”

As a city kid who suddenly became a farm kid, Dyck understands first-hand just how little city folk sometimes know about how food is produced. Her volunteer work came full circle when, while volunteering for Ag in the Classroom, the producer got to visit her elementary school in Charleswood to talk to kids about farming.

“That’s where I started out as a little kid, and I was able to go back there and share with them my experience as an egg farm-

er,” she says. “It was really cool.”

Through Manitoba Egg Farmers (MEF), Sandra has volunteered at other events aimed at educating the public. For World Egg Day, she was one of a team of farmers who volunteered on behalf of MEF to

educate consumers in grocery stores. They set up stands near the egg cooler and shared information on egg production in the province.

Dyck says their presence helped clear up some of the confusion around the dif-

ferent types of eggs available to consumers. “People love it,” she said. “People come with great questions and stories. It’s very well received.”

The producer also volunteers for Ag in the City, an event where different com-

modity groups get together at the Forks Market in downtown Winnipeg. It promotes agriculture and is aimed more at adults than children.

But her advocacy work also has her working with children. As a 4-H leader for

the Starbuck, Man., club, the rural kids she works with do projects focused on sewing, cooking, camping and outdoor survival. Most of the kids are not from farms, but live in small towns.

The aim is to provide leadership training for youth. They learn how to run a meeting efficiently, how to manage money and keep minutes.

Last year she led a project on small livestock. This year she’s leading the energy program.

Once a month, Dyck teaches Sunday school at the local church. She and her husband also initiated their own club for kids in their community where the kids play games and do crafts. They sometimes give a small lesson to help introduce the children to church.

“My husband and I truly believe in giving back,” she said. What’s the point of it all if you’re not able to give back?”

Fueled by advocacy

While the average person would be exhausted just by reading the list of Dyck’s commitments, she says it’s what fuels her. Before transitioning full-time to the farm, she worked at a hospital in the city. The advocacy work provides her with the social time she misses through her work at the hospital. It’s also more in line with her passions.

“All of these events, I love them,” she says. “This is what gives me energy. If I can combine my passion for agriculture and my passion for people together, usually I will say yes.”

Advocacy work is essential, Dyck says. Consumers want to know where their food comes from and how it is produced, but they’re confused by slick marketing and misinformation.

“Less than two per cent of the population in Canada is connected to any sort of farm, so we have to be a loud two per cent,” she says. “We have to share our story and we love to do it.”

“It is really important for us to share our story so that consumers can make those informed decisions,” she says. “Because if we aren’t telling those stories someone else will.”

Evy Wiebe

RWA chicken leader also a natural advocate.

By Melanie Epp

Anyone who has seen Evy Wiebe in action knows she’s an excellent advocate for Canadian poultry producers. This is no small feat; advocacy is tough work – and necessary. Producers are lucky to have her in their corner.

Wiebe grew up on a small hobby farm in northern Ontario, a place she calls “the farm that time forgot.”

In 1994, she married Rod Wiebe and the two of them took over the family farm from Rod’s parents. The farm is located in Grunthal, Mb., just one hour south of Winnipeg.

The Wiebes have four children, three girls and one boy. The oldest, Emma, completed a nursing degree. She and her husband have a bee farm and live just next door.

The other three, Julia, Katrina and Sam, are still pursuing their studies. Two of the children are interested in taking over the farm when their parents retire.

RWA LEADERS

The Wiebes raise antibiotic-free broilers – 58,721 kg per cycle in two barns, one double level and one single level. In fact, the producers are considered industry leaders in the raised without antibiotic (RWA) subsector.

They’ve been in the program for three years and Wiebe says it’s an interesting challenge. The birds need longer to grow and their health must be closely monitored throughout.

Managing RWA broilers is more challenging too. Water, heat and feed must be closely monitored. There is little margin for error, Wiebe says. Litter presents a challenge, too, as the birds’ 100 per cent-grain-based diet makes for wetter manure. Wetter manure means more ventilation, and more ventilation means more heat.

To address these challenges, the producers work closely with their local feed mill. Wiebe says their relationship with their feed guy is crucial to the farm’s

success. Diet has a great impact on manure and, therefore, the quality of litter. Together, they’ve been able to fine-tune the system to reduce moisture.

The reason they chose to go into RWA was partly because they were offered the chance and partly due to increased demand. “We believe that this is where the consumer is going,” Wiebe says.

Broiler farming is their primary source of income. While Rod spends every day in the barn, much of Wiebe’s time is devoted to family and her advocacy work. The producer spends at least one day a week in the barn.

PATH TO ADVOCACY

Admittedly, Wiebe wasn’t always an advocate for Canadian agriculture. Her path began while doing door-to-door work for the Government of Canada.

At one home, she spoke with a farmer who asked why she was not an advocate for her sector.

“She said if you love your industry and

Evy Wiebe (third from the right) and husband Rod, pictured here with their family, are industry leaders in raised without antibiotics production.

you want it to continue, you need to advocate for your industry,” the chicken farmer recalls. “I stopped a bit and thought about it. It took me a while to actually act on it, but that’s what started this. Someone challenged me.”

That was back in 2007. Since then Evy has taken every opportunity to meet with consumers to raise awareness about poultry farming in Manitoba. Her first gig took her to the Red River Exhibition where she talked to visitors about chicken farming.

“It was a very casual environment,” Evy says. “You would be standing in the

booth and be available for when people had questions. And you would ask them questions and initiate conversations to engage them with chickens.”

ENGAGING THE PUBLIC

At first, Evy says she didn’t do a lot of initiating. Instead, the producer waited for people to approach her.

But as her confidence grew she began to engage with visitors as they passed by. In some cases, she would ask people what they knew about chickens. Most had no experience with farming. In fact, many of them didn’t know the difference between a rooster and a hen.

While many of the questions Evy gets are simple, sometimes she’s faced with tougher questions. Once someone asked her how chickens are slaughtered. In her experience it’s best to always tell the truth, but no more than what is necessary, she cautions.

Since the produceer had visited her local processor she was able to assure them that great care is taken throughout the bird’s life right through to the end.

“I’m 100 per cent comfortable with it, so I want to –when I interact with the public – give them some of the peace I’ve come to so that they can trust that animals are treated humanely,” the producer says.

“The entire life cycle – from when they arrive in my barn until they exit my barn – they were treated well, and I know

that the processing plant also treats them well and they are given a humane end.

“I want to give the public that confidence because I believe it’s there,” she adds. “We treat our animals well.”

A NATURAL

Manitoba Chicken Producers (MCP) food and consumer relations specialist Gina Sunderland has worked closely with Evy for years. In her role at MCP, Sunderland looks for farmers who like communicating with the public and are great at sharing their story.

“Hands down, Evy Wiebe is not only kind and humble, but she is an extremely strong communicator,” Sunderland exclaims.

“It’s very natural for her. She loves her work, she loves being a farmer and she is able to engage and captivate an audience.”

Thanks to her teaching degree, educating the public about chicken farming now comes naturally for Wiebe.

Sunderland says Evy has a gift for knowing where to start when approaching a subject. Evy attributes this gift to a teaching degree, which she uses to bridge the gap between the two worlds. “For some people it’s really simple, but for some it’s more complicated,” she says. “But you look at the knowledge base that the person has and then you just try to stretch it.”

“She’s an incredible community ambassador for our industry.”

TIRELESS ADVOCACY

Evy’s advocacy work has taken her many places. She’s met with consumers in front of the chicken counter in Manitoba grocery stores.

She’s participated in Discover Agriculture in the City, an initiative held at The Forks in the center of Winnipeg. It’s a daylong event that draws people of all ages from all walks of life.

She’s hosted booths at Brandon Royal Winter Fair, Save on Foods, Discovery Place and at Open Farm Day at Farm Food Discovery Centre.

Recently, Evy started visiting schools through Agriculture in the Classroom. She’s enjoyed every single event she’s attended.

Sunderland says poultry farmers are lucky to have Evy as an advocate. “She’s incredibly engaging, vibrant, friendly… people listen to her,” Sunderland says. “She has an incredible way with the public and she has never said no.

“She looks for opportunities, gets out there and engages,” Sunderland continues. “She’s an incredible community ambassador for our industry.”

Darren Ference

Turkey producer committed to raising sector’s profile.

By Treena Hein

Apassion for farming –and promoting it – was always there for Darren Ference, who is currently serving his third year as chair of Turkey Farmers of Canada (TFC). For many years, Ference has advocated for agriculture, and especially turkey farming, educating young people about it in a multitude of ways and mentoring them as well.

He was raised with his brothers on a mixed farm that produced grain and beef in east-central Alberta where his grandparents made their homestead. With his wife Carrie, daughters Ryleigh and Ashleigh and son Raine, Ference carries on the family farming tradition. They crop 3,000 acres and run both cow-calf and poultry operations with Ference’s brother Jason, sister-in-law Chrystal and their children Charlize, Neely and Justin.

The family purchased the poultry farm in Gibbons, Alta., in 2001 for several important reasons. For one, they already had some uncles and aunts who were poultry farmers and could, therefore, draw on them as resources if needed.

What’s more, Ference says he and his family were attracted to the stability of the supply management system as a way to help mitigate some of the risks of their other two farming operations. “Farmers get a fair return under supply management and consumers get good prices, good quality, food safety, environmental and animal welfare assurances, so everybody wins,” he explains.

“We also liked the cycle of turkeys. We thought that three flocks a year would work well with the grain farming and the cows, and it has.”

A POULTRY BUSINESS IS BORN

Ference and his brother decided to name their poultry farm Raeyson’s Poultry, a combined name to represent them and their parents, Ray and Rae.

Although anything new comes with a learning curve and its own share of early challenges, Ference says that with turkey farming, he applied a tried-and-true philosophy that has never let him down. “Yes, I had to learn how production works, but I don’t believe it matters if it’s crops or cows or turkeys, it’s really important to

provide a good start,” he explains.

“You get good poults and give them everything they need, and they will be able to manage the challenges that arise. It’s the same with crops or calves or anything else, including children. If you give your children a good start with a good work ethic and teach them responsibility, they will be able to meet life’s challenges.”

In three barns, Ference and his family produce 700,000 kg of turkey a year. Two barns have the latest in automation for feeding, watering and environmental

Darren Ference (first on the left) with his wife Carrie, daughters Ashleigh and Ryleigh and son Raine.

“People need to see our passion and respect for the land and the animals. We just have to be able to show people.”

control; the producers retrofitted one of these and built another anew after its predecessor was destroyed in a fire in 2017. The Ferences will retrofit the third barn in the future.

A reverse osmosis system treats water for all the barns. The family’s wheat is used in the feed and their canola straw is used as bedding. “We went that way about five years ago when shavings became more expensive and it’s worked well,” Ference says. “In the future, in addition to bringing our third turkey barn up to speed, we will hopefully build a chicken barn and use our chicken quota that we are leasing out now.”

HANDS-ON ADVOCACY

To say Ference is heavily involved in agriculture advocacy might be an understatement. For starters, in a program run by animal science professor Frank Robinson at the University of Alberta, Ference guides agriculture students who are part of the mentorship program.

The producer also educated youth at the nearby Altario School, which includes 60 kids from kindergarten to grade 12. Ference assisted principal Kevin Van Lagen with the small-scale farm he created last year – called the Ag Learning Centre – by adding a miniature turkey barn. Alberta Turkey Producers provided a $2,000 grant for the project, which houses 40 birds for full production cycles.

Van Lagen lauds Ference’s efforts. “Darren had the idea and installed the mini-turkey barn, setting up a feeding and watering system similar to an actual commercial barn. He donates the feed and poults twice a year. When we have a new batch of birds he’s there every day. And afterwards, he’s there at least once a week and collaborates with the teachers all the time. Darren also arranged for the

processing. And from our most recent batch this spring, we donated five turkeys to the local food bank.”

Altario School also runs outdoor education credit courses for high school students from its own rolls and other local schools in the spring and fall, in conjunction with Lakeland College and producers in the area. Students camp out, work in the Ag Learning Centre barn and visit farms like Raeyson’s. “Darren is really passionate about turkey and he wants to raise its profile,” says Van Lagen.

TURKEY BOARDS

In 2009, Ference joined the Alberta Turkey Producers board, later becoming chair and past-chair. He served on the board for the maximum nine years allowed. He was the Alberta member on the TFC board for seven years, and is now completing his third year as chair.

“We’ve worked hard together, producers and processors, to regain the market that turkey has lost through changing demographics,” Ference says. “As demand for whole birds has dropped, we’ve made lots of progress with cut-up pieces, ground

turkey and other products.

“It’s hard to say what effect COVID-19 will have on turkey consumption,” he continues. “People may value that traditional family turkey meal more than ever, but we will continue to promote turkey in all its forms. People are starting to realize it’s leaner and healthier than chicken and just as versatile.”

Ference adds that as agriculture has made progress in educating Canada’s mostly now urban population and combating misinformation, farmers and the entire food sector needs to stay at the forefront.

“People don’t understand food production so they need to understand what it’s all about, and they also need to be able to trust farmers, that they are looking after the land for the next generations, and keep their animals so that they are happy and healthy,” he says. “People need to see our passion and respect for the land and the animals. We just have to be able to show people and find more ways to connect with people.”

As for his spare time, Ference says, “Carrie and I love to be with the kids, camping, boating and travel. The kids play a lot of sports and there’s a lot of travel with that. I believe a farm is a fantastic place to raise a family. I enjoy all the aspects of agriculture and the challenges every day, problem solving and keeping everything moving forward. It’s a challenging and rewarding career.”

Clinton Monchuk

While Clinton

Monchuk’s entry into Canadian poultry was by no means conventional, today he is one of the sector’s strongest advocates. The Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan (FFC SK) executive director took time out of his busy schedule to talk about the importance of advocacy and how he ended up in poultry.

Monchuk wears several hats. He and his brother farm 3,700 acres in east-central Saskatchewan, where they grow malting barley, canola and wheat, as well as oats, flax, yellow peas and brown and yellow mustard. He’s also one of the province’s newest egg farmers. Monchuk and his brother just started their fourth flock. They’ve had quota since 2016, when they built an aviary, free-run system.

But while he loves farming, he admits he’s more of a minority shareholder. His full-time job is with FFC SK, a role that allows him to bring consumers closer to farming and farmers closer to consumers.

Poultry background

Although Monchuk’s a new egg producer, he’s a poultry veteran. For nearly 10 years he served as CEO of Chicken Farmers of Saskatchewan (CFS). While he might not be the most obvious hire, his credentials were perfect for the role.

At that time, the board was looking for someone who understood government workings. Monchuk had done his undergraduate degree in agricultural economics and a master’s degree in business. Following that, he did an internship in Washington, D.C., where he worked as a lobbyist, and then moved to Ottawa to lobby on

behalf of Canadian farmers and ranchers for another three years. He also had experience with supply management, as he grew up on a dairy farm.

Not long after Monchuk took on the role in 2007, there was an avian influenza outbreak in the province. His strengths in management and communication were an immediate asset. “It got me into the fire pretty quick,” he reflects.

University of Saskatchewan poultry extension specialist Tennille Knezacek worked with Monchuk closely during his time at CFS. She says he was instrumental in implementing the new On-Farm Food Safety Assurance Program, as well as managing the avian influenza emergency team in 2007. Knezacek says he also pushed for more industry transparency through social media.

Monchuk, she says, is well suited to his

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role at FFC SK. “But I miss him in the industry,” she says. “I have nothing but good things to say about Clinton. If he would come back and work for the poultry industry again it would put a huge smile on my face.”

Well-positioned advocate

The combination of his role as a farmer and with FFC SK puts Monchuk in a unique position to reach consumers. Working on-farm keeps him connected with producers, but also helps him to stay relevant when he speaks with consumers.

“Technology changes almost daily,” Monchuk says. “If my only experience with farming was way back in the 80s and 90s, it would be outdated and I wouldn’t be talking current information to consumers.”

Monchuk took on his job at FFC SK in the fall of 2016. Most commodity groups in the province are members of the organization, including egg and chicken producers. Advocacy is the organization’s main task, so helping consumers better understand farming.

Through farm tours, public events and online videos, FFC SK brings consumers closer to the farm. The organization just launched a new initiative called Canadian Food Focus that highlights the nutritional benefits of Canadian agricultural products and helps consumers integrate them into their daily diets.

Informing consumers

Ultimately, though, FFC SK’s role – and Monchuk’s responsibility within the organization – is about making sure consumers have access to truthful information about farming so they can make informed decisions about the food they eat.

Consumers, Monchuk says, have a lot of questions about how eggs and chicken are produced. Many center around animal welfare, he says.

“For the bulk of the population, they’ve never seen the inside of a barn,” Monchuk says. “The vision that they have and their perception around the poultry industry is going to be from animal rights videos.

“If that’s their only perception of the industry you can imagine what they think happens behind these closed doors,” he adds.

In one of his early encounters, Monchuk remembers meeting a woman who told him she would no longer eat poultry products after learning about how they were treated. Monchuk asked her to expand on her concerns and learned that she had seen an animal right video showing unspeakable animal cruelty.

Rather than immediately defending the industry, Monchuk listened to her. “She had a genuine concern and if we don’t address that concern, it becomes an issue later on,” he says.

What followed was an open conversation about poultry production in Canada and how birds are really treated. “When I gave her that alternate view of what happens in a barn and explained what we’re doing it changed her perspective,” he says.

In fact, at the end of the conversation she was asking where she could buy locally produced eggs and chicken, to which he answered, “Pretty much any grocery store.”

Handling tough questions

Other areas of concern for consumers include antibiotics, hormones and genetic modification. Many have questions about the different types of housing systems and what they mean. Monchuk says he’s open about the pros and cons of each, taking special care not to pit one as better than the other.

“Advocacy has to exist,” Monchuk says. “I do that because I work for Farm & Food Care, but also because I’m a farmer. I think that the more farmers and ranchers that do this in our country, the more informed the population will be.”

Some of the questions are tough, and while one might be inclined to avoid answering them, Monchuk says producers should try. While viewing these concerns through farmers’ eyes is understandable, producers should try viewing them from the consumer’s perspective.

“What has to come across is showing that you care. I’ve never met a farmer who doesn’t care about their animals.”

“If we don’t speak up about what we’re doing then that negative view persists,” he says. “What has to come across is showing that you care. I’ve never met a farmer or a rancher who doesn’t care about their animals or their crop or their land. They care about it because it’s their livelihood. In a lot of instances, people don’t realize that.”

At the end of the day, it’s Monchuk’s passion for people and agriculture that drives his advocacy work. “I love talking to people,” he says. “I enjoy talking about farming and I enjoy talking, so I think this position is made for me. I really enjoy it.”

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David Phaneuf

Hatching egg producer committed to educating people about their food.

By Mark Cardwell

Quebec hatching egg producer David Phaneuf has always been amazed by how little people know about the origins of the foods they eat. So, he’s made it a personal goal from the start of his professional career to try and change that.

“Most people don’t have any understanding of the broiler industry,” says Phaneuf, a 37-year-old father of three who owns and operates a diversified farming business called Ferme Fatran.

“So, I take every chance I get to talk about our production and to explain how the business works.”

Phaneuf’s advocacy efforts began soon after he graduated with an agronomy degree from Laval University in Quebec City in 2006. He returned home to work alongside his parents Gaétan and Lise on the family farm in Saint-Liboire, a rural municipality an hour’s drive east of Montreal.

The Phaneufs raise 19,000 Ross 308 broiler birds in two flocks in three barns on their property. They also raise 80,000 broilers and 12,000 turkeys annually in four small barns on a nearby farm they bought in 1995.

They grow commercial crops as well –mostly corn for feed mills, soybean for human consumption and barley for breweries – on more than 1,000 acres.

Egg hatching, however, is the Phaneuf’s principal commercial activity, accounting for roughly half of farm revenues and most of the work done by seven employees, including Phaneuf and his parents.

“My kids are still too young to help out,” notes Phaneuf, whose wife Véronique Marcil teaches at a local public school. “But they are already keen to get involved. A farm is a great place to live and learn.”

CAREER-LONG ADVOCATE

Soon after graduating from Laval, Phaneuf signed up for the ambassador program with Quebec’s massive farmers’ union, the Union des producteurs agricole (UPA).

The program notably includes school visits by producers to talk about farming and farming-related issues. “I did a lot of that,” the poultry producer says. “It’s a great opportunity to teach young people about what it is we do.”

The Phaneufs were also early adherents

to the UPA’s ‘Portes ouvertes’ (or open door) program. Begun in 2002, the annual event today involves more than 100 producers who open their farms to public visits on a Sunday in early September.

In addition to doing public advocacy work, Phaneuf has also been an active member of Quebec’s hatching egg producers’ board since 2008. There are 41 hatching egg producers in Quebec who supply the province’s five hatcheries. Like its counterparts in other Canadian provinces, the UPA-affiliated Syndicat des producteurs d’œufs d’incubation du Québec manages the rules and regulations needed to ensure a safe and steady supply of hatching eggs for the broiler industry in la belle province.

“I really enjoy working with my fellow producers and being involved in the many important issues we deal with,” says Phaneuf, who is one of the seven members of the Quebec board and one of its two vice chairs.

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PANDEMIC FALLOUT

One current issue, he notes, is the fallout from the COVID-19 crisis, which has led to a steep decline in restaurant sales and created a broiler and chick surplus in the food chain.

That has led to a need to renegotiate prices with Quebec’s hatcheries, which pay hatching egg producers for the chicks they sell, not for the number of eggs they receive.

According to Phaneuf, an average of 82 chicks hatch from every 100 fertilized eggs Quebec producers send to hatcheries. That works out to roughly 58 cents per fertilized egg in Quebec.

“That’s close to the Ontario

price, which is normally a good price that allows us to cover our production costs, to pay our bills and lead a decent life,” Phaneuf says. “But the pandemic has created a situation that we need to straighten out.”

Though he normally travels two or three times a month to UPA headquarters in the off-island Montreal suburb of Longueuil to attend hatching egg board meetings, Phaneuf says those meetings are now being done virtually due to the pandemic.

NATIONAL ISSUES

In addition to his UPA work, Phaneuf is also a regular participant at open meetings of

the Canadian Egg Hatching Producers (CHEP).

As the newest member of Canada’s supply management system, CHEP uses quota, import and price controls to help ensure industry stability and to provide a steady supply of hatching eggs from the nearly 250 Canadian broiler hatching egg farmers in six provinces.

Those farmers produce more than 700 million broiler hatching eggs annually, generating nearly $300 million in revenues and supporting 4,200 jobs directly and indirectly.

According to Phaneuf, participating in open meetings at the national level is a great way to both learn and stay abreast of national and international issues that can impact the egg and poultry industry as a whole and his fellow producers in particular.

“It lets you know who the players are and to better understand the complexities of the issues that are involved,” he says. “That makes it a lot easier for me to make decisions not only at the board level but in my own business as well.”

Phaneuf was notably involved in the federal working group that was struck in December 2018 to look at the potential impacts that several recent and pending free trade deals – including the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Canada-Mercosur – could have on Canada’s poultry and egg sector.

The group spent four months studying the potential

impacts of those trades and made several still-unannounced recommendations to the federal government on how to mitigate them.

“Hatching egg producers get hit from both sides by free trade deals because we lose out on sales for the table egg and broiler markets,” Phaneuf notes.

He says 20 per cent of broilers and seven per cent of poultry meat production in Quebec currently come from eggs that were fertilized and imported into Canada from the U.S. and South American countries like Brazil that are now part of the Mercosur block now in free trade talks with Canada.

“We’re already losing nearly 30 per cent of our market to these imports,” Phaneuf says. “I’m afraid we’ll lose a lot more feathers from the deal with Mercosur if we’re not careful.”

Though he doesn’t hold a position with CHEP – at least not yet – Phaneuf’s participation at the federal level haven’t gone unnoticed. “David is almost always present at CHEP’s open meetings to follow the discussion and shows good engagement,” says CHEP executive director Drew Black. “He is a quick learner and is well informed on industry issues.”

For the time being, however, Phaneuf says he’s content to continue following the federal egg and poultry scene as an interested observer.

“I’m glad to participate and to learn but I’m happy keeping my involvement to the provincial level, which is already pretty demanding in terms of time and commitment,” he says. “My main focus right now is my family and my farm.”

WHO’S WHO DIRECTORY & LISTINGS

ALBERTA

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

FAIRLANE HATCHERY

PO Box 12, Skiff, AB T0G 2B0

Ph: (403) 222 0000

HARISE EGG PROCESSING & HATCHERY

North West 4-50-24 West 4th, Leduc, AB T9E 2X2

Ph: (403) 986-5013

LETHBRIDGE HATCHERY

1520 – 39 Street North Lethbridge, AB T1H 6L4

Ph: (403) 327-0491

LILYDALE - SOFINA FOODS INC.

7503 - 127th Ave., Edmonton, AB T5C 1R9

Ph: (780) 475 6607

MAPLE LEAF CONSUMER FOODS

4710 - 39 Ave., Wetaskiwin, AB T9A 3G2

Ph: (780) 421 0638

MILLER HATCHERIES

10011 94A Ave., Westlock, AB T7P 2M7

Ph: (780) 349 6691

ROCHESTER HATCHERY

27020 Hwy. 18, RR 1 Westlock, AB T7P 2R9

Ph: (780) 307 3622

SUNRISE HATCHERY INC.

9420 - 109 St., Westlock, AB T7P 2R4

Ph: (780) 307 3622

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, (Edmonton Research Station F-83, Poultry Research Facility) 116 St. – 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

Bezanson

Mini Creek Farm Ltd.

PO Box 40, AB T0H 0G0

Ph: (780) 568 3308

Blackfalds

Hutterian Brethren Church of Bentley (Bentley Colony Section)

RR 1, AB T0M 0J0

Ph: (403) 885 5095

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

1899029 Alberta Ltd., (Sparks Eggs)

RR 6, AB T2M 4L5

Ph: (403) 285 3447

Calgary

Loblaws Inc.

55 Freeport Blvd. NE, AB T3J 2X9

Ph : (403) 567 4319

Carbon

1315153 Alberta Corp., (Britestone Farming)

PO Box 129, AB T0M 0L0

Ph: (403) 572 3049 ext 245

Cardston

Hutterian Brethren Church of East Cardston (1977)

General Delivery, AB T0K 0K0

Ph: (403) 653 2451

Castor

Hutterian Brethren of Castor

PO Box 547, AB T0C 0X0

Ph: (403) 882 3305

Fax: (403) 882 2200

Delia

Cloverleaf Colony Farming Co. Ltd.

PO Box 269, AB T0J 0W0

Ph: (403) 364 3605

Fax: (403) 364 3606

Drumheller

Starland Colony

PO Box 1720, AB T0J 0Y0

Ph: (403) 772 2133

Fax: (403) 772 2152

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 RGD RD. 74, AB T8X 4L1

Ph: (780) 532 6500

Granum

Hutterian Brethren Church of Granum

PO Box 360, AB T0K 1A0

Ph: (403) 687 2180

Hilda

Roseglen Farming Co. Ltd.

Box 117, AB T0J 1R0

Ph: (403) 838 2272 ext 712

Fax: (403) 838 2039

Huxley

Hutterian Brethren Church of Huxley, (Huxley Colony)

RR 2, AB T0M 0Z0

Ph: (403) 442 2488

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

Galimax Trading Inc

409 12A Street South, AB T1J 2T2

Ph: (403) 715 8470

Lethbridge

Harvest Haven Market Farm

RR 8, Site 22, Comp. 1, AB T1J 4P4

Ph: (403) 329 9157

Fax: (403) 329 3412

Mayerthorpe

Rocfort Colony Ltd

PO Box 1080, AB T0E 1N0

Ph : (780) 785 3208

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 T8R 1P4

Ph: (780) 777 7786

Nobleford

5 Grain Eggs Ltd.

Box 596, AB T0L 1S0

Ph: (403) 308 3502

Oyen

Acadian 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

Red Deer

Hutterian Brethren Church of Pine Hill (P.H. Egg Farms)

RR 4, AB T4N 5E4

Ph: (403) 886 4626

Fax: (403) 886 4656

Standard

Standard Hutterian Brethren, (Standard Colony Farming Co. Ltd.)

PO Box 390, AB T0J 3G0

Ph: (403) 644 2224

Fax: (403) 644 2196

Standard

Midwest Agricultural Co. Ltd

PO Box 190, 213012 Highway 262

Grid, AB T0J 3G0

Ph: (403) 677 2665

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)

PO Box 520, AB T0C 2T0

Ph: (780) 628 7770 ext 106

Fax: (780) 848-2571

Warburg

Sunshine Organic Farm, (Edward & Sherrill Horvath)

RR 1, AB T0C 2T0

Ph: (780) 848 2288

Fax: (780) 848 2295

Warner Plainview Hutterian Brethren, (Country Morning)

PO Box 240, AB T0K 2L0

Ph: (403) 642 2111 ext 526

Fax: (403) 642 2085

REGISTERED

EGG

PRODUCT STATIONS

Calgary Loblaws Inc.

55 Freeport Blvd. NE., AB T3J 4X9

Ph: (403) 567 4319

Lethbridge

Egg Processing Innovations

Cooperative, (EPIC)

2525 36 St. N., AB T1H 5L1

Ph: (403) 394 7756

Fax: (403) 394 7738

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

Canadian Poultry Consultants Ltd.

Ph: (877) 449 3447 admin@canadianpoultry.ca www.canadianpoultry.ca

Smith Poultry Consulting

16 Precourt Place, Cartier, MB R4K 1B3

Ph: (204) 864 2083 smithpoultryconsulting@mymts.net

Poultry Health Services

1A-4 East Lake Ave., Airdrie, AB T4A 2G8

Ph: (888) 950 2252 phsinfo@poultryhealth.ca

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT/ UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Alberta & Territories regional office 9700 Jasper Ave., Suite 945, Edmonton, AB T5J 4C3

Ph: (780) 495 3307

Fax: (780) 495 3324

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ALBERTA AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MARKETING COUNCIL

J.G. O’Donoghue Building, 7000 - 113 St., Edmonton AB T6H 5T6

Ph: (780) 427 2164 marketingcouncil@gov.ab.ca www.agriculture.alberta.ca/marketingcouncil

ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

229 Legislature Building, 10800-97 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5K 2B6

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry – Honourable Devin Dreeshen

Ph: (780) 427-2137 AF.minister@gov.ab.ca

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCYRegional Office - Edmonton 8403 Coronet Rd. NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 4N7

Ph: (780) 395 6700

Fax: (780) 395 6792

CANADIAN FOOD

INSPECTION AGENCY -

Regional Office - Alberta South 110 Country Hills Landing NW, Room 102, Calgary, AB T3K 5P3

Ph: (587) 230 2450

Fax: (587) 230 2481

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCYWestern Area Office 1115 57th Ave. NE, Calgary, AB T2E 9B2

Ph: (587) 230 2200

Fax: (587) 230 2253 www.inspection.gc.ca

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA

J.G. O’Donoghue Building, 7000113 St., Edmonton AB T6H 5T6

Ph: (403) 742 7901

Toll Free: (403) 310-FARM (3276) (Ag-Info Centre)

alberta.ca/agriculture-and-forestry

Dr. Valerie Carney, Poultry Research Centre Lead

Ph: (780) 415 2269, valerie.carney@gov.ab.ca

Brenda Reimer, Poultry Research Technologist

Ph: (780) 415 0827, brenda.l.reimer@gov.ab.ca

ALBERTA/ BRITISH COLUMBIA

FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE,

University of Calgary, Foothills Campus

TRW 2D01, 3280 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6

Ph: (403) 210 3961 Fax : (403) 210-8121

vetmed@ucalgary.ca vet.ucalgary.ca

THE POULTRY RESEARCH CENTRE,

Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta F83 Edmonton Research Station, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1

Ph: (780) 492 6221 Fax: (780) 492 6471 prc@ualberta.ca poultry.ualberta.ca

Dr. Martin Zuidhof, Academic Leader.

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

Alberta Chicken Producers 2518 Ellwood Dr. SW, Edmonton, AB T6X 0A9

Ph: (780) 488 2125

Fax: (780) 488 3570

Toll Free: (877) 822 4425 www.chicken.ab.ca

Board of Directors: Jason Born, Chair; David Hyink, Vice Chair Directors: Dennis Steinwand, Rob Van Diemen, Henk Schuur Karen Kirkwood, Executive Director.

Alberta Farm Animal Care PO Box 36044 RPO Lakeview, Calgary, AB T3E 7C6

Ph: (403) 652 5111 afac@afac.ab.ca www.afac.ab.ca

Cora Sheele, Chair; James Jenkins, Vice Chair; Casey Vander Ploeg, Finance Chair; Darrell Dalton, Council Chair. Directors: Laurie Fries, Melanie Wowk, Heini Hehli, Steve Mason. Annemarie Pedersen, Executive Director.

Alberta Hatching Egg Producers

#301, 8925 - 51 Ave., Edmonton, AB T6E 5J3

Ph: (780) 434 8414

Fax: (780) 434 9552 info@ahep.ca www.ahep.ca

Jeff Notenbomer, Chair; Gary Van Klei, Vice Chair. Directors: Kevin Tiemstra, Jeff Kamlah and Cora Scheele. Bob Smook, General Manager

Alberta Turkey Producers #101 2520 Ellwood Dr. SW Edmonton, AB T6X 0A9

Ph: (780) 465 5755

Fax: (780) 465 5528 info@albertaturkey.com

www.albertaturkey.com

David Mandel, Chair; Laurel Winter, Vice-Chair; Directors: Graham Gilchrist, Marc Therrien, Scott Olson; Director in Training: Paul Clout

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 info@eggs.ab.ca www.eggs.ab.ca

Conrad Vanessen, Chair; Bernadette Vandenborn, Vice Chair; Beatrice Visser, EFC Director; Peter Waldner, EFC Alternate; Elie Hofer, Director; Jerry Hofer, Director. Susan Gal, General Manager.

Western Feed Industry Association (WFIA - ANACAlberta and Saskatchewan Division)

c/o 203, 711 - 51 Ave, Red Deer, AB AB SK T4N 6H8

Ph: (403) 347 7877

Fax: (403) 309 1741 agrinet@telus.net www.anac-ab.ca

Krisjan Jones, Chair; Doug Durbano, Vice-Chair; Jeff Nielsen, Past Chair; Darrell Kimmell, National Director; Directors: Nancy Fischer, Darryl Lewis, Tim Armstrong, Tim Mugford, Sharon Klinger, Alin Friedt; Director at Large: Mike Robinson; Social Directors: John Stephen, Wilf Graf; Division Manager – Brad Drechsler.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

BRADNER FARMS HATCHERY

28670 - 58th Ave., Abbotsford, BC V4X 2E8

Ph: (604) 856 1227

ECHO POULTRY FARM AND HATCHERY

30230 Huntingdon Rd., RR 1, Abbotsford, BC V4X 2K6

Ph: (604) 859 7925

FARMCREST FOODS LTD.

1880 - 30th St. SW, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4M1

Ph: (250) 832 0036

GOLDEN FEATHER HATCHERY

5840 Blackburn Rd., Chilliwack, BC V2R 4N9

Ph: (604) 823 4938

L 148 HOLDINGS LTD., (OKANAGAN HATCHERY (1989) LTD.)

1429 McLeod Rd., RR 2, Armstrong, BC V0E 1B8

Ph: (250) 546 9223

LILYDALE - SOFINA FOODS INC.

27923 Myrtle Ave., Abbotsford, BC V4X 1R3

Ph: (604) 856 4171

FRASER VALLEY CHICK SALES

1681 Clearbrook Rd., Township 16, New Westminster District, Abbotsford, BC V2T 5X5

Ph: (604) 864 0555

PACIFIC PRIDE CHICKS LTD.

32870 King Rd., Abbotsford, BC V2S 7Z7

Ph: (604) 850 2913

ROSSDOWN FARMS LTD.

2325 Bradner Rd., Abbotsford, BC V4X 1E2

Ph: (604) 856 6698

THIESSEN GAME BIRDS LTD.

6029 Leclair Rd., Abbotsford, BC V4X 2C9

Ph: (604) 856 7405

WESTERN HATCHERY LTD.

505 Hamm Rd., Abbotsford, BC V2T 6B6

Ph: (604) 859 7168

REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS

Abbotsford

Golden Valley Foods Ltd.

3841 Vanderpol Court, BC V2T 5W5

Ph: (604) 855 7431

Fax: (604) 855 7439

Armstrong

Kelly Burden, (Shovel Tree Acres) 1930 Power House Rd., RR 2, BC V0E 1B0

Ph: (250) 546 8597

Black Creek

Kehler Vegetable Company Ltd

8083 Island Highway, BC V9J 1G9

Ph: (250) 202 3236

Bridge Lake Sunset Egg Grading Station 7611 Lee Rd., PO Box 107, BC V0K 1E0

Ph: (250) 593 0038

Cawston

Zebroff’s, (George Zebroff & Zebroff’s Organic Farm)

RR 1, BC V0X 1C0

Ph: (250) 499 5374

Fax: (250) 499-5374

Chilliwak

Local ChickInn Ltd

7324 Hopedale Road, BC V2R 4J9

Ph: (250) 202 3236

Creston

Bren-Den Ventures Ltd

(Sunshine Valley Organics)

1320 2nd Avenue NW, BC B0B 1G6

Ph: (250) 428 8948

Creston

Kootenay Country Farms Inc, 3160 Lister Rd, BC V0B 1G2

Ph: (250) 431-8931

Duncan Running W Egg Farm Ltd., (Farmer Ben’s Eggs)

1711 Herd Rd., RR 1, BC V9L 1M3

Ph: (250) 746 6110

Fax: (250) 746 7799

Farmington

South Peace Hutterian Brethren Church, (South Peace Colony)

PO Box 69, BC V0C 1N0

Ph: (250) 782 8164

Farmington

Peace View Hutterian Brethren

Church, (Peace View Colony)

PO Box 194, BC V0C 1N0

Ph: (250) 789 3010

Nanoose Bay 0917522 B.C. Ltd., (Springford Farm Egg Co.)

1934 Northwest Bay Rd. BC V9P 9C5

Ph: (250) 468 7540

Fax: (250) 468 7545

Nelson

Frederik Mansveld, Pamela

Mansveld, (Mill Creek Farm)

6155 Harrop Procter Rd., BC V1L 6P9

Ph: (250) 229 4717

Redstone

A&S Enterprise Management Inc. (Pasture to Plate)

3781 Chezacut Rd., Box 20, BC

V0L 1S0

Ph: (250) 394 4005

Ruskin

Thompson Creek Farm, (Phillip Northrop)

10437 Wilson Rd., BC V4S 1B4

Ph: (604) 462 9641

250 – 32160 South Fraser Way

Abbotsford, BC V2T 1W5

Phone: 604-556-3348 • bcemb@bcegg.com

Family-owned and operated

BC Egg Board of Directors

Chair

Gunta Vitins, B.Sc., B.Ed, MBA

Vice-Chair, EFC Representative Walter Siemens

Director, EFC Alternate Matt Vane

Director, Secretary Jeff Regier

Director Jon Krahn

BC Egg Management

Executive Director Katie Lowe, PAg

Manager Operations & Logistics Joey Aebig, BBA

Directors Communications and Marketing

Surrey

Selde Farm

3138-144 St., BC V4P 1R1

Ph: (604) 536 7510

Terrace

414612 B.C. Ltd., (Daybreak Farms Ltd.) 4423 Eby St., BC V8G 0B3

Ph: (250) 638 0777

Fax: (250) 638 8757

Victoria

Michael Romaine, (Healing Farm) 5971 Old East Rd., BC V8Y 1V7

Ph: (250) 652 6456

Westbridge Frank and Deborah Van Oyen, (Springhill Eggs)

3220 Christian Valley Rd., PO Box 114, BC V0H 2B0

Ph: (250) 446 2365

Westholme

Burnbrae Farms Ltd., (Island Eggs, A Division of Burnbrae Farms Ltd.)

3492 Mt. Sicker Rd., PO Box 1, BC V0R 3C0

Ph: (250) 246 9298

Fax: (250) 246 2110

REGISTERED EGG PRODUCT STATIONS

Abbotsford

Eggsolutions – Vanderpols Inc.

3911 Mt. Lehman Rd., BC V2T 5W5

Ph: (604) 856 4127

Fax: (604) 856 6724

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

Ambrose Poultry Consulting Ltd.

PO Box 80, Stn. Whonnock, Maple Ridge, BC V2W 1V9

Ph: (604) 302 1352

Canadian Poultry Consultants Ltd.

30325 Canary Court, Abbotsford, BC V4X 2N4

Ph: (604) 854 6600

admin@canadianpoultry.ca www.canadianpoultry.ca

Intertek - Cargo Inspection & Testing

105 - 9000 Bill Fox Way, Burnaby, BC V5J 5J3

Ph: (604) 454 9011

Fax: (604) 434 1850 www.intertek.com

Amanda Brittain, MA, ABC

Manager Finance Erin Duetta

Executive Assistant Nicole Thompson

Poultry Health Services

1625 Angus Campbell Rd., Abbotsford V3G 2G4

Ph: (888) 950-2252

phsinfo@poultryhealth.ca

Poultry Plus Veterinary Consulting Ltd.

11660 Sylvester Rd., Mission, BC V2V 4J1

Ph: (604) 820 5556 poultryplus@hotmail.com

SGS Canada Inc.

3260 Production Way, Burnaby, BC V5A 4W4

Ph: (604) 638 2349

Fax: (604) 444 5486

www.sgs.ca

S.J. Ritchie Research Farms (commercial trials)

30325 Canary Court Abbotsford, BC V4X 2N4

Ph: (604) 854 6600, (877) 449 3447

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

British Columbia regional office

4321 Still Creek Dr., Suite 420

Burnaby, BC V5C 6S7

Ph: (604) 292 5858

Fax: (604) 292 5891

aafc.atsbccalendar-calendrierseacb. aac@canada.ca www.agr.gc.ca

ANIMAL HEALTH CENTRE

1767 Angus Campbell Rd., Abbotsford BC V3G 2M3

Ph: (604) 556 3003

Fax: (604) 556 3010

Toll Free: (800) 661 9903 (BC only) pahb@gov.bc.ca www2.gov.bc.ca

BRITISH COLUMBIA FARM

INDUSTRY REVIEW BOARD

1st Floor 2975 Jutland Rd., Victoria BC V8T 5J9

Victoria BC V8W 9B5

Ph: (250) 356 8945

Fax: (250) 356 5131 firb@gov.bc.ca www2.gov.bc.ca

CANADIAN FOOD

INSPECTION AGENCY -

Regional Office – BC Animal and Food Region (includes Yukon) 4321 Still Creek Dr., Suite 400, Burnaby, BC V5C 6S7

Ph: (604) 292 5700

Fax: (604) 292 5605

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCYWestern Area Office 1115 57th Ave. NE, Calgary, AB BC AB SK MB T2E 9B2

Ph: (587) 230 2200 Fax: (587) 230 2253 www.inspection.gc.ca

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

PO Box 9409, Stn. Prov. Govt., Victoria BC V8W 9V1

Ph: (888) 221-7141 www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/ industry/

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA,

Faculty of Land and Food Systems, 248-2357 Main Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4

Ph: (604) 822 1219

Fax: (604) 822 2184 lfs.dean@ubc.ca www.landfood.ubc.ca

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

ANAC - BC Division

PO Box 2100, Sardis Station Main, Chilliwack, BC V2R 1A5

Ph: (604) 866 2378 rjdornan@telus.net

BC Chicken Growers Association

PO Box 581, Abbotsford, BC V2T 6Z8

Ph: (604) 859 9332 office@bcchickengrowers.ca www.poultryinmotion.ca

Dale Krahn, President; Dave Martens, Vice President; Directors: Mark Bartel, Fred Redekop, Ravi Bathe, Ray Baylis, Brad Driediger, Jeff Spitters, Brian Whitta. Administrator: Margaret Duin.

BC Chicken Marketing Board

101 - 32450 Simon Ave., Abbotsford, BC V2T 4J2

Ph: (604) 859 2868

Fax: (604) 859 2811 info@bcchicken.ca www.bcchicken.ca

Chair: Harvey Sasaki, Vice Chair: Alistair Johnson, Members: Derek Janzen, Ray Nickel and Gay Hahn. Bill Vanderspek, Executive Director

BRITISH COLUMBIA/MANITOBA

BC Egg

250 – 32160 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford, BC V2T 1W5

Ph: (604) 556 3348

bcemb@bcegg.com www.bcegg.com

Gunta Vitins, Chair; Walter Siemens, Vice-Chair, EFC Representative; Matt Vane, Director, EFC Alternate; Jeff Regier, Director, Secretary; Jon Krahn, Director; Katie Lowe, Executive Director

British Columbia Broiler Hatching Egg Commission

180 - 32160 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford, BC V2T 1W5

Ph: (604) 850 1854

Fax: (604) 850 1683 info@bcbhec.com www.bcbhec.com

Jim Collins, Chair; Joe Neels, Vice Chair. Directors: Beata Kunze, Allan Mulder, Calvin Breukelman. Stephanie Nelson, Executive Director.

British Columbia Broiler Hatching Egg Producers’ Association

PO Box 191, Abbotsford, BC V4X 3R2

Ph: (604) 864 7556 association@bcbhec.com www.bcbhec.com

President, Bryan Brandsma; Director: Angela Groothof, Art deRuiter, Wayne DeJong. Secretary, Sandra Lepp.

British Columbia Turkey Marketing Board

106 - 19329 Enterprise Way, Surrey, BC V3S 6J8

Ph: (604) 534 5644

Fax: (604) 534 3651 info@bcturkey.com

Kevin Klippenstein, Chair; Shawn Heppell, Board Member, TFC Representative; Debbie Etsell, Board Member, Finance Chair; James Krahn, Board Member & Vice Chair. Michel Benoit, General Manager.

MANITOBA

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

BERG’S POULTRY FARM AND HATCHERY

Hwy. 45 E., PO Box 547, Russell, MB R0J 1W0

Ph: (204) 773 2562

CARLETON HATCHERIES

Hwy. 216 S., Grunthal, MB R0A 0R0

Ph: (204) 434 6886

CHARISON TURKEY HATCHERY

North East 31-15-2 East, Room of Rockwood, Gunton, MB R0C 1H0

Ph: (204) 886 2922

CLARK HY-LINE INC.

PO Box 48, Site 520, RR 5, Brandon, MB R7A 5Y5

Ph: (204) 725 3500

FRIENDLY FAMILY FARMS

LTD. (Hatchery Division)

247 Centre Ave., Blumenort, MB R0A 0C0

Ph: (204) 326 2384

Exceldor Cooperative /Exceldor Coopérative

750 Pandora Ave. E., Winnipeg, MB R2C 4G5

Ph: (204) 488 2230

HIDDEN VALLEY COLONY LTD.

PO Box 69, Austin, MB R0H 0C0

Ph: (204) 637 2506

JAMES VALLEY HATCHERY

PO Box 324, Elie, MB R0H 0H0

Ph: (204) 353 2006

MAPLE GROVE HATCHERY

32 Tower Ave., Steinbach, MB R5G 0B8

Ph: (204) 326 3454

SNOW VALLEY FARMS LTD.

PO Box 2587, Winkler, MB R6W 4C3

Ph: (204) 325 8487

STEINBACH HATCHERY & FEED

231 Main St., Steinbach, MB R5G 1Y7

Ph: (204) 326 3454

REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS

Arden

Riverside Hutterian Mutual Corporation, (Riverside Poultry Farm)

PO Box 278, MB R0J 0B0

Ph: (204) 368 2284

Brandon

TNT Egg Processors

RR 5, Box 32, MB R7A 5Y5

Ph: (204) 728-0959

Cartier

Maxwell Colony Ltd.

RR 1, PO Box 210, MB R4K 1B8

Ph: (204) 864 2709

Fax: (204) 864 2175

Darlingford

Pembina Colony Ltd.

General Delivery, MB R0G 0L0

Ph: (204) 246 2081

Fax: (204) 246 2080

Deloraine

Gerard August & Marguerite

Martha Raes, (Bayview Farms)

RR 1, MB R0M 0M0

Ph: (204) 747 2020

Fax: (204) 747 2448

Dugald

Ridgeland Colony Ltd.

PO Box 508, RR 1, MB R0E 0K0

Ph: (204) 866 2970

Fax: (204) 866 3084

Elie

Iberville Hutterian Mutual Corp.

PO Box 435, MB R0H 0H0

Ph: (204) 864 2058

Elkhorn

Boundary Lane Colony Farms, (Boundary Lane Colony)

PO Box 40, MB R0M 0N0

Ph: (204) 845 2111 ext 210

Fax: (204) 845 2203

Graysville

Rose Valley Holding Co. Ltd., (Rose Valley Colony Ltd.)

PO Box 93, MB R0G 0T0

Ph: (204) 828 3338 ext 208

Fax: (204) 828 3279

Headingley

Sturgeon Creek Colony Farms Ltd.

PO Box 285, MB R4J 1C1

Ph: (204) 633 2196

Fax: (204) 633 7746

Lac du Bonnet

Brightstone Colony Farms Ltd.

PO Box 880, MB R0E 1A0

Ph: (204) 345 2526

Fax: (204) 345 6039

Miami

Rosebank Colony Ltd.

PO Box 280, MB R0G 1H0

Ph: (204) 435 2388

Portage la Prairie

Poplar Point Colony Farms Ltd.

PO Box 910, MB R1N 3C4

Ph: (204) 267 2560

Somerset

Evergreen Colony Ltd.

PO Box 231, MB R0G 2L0

Ph: (204) 744 2596

St. Andrews

Daniel Waldner, (Daniel Waldner & Elizabeth Waldner)

1077 Fort Garry Rd., MB R1A 3W4

Ph: (204) 482 7360

St. Andrews

S & D Clouston Farms

1056 Bracken Rd., MB R1A 4H8

Ph: (204) 482 4984

Fax: (204) 785 2713

Steinbach

Ackron Egg Farms Ltd., (Nature’s Farm)

5 Life Sciences Pkwy., MB R5G 2G7

Ph: (204) 326 5509

Fax: (204) 326 6626

Steinbach

Countryside Farms

88 Millwork Dr., MB R5G 1V9

Ph: (204) 284 0632

Fax: (204) 326 5744

Winnipeg

Burnbrae Farms Ltd.

500 Pandora Ave. W., MB R2C 1N1

Ph: (204) 222 2783

Fax: (204) 224 0046

REGISTERED EGG PRODUCT STATIONS

Winnipeg Burnbrae Farms Ltd.

500 Pandora Ave. W., MB R2C 1N1

Ph: (204) 222 2783

Fax: (204) 224 0046

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

Canadian International Grains Institute

303 Main St., Suite 1000, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3G7

Ph: (204) 983 5344 www.cigi.ca

Canola Council of Canada

400 - 167 Lombard Ave., Winnipeg, MB R3B 0T6

Ph: (204) 982 7763

Toll Free: (866) 834 4378 admin@canolacouncil.org www.canolacouncil.org

Central Testing Laboratories Ltd.

Unit 9 - 851 Lagimodiere Blvd., Winnipeg, MB R2J 3K4

Ph: (204) 237 9128 www.ctl.mb.ca

Dominion Veterinary Laboratories Ltd.

1199 Sanford St., Winnipeg, MB R3E 3A1

Ph: (204) 589 7361 www.domvet.com

Intertek - Agricultural Testing, Grading & Inspection

973 St. James St., Winnipeg, MB R3H 0X2

Ph: (204) 944 1887 www.intertek.com

South-East Veterinary Clinic Hwy. 52 & Herschfeld Rd., Steinbach, MB R5G 1P5

Ph: (204) 326 9849

Fax: (204) 326 5594 www.southeastvet.ca

Verus Animal Nutrition

3220 Roblin Blvd., Winnipeg, MB R3R 0C3

Ph: (204) 414 9400

Fax: (204) 414 9405 orders@verusalliance.com www.verusalliance.com

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Manitoba regional office

303 Main St., Room 402, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3G7

Ph: (204) 259 4189

Fax: (204) 259 4088 aafc.atsbulletinmb-bulletinseamb. aac@canada.ca www.agr.gc.ca

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCYRegional Office - Manitoba

269 Main St., Room 613,

Winnipeg, MB R3C 1B2

Ph: (204) 259 1400 Fax: (204) 259 1331 www.inspection.gc.ca

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCYWestern Area Office 1115 57th Ave. NE, Calgary, AB T2E 9B2

Ph: (587) 230 2200 Fax: (587) 230 2253 www.inspection.gc.ca

VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA 545 University Cres., Winnipeg MB R3T 5S6 Ph: (204) 945 8220 www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/ livestock

UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA

Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural & Food Sciences, 201 - 12 Dafoe Rd.

Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2

Ph: (204) 474 9383 Fax: (204) 474 7628 animal_science@umanitoba.ca www.umanitoba.ca/afs/animal_ science/

Poultry Research Unit Supervisor, Jay Bourcier, (204) 297 7217

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

ANAC - Manitoba Division

338 Luxiana Dr., Grande Pointe, MB R5A 1E1 Ph: (204) 918 2546 bjames.anac@gmail.com

Manitoba Chicken Producers 1357 Kenaston Blvd., Winnipeg, MB R3P 2P2 Ph: (204) 489-4603 Fax: (204) 488-1163 chicken@chicken.mb.ca www.chicken.mb.ca

Jake Wiebe, Chair; Stuart Nikkel, Vice Chair; Directors: Josie Boschman, Ted Froese, Murray Klassen, Dean

DIRECTORS

Jake Wiebe Chair

Stuart Nikkel Vice Chair

Murray Klassen

Dean Penner

Benny Waldner

Penner, Benny Waldner, Claudia Wollmann. Staff: Wayne Hiltz, Executive Director.

Manitoba Egg Farmers 18 - 5 Scurfield Blvd., Winnipeg, MB R3Y 1G3

Ph: (204) 488 4888 Fax: (204) 488 3544 www.eggs.mb.ca

Harold Froese, Member-at-Large, Chair; Catherine Kroeker-Klassen, Member-at-Large, Vice Chair; Members: Rick Lee, District 2; Kurt Siemens, District 3; Doug Pauls, District 4; Edward Maendel, District 6. Dan Penner, Memberat-Large. Executive Member, Ed Kleinsasser.

Manitoba Turkey Producers 895B Century St., Winnipeg, MB R3H 0M3 Ph: (204) 489 4635 Fax: (204) 489 4907 mbturkey@turkey.mb.ca www.turkey.mb.ca

Rachelle Brown, Chair, Executive Committee, Turkey Farmers of Canada Director; Bill Uruski, Vice-Chair, Executive Committee, Keystone Agricultural Producers Alternate, Provincial Animal Care

Committee; Steve Hofer, Director, Turkey Farmers of Canada Alternative; Mike Reimer, Director, Keystone Agriculture Producers Rep. Helga Wheddon, General Manager.

NEW BRUNSWICK

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

ATLANTIC POULTRY INC. 425 Route 104, Burtts Corner, NB E6L 2A9 Ph: (506) 363 3054

COUVOIR WESTCO LTÉE 9 Boulet St., St. François, NB E7A 1A5 Ph: (506) 992 3112

MARITIME HATCHERY LTD 29727, route 134 Dalhousie Junction, NB E3N 5Z7 Ph: (506) 684 9111

Wayne Hiltz

Executive Director

Gina Sunderland

Food & Consumer Relations

Erica Poudrette

Executive Assistant

Lucinda Reay

Production Control Manager

Victoria Kurtz

Office Coordinator

Val Weeks

Field Services Manager

Rachel Plett

Field Services Technician

To advocate for the sustainability of our farmers so that we can continue to provide a healthy, safe and nutritious supply of chicken to our communities.

1357 Kenaston Boulevard,Winnipeg MB R3P 2P2

Tel: 1 204 489 4603 Email: chicken@chicken.mb.ca www.chicken.mb.ca

REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS

Amherst

Sunny Glen Eggs Ltd.

50 Tantrammar Cres., NB B4H 0A1

Ph: (506) 363 3025

Fax: (506) 363 3667

Bear Island

Goodine’s Poultry Farm

3166 Route 105, NB E6L 1H7

Ph: (506) 363 2323

Edmundston

Les Oeufs Madalia S.E.C., (Madalia Eggs L.P.)

460, chemin St-Joseph, NB E7B 2G9

Ph: (506) 735 3949

Kars

Grants Breeder Farm Ltd.

2914 Route 124, NB E5T 2Y1

Ph: (506) 485 2930

Fax: (506) 485 2930

Keswick

Early Bird Eggs Ltd.,

(Dunphy’s Poultry Farm)

RR 3, NB E6L 2A2

Ph: (506) 363 3092

Fax: (506) 363 4370

St. Simon

Ferme Avicole Chiasson

RR 1, Site 32A, rue Centre, NB E0B 1L0

Ph: (506) 727 5597

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

Perennia Field Services/Food

Safety Services

199 Dr. Bernie MacDonald Dr., Bible Hill, NS B6L 2H5

Ph: (902) 896 0277

Fax: (902) 896 7299 info@perennia.ca www.perennia.ca

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT/ UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Atlantic Regional Office

410 - 1791 Barrington St., 4th Floor, Halifax, NS B3J 3K9

Ph: (902) 426 3198

Fax: (902) 426 3439

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AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

New Brunswick regional office PO Box 57000, Research Centre, 850 Lincoln Rd., Fredericton, NB E3B 6C2

Ph: (506) 460 4346

Fax: (506) 460 4345

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CANADIAN FOOD

INSPECTION AGENCY

- Regional Office – New Brunswick

500 Beaverbrook Court, Suite 430, Fredericton, NB E3B 5X4

Ph: (506) 452 4962

Fax: (506) 451 2562

CANADIAN FOOD

INSPECTION AGENCY- Atlantic Area Office

1081 Main St., PO Box 6199

Moncton, NB E1C 8R2

Ph: (506) 777 3939

Fax: (506) 777 3942 www.inspection.gc.ca

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES, GOVERNMENT OF

NEW BRUNSWICK

Agricultural Research Station, PO Box 6000, Fredericton NB E3B 5H1

Ph: (506) 453 2666

Fax: (506) 453 7170

DAAF-MAAP@gnb.ca www.gnb.ca/AgricultureAquacultureFisheries

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

ANAC - Atlantic Division

Matthew Miller, Chairman; Neil Campbell, Vice-Chairman. Director: Anne Beaumont, Katelyn O’Connell (NS), Ed Doyle (NL), Jeff Dean (PEI). Director-at-Large: Ashley Gillcrist, Dave Seeley Chicken Farmers of New Brunswick 101 - 277 Main St., Fredericton, NB E3A 1E1

Ph: (506) 452 8085

Fax: (506) 451 2121 nbchicken@nb.aibn.com

Hugh Harmon, Chair; Marc Cormier, Vice Chair, CFC Director; Members: Léandre Morin, Daniel Dupuis, Marco Volpé. Louis Martin, Manager.

Egg Farmers of New Brunswick/Les producteurs d’oeufs du N.-B.

Suite 101, 275 rue Main Street, Fredericton, NB E3A 1E1

Ph: (506) 458 8885

Fax: (506) 453 0645 nbegg@nbnet.nb.ca www.nbegg.ca

Hans Kristensen, Chair

Turkey Farmers of New Brunswick

103 - 277 Main St., Fredericton, NB E3A 1E1

Ph: (506) 452 8103

Fax: (506) 451 2121 nbturkey@nb.aibn.com www,nb.canadianturkey.ca

Bertin Cyr, Director; Joshua Hayes, Alternate Director; Hugo Therrien, 2nd Alternate Director. Louis Martin, Sec.-Mgr.

NEWFOUNDLAND

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

ATLANTIC POULTRY INC.

Route 80, Blaketown Rd., Whitbourne, NL A0B 3K0

Ph: (709) 759 2305

REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS

Roaches Line

Newfoundland Eggs Inc.

Site 4, Box 7, RR 1, NL A0A 1W0

Ph: (709) 528 4595

Fax: (709) 528 4596

Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s

Stewart King 170 Bennetts Road, NL A1M 1X3

Ph: (709) 895 3131

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

Perennia Field Services/Food Safety Services 199 Dr. Bernie MacDonald Dr.,

Bible Hill, NS B6L 2H5

Ph: (902) 896 0277

Fax: (902) 896 7299 info@perennia.ca www.perennia.ca

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Atlantic Regional Office

410 - 1791 Barrington St., 4th Floor, Halifax, NS B3J 3K9

Ph: (902) 426 3198

Fax: (902) 426 3439

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AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Newfoundland and Labrador

regional office

308 Brookfield Rd., Building 25, St. John’s, NL A1E 0B2

Ph: (709) 793-3186

Fax: (709) 793-3341

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CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY

- Regional Office -

Newfoundland and Labrador

10 Barter’s Hill,

St. John’s, NL A1C 5X1

Ph: (709) 772 4424

Fax: (709) 772 2282

FARM INDUSTRY REVIEW BOARD

Production and Market Development Division

2nd Floor Fortis Building, 4 Herald Avenue, PO Box 2006, Corner Brook NL A2H 6J8

Ph: (709) 637 2672

Fax: (709) 637 2365

www.flr.gov.nl.ca

FORESTRY AND AGRIFOODS AGENCY, GOVERNMENT OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

Animal Health Division

1st Floor, Provincial Agriculture Building

308 Brookfield Road, PO Box 7400, St John’s, NL A1E 3Y5

Ph: (709) 729-6879

Fax: (709) 729 0055

animalhealthdivision@gov.nl.ca

www.faa.gov.nl.ca

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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

ANAC - Atlantic Division

Matthew Miller, Chairman; Neil Campbell, Vice-Chairman.

Director: Anne Beaumont, Katelyn O’Connell (NS), Ed Doyle (NL), Jeff Dean (PEI). Director-at-Large: Ashley Gillcrist, Dave Seeleyt

Chicken Farmers of Newfoundland and Labrador PO Box 8098, St. John’s NL A1B 3M9

Ph: (709) 747 1493

Fax: (709) 747 0544 rwalsh@nlchicken.com www.nlchicken.com

Paul Dunphy, Chairperson; Carol Anne Walsh, Vice-Chairperson; Directors: Davis Noel, Ruth Noseworthy, Alex Smallwood. Ron Walsh, Manager.

Egg Farmers of Newfoundland and Labrador PO Box 175, Mount Pearl, NL A1N 2C2

Ph: (709) 722 2953

Fax: (709) 722 6204

info@nleggs.ca www.nleggs.ca

NOVA SCOTIA

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

ATLANTIC POULTRY INCORPORATED

9565 Commercial St., New Minas, NS B4N 3G3

Ph: (902) 678 1335

COX ATLANTIC CHICK

HATCHERY LTD.

7762 Hwy. 215, Maitland, NS B0N 1T0

Ph: (902) 261 2244

MARITIME CHICKS LTD.

2844 Bishopville Rd., Hantsport, NS B0P 1P0

Ph: (902) 684 3530

NSAC HATCHERY

39 Discovery Dr., Truro, NS B2L 2R2

Ph: (902) 893 6635

REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS

Amherst

Maritime Pride Eggs Inc.

50 Tantramar Cres., NS B4H 0A1

Ph: (902) 667 2015

Fax: (902) 667 1630

Collingwood

Floyd Dickie & Sons Ltd.

3009 Wyvern Rd., NS B0M 1V0

Ph: (902) 686 3829

Fax: (902) 686 3171

Lake George

Canaanland Free Range Eggs

4529 Aylesford Rd., NS B0P 1C0

Ph: (902) 847 0831

Middleton

Coldspring Farm Ltd.

77 Delusion Rd., NS B0S 1P0

Ph: (902) 825 4401

Millville, Cape Breton Co.

Hilly Acres Farm Ltd.

289 Millville Rd., NS B0C 1B0

Ph: (902) 674 2825

Fax: (902) 674 2858

New Germany

Delong Poultry Farm Ltd.

312 Barss Corner Rd., NS B0R 1E0

Ph: (902) 644 2718

Fax: (902) 644 2718

Geneve Newcombe, Director

Paul Overmars, Director

Ian Thomas, Director

New Ross

Rocky Top Farm

150 Will Turner Rd., NS B0J 2M0

Ph: (902) 689 2112

Fax: (902) 689 2520

Nuttby

Sullivan’s Family Farm

161 Sullivan Road, NS B6L 6T5

Ph: (902) 890 0415

Port Morien

Terence Kennedy

3980 Homeville Rd., RR 1, NS B0A 1T0

Ph: (902) 849 3478

Port Williams

Atlantic Poultry Incorporated

830 & 840 Belcher St., NS B0P 1T0

Ph: (902) 679 4711

Fax: (902) 678 8599

Princeville, Inverness Co.

Rooyakkers Farm Ltd.

901 Riverside Rd., NS B0E 3L0

Ph: (902) 625 2131

Fax: (902) 631-4621

West Dublin

Gerald Risser

78 Bushen Hill Rd., NS B0R 1C0

Ph: (902) 688-3134

Fax: (902) 688-3134

Jeff Clarke, Chair

Tim Cox, Vice Chair

Glen Jennings, EFC Director

Ralph DeLong, Director

Proudly representing Nova Scotia’s egg and pullet producers.

2020 Board of Directors:

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

Perennia

199 Dr. Bernie MacDonald Dr., Bible Hill, NS B6L 2H5

Ph: (902) 896 0277

Fax: (902) 896 7299 www.perennia.ca

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

410 - 1791 Barrington St., Halifax, NS B3J 3K9

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ATLANTIC POULTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Haley Institute of Animal Science andAquaculture

PO Box 550, 25 Farm Lane, Truro NS B2N 5L9

Ph: (902) 893 6657

Fax: (902) 895 6734 laurie.eagles@dal.ca www.dal.ca/sites/apri.html

Yvonne Thyssen-Post, Chief Executive Officer; Janice MacIsaac, Research Associate

DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture

58 River Rd., PO Box 550, Truro NS B2N 5E3

Ph: (902) 893 6600

Dr. Bruce Rathgeber, Associate Professor, Poultry

Ph: (902) 893 6654 brathgeber@dal.ca dal.ca/faculty/agriculture.html

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCYRegional Office - Nova Scotia 44-1000 Windmill Rd., Dartmouth, NS B3B 1L7

Ph: (902) 536 1010

Fax: (902) 536 1098

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Veterinarians at Hancock Veterinary Pathology Lab 65 River Rd., Hancock Veterinary Building, Bible Hill NS B2N 2P3

Ph: (902) 893 6540

Fax: (902) 895 6684

AnimalHealthLab@novascotia.ca www.novascotia.ca/agri

NATURAL PRODUCTS

MARKETING COUNCIL, NS DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE

Edward F. Lorraine Building, 74 Research Dr., Bible Hill NS B6L 2R2

Ph: (902) 893 6511

Fax: (902) 893 6573

Elizabeth Crouse, General Manager elizabeth.crouse@novascotia.ca www.novascotia.ca/agri

NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

1800 Argyle St., Suite 607, Halifax NS B3J 3N8

Ph: (902) 424 4560

Fax: (902) 424 4671

Toll Free: (800) 279 0825 www.novascotia.ca/agri

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

ANAC - Atlantic Division

Matthew Miller, Chairman; Neil Campbell, Vice-Chairman. Director: Anne Beaumont, Katelyn O’Connell (NS), Ed Doyle (NL), Jeff Dean (PEI). Director-at-Large: Ashley Gillcrist, Dave Seeley

Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia

531 Main St., Kentville NS B4N 1L4

Ph: (902) 681 7400

Fax: (902) 681 7401

chicken@nschicken.com www.nschicken.com

Thom Qulton, Chair; Ron teStroete, Vice-Chair; Directors: Karson Lewis, John Swetnam, Julie Gould, Warren Cox. Chris Bell, Executive Director.

Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia

55 Queen Street, PO Box 1096, Truro, NS B2N 2B2

Ph: (902) 895 6341

www.nsegg.ca

Jeff Clarke, Chair, Pullet Director; Tim Cox, Vice Chair, Western Zone; Glan Jennings, EFC Director, Central Zone; Ralph DeLong, Southern Zone; Geneva Newcombe, Western Zone; Theodore Eyking, Eastern Zone; Paul Overmars, Eastern Zone; Ian Thomas, Central Zone.

Turkey Farmers of Nova Scotia 969 Seminary Ave., Box 407, Canning NS B0P 1H0

Ph: (902) 582 7877

Fax: (902) 582 5326 info@turkeyfarmersofnovascotia. com www.turkeyfarmersofnovascotia. com

ARKELL HATCHERY

RR 2, 413 Arkell Rd. Guelph, ON N1H 6H8

Ph: (519) 836 0150

BONNIE’S CHICK HATCHERY LTD.

18 Arthur St., Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6

Ph: (519) 669 2561

CARGILL LIMITED

644 Nanticoke Creek Parkway, Jarvis, ON N0A 1J0

Ph: (519) 587-2289

CEVA ANIMAL HEALTH INC.

131 Malcolm Rd., Guelph, ON N1K 1A8

Ph: (519) 822-2994

CRO QUAIL FARMS INC. (Cro Quail Farms and Speck Farms) 3625 16th Rd., St. Anns, ON L0R 1Y0 Ph: (905) 562 7277

CUDDY FARMS LTD. 2008

528429 Centre Rd., RR 5, Strathroy, ON N7G 3H6 Ph: (519) 245 1592

FLINTSHIRE PHEASANT HATCHERY

RR 1, Flinton, ON K0H 1P0

Ph: (613) 336 8552

FREY’S HATCHERY LTD.

7269 Wellington Rd. 86, Wallenstein, ON N0B 2S0

Ph: (519) 664 2291

FREY’S HATCHERY LTD.

80 Northside Dr., St. Jacobs, ON N0B 2N0 Ph: (519) 664 2291

HORIZON POULTRY

Direct Bag, PO Box 1000, Hanover, ON N4N 3T4 Ph: (519) 364 3200

HYBRID TURKEYS, A Division of Hendrix Genetics Ltd.

650 Riverbend Drive, Suite C, Kitchener, ON N2K 3S2 Ph: (519) 894 4719

HYBRID TURKEYS, A Division of Hendrix Genetics Ltd.

650 Riverbend Drive, Suite C, Kitchener, ON N2K 3S2

Ph: (519) 653-3527

ISA NORTH AMERICA, A Division of Hendrix Genetics Ltd.

500 Franklin Blvd., Cambridge, ON N1R 5V9 Ph: (519) 621 5191

KING COLE DUCKS LTD.

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

ARCHER’S POULTRY FARM LTD.

15754 County Rd. 2, Brighton, ON K0K 1H0

Ph: (613) 475 0820

PO Box 185, RR 3, Newmarket, ON L4G 3H3 Ph: (905) 836 9461

LAKESIDE GAME FARM

RR 1, Lakeside, ON N0M 2G0 Ph: (519) 349 2552

LOHMANN BREEDERS CANADA LTD.

180 Garden Ave., Brantford, ON N3S 7W4

Ph: (519) 758 5909

MAPLE LEAF FOODS INC

70 Heritage Drive, PO Box 370, New Hamburg, ON N0B 2G0

Ph: (519) 662 1501

MAPLE LODGE HATCHERIES LTD (Fleming Chicks Division) 4412 Ontario St., PO Box 1000, Beamsville, ON L0R 1B0 Ph: (905) 563 4914

MAPLE LODGE HATCHERIES

LTD. (Stratford Chicks Division) 17 Pine St., Stratford, ON N5A 1W2 Ph: (519) 275 2240

McCULLY CENTURY FARM

RR 3, Chatham, ON N7M 5J3 Ph: (519) 358 1622

MCKINLEY FARMS (ST. MARYS) LTD.

772 Queen St. E., St. Mary’s, ON N4X 1C2

Ph: (519) 284 1790

MILL POND HATCHERY

555 Pipeline Rd., RR 1, Grafton, ON K0K 2G0

Ph: (905) 349 2875

RYCKMAN FARMS

19914 Duart Rd., Muirkirk, ON N0L 1X0

Ph: (519) 678 3481

SILVER MAPLE GAME BIRDS

2394 Manser Rd., RR 1, Millbank, ON N0K 1L0

Ph: (519) 656 3342

TRILLIUM HATCHERY INC.

620 Wright Blvd, Stratford, ON N4Z 1H3

Ph: (519) 263-2035

THAMES RIVER HATCHERY INC.

1107 Ridgeway Road, Woodstock, ON N4V 1E3 Ph: (519) 602 0740

UNIONDALE HATCHERY

RR 3, Lakeside, ON N0M 2G0

Ph: (519) 349 2670

UPLANDS PHEASANTRY

6286 Fleming Rd., RR 1, Camlachie, ON N0N 1E0

Ph: (519) 542 7089

VAN LI FARMS

4578 Nauvoo Rd., Watford, ON N0M 2S0

Ph: (519) 859 4849

WEBFOOT FARM AND HATCHERY

RR 2, Elora, ON N0B 1S0

Ph: (519) 846 9885

WILCOX FAMILY FARM INC.

224501 Ostrander Rd., Tillsonburg, ON N4G 4H1

Ph: (519) 842 5429

WILLOWCREEK HATCHERY

RR 1, Elora, ON N0B 1S0

Ph: (519) 846 5267

REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS

Ashburn

Sunnyside Farm, (Douglas Ashton & Ronald Ashton)

625 Townline Rd. W., ON L0B 1A0

Ph: (905) 655 4240

Fax: (905) 655 4240

Aylmer

Edwin Wagler

RR 4, ON N5H 2R3

Aylmer

Harold & Lillian Stoll, (Green Meadow Eggs)

11168 Springerhill Rd., ON N5H 2R3

Ph: (519) 866 3610 ext. 1

Fax: (519) 765 1217

Blackstock

Sweda Farms Ltd., (Verified Eggs Canada)

3880 Edgerton Rd., PO Box 149, ON L0B 1B0

Ph: (905) 986 5747

Fax: (905) 986 5744

Brechin

John Appleby

RR 2, ON L0K 1B0

Ph: (705) 484 5918

Chatsworth

Robert McIntyre

RR 3, ON N0H 1G0

Ph: (519) 794 3710

Chesley

Wayne & Alta Weber

723 Bruce Rd. 11, RR 3, ON N0G 1L0

Ph: (519) 363 0028

Desbarats

Samual W. Hoover, (Barber Road Egg Grading Station)

23 Barber Side Rd., RR 2, ON P0R 1E0

Douglas

Isaac Hoover

(Hoover’s Egg Grading Station)

250 McLarty Rd., RR 1, ON K0J 1S0

Dunnville

Lyle M. Packham, (Packham Poultry Farm)

RR 1, ON N1A 2W1

Ph: (905) 774 4846

2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Earlton

Gwen Koch

PO Box 787, ON P0J 1E0

Ph: (705) 563 8325

Elmira

O.K. Egg Farm

RR 1, ON N3B 2Z1

Ph: (519) 669 4880

Evansville

Morley Runnalls, (Morley & Cathie Runnalls)

16454 Hwy. 540, RR 1, ON P0P 1E0

Ph: (705) 282 2356

Exeter

Miller’s Country Store

215 Pickard Rd., ON N0M 1S3

Ph: (519) 235 5000

Fax: (519) 235 6200

Fort Francis

Mark Gerber

RR 1, RMB 56, ON P9A 3M2

Ph: (519) 376 9312

Guelph

The Harvey Poultry Farm Ltd.

RR 2, ON N1H 7H8

Ph: (519) 821 9535

Guelph

Cedarvale Farm

5142 Jones Baseline, ON N1H 6H8

Ph: (519) 824 8832

Egg Farmers of Ontario’s (EFO’s) Board of Directors represent the more than 500 egg farmers and pullet growers in Ontario.

For 55 years, EFO has worked to ensure that consumers have access to safe, high-quality and reasonably priced eggs with a fair return to farmers.

Highgate

Fenton Farms

14909 Hastings Line, RR 2, ON N0P 1T0

Ph: (519) 678 3302

Huntsville

Brian Currie, (Currie’s Corner Farm)

116 Bethune Rd. N., ON P1H 2J2

Ph: (705) 909-0080

Innisfil

Bee’s Universe, (Irina & Ionel Alecu) 1773 20th Sideroad, ON L9S 4H8

Ph: (705) 436 7659

Keene

John Millar Eggs

RR 3, ON K0L 2G0

Ph: (705) 295 6565

Kent Bridge

Roesch Meats & More

10910 Northwood Line, ON N0P 1V0

Ph: (519) 351 7711

Fax: (519) 351 5771

Kitchener

Ontario Pride Eggs Inc, 860 Trillium Drive, ON N2R 1K4

Ph: (519) 741-8763

Lorne Benedict, Zone 2

Dan Veldman, Vice Chair, Zone 3

Roger Pelissero, Zone 4

Brian Miller, Zone 5

Tonya Haverkamp, Zone 6

Scott Brookshaw, Zone 7

George Pilgrim, Zone 8

Craig Hunter, Zone 9

Marc Bourdon, Zone 10

Alvin Brunsveld, Pullet Director

Scott Helps, Chair, Zone 1

Lindsay Clare Scully

RR 5, ON K9V 4R5

Ph: (705) 799 5586

Listowel

Gray Ridge Eggs Inc.

955 Tremaine Ave. S., RR 4, ON N2W 3G9

Ph: (519) 291 5150

Fax: (519) 291 3369

Lyn

Burnbrae Farms Ltd.

Box 10, RR 1, ON K0E 1M0

Ph: (613) 345 5651

Fax: (613) 345 6946

Matheson

Alvin Martin

(Spring Hollow Packaging)

2414 Hwy 11 N, ON P0K 1N0

Ph: (705) 273 1747

Milverton

Orval Zehr Eggs

RR 1, ON N0K 1M0

Ph: (519) 595 4732

Fax: (519) 595 4378

Mississauga

Burnbrae Mississauga, (Division of Burnbrae Farms Ltd.)

5434 Tomken Rd., ON L4W 1P2

Ph: (905) 624 3600

Fax: (905) 624 5298

Monkland

Ontario Pride Eggs Inc.

17350 Hwy. 43, PO Box 53, ON K0C 1V0

Ph: (613) 346 2154

Fax: (613) 346 2427

Mount Albert

Ontario Egg Master Ltd.

RR 3, ON L0G 1M0

Ph: (905) 473 3001

Navan

Bearbrook Game Meats Inc.

5396 Dunning Rd., ON K4B 1J1

Ph: (613) 835 7575

Fax: (613) 835 3685

New Liskeard

Craig Haven Farm and Gardens

RR 1, ON P0J 1P0

Ph: (705) 647 4878

Newmarket 403834 Ontario Ltd., (Homestead Specialty Foods)

983 Graham Side Rd., ON L3Y 4V9

Ph: (905) 775 2106

Fax: (905) 775 9416

Orono

Terry Hollingsworth

RR 1, ON L0B 1M0

Ph: (905) 786 2425

Fax: (905) 786 3447

Oshawa

White Feather Farms Inc.

65 Raglan Rd. E., RR 1, ON L1H 7K4

Ph: (905) 655 7694

Fax: (905) 655 3898

Owen Sound

Allan Tobey

RR 6, ON N4K 5N8

Ph: (519) 371 1194

Oxford Station

John Beking, (Beking’s Poultry Farm)

RR 1, ON K0G 1T0

Ph: (613) 258 5396

Paisley

David Weber & Ellen Weber

1230 Bruce Road 11, ON N0G 2N0

Ph: (519) 353-4113

Perth

Robert Campbell

RR 6, ON K7H 3C8

Ph: (613) 267 6461

Fax: (613) 267 6461

Rockwood

Bluehaven Farm

6089 4th Line, RR 3, ON N0B 2K0

Ph: (519) 787 1973

Fax: (519) 245 1690

Rockwood

Mykolas Kamaitis

6089 Fourth Line, ON N0B 2K0

Ph: (519) 217 7689

St-Isidore

Ferme Avicole Laviolette Ltée

4503 chemin Bourgon, ON K0C 2B0

Ph: (613) 524 2847

Fax: (613) 524 2847

Stayner

A & D Bird Seed Inc.

1617 County Rd. 42, ON L0M 1S0

Ph: (705) 428 2465

Strathroy

Maple Lynn Foods Ltd.

PO Box 127, 301 Ellor St., ON N7G 3J1

Ph: (519) 245 1630

Fax: (519) 245 1690

Strathroy

Gray Ridge Eggs Inc.

644 Wright St., ON N7G 3H8

Ph: (519) 245 0480

Fax: (519) 245 5829

Strathroy

Norman & Gayle Frisa, (Frisa Farms)

30130 Centre Rd., RR 6, ON N7G 3H7

Ph: (519) 232 4478

Fax: (519) 679 1624

Tavistock

Fred & Merna Alexander Eggs

RR 2, ON N0B 2R0

Ph: (519) 462 2478

Thunder Bay

Vanderwees Poultry Farm

RR 11, 5221 Townline Rd., ON P7B 5E2

Ph: (807) 935 2507

Fax: (807) 935 2337

Walford Station

Abraham & Minerva Frey

100 Mailloux Rd., ON P0P 2E0

Ph: (705) 844 9974

Wallaceburg

Ross McCreary, (McCreary Farms)

7651 McCreary Line, ON N8A 4L1

Ph: (519) 627 6754

Fax: (519) 627 5141

Wallenstein

Cleason F. & Mildred W. Martin, (Sunrise Egg Farm)

7310 4th Line, RR 2, ON N0B 2S0

Ph: (519) 669 7648

Warkworth

Laver Farms Ltd

372 Concession Road 2 East, ON K0K 3K0

Ph: (705) 653 6035

Waterford

Wm. Kenny Alderson, (Kenny Alderson)

RR 1, ON N0E 1Y0

Ph: (519) 443 7756

Wellesley

Local Egg Limited

111 David St., ON N0B 2T0

Ph: (519) 465 0894

Wroxeter

Hoffnung

44212 Salem Rd., RR 1, ON N0G 2X0

Yarker

Hank-John Reinink

RR 3, ON K0K 3N0

Ph: (613) 378 2479

Fax: (613) 378 2479

Zurich

Don Gingerich

RR 2, ON N0M 2T0

Ph: (519) 236 4852

REGISTERED EGG PRODUCT STATIONS

Brampton

Country Queen Foods Inc.

205 Wilkinson Rd., ON L6T 4M2

Ph: (905) 456 2460

Fax: (905) 456 3640

Brockville

Burnbrae Farms Ltd.

260 Central Ave., ON K6V 4N8

Ph: (613) 342 3960

Fax: (613) 342 8083

Etobicoke

Global Egg Corporation, (Egg Solutions, A Division of Global Egg Corp.)

283 Horner Avenue, ON M8Z 4Y4

Ph: (416) 231-2409

Fax: (416) 231 8991

Etobicoke

Global Egg Corporation, (Egg Solutions, A Division of Global Egg Corp.)

17 Newbridge Rd., ON M8Z 2L6

Ph: (416) 237 1313

Fax: (416) 237 1316

Etobicoke

Global Egg Corporation, (Egg Solutions, A Division of Global Egg Corp.)

25 Newbridge Rd., ON M8Z 2L6

Ph: (416) 354 4176

Fax: (416) 231 8991

Etobicoke

2162889 Ontario Ltd., (Supreme Egg Products Inc.)

17 Newbridge Rd., ON M8Z 2L6

Ph: (416) 237 1313

Fax: (416) 237 1316

St. Marys

Perth County Ingredients Inc.

20 Thames Rd., ON N4X 1C4

Ph: (519) 284 3449

Toronto

Global Egg Corporation, (Egg Solutions, A Division of Global Egg Corp.)

283 Horner Ave., ON M8Z 4Y4

Ph: (416) 231 2409

Fax: (416) 231 8991

Toronto

Shelmac Brand Products Inc.

1289 Caledonia Rd., ON M6A 2X7

Ph: (416) 787 1825

Fax: (416) 787 6389

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

A&L Canada Laboratories Inc.

2136 Jetstream Rd., London, ON N5V 3P5

Ph: (519) 457 2575

Fax: (519) 457 2664

Toll Free: (855) 837 8347 alcanadalab@alcanada.com www.alcanada.com

Activation Laboratories Ltd.

41 Bittern St., Ancaster, ON L9G 4V5

Ph: (905) 648 9611

Fax: (905) 648 9613

Toll Free: (888) 228 5227 (ACTLABS) ancaster@actlabs.com www.actlabs.com

Elfrida Poultry Diagnostic Services

1354 Stoney Creek Rd., Caledonia, ON N3W 1R2

Ph: (905) 765 2177

Gateway Centre of Excellence In Rural Health

74 Kingston St., Upper Level, Goderich, ON N7A 3K4

Ph: (519) 612 1053 info@gatewayruralheatlh.ca www.gatewayruralhealth.ca

Intertek - Cargo Inspection & Testing

Hamilton – Unit 1, 710 South Service Road, ON L8E 5S7

Ph: (905) 529 0090

Sarnia – 269A St. Andrew St Unit 1, ON N7T 2L3

Ph: (519) 336 5112

Thunder Bay – 960C Alloy Dr., ON P7B 6A4

Ph: (807) 345 5392 www.intertek.com

Lakeside Poultry Veterinary Services Inc.

Unit A, 240 Graff Ave., Stratford N5A 6Y2

Ph: (519) 273 9090

Fax: (519) 273 2002

Toll-Free: 1-855-998-9090 www.lakesidepoultryveterinaryservices.com

Dr. Shahbaz Haq, M.Sc. (Vet Pathology), D.V.M., Dip ACPV

Lloyd Weber Consulting Services 519 Maltby Rd., Guelph, ON N1L 1G3 Ph: (519) 821 5963 Fax: (519) 821 2841

Dr. L.J. Weber, D.V.M., Poultry Health Consultant

Poultry Health Services

500 Wright Blvd, Stratford, ON N4Z 1H3

Ph: (888) 950 2252 phsinfo@poultryhealth.ca

SGS Canada Inc.

1 - 503 Imperial Rd. N., Guelph, ON N1H 6T9

Ph: (519) 837 1600 Fax: (519) 837 1242 www.sgs.ca

SGS Canada Inc. 6490 Vipond Dr., Mississauga, ON L5T 1W8 Ph: (905) 364 3757 www.sgs.com

Smith & Weisz Poultry Veterinary Services

237 Arnold St. Unit 4, Kitchener, ON N2H 6E8

Dr. Alex Weisz

Ph: (519) 741 5779

Fax: (519) 741 5682

Zorra Veterinary Services

RR 2, 235806 23rd Line

Thamesford, ON N0M 2M0

Ph: (519) 283 6081

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Ontario regional office 174 Stone Rd., W., Guelph, ON N1G 4S9

Ph: (226) 217 8143

Fax: (226) 217 8187 aafc.atsbulletinon-bulletinseaon. aac@canada.ca

www.agr.gc.ca

AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS APPEAL TRIBUNAL

1 Stone Rd. West, Guelph ON N1G 4Y2

Ph: (519) 826 3433

Fax: (519) 826 4232 www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/ tribunal/index.html

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY

Regional Office - Central 259 Woodlawn Rd. W., Suite A, Guelph, ON N1H 8J1

Ph: (226) 217 1200

Fax: (226) 217 1211

Regional Office - North East 500 Huronia Rd., Unit 103, Barrie, ON L4N 8X3

Ph: (705) 739 0008

Fax: (705) 739 0405

Regional Office - Ontario 174 Stone Rd. W., Guelph, ON N1G 4S9

Ph: (226) 217 8555

Fax: (226) 217 8495

Regional Office - South West 1200 Commissioners Rd. E., Unit 19, London, ON N5Z 4R3

Ph: (519) 691 1300

Fax: (519) 691 1314

Regional Office - Toronto 1124 Finch Ave. W., Unit 2, Toronto, ON M3J 2E2

Ph: (647) 790 1100

Fax: (647) 790 1104

ROSS DELIVERS

• Leading FCR

• Impressive Daily

• Strong Livability ROSS 708

• Highest Yield

• Excellent Breeder

Performance

• Exceptional Livability

ONTARIO FARM PRODUCTS MARKETING COMMISSION

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

1 Stone Rd. W., Guelph ON N1G 4Y2

Ph: (519) 826 3100 (General inquiry) Ph: (877) 424 1300 (AICC) ontariofarm.productsmarketing. omafra@ontario.ca www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/ farmproducts

ONTARIO MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD MINISTRY OF RURAL AFFAIRS

Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road e., Guelph ON N1G 2W1

Ph: (519) 824 4120 Fax: (519) 837 3230 www.ovc.uoguelph.ca

Al Dam, Provincial Poultry Specialist, Dept of Pathobiology, OVC, Room 4841

Ph: (519) 824 4120 ext 54326 al.dam@ontario.ca; Csaba Varga, Lead Veterinarian, Disease Prevention - Poultry, Dept of Pathobiology, OVC, Room 4840. Ph: (519) 824 4120 ext. 54650 csaba.varga@ontario.ca.

ANIMAL HEALTH

LABORATORY, LABORATORY SERVICES DIVISION

University of Guelph, PO Box 3612, Guelph ON N1H 6R8

Ph: (519) 824 4120 ext 54530

Fax: (519) 827 0961 ahlinfo@uoguelph.ca www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/ Avian and Fur-Bearing Pathologists: Dr. Marina Brash, Dr. Emily Martin, Dr Margaret Stalker.

ONTARIO ANIMAL HEALTH NETWORK (OAHN)

Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph Building 89, 419 Gordon St., Guelph, ON N1G 2W1

Ph: (519) 824 4120 ext. 53364 oahn@uoguelph.ca www.oahn.ca

Poultry Network: Dr. Alison Moore, Co-lead OMAFRA; Dr. Marina Brash, Animal Health Laboratory; Dr. Mike Petrik, Private Practitioner; Dr. Cynthia Philippe, Private Practitioner; Dr. Fernando Salgado-Bierman, Private Practitioner; Dr. Alex Weisz, Private Practitioner; Dr. Michele Guerin, Ontario Veterinary College; Dr. Tim Pasma, Epidemiologist, OMAFRA; Dr. Kate Todd, OAHN Coordinator, Animal Health Laboratory.

ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE

University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd. E., Guelph ON N1G 2W1

Ph: (519) 824 4120 ext 54401

Fax: (519) 837 3230 ovc.uoguelph.ca

POULTRY HEALTH RESEARCH NETWORK

Dept. of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College

University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd. E., Guelph ON N1G 2W1

Ph: (519) 824 4120

Fax: (519) 824 5930 www.phrn.net

Advisory Board – Dr Shayan

Sharif, Dr John Lumsden, Dr Eva Nagy, Dr Michele Guerin, Dr Tina Widowski, Tim Nelson, Dr Bruce Roberts.

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, Department of Animal Biosciences (ABSc)

50 Stone Rd. E., Guelph ON N1G 2W1

Ph: (519) 824 4120 ext 56219

Department Chair: James Squires, Professor and Chair

Ph: 519-824-4120 ext 53928, jsquires@uoguelph.ca. animalbiosciences.uoguelph.ca

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

National Farm Business Management Resource Centre

100 Stone Rd. W., Unit 303, Guelph, ON N1G 5L3

Ph: (519) 822 6618

info@fmc.gac.com www.takeanewapproach.ca

Association of Ontario Chicken Processors

52 Royal Rd., Guelph, ON N1H 1G3

Ph: (519) 836 8383

Chicken Farmers of Ontario PO Box 5035, 3320 S. Service Rd., Burlington, ON L7R 3Y8

Ph: (905) 637 0025

Fax: (905) 637 3464

24/7 CFO Connects: (855) 800 4815

24/7 Emergency Hotline: (877) 767 2973

info@ontariochicken.ca www.ontariochicken.ca

Board Director: Adrian Rehorst, 2nd Vice Chair, District 1; Rick Kaptein, CFC Alternate Rep, CBC Rep, District 2; Brian Lewis, District 3; Tom Beischlag, District 4; Jordan Fois, FFC Ontario Rep, District 5; Murray Opsteen, 1st Vice-Chair, District 6; Ed Benjamins, Chair, District 7; Scott Buchan, PIC Rep, District 8; Tim Klompmaker, CFC Rep, District 9.

Egg Farmers of Ontario 7195 Millcreek Dr., Mississauga, ON L5N 4H1

Ph: (905) 858 9790

Fax: (905) 858 1589

general@getcracking.ca www.getcracking.ca

Scott Helps, Chair, Zone 1; Lorne Benedict, Zone 2; Dan Veldman, Vice Chair, Zone 3; Roger Pelissero, Zone 4; Brian Miller,

Zone 5; Tonya Haverkamp, Zone 6; Scott Brookshaw, Zone 7; George Pilgrim, Zone 8; Craig Hunter, Zone 9; Marc Bourdon, Zone 10; Alvin Brunsveld, Pullet Director. Bill Mitchell, Interim General Manager.

Farm & Food Care Ontario 660 Speedvale Ave. W., Unit 302, Guelph, ON N1G 5L3

Ph: (519) 837 1326 info@farmfoodcare.org www.farmfoodcare.org

Ontario Agri Business Association (OABA - Feed Section Committee - ANACOntario Division)

104 - 160 Research Lane, Guelph, ON N1G 5B2

Ph: (519) 822 3004

Fax: (519) 822 8862 info@oaba.on.ca www.oaba.on.ca

Board of Director: Nadine Schwandt, President; Richard Smibert, Past President; Claude Gauthier, Vice President; John Taylor, Treasurer. Director: Dave Bender, Andrew Coghlin, Matt Gardner, Kevin Weppler, John Taylor, Jim Campbell, Martin Kiefer, Cassandra Loomans, Justin Merner. Dave Buttenham, Chief Executive Officer.

Ontario Association of Poultry Veterinarians, OAPV

Animal Health Lab, University of Guelph, PO Box 3612, Guelph, ON N1H 1R8 Ph: (519) 824 4120 ext 54550

Ontario Broiler Chicken Hatching Egg Producers Association 483 Arkell Rd., Puslinch, ON N0B 2J0 Ph: (519) 821 0657 obchepa@golden.net www.obchepa.ca

John Kapteyn, Chair; Melissa Sinnige, Vice-All; Nick Daunt, Secretary-Treasurer; OBHECC Directors: Tim Hutten, John Kapteyn, Ed Mosterd, Mark Woods. OBCHEPA Director: Paul Groen. Farm and Food Care Rep: Keith Veenhof; Office Administrator: Annette Lewis-Copeland.

Ontario Broiler Hatching Egg & Chick Commission (OBHECC) 213 - 251 Woodlawn Rd. W., Guelph, ON N1H 8J1 Ph: (519) 837 0005 Fax: (519) 837 0464 info@obhecc.com www.obhecc.com

Ontario Federation of Agriculture

Ontario AgriCentre, 206 - 100 Stone Rd. West, Guelph, ON N1G 5L3

Ph: (519) 821 8883

Fax: (519) 821 8810

Toll Free: (800) 668 3276 www.ofa.on.ca

Keith Currie, President, Zone 13; Mark Reusser,Vice President, Zone 9; Peggy Brekveld, Vice President, Director at-Large; Drew Spoelstra, Executive Member, Zone 5. Directors: Louis Roesch, Zone 1; Paul Vickers, Zone 2; Larry Davis, Zone 3; Tracey Arts, Zone 4; Crispin Colvin, Zone 6; Brent Royce, Zone 7; Jennifer Doelman, Zone 8; Steve Brackenridge, Zone 10; Jackie Kelly-Pemberton, Zone 11; Bruce Buttar, Zone 12; Rejean Pommainville, Zone 14; Mark Kunkel, Zone 15. Directors at-Large: Teresa Van Raay, Hugh Simpson.

Ontario Hatcheries Association

39 William St., Elmira, ON N3B 1P3

Ph: (519) 669 3350

Fax: (519) 669 3826 info@ontariohatcheries.ca www.ontariohatcheries.ca

Paul Martindale, President; Directors: David Brock, Aden Frey, Devin Hanna, Camera Struth, Jeff Wilson. Susan Fitzgerald, Executive Director.

Ontario Institute of Agrologists PO Box 1100, 60 Elora St., S., Harriston, ON N0G 1Z0

Ph: (519) 510 4047 www.oia.on.ca

Mike Dougherty, President (Guelph); Robert Alton, Vice President; Andy Van Neikerk, Treasurer (Huronia Branch); Directors: Adolph Ng (Central), Dan Roberts (HamiltonNiagara), Bethany Davidson-Eng (At-large); Wes Kennedy (Ottawa-St. Lawrence); Gary Eagleson (Western). Ryan Koeslag, Executive Director

Ontario Livestock and Poultry Council

39 Williiam St., Elmira, ON N3B 1P3

Ph: (519) 669 3350

Fax: (519) 669 3826

Laura.tflo@bell.net www.ontlpc.ca

Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association 1 Stone Rd. W., Guelph, ON N1G 4Y2

Ph: (519) 826 4214

Fax: (519) 826 4224

Toll Free: (800) 265 9751 oscia@ontariosoilcrop.org www.ontariosoilcrop.org

Board of Directors: Harold Rudy (Honorary President), Stuart Wright, Chad Anderson, Warren Schneckenburger, Steve Sickle, Les Nichols, Phil Oegema, John Poel, Andy van Niekerk, Paul Hagey, Mark Burnham, Eleanor Renaud, Birgit Martin, Stefan Szeder. Andrew Brekveld, Executive Director.

Poultry Industry Council

483 Arkell Rd., Puslinch, ON NOB 2J0

Ph: (519) 837-0284

pic@poultryindustrycouncil.ca

www.poultryindustrycouncil.ca

Board Officers: Ed Verkley, Chair; Charlie Elliott, Vice Chair; Patricia Botter, Treasurer. Directors at Large: Laura Bowers, Scott Buchan, Caroline Gonano, Greg Lansink, Brian Miller, Marg Pritchard, Babak Sanei, Mike Terpstra, Bill Van Heeswyk. Staff: Ashley Honsberger, Executive Director

Turkey Farmers of Ontario

1120 - 100 Conestoga College Blvd., Kitchener, ON N2P 2N6

Ph: (519) 748 9636

Fax: (519) 748 2742

www.turkeyfarmers.on.ca

Ryan Brown, General Manager

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS

Freetown

Burns Poultry Farm & Chick Hatchery Ltd.

269 Freetown, RR 2, PE C0B 1L0

Ph: (902) 887 2156

Summerside

Maritime Pride Eggs Inc.

26172 Route 2, PE C1N 4J8

Ph: (902) 667 2015

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

Perennia

199 Dr. Bernie MacDonald Dr., Bible Hill, NS B6L 2H5

Ph: (902) 896 0277

Fax: (902) 896 7299 info@perennia.ca www.perennia.ca

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Prince Edward Island regional office 440 University Ave., 3rd Floor, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4N6

Ph: (902) 370 1500

Fax: (902) 370 1511 aafc.atsbulletin-bulletinsea.aac@ canada.ca

www.agr.gc.ca

CANADIAN FOOD

INSPECTION AGENCY

Regional Office - Prince Edward Island 690 University Ave.,

Charlottetown, PE C1E 1E3

Ph: (902) 566 7290

Fax: (902) 566 7334

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, GOVERNMENT OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Jones Building, 5th Floor, 11 Kent St., PO Box 2000, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8

Ph: (902) 368 4880

Fax: (902) 368 4857

Toll Free: (866) PEI-FARM (734-3276) DeptAgLand@gov.pe.ca www.princeedwardisland.ca

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

ANAC - Atlantic Division

Matthew Miller, Chairman; Neil Campbell, Vice-Chairman. Director: Anne Beaumont, Katelyn O’Connell (NS), Ed Doyle (NL), Jeff Dean (PEI). Director-at-Large: Ashley Gillcrist, Dave Seeley. Chicken Farmers of Prince Edward Island PO Box 40052, West Royalty Post Office, Charlottetown, PE C1E 0J2

Ph: (902) 838 4108

Kevin MacPhail, Chair; Janet Hilliard-Murphy, Manager

Egg Farmers of Prince Edward Island

420 University Ave., Charlottetown, PE C1A 7Z5

Ph: (902) 892 8401

Fax: (902) 566 2755 info@eggspei.ca www.eggspei.ca

John Dennis, Chair; Tim Churchill, Vice Chair; Nathan Burns, Secretary Treasurer; Ian Simmons, Egg Farmers of Canada Director, Peter Stavert. Michael Cummiskey, General Manager.

QUÉBEC

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

CANARDS DES MONTS INC.

145 Rang Des Dix Terres 410, Ville Rougemont, QC J0L 1M0

Ph: (450) 469 4362

CANARDS DU LAC BROME LTÉE

40, Centre Road, Knowlton, QC J0E 1V0

Ph: (450) 242 3825

COUVOIR BOIRE & FRÈRES INC. 532 Concession 9th, Wickham, QC J0C 1S0

Ph: (819) 398 6645

COUVOIR LES EMBRYONS DE LANAUDIERE

165, rue des Entreprises, Notre-Dame des Prairies, QC J6E 7Y8

Ph: (450) 755 1160

COUVOIR OVAC 2565, rue Thérèse-Casgrain, St-Nicéphore, QC J2A 4J5

Ph: (819) 398 6807

COUVOIR OVO

180 Noel Lecompte, Acton Vale QC J0H 1A0

Ph: (819) 314 7630

COUVOIR PINTABO INC.

410, chemin Yamaska, St-Germain de Grantham, QC J0C 1K0

Ph: (819) 395 5495

COUVOIR PROVINCIAL ARTHABASKA (COOP Fédéré de Québec)

165, rue Laurier Est., Victoriaville, QC G6P 6P8

Ph: (819) 357 8480

COUVOIR QUEBEC INC. 11605, boul. de la Colline, Loretteville, QC G2A 2E1

Ph: (418) 842 3687

COUVOIR SCOTT LTÉE 1798, rue Kennedy, Scott, QC G0S 3G0

Ph: (418) 387 2323

COUVOIR SÉLECT INC.

241, rue Principale, St-Adelphe, QC G0X 2G0

Ph: (418) 322 5927

COUVOIR UNIK INC.

222, Route 104, Mont St-Grégoire, QC J0T 1K0

Ph: (450) 347 0176

FERME D’ORLÉANS ENR.

2210, chemin Royale, Saint-Laurent-de-l’Île-d’Orléans, QC G0A 3Z0

Ph: (418) 828 2686

FERME KÉGO CAILLES ENR. 60 du Manoir St. W., Cap St-Ignace, Montmagny, QC G0R 1H0

Ph: (418) 246 5012

LA FERME DU PLATON 6930, rue Marie-Victorin, Ste-Croix-de-Lobinere, QC G0S 2H0

Ph: (418) 926 2444

RÉAL CÔTÉ INC.

329, rue St-Georges, Ange-Gardien, QC J0E 1E0

Ph: (450) 293 3191

REBÉ POIRIER LTEÉ (Section

Couvoir Ramsay)

390, rue Joliette, St-Félix de Valois, QC J0K 2M0

Ph: (450) 889 5824

REGISTERED EGG

GRADING STATIONS

Cité Charlevoix

Ferme du Paysan

41, rang St-Jean Baptiste St-Urbain, QC G0X 1R0

Ph: (418) 639 2587

Huntington

Les Fermes Valens Inc.

79 York St., QC J0S 1H0

Ph: (450) 264 4061

Fax: (450) 264 9319

Rivière-Héva

Les Oeufs Richard Eggs Inc. 728, route St-Paul sud, RR 1, QC J0Y 2H0

Ph: (819) 757 4419

Fax: (819) 757 3742

St-Bruno du Lac St-Jean 9392-9818 Québec Inc. 1097, 8e rang nord, QC G0W 2L0

Ph: (418) 695 9955

St-Eustache

Les Aliments Mise en Bouche Inc.

170, boul industriel, QC J7R 5C2

Ph: (514) 961 9322

St-Hyacinthe

Nutri-Oeuf St-Hyancinthe Inc. 6655, rue Picard, QC J2S 1H3

Ph: (450) 771 4627

Fax: (450) 773 9485

St-Lambert

Les Oeufs Ovale Inc, 205, rue Damase-Breton, QC G0S 2W0

Ph: (450) 771 4627

Fax: (450) 773 9485

St-Léonard

Geo. E. Vandelac Inc. 7860, rue Fleuricourt, QC H1R 2L3

Ph: (514) 327 4654

Fax: (514) 327 4655

St-Théodore D’Acton Clovis Gauthier et Fils Inc.

170, 6e rang, QC J0H 1Z0

Ph: (450) 546 7430

Fax: (450) 546 0278

St-Zotique

Ferme St-Zotique Ltée, (Bon-EE-Best) 200, 69e avenue, QC J0P 1Z0

Ph: (450) 267 3521

Fax: (450) 267 0636

Ville Dégelis

Ferme Hermel Dubé et Fils Inc. 1549, chemin de l’Arc-en-Ciel, QC G5T 1B7

Ph: (418) 853 9197

Fax: (418) 853 3807

REGISTERED EGG PRODUCT STATIONS

Lyn Burnbrae Farms Ltd

(Les Oeufs Bec-o Inc)

3356 County Road #27, QC K0E 1M0

Ph: (450) 549 4524

Fax: (450) 549-4675

Montreal Carrément Tarte Inc.

5563 rue fullum, #200, QC Ph : (514) 402 8607

St-Eustache

Akme Poultry, Butter & Eggs

Distributors Inc

65 rue Pépin QC J7R 6Z8

Ph : (450) 974-7767

St-Eustache

Les Aliments Mise en Bouche Inc

170, boul industriel, QC J7R 5C2

St-Hyacinthe

Vitoeuf Inc.

3475, rue Picard, QC J2S 1H3

Ph: (450) 778 1991

Fax: (450) 773 0776

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Quebec regional office

2001 Robert-Bourassa Blvd., Room 671-M, Montréal, QC H3A 3N2

Ph: (514) 283 8888

Fax: (514) 496 3966 aafc.qdro-brmq.aac@canada.ca www.agr.gc.ca

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY

Regional Office - Quebec

2001 Robert-Bourassa Blvd., Room 671, Montréal, QC H3A 3N2

Ph: (514) 283 8888

Fax: (514) 283 3143 www.inspection.gc.ca

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY

Regional Office - Montreal

2001 Robert-Bourassa Blvd., Room 671, Montréal, QC H3A 3N2

Ph: (514) 283 8888

Fax: (514) 283 3143 www.inspection.gc.ca

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY

Regional Office – Quebec City Place Iberville IV, 100 - 2954, Laurier Blvd., Ste-Foy, QC G1V 5C7

Ph: (418) 648 7373

Fax: (418) 648 4792

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY

Regional Office - St-Hyacinthe 3225 Cusson Ave., Suite 4500, St-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 0H7

Ph: (450) 768 1500

Fax: (450) 768 1473

FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE L’AGRICULTURE ET DE L’ALIMENTATION, Pavillon Paul-Comtois 2425, rue de l’Agriculture, local 1122, Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6

Ph: (418) 656 3514

fsaa@fsaa.ulaval.ca www.fsaa.ulaval.ca

MINISTÈRE DE L’AGRICULTURE, DES PÊCHERIES ET DE L’ALIMENTATION DU QUÉBEC (MAPAQ)

200, chemin Sainte-Foy, Québec QC G1R 4X6

Ph: (418) 380 2110

Toll Free: (888) 222-MAPA (6272) info@mapaq.gouv.qc.ca

www.mapaq.gouv.qc.ca

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

rmaaqc@rmaaq.gouv.qc.ca www.rmaaq.gouv.qc.ca

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LIGHT TRAP/DARK OUT

• High light reduction

• Low resistance to air flow

• Simple Installation

• Easy to clean

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DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE,

McGill University, Macdonald Campus, 21111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste. Anne de Bellevue QC H9X 3V9

Ph: (514) 398 7773

Fax: (514) 398 7990 animal.science@mcgill.ca www.mcgill.ca/animal/ Professor Raj Duggavathi, Departmental Chair

UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire/ College of Veterinary Medicine 3200, rue Sicotte, St-Hyacinthe QC J2S 2M2 Ph: (450) 773 8521 Fmv.umontreal.ca/fmv/

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

AQINAC - Association Québécoise des Industries de Nutrition Animale et Céréalière 4790, rue Martineau, bureau 100, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2R 1V1 Ph : (450) 799 2440 info@aginac.com

Directeurs et administrateurs: Christian Breton, Président; Yvan Lacroix, Président-directeur général; Renald Mercier, 1er

vice-président; Claude Robitaille, 2e vice-président; Hélene Cliche, Trésoriere; Raymond Breton, Secrétaire. Administratrice/Administrateurs: Sylvain Vallée, Carl Boivin, Patrice Gagnon, Mario Coté, Patrice Gagnon, Maurice Hénault, Renée Henri, Sébastien Léveillé, Luc Ménard, Daniel Richard, Francois Bécotte, Carl Lessard.

Association des abattoirs avicoles du Québec (AAAQ)

216, rue Denison Est, Granby, QC J2H 2R6

Ph: (450) 349 1521

info@conseiltaq.com

https://conseiltaq.com/association/ cqtv

Les Membres du ca: Yvan Brodeur, Président ; Jean-Patrick Laflamme, 1er vice-président; Dominique Martel, 2e vice-président; Christian Bazinet, Secrétaire

Géneral Par Intérim; Administrateurs: Bruno Giannone, Tony Palladino, Vincent Vecchio.

Conseil de la transformation alimentaire du Québec (CTAQ)

216, Rue Denison Est, Granby, QC J2H 2R6

Ph: (450) 349 1521

info@conseiltaq.com www.conseiltaq.com

Fédération des producteurs d’oeufs du Québec

Maison de l’UPA

555, boul. Roland-Therrien, bureau 320, Longueuil, QC J4H 4E7

Ph: (450) 679 0530

Fax: (450) 679 0855 www.oeuf.ca

Paulin Bouchard, Président; Gislain Houle, 1er vice-président; Sylvain Lapierre, 2e vice-président; Le conseil d’administration: Nicholas Tremblay, Danny Guillemette, Emmanuel Destrijker, Jean-Philippe Désilets, Maryse Labbé, Maurice Richard. Les Éleveurs de volailles du Québec

555, boul. Roland-Therrien, bur. 250, Longueuil, QC J4H 4G1

Ph: (450) 679 0530

Fax: (450) 679 5375 www.volaillesduquebec.qc.ca

Comité exécutif : Président : Pierre-Luc Leblanc; 1er vice-président : Louis-Philippe Rouleau, 2e vice-président: Martin Lemieux. Membres: Stéphane Veilleux, Daniel Husereau.

Les Producteurs d’oeufs d’incubation du Québec

555 boul. Roland-Therrien, bureau 515, Longueuil, QC J4H 4E7

Ph: (450) 679 0530

Fax: (450) 679 3652 incobec@upa.qc.ca chep-poic.ca

Pierre Belleau, Directeur; Gyslain Loyer, Président; Gyslain Loyer, administrateur a POIC.

SASKATCHEWAN

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

KYLE HATCHERY

PO Box 250, Kyle, SK S0L 1T0

Ph: (306) 375 2910

LILYDALE-SOFINA FOODS, INC.

604 Greer St., Wynyard, SK S0A 4T0

Ph: (306) 554 2534

PRAIRIE PRIDE CHICK SALES

LTD.

PO Box 273, Grandora, SK S0K 1V0

Ph: (306) 956 3822

Canadian Hatching Egg Producers

21 Florence Street

Ottawa, Ontario

K2P 0W6

Telephone: (613) 232-3023 Fax: (613) 232-5241

Email: info@chep-poic.ca

Board of Directors 2020: Brian Bilkes, Chair; Gyslain Loyer, Vice-Chair, Quebec; Dean Penner, Second Vice-Chair, Manitoba; Calvin Breukelman, British Columbia; Kevin Tiemstra, Alberta; Mike Wurtz, Saskatchewan; Mark Woods, Ontario; Christian Trottier, Canadian Hatchery Federation; Sunny Mak, Canadian Hatchery Federation

REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS

Brownlee

Hutterian Brethren of Huron Ltd., (Huron Poultry Farm)

PO Box 9, SK S0H 0M0

Ph: (306) 759 2685

Fax: (306) 759 2680

Hodgeville

Hutterian Brethren Church of Hodgeville Inc., (Hodgeville Poultry Farm)

PO Box 386, SK S0H 2B0

Ph: (306) 677 2870

Fax: (306) 677 2724

Humboldt

Arden Dust, (Dusty Inn Farm)

PO Box 2742, SK S0K 2A0

Ph: (306) 682 3466

Fax: (306) 682-3466

Leader

Hutterian Brethren Church of Estuary (Estuary Colony)

PO Box 220, SK S0N 1H0

Ph: (306) 628 4116

Fax: (306) 628 4406

Maple Creek

Cypress Hutterian Brethren Colony

PO Box 98, SK S0N 1N0

Ph: (306) 662 3456

McMahon

Wheatland Eggs

PO Box 115, SK S0N 1M0

Ph: (306) 773 9196

Moose Jaw

Baildon Hutterian Brethren Ltd., (Moose Jaw Poultry Farm)

PO Box 968, SK S6H 4P6

Ph: (306) 693 3013

Saskatoon

Star Egg Company Ltd.

1302 Quebec Ave., SK S7K 1V5

Ph: (306) 244 4041

Fax: (306) 664 6619

Star City

Star City Colony Ltd., (Star City Poultry)

PO Box 190, SK S0E 1P0

Ph: (306) 863 2343

Warman

Prairie Sunrise Eggs

Box 585, SK S0K 4S0

Ph: (306) 239 2051

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

Canadian Poultry Consultants Ltd.

Ph: (877) 449 3447 admin@canadianpoultry.ca www.canadianpoultry.ca

Verus Animal Nutrition

3220 Roblin Blvd., Winnipeg, MB R3R 0C3

Ph: (204) 414 9400

Fax: (204) 414 9405 www.verusalliance.com

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Saskatchewan regional office

300 - 2010 12th Ave., Regina, SK S4P 0M3

Ph: (306) 523 6601

Fax: (306) 780 7360

aafc.atsbulletinsk-bulletinseask. aac@canada,ca

www.agr.gc.ca

AGRICULTURE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, GOVERNMENT OF SASKATCHEWAN

45 Thatcher Dr. E., Moose Jaw, SK S6J 1L8

Ph: (306) 694 3727

Toll Free: (866) 457 2377 www.saskatchewan.ca

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY -

Regional Office - Saskatchewan 1800 11th Ave.,

Room 301, Regina, SK S4P 4E3

Ph: (306) 780 5180

Fax: (306) 780 5177

www.inspection.gc.ca

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY -

Western Area Office 1115 57th Ave. NE,

Calgary, AB BC AB SK MB T2E 9B2

Ph: (587) 230 2200

Fax: (587) 230 2253

www.inspection.gc.ca

ANIMAL HEALTH UNIT

Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture,

Room 202, 3085 Albert St., Regina SK S4S 0B1

Ph (306) 787 5547

Dr. Betty Althouse, Director/Chief Veterinary Officer betty.althouse@gov.sk.ca

SASKATCHEWAN AGRI-FOOD COUNCIL

302 - 3085 Albert St., Regina SK S4S 0B1

Ph: (306) 787 5364

Ryan Mulatz, Industry Development Specialist ryan.mulatz@gov.sk.ca

CANADIAN FEED RESEARCH CENTRE, University of Saskatchewan 10029 Marquis Ave., North Battleford, SK S9A 3W2

Ph: (306) 966 4279

Rex Newkirk, Research Chair in Feed Processing Technology rex.newkirk@usask.ca www.usask.ca

IT’S ALWAYS THERE RAIN OR SHINE, INDOORS OR OUT GUARDING ITS TURF MOSQUITOES, TICKS, FLIES AND BEETLES STEP INTO ITS KILL ZONE AND MEET YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE

MOST PREMISE SPRAYS DON’T STAND UP TO ADVERSE WEATHER AND WASHING –LEAVING LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO PAINFUL, ANNOYING PESTS. NEW ANNIHILATOR POLYZONE ® INSECTICIDE OFFERS 12 WEEKS 1 OF RESIDUAL CONTROL, EVEN WHEN EXPOSED TO WATER. WITH PROPRIETARY POLYZONE ® TECHNOLOGY, THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT, DELTAMETHRIN, REMAINS ADHERED TO SURFACES, RESULTING IN A CONTROLLED, SLOW RELEASE “KILL ZONE” THAT STANDS UP TO THE ELEMENTS. THAT MEANS FEWER APPLICATIONS, LESS WORK AND MORE SAVINGS.

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

Ph: (306) 966 4128

Fax: (306) 966 4151 aps@usask.ca https://agbio.usask.ca/departments/ animaland-poultry-science.php

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

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

Chicken Farmers of Saskatchewan 224 Pacific Ave., Suite 201, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1N9

Ph: (306) 242 3611 info@saskatchewanchicken.ca www.saskatchewanchicken.ca

Henry Van EE, Chair Graham Snell, Executive Director

Saskatchewan Broiler Hatching Egg Producers 115 – 2nd Ave North, Suite 301, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 2B1

Ph: (306) 384 8050

Saskatchewan Egg Producers 1 – 123 Pinehouse Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7W 5W1

Ph: (306) 664 4131 info@saskegg.ca www.saskegg.ca

Board of Directors: Shawn Harman, Chair; Isaac Entz, Vice Chair; Directors: Regan Sloboshan, Danny Wollman, Shawn Colborn. Anstey Hatchery Ltd 2717 Cleveland Ave., Saskatoon, SK S7K 3R2

Ph: (306) 242 1033

Fax: (306) 242 6466

Turkey Farmers of Saskatchewan 3342 Millar Ave. #4, Saskatoon, SK S7K 7G9

Ph: (306) 931 1050

Fax: (306) 931 2825 www.saskturkey.com

Western Feed Industry Association (WFIA - ANAC - Alberta and Saskatchewan Division) #203, 4711 - 51 Ave, Red Deer, AB T4N 6H8

Ph: (403) 347 7877

Fax: (403) 309 1741 agrinet@telus.net www.anac-ab.ca

Krisjan Jones, Chair; Doug Durbano, Vice Chair; Jeff Nielsen, Past Chair; Darrell Kimmell, National Director; Directors: Nancy Fischer, Darryl Lewis, Tim Mugford, Tim Armstrong, Alin Friedt, Mike Robinson, John Stephen, Wilf Graf, Sharon Klinger. Brad Drechsler, Division Manager.

NATIONAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

Agri-food Innovation Council

70 George Street, 3rd Floor, Ottawa, ON K1N 5V9

Ph: (613) 232-9459

Fax: (866) 851-5689 office@aic.ca www.aic.ca

Board of Directors: Julianne Curran, Chair. Directors: Tania Humphrey, Vice Chair; John M. Hyshka, Treasurer; Michael Trevan, Secretary; Directors: Rajasekaran Lada, Darcy Herauf, Karen Churchill.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

1341 Baseline Rd., Ottawa, ON K1A 0C5

Ph: (613) 773-2600

Fax: (613) 773-1081

Toll Free: (855) 773-0241 aafc.info.aac@canada.ca

www.agr.gc.ca

Animal Nutrition Association of Canada (ANAC-Head Office)

150 Metcalfe St., Suite 1301, Ottawa, ON K2P 1P1

Ph: (613) 241-6421

Fax: (613) 241-7970 info@anacan.org www.anacan.org

Executive Director, Melissa Dumont; Director, Technical Services, My-Lien Bosch;

Canada-China Agriculture and Food Development Exchange Centre

150 Main St. W., Suite 1003, Hamilton, ON L8P 1H8

Ph: (416) 642-3890

www.ccagr.com

Canadian Animal Health Coalition

Ph: (519) 835-2233

info@animalhealth.ca www.animalhealth.ca

Canadian Animal Health Institute

160 Research Lane, Suite 102, Guelph, ON N1G 5B2

Ph: (519) 763-7777

Fax: (519) 763-7407

www.cahi-icsa.ca

Chair: Dr. Jair Garcia, Zoetis

Canada Inc; Vice-Chair: Dr. Rob Bell, Bio Agri Mix; Past Chair: Daniel Beauchamp, Merck Animal Health; Secretary-Treasurer; Katie Cook, Elanco Animal Health

Canadian Association of Poultry Veterinarians, CAPV-ACVA

www.capv-acva.ca

Executive Members: Dr. Neil Ambrose (West); Dr. Rachel Ouckama, (OAPP); Dr.Daniel Venne (AVIA).

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

21 Florence St., Ottawa, ON K2P

0W6

Ph: (613) 236-3633

Fax: (613) 236-5749

info@canadian-farmers.ca www.cfa-fca.ca

Mary Robinson, President; Keith Currie, Vice-President, CFA; Chris van den Heuvel, Second Vice-President, CFA. Kurt Siemens, Director, Egg Farmers of Canada; Nick Langelaar, Director, Chicken Farmers of Canada; Brian Ricker, Turkey Farmers of Canada; Gyslain Loyer, Canadian Hatching Egg Producers. Errol Halkai, Executive Director.

Canadian Food Inspection AgencyNational 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 Florence St., Ottawa, ON K2P 0W6

Ph: (613) 232-3023

Fax: (613) 232-5241 info@chep-poic.ca www.chep-poic.ca

Brian Bilkes, Chair; Gyslain Loyer, Vice-Chair, Quebec; Dean Penner, Second Vice-Chair, Manitoba; Calvin Breukelman, British Columbia; Kevin Tiemstra, Alberta; Mike Wurtz, Saskatchewan; Mark Woods, Ontario; Christian Trottier, Canadian Hatchery Federation; Sunny Mak, Canadian Hatchery Federation

Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council 1545 Carling Ave., Suite 400, Ottawa, ON K1Z 8P9

Ph: (613) 724-6605 www.cpepc.ca

Jean-Michel Laurin, President/ CEO; Nicolas Paillat, Chicken/ Turkey/Hatchery; Erica Charlton, Plant Operations/Regulatory; Margo Ladouceur, Egg Sectors/ Events; Susan Mallet, Corporate Admin/Accounts; Nik Zylstra, Hatchies/Poultry FP

Canadian Poultry Research Council

225 Metcalfe St., Ottawa, ON K2P 1P9

Ph: (613) 714-4599

Fax: (613) 714-9885

Toll Free: (833) 888-1192 info@cp-rc.ca www.cp-rc.ca

Bruce Roberts, Executive Director. CPRC

Directors: Dr. Helen Anne Hudson, Chair (EFC); Rick Kaptein, Vice Chair (CFC); Erica Charlton (CPEPC); Vic Redekop (TFC); Jeff Notenbomer (CHEP)

Chicken Farmers of Canada 1610-50 O’Connor Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 6L2

Ph: (613) 241-2800

Fax: (613) 241-5999 www.chicken.ca/www.chickenfarmers.ca www.poulet.ca / www.producteursdepoulet.ca

Board of Directors: Benoît Fontaine, Chair (QC); Derek Janzen, 1st Vice-Chair (BC); Nick de Graaf, 2nd Vice-Chair (NS); Tim Klompmaker, Executive Member (ON). Directors: Ted Froese (MB), François Cloutier (QC), Marc Cormier (NB), Dennis Steinwand (AB), Nick Langelaar (SK), Barry Uyterlinde (PEI), Paul Dunphy (NL), Yvan Brodeur (CPEPC), Craig Evans (CPEPC), Don Kilimnik (FPPAC), Paolo DiManno (Restaurants Canada).

Egg Farmers of Canada

21 Florence St., Ottawa, ON K2P 0W6

Ph: (613) 238-2514

Fax: (613) 238-1967

info@eggs.ca

eggfarmers.ca / producteursdoeufs.ca

Board of Directors: Roger Pelissero, Chair; Glen Jennings, 1st Vice Chair (Atlantic); Emmanuel Destrijker, 2nd Vice Chair (Central); Walter Siemens, Executive Member (Western). Directors: Beatrice Visser (AB), Walter Siemens (BC), Kurt Siemens (MB), Hans Kristensen (NB), Joseph R. W. Smallwood III (NL), John Penner (NT), Glen Jennings (NS), Scott Brookshaw (ON), Ian Simmons (PE), Emmanuel Destrijker (QC), Regan Sloboshan (SK), Wayne Beggs (Consumers’ Association of Canada), Ted Hudson (CPEPC - Grading), Mike Vanderpol (CPEPC - Processing), Drew Corneil (CPEPC - Hatcheries). Tim Lambert, Chief Executive Officer. 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 aafc.fpcc-cpac.aac@canada.ca www.fpcc-cpac.gc.ca

Turkey Farmers of Canada 7145 West Credit Ave., Bldg. 1, Suite 202 Mississauga, ON L5N 6J7 Ph: (905) 812-3140 Fax: (905) 812-9326 info@tfc-edc.ca www.turkeyfarmersofcanada.ca

Board of Directors: Darren Ference, Chair (AB); Calvin McBain, Vice Chair (QC); Brian Ricker, Executive Member (ON); Directors: Shawn Heppell (BC); Jelmer Wiersma (SK); Rachelle Brown (MB); Bertin Cyr (NB); Steven Eadie (NS); Doug Hart (CPEPC), Michel Pépin (CPEPC); Adam Power (FPPAC).

Egg Farmers of Canada

Egg Farmers of Canada (EFC) oversees the national egg supply, promotes egg consumption and develops standards for egg farming in Canada. This national organization represents more than 1,100 egg farmers in all ten provinces and the Northwest Territories, and works closely with egg boards, industry partners and government to ensure a strong and sustainable egg industry.

The Canadian egg industry operates under the system of supply management. By matching egg production with demand, Canadians have a constant supply of fresh, local, high-quality eggs and farmers receive a fair return.

For almost 50 years, supply management has helped egg farmers contribute to the Canadian economy through job creation and by supporting local businesses. In fact, Canada’s egg industry is responsible for over 18,500 jobs across the country and contributes $1.3 billion dollars to Canada’s GDP.

Over the past 15 years, Canadian egg production has witnessed impressive growth. In fact, egg production on Canadian farms has increased by 62% since 2004. A successful egg farming industry allows farmers to invest in Canadian communities and in innovation through on-farm programs and research and development.

EQA™ certification program

The Egg Quality Assurance™ certification program (EQA™) is the culmination of decades of work to implement and strengthen quality

assurance standards through the national Animal Care Program and Start Clean-Stay Clean® program. The first egg cartons carrying the certification mark are already available in stores, and dozens of restaurants, retail stores and industry partners have added their support to the program. Visit eggquality.ca to learn more.

Encouraging Canadians to eat eggs, anytime

The new Eggs Anytime campaign targets a segment of consumers known as light buyers of eggs, who enjoy fewer than a dozen eggs per month and represent close to 40% of Canadian households. The bold and funny ads are already captivating Canadians with their witty ‘It’s not weird’ tagline, and has reached millions of consumers with the message that eggs are a great choice for any meal, at any time.

Strengthening practices through evidence-based research

EFC’s robust research program sup -

ports innovation in the egg farming sector. Through the Research Grant Program, more than 39 research projects are currently underway at universities across Canada, covering priority areas ranging from animal care science to environmental sustainability and nutrition. EFC also supports a unique multidisciplinary Research Chair Network focused on economics, poultry welfare, sustainability and public policy, in addition to a broad range of research partnerships.

Supporting communities from coast to coast

EFC’s mission is to position the Canadian egg industry as a leader in Canada’s agricultural future through sustainable growth, continuous improvement and social responsibility. Their philanthropic work is driven by a vision of a world where everyone can enjoy the immeasurable benefits of the humble egg. Millions of eggs are donated every year in Canada and in other regions of the world through longstanding partnerships with Food Banks Canada, Breakfast Club of Canada, Heart for Africa (Canada) and Canadian Food For Children. These partnerships are a testament to the power of the humble egg and the strong commitment of Canadian egg farmers to give back. Under the leadership of Chair Roger Pelissero and with the dedication of a 16-member Board of Directors, EFC is known for its leadership and innovation. To learn more visit eggfarmers.ca and sign up for their newsletter, follow @eggsoeufs on Twitter or on LinkedIn and visit Facebook.com/eggsoeufs.

Together at the table

For decades, Egg Farmers of Canada has been proud to be part of a strong Canadian egg industry, representing the more than 1,100 egg farmers and farm families in all provinces and the Northwest Territories who produce fresh, local, high-quality eggs every day.

We may be apart, but we’re together at the table.

Board of Directors

Beatrice Visser AB

Walter Siemens BC

Kurt Siemens MB

Hans Kristensen NB

Joseph R. W. Smallwood III NL

John Penner NT

Glen Jennings NS

Scott Brookshaw ON

Ian Simmons PE

Emmanuel Destrijker QC

Regan Sloboshan SK

Wayne Beggs CAC

Ted Hudson CPEPC (Grading)

Mike Vanderpol CPEPC (Processing)

Drew Corneil CPEPC (Hatcheries)

Tim Lambert Chief Executive Officer

Roger Pelissero Chair

Chicken Farmers of Canada

Our Mandate

Chicken Farmers of Canada has two primary mandates. Our main responsibility is to ensure that our 2,800 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. Established in 1978, Chicken Farmers of Canada was established under the provisions of, and receives its legal authority from, the Farm Products Agencies Act

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 they continue to grow the fresh, high-quality chicken that Canadians trust. Through programs such as Raised by a Canadian Farmer On-Farm Food Safety, Animal Care, and Sustainability, and other biosecurity initiatives, Chicken Farmers of Canada works closely with govern-

Industry Snapshot

Sources: CFC, AAFC, CFIA, provincial boards, provincial ministries of Agriculture

2019 Quota Periods

ment partners and industry stakeholders to keep the industry innovative and responsive.

Through our government relations program, Chicken Farmers of Canada strives to ensure that key decision makers in government fully understand the views of Canada’s

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 VISION – (To be) Consumers’ preferred and trusted protein

OUR MISSION – To lead and grow a sustainable Canadian chicken industry, while strengthening trust and enhanching value for Canadians

Canadians want Canadian chicken, so we deliver them fresh, locally-raised food, just the way they like it. Our farmers are a stabilizing force in rural Canada, where they can – and do – reinvest with confidence in their communities, but their contribution is much wider. In sum, we are part of Canada’s economic solution, and do so without subsidies, and are very proud of both.

A driving force in the Canadian economy, the chicken sector’s 2,877 chicken farmers and 185 processors generate employment, wealth, and help sustain agricultural communities in every province across the country. Specifically, the sector:

• sustains 101,900 jobs

• contributes $8 billion to Canada’s Gross Domestic Product

• pays $1.9 billion in taxes (instead of seeking taxpayer money through subsidies)

• purchases 3 million tons of feed, supporting other farmers in turn People care deeply about their food, about knowing where it comes from and that what they’re serving to their family and friends is of the highest quality; our farmers and their families are no different. So when we say that the Canadian chicken industry is good for Canadians, it’s because we know that we’re raising our chickens to the highest standards: yours.

Turkey Farmers of Canada

Turkey Farmers of Canada (TFC) represents Canada’s 500+ turkey farmers. Created in 1974 under the federal Farm Products Agencies Act (FPAA), the Agency encourages cooperation throughout the Canadian turkey industry, promotes the consumption of turkey meat, and oversees the supply management system for turkey in Canada. Mandated by Federal Proclamation, TFC’s Board sets national turkey production levels in response to market activity and market forecasts, as well as expectations regarding imports and competing protein and input markets, to ensure that consumers have access to a secure supply of high-quality Canadian turkey products, and that farmers earn a fair return on their investments.

The Board provides direction to a national office staff and also makes decisions on matters such as research, on-farm food safety, flock care and the promotion of Canadian turkey, all in order to further promote a strong, efficient and competitive turkey production and marketing industry (as per S.21 of the FPAA)

The Canadian turkey industry generates $4.0 billion in economic activity annually, supporting over 16,000 jobs across rural and urban centres. TFC is underway in the second year, of a fully integrated five-year campaign called THINK TURKEY to raise awareness of the benefits of turkey and to increase turkey consumption across Canada. Learn more at www. turkeyfarmersofcanada.ca and www. canadianturkey.ca.

Turkey Farmers of Canada Stats 2020

Brian Bilkes, Chair

CANADIAN HATCHING EGG PRODUCERS

Founded in 1986, the Canadian Hatching Egg Producers (CHEP) represents 240 farmers from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. CHEP is a national organization funded through farmer levies based on the broiler hatching eggs produced. Our Mission: Together with our partners and producers, CHEP ensures a dependable supply of quality broiler hatching eggs to Canadian hatcheries. Our Vision: A prosperous Canadian poultry sector, enabled by a strong and profitable broiler hatching egg 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. CHEP is dedicated to animal welfare, is a leader in food safety initiatives and provides research grants to support continuous improvement in the industry. Canadian farmers produced more than 820 million hatching eggs in 2019.

Luc St-Hilaire, CEO CCT INC. For more than 30 years, CCT developed and produced all paper products needed by the poultry industry across Canada. (chick box, waffled pads, feeder roll, chick guard, chick tray) All of our products should be customized for your own application and they are 100 % biodegradable. We ship as required and in a timely manner directly to your doorstep. Also CCT is a converter who manufactured rolls, embossed paper and chipboard for your commercial and industrial packaging. Outstanding products for unique customer like you. Call us at 1-855-724-3846.

CHARISONS TURKEY HATCHERY LTD. has been supplying Western Canada with poults for over 65 years. We continue to work closely with producers to provide the quality poultry they are looking for. For more information, please call Jamie or Shane at 204-886-2922.

Benoît Fontaine, Chair CHICKEN FARMERS OF CANADA. Hailing from Stanbridge Station, Quebec, Benoît Fontaine, Chair of Chicken Farmers of Canada, first joined the Board of Directors in 2013 as an alternate and became the Quebec Director in 2014. He farms In the Lac Champlain area and raises chickens and turkeys. A former high school Canadian history teacher, and 2nd generation chicken farmer, Benoît has also been heavily Involved in the Union des producteurs agricoles since 1999. Benoît became Chair in 2016.

CHORE-TIME Chore-Time continues its tradition established in 1952 of leadership in the design, manufacture and marketing of equipment for poultry and egg production. With complete end-to-end systems for feeding, feed handling, drinking, egg handling, climate control and house management, Chore-Time is a market leader known for product performance, tailored solutions and a proven independent distribution network. Part of the CTB, Inc. family of companies, Chore-Time now offers a complete line of nests and aviaries for cage-free production. Chore-Time

operates globally from facilities in Indiana, Alabama, the Netherlands and Poland. For more information or to find your local distributor, see www.choretime.com. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.

CLARK AG SYSTEMS LTD. Clark Ag Systems Ltd. has been providing customers with high quality equipment for poultry and egg production for 70 years. Since then, the company has become a trusted supplier to farmers across Canada operating out of Caledonia, Ontario. Clark Ag Systems offers a complete line of production equipment that includes Tecno Poultry Equipment housing options; as well as feeding, watering, heating, ventilation, lighting, electronic monitoring and control systems. The professional and experienced staff at Clark Ag Systems constantly strives to achieve the highest standard for sales, installation and service including their partners across Canada and 24/7 emergency support. For more information please call 1.800.263.6410 or visit www.clarkagsystems.com

CORE CALCIUM AND SHELL PRODUCTS has been the leader in supplying Quality Shell Products to the Poultry and Feed industry for many years. Still located in Mobile, Alabama, the Sales and Management is headed by Ronnie McDonough. Ronnie has over 30 years’ experience in the business with the former Oyster Shell Products Company who owned plants in Baltimore, Maryland and Houston, Texas as well as Mobile. Core Calcium and Shell Products has carried on the process of production closely following the popular Pilot Brand Shell. Our current Coastal Brand Shell is also known as the Organic Choice. With the price of eggs today, Coastal Brand Shell as your Calcium source is more important than ever as any breakage at all can be very expensive. We have new facilities, which opened several years ago, 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. We are located in Listowel, Ontario where we house over 30,000 sq. ft. of parts as well as components for new systems including feeding, watering, housing (cages & nests) lighting, heating, ventilation, and the latest in controller technology. Our experienced staff can assist with design & consultation of new projects as well as renovations. We take pride in our service department, which is fully staffed with licensed electricians & gasfitters and we offer 24hr service. Contact us today to learn more about our product lines or for help on your next project. Visit www.county-line.ca or by phone 1-800-4637622.

CUMBERLAND Cumberland is a world-class poultry equipment manufacturer offering a full line of proven and dependable solutions to maximize production returns for broiler, breeder and turkey producers around the world. Cumberland’s product offering includes feeding and watering systems, feed storage and delivery systems, ventilation equipment, heaters, cooling systems, controls and alarms, nesting equipment and more. Able to accommodate the needs of poultry production operations large and small, Cumberland delivers products engineered to outlast and outperform, service that doesn’t punch a clock, expertise that understands the industry inside and out and the vision to see what’s coming next. For more information visit cumberlandpoultry.com Cumberland is a part of GSI, a worldwide brand of AGCO.

EGG FARMERS OF ALBERTA Established in 1968, Egg Farmers of Alberta (EFA) represents Alberta’s 170+ registered egg farmers and works in close partnership with the Egg Famers of Canada (EFC), to provide Albertans with a stable supply of fresh, high quality, locally produced eggs and egg products.

Roger Pelissero, Chair EGG FARMERS OF CANADA Roger Pelissero is a third generation egg farmer from St. Ann’s, Ontario and Chair of the Egg Farmers of Canada Board of Directors. Prior to his appointment as Chair in 2017, Roger represented Ontario on the Egg Farmers of Canada Board of Directors. He has also served on numerous Board appointed committees including Executive, Cost of Production, Marketing and Nutrition, Service Fee and Production Management. He currently serves on the Egg Farmers of Ontario Board of Directors representing Zone 4 and has also served as a member of Egg Farmers of Ontario’s Executive Committee. As Director for Ontario’s Zone 4, Roger represents Ontario’s Counties of Brant and Haldimand and the regional municipalities of Hamilton-Wentworth and Niagara.

As a representative of Egg Farmers of Canada, Roger has appeared before the House of Commons Standing on Agriculture and Agri-Food and the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry to brief MPs and Senators on the egg industry’s activities and objectives. He is an advocate for evidence-based research that supports progress and innovation, and a member of the Egg Industry Center Board of Advisors of Iowa State University.

Roger has been farming with his family and wife Lorrie since 1984.

Roger Pelissero Président des Producteurs d’œufs du Canada

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PRODUCTEURS D’ŒUFS DU CANADA

Roger Pelissero est un producteur d’œufs de troisième génération de St Ann’s (Ontario) et président du Conseil d’administration Roger Pelissero est un producteur d’œufs de troisième génération de St Ann’s (Ontario) et président du Conseil d’administration des Producteurs d’œufs du Canada. Avant sa nomination à titre de président en 2017, Roger a représenté l’Ontario au

Conseil d’administration des Producteurs d’œufs du Canada. Il a également été membre de nombreux comités constitués par le Conseil d’administration notamment le comité exécutif ainsi que ceux du coût de production, du marketing et de nutrition, des frais de service et de la gestion de la production.

Il représente à l’heure actuelle au Conseil d’administration des Egg Farmers of Ontario la zone 4 et a également fait partie du comité exécutif des Egg Farmers of Ontario. À titre d’administrateur de la zone 4 de l’Ontario, Roger représente les comtés de Brant et Haldimand et les municipalités régionales de Hamilton-Wentworth et Niagara en Ontario.

À titre de représentant des Producteurs d’œufs du Canada, Roger a comparu devant le Comité permanent de l’agriculture et de l’agroalimentaire de la Chambre des communes et le Comité sénatorial permanent de l’agriculture et des forêts pour informer les députés et les sénateurs à propos des activités et des objectifs de l’industrie ovocole. Il préconise la recherche fondée sur des données probantes permettant d’appuyer le progrès et l’innovation, et est membre du comité consultatif de l’Egg Industry Center de l’Iowa State University. Roger travaille dans le secteur agricole avec sa famille et sa femme Lorrie depuis 1984.

Jeff Clarke, Chair

EGG FARMERS OF NOVA SCOTIA Jeff Clarke is Chair of Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia (EFNS) the organization that represents the province’s licensed egg and pullet farmers. Jeff was elected to the Board of Directors in 2017. In 2018, he was elected as Vice-Chair and as Chair in 2019. He serves on several committees within EFNS. Jeff is the fifth generation of Southview Farms, a family farm located in the Annapolis Valley, owned and operated by Jeff and his wife Kelly, their three children; Nicholas, Sophia, and Thomas. They raise 200,000 pullets and have 38,500 layers per year.

Scott Helps

EGG FARMERS OF ONTARIO Scott Helps is Chair of Egg Farmers of Ontario (EFO), an independent, self-governing association funded entirely by egg and pullet farmers. Newly elected as Chair of the Board in April 2020, Scott served as Vice-Chair from 2015-2020 and as a Board Director 2012 to present. As the Director for zone 1, he represents farmers in the Counties of Essex, Kent and Lambton. The Chair of EFO serves as the ex Officio on all Board Committees, including Executive, Egg Industry Advisory, Production Management, Finance, Pullet and Public Affairs. Scott also served as EFO’s representative to Egg Farmers of Canada.

EXACON INC. Exacon manufactures and distributes ventilation, heating, cooling, feeding, lighting and air filtering products across Canada. We provide 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 “LP”), VARIFAN electronic controls, GENIUS electronic controls and the NEW ITOUCH control models with touch screen.

Exacon offers a full line of ventilation for the Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial and Horticultural markets consisting of exhaust fans, cooling products, circulation fans (including VOSTERMANS Greenhouse Fan and the NEW V-FloFan designed in Holland), MULTIFAN and J&D basket fans, inflation fans, electronic controls and LB WHITE heaters (Recov-aire and Avi-Air heat recovery ventilators). Exacon is constantly working to add and develop innovative products to maintain our leading edge. For more information call our office at 1-866-335-1431 or email: info@exacon.ca

FDI

POULTRY

EQUIPMENT

(FORD DICKISON 2000 INC.) For more than 50 years, FDI has offered a full line of Canadian manufactured poultry equipment ranging from enriched layer and pullet batteries and aviaries, manure and egg conveyance, to specialty systems for quail, rabbits, research farms, colleges and universities. As Canada’s only full line poultry equipment manufacturer, we have a continued devotion to meet the requirements of our customers around the world. We are committed to the constant improvement of our equipment and in charge of the quality of our products from start to finish.

G.MCFEETERS Premium Wood Shavings. Since 1959 Mcfeeters Enterprises has been supplying the highest quality wood shavings to the animal bedding markets. We formulate our shavings with the optimal ratio of fines and flakes. As a fully integrated company, we source all raw materials, transport, package, and arrange for delivery to end markets of all our products. This allows us to provide premium products on a consistent and timely year-round basis.

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, LUBINGdrinking systems, FANCOM - ventilation controls, feed weighing/blending systems, live bird weighing systems, HIRED-HAND - super saver heaters, BRANT RADIANT tube heaters and DELTA TUBE hot water heating. Glass-Pac also offers various breeder nesting systems and more. Our products are sold direct with full design, installation, training and support made available.

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VALLEY FORTIFIERS Grand Valley Fortifiers specializes in the formulation, manufacturing and sale of high-quality animal nutrition products and has established itself as a significant force in the Canadian premix industry. GVF is also a leader in niche market research and product development to improve animal health and production while reducing producers’ costs. We’re committed to providing on-farm support and expertise aimed at improving production and the producer’s bottom line. To learn more about unique GVF Poultry Feeds, Premixes and opportunities, connect with Ryan Snyder, GVF Poultry Production Improvement Specialist, 519-7785377.

HELLMANN offers a diversified range of products for all layer and pullet producers, including traditional, enrichable and fully enriched systems, as well as alternative free run, free range and bio systems for both layers and pullets. Each system can be designed with a choice of multiple tier heights and depths. Additionally, Hellmann layer systems can be equipped with a choice of egg elevator or egg lift collection systems. Hellmann has nationwide sales, parts and services to support over 300 customers. 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 call our toll free number 1-800-894-4082.

HOG SLAT For more than 50 years, Hog Slat has been North America’s leader in providing producers with cost-effective production equipment. From our location in Mitchell, ON, we stock and service a full line of poultry products, including LB White heaters, Cumberland drinkers, Dosatron medicators, and Hellmann nesting equipment as well as Hog Slat’s exclusive GrowerSELECT ventilation and feeding equipment. Hog Slat engineers, manufacturers, and distributes GrowerSELECT products directly to farmers to ensure the best possible price to the end user. The GrowerSELECT ventilation lineup consists of AirStorm fiberglass fans, Windstorm circulation fans, curtain and inlet controllers, tunnel doors, and ceiling inlets. Hog Slat bulk bins and flexible augers complete the feed system highlighted by our Classic Flood, Classic Pullet, and Adult Turkey pan feeders. Give us a call today at 519/348-8483 for a quote on your next new or remodeling project.

JANSEN POULTRY EQUIPMENT established in 1984 and present in Canada since 1989, manufacturers of mechanical nests for broiler breeders, commercial layers, layer breeders, egg conveyors and elevators. Hatching packers for any type of incubator are also available from JANSEN POULTRY EQUIPMENT. Slatted floor housing, cage-free rearing systems, aviaries for commercial layers and manure dryers are also manufactured by JANSEN POULTRY EQUIPMENT. For more information: call (646) 931 1987 or mail: canada@jpe.org

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 8 trucks to serve you better, so you can always count on our reliability. 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 519843-2672, jmw@wightman.ca, www.jenimobile. com

KAISER AG SOLUTIONS LTD. Kaiser Poultry Systems is a Canadian based full service poultry equipment manufacturing, designing and servicing company. We offer equipment for all styles of systems; free-run, free-range, organic, enriched and pullet. We are excited to announce that all of our poultry housing systems are Canadian based, and now offer custom design and manufacturing services! KPS also sells and services associated poultry equipment such as egg packers, farm controls, ventilation inlets and fans. For more information please see our website www.kaiserpoultry. com

LUBING With more than 70 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

RUBY360 LTD. “With roots dating back to 1947, Ruby360 is a provider of integrated agricultural solutions across Canada and the USA. We have strong relationships with the manufacturers we represent from North America and Europe to offer highly efficient, durable products. Ruby360 is dedicated as your partner to provide innovative solutions specific to your needs. Ruby360 manufactures control panels in-house, as well as a distributor of Salmet poultry equipment, Once lighting, Munters ventilation, Opticon Agri-Systems agri-controls and renewable energy solutions. For more information or to find your local Ruby360 representative visit our website ruby360.ca or call us at 1-888- 218-7829.”

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 supplies equipment for broiler, breeders, turkey and duck barns. Installation and ongoing service by trained personnel. Contact us at martin@spechtcanada.com

SUNRISE HATCHERY Family owned layer hatchery supplying Western Canada with Shaver White, Bovans, Dekalb and ISA from breeders in secure Alberta locations. Our bio-secure hatchery is designed to supply all the western provinces from Manitoba to British Columbia. Sunrise Hatchery offers combined experience in breeders, layers and hatching that total over 68 years. We help producers achieve better margins! 1-877-534-4676

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 25 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: dennis@ surefootslats.com.

TPI-POLYTECHNIEK TPI-Polytechniek is supplier of polyurethane components for agricultural ventilation systems. Our complete program is produced in our own production facilities in Poland. The used polyurethane is a strong and durable material which assures optimum insulation. Our product line is constantly in development and adjusted to follow the market developments and meet customer needs. A pro-active and experienced sales team assures fast and adequate sales support and a market conform stock management guarantees short delivery-times.

VAL-CO is a leading manufacturer of production equipment for poultry and egg Industries, creating new and exciting products based on innovative thinking, technical research, and field experience. By controlling the manufacture of all the components, VAL-CO engineers its products to work together as complete systems, where compatibility is not only preferred but essential. In addition to its North American facilities and extensive dealer network, VAL-Co maintains manufacturing, sales, and support operations in Europe, Asia, India, and South America. VAL-CO practices its corporate commitment - Performance You Can Count On - through a relentless pursuit of knowledge, continuous improvement, excellent field representation, and the production and distribution of the highest quality products in the industry. VAL-CO prides itself in driving Innovation through product development, providing its customers with premier next generation products and systems that help to ensure success in poultry and egg production operations. Over 255 combined years of industry knowledge and corporate history, a worldwide presence, and a commitment to providing leading products and technical support make VAL-CO a key business partner, whose performance you can count on.

WEBER’S FABRICATING

LTD. Weber’s Fabricating is a family owned business, which started manufacturing Live Turkey Loaders in 1970. Clare grew up on a turkey farm and he has first hand knowledge of the turkey business. Today we offer the traditional slider model as well as a telescoping model in either a single or 2 storey. We are a custom job shop and can probably build it if you can think of it. We would be pleased to quote on your needs. Contact us at (519) 6643711 or email Scott Weber, sweber@webersfab.ca

Barn Spotlight

Brenelm Farms

Sector: Broilers

Location: Tavistock, Ont.

The business

Brenelm Farms is a mixed operation based in Tavistock in southwestern Ontario. Run by the Wilhelm family, the business includes broilers, cash crops and, until recently, a hog operation.

The need

Last September, the Wilhelms had a sow barn fire. They took that moment to reflect on the future of their farm. “We decided the next generation didn’t like the hog business as much as me,” says Jim Wilhelm. The sow barn site wasn’t salvageable as land to grow crops on. Thus, they decided to build their fifth broiler barn there instead.

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The Wilhelms worked with Weeden Environments on a 128 ft. by 268 ft. double wide, tunnel ventilated barn with cool cells. The producers already had two barns with tunnel ventilation and cool cells and found it worked well. “We will get anywhere from a seven to 10°C temperature drop on them,” says Wilhelm about cool cells, which use evaporation to naturally cool barns and reduce heat stress. To ensure the openings were sealed as tightly as possible, they installed hydraulic doors. They’ve also seen other producers with double wide buildings and figured they could reduce energy costs by brooding in half the barn. What’s more, with a new Maximus system they’re able to monitor important metrics like voltage to ground to proactively prevent problems like another barn fire from occurring.

Barn Spotlight highlights new and renovated barns and hatcheries. Do you know of a good candidate to be featured? Let us know at poultry@annexweb.com.

Maximus Controls allow for complete, independent control of both sides of the barn.

The barn includes Valco 14” Fuze feeders and Valco drinkers with cups.

Valco Cool Cells with sufficient air speed from 72” fans will keep birds comfortable during extreme heat stress. Hydraulic covers are being installed for winter protection of the Cool Cells