Ontario gains chicken production

Ontario will be able to produce 4.5 per cent more chicken than its base allocation from the national agency.

That compares with a four per cent national increase.

This is the first allocation that implements a new market-sharing agreement under the Chicken Farmers of Canada national supply-management agency.

The Chicken Farmers of Ontario marketing board says that if all producers fill their allocation for quota period A-130, which runs from April 19 to June 13, Ontario’s quota holders will produce 52,699,341 eviscerated kilograms.

The Ontario board also announced that it intends to set production targets for two, not just one, quota period at a time.


It will reserve the right to make changes to reflect market conditions.