Only three people sold layer quota and only
four sold pullet quota on the first monthly exchange run by the Egg Farmers of
Ontario marketing board.
The board is not revealing how many buyers
and sellers submitted bids and offers, nor how much quota they sought. Nor is
it telling producers how much the top bid price was or for how much quota.
“That information will not be shared and was
never discussed or promised to be shared,” general manager Harry Pelissero
e-mailed a producer who asked.
There were 21,407 units of egg quota on
offer, but only 16,003 sold at a market-balancing price of $295,85. There were
16 successful buyers.
There were 78,058 units of pullet quota on
offer and only 12,788 sold at a market-balancing price of $24 per unit. There
were five successful buyers.
It’s the first chance producers have had to
sell or buy quota since the board imposed a ban last June, saying it needed to
freeze the market while the directors pondered proposals for the quota
exchange.
