The national chicken marketing agency continues to call for production increases next spring and early summer.
For quota period A-149 (Mar. 18 to May 12) it wants an increase of five per cent over last year and for A-150 (May 13,to July 7) four per cent.
Ontario’s increases are greater – 5.7 per cent (62.7 million kilograms) for the spring and 4.6 per cent (63.8 million kilograms) for early summer.
“The Canadian chicken market is still adjusting to the supply disruptions arising from the abrupt reduction in fraudulent fowl imports and finding a new normal of having a greater mix of chicken being produced by Canadians," the Ontario board says on its website.
