Thursday, March 22, 2012

Zantingh heads chicken board


 
Henry Zantingh is the new chairman of the Chicken Farmers of Ontario marketing board.

He takes over from Murray Booy who stepped aside after three years as chairman. Booy was elected first vice-chairman, swapping positions with Zantingh.

Murray Opsteen was elected second vice-chairman.

Henrik Lise from District Four is the only new director elected to the board this year.

The board also introduced a new-entrant program, similar to one the egg board implemented last year.
As with the egg board plan, new entrants must buy some quota, (4,000 units) and they can borrow more from the board (10,00 units). 

In the case of the egg board, the entrants have 10 years to buy the borrowed quota in instalments. The chicken board is giving entrants 15 years to buy back the 10,000 units.

The chicken board also introduced the strategic plan developed by the Chicken Industry Advisory Committee. It features new allocation arrangements for both Ontario and Quebec, but I've had no luck asking the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission for a copy.

Seems like the more important policy decisions are, the more difficult it is to get the details instead of the chicken board's spin.