The list is:
$659,750 for L’Équipe québécoise de contrôle des maladies avicoles to develop an insurance-based compensation plan for Quebec poultry producers to cover certain costs related to outbreaks of six diseases, including avian influenza;
$378,250 for the Canadian Egg Industry Reciprocal Alliance to develop an avian influenza insurance for Canadian regulated egg supply chain producers and a Salmonella enteritidis insurance for Quebec broiler breeders hatching egg producers;
$473,700 for Chicken Farmers of Ontario to develop enhanced biosecurity operating procedures during a poultry disease outbreak, and to implement an avian influenza insurance to compensate chicken and turkey producers in Ontario for losses resulting from a disease outbreak, and
$318,500 for the Poultry Insurance Exchange Reciprocal of Canada to develop an avian influenza insurance for Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan hatching egg producers and Ontario table egg producers.
More than a decade ago, Deborah Whale of Alma led efforts to develop recipricol insurance for disease outbreaks for livestock and poultry.
