Egg producers are getting 9.9 cents more per dozen because the national agency has reduced levies.
The decrease is due to a number of changes in levies for different purposes. It has just received approval from the National Products Council.
The national agency is also increasing production because the cost of imports from the United States has risen, costing the agency about $200 million so far this year. The imports were necessary to meet Canadian demand, which the agency is obligated to fill.
The production increases are balanced by a temporary increase last year when U.S. egg prices soared after millions of birds were euthanized to prevent the spread of highly-pathogenic avian influenza.
The national agency has also lowered the price of eggs dedicated for industrial processing by 25 cents per dozen to $1.21.
The result of the changes is an Ontario egg levy of 44.55 cents per dozen.
