The Chicken Farmers
of Ontario marketing board has posted data showing how current prices were
developed and how they differ from a year ago and before the Ontario Farm
Products Marketing Commission ordered reductions to reflect improving feed
efficiency.
The live price for
the current quota period is $1.5556 per kilogram for the basic-size bird.
That’s made up of
feed costs at 7383 cents compared with 7643 under the old formula; chick costs
at 3345 cents vs. 3801 and a producer margin of 51 cents vs. 4784.
The margin is
negotiated every six months between the chicken board and the Association of
Ontario Chicken Processors.
Glenn Black of
Providence Bay, Manitoulin Island, complained to the commission on Feb. 23 that
the chicken board simply citing prices did not constitute the promised
transparency.
The chicken board
posted the background data on Mar. 3.
