The Farm Products Council of Canada has approved a special production increase to supply egg processing companies that would otherwise be relying on supplementary import permits.
Imports are unlikely this year because the United States is experiencing a supply shortage due to culling to prevent the spread of avian influenza.
Egg Farners of Canada wrote to the council that “the STMRQ category was created as a fiscally prudent risk mitigation tool to increase
domestic supply for the processing industry, lessening reliance on imports, specifically supplementary requests.
“STMRQ focuses on identifying eligible flocks to produce beyond the
typical flock cycle where facility and other conditions have been met.
“Flocks participating in STMRQ do so on a temporary basis in response to urgent requirements in the processing marketplace.
“As such, STMRQ production is dedicated to processors and subject to the prevailing pricing under the Industrial Products (IP) Program; no eggs produced under STMRQ are destined to the table market.
“To ensure an equitable, predictable and controlled supply to Canadian processors, the IP Program assumes the expenses for transportation
from the production facility to the processor. No other costs of STMRQ production are incurred in the IP Program.
“ Provincial egg boards are responsible for the management of the program through Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with EFC (Egg Farmers of Canada) and the respective processing
stations. When STMRQ supply is no longer required, EFC directs egg boards to removeparticipating flocks from production as soon as it is feasible to do so.”
Canada’s dominant egg processors are controlled by Burnbrae and GrayRidge, now owned by P&H.
