Supervisory Review: Chicken Pricing Policies (2020-2024)
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Letter: BCCGA to BCFIRB — Request for enforcement of pricing order against BCBHEC
British Columbia Chicken Growers Association asks BCFIRB to enforce its decision on BCCMB’s minimum live price formula for A-166, following BCBHEC’s decision to change the processing age.
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Letter: BCCMB to BCFIRB — Clarification on urgency of A-166 pricing query
BC Chicken Marketing Board responds to BCFIRB’s Oct 25 letter, providing a timeline to justify the urgency of its request and reiterating that the BC Broiler Hatching Egg Commission’s processing age decision impacts the pricing structure.
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Report: BCFIRB to Stakeholders — Summary of stakeholder feedback to draft Terms of Reference
This report summarizes stakeholder feedback on the draft Terms of Reference, focusing on processor competitiveness, hatchery margins, and data transparency.
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Letter: BCBHEC to BC Broiler Hatching Egg Producers and Hatcheries — Rationale for processing date change
BCBHEC explains its decision to reduce the breeder processing age to 55 weeks is to prevent a domestic egg surplus, following the BC Egg Hatchery Association’s decision to resume TRQ imports.
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Draft report: BCBHEC — Draft tasks and timelines for chicken sector pricing preview
BC Broiler Hatching Egg Commission outlines its draft plan and timeline for the pricing review, in response to BCFIRB’s August 28 letter.
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Letter: PPPABC to BCFIRB — Procedural fairness concerns regarding BCBHEC and BCFIRB decisions in chicken sector pricing review
This letter objects to BCFIRB’s November 13 decision (which reversed an October 30 ruling) and BCBHEC’s November 4 letter (which advocated for a separate COPF). The PPPABC alleges these actions undermine the supervisory review and breach their procedural rights.
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Letter: BCCMB to BCFIRB — Seeking clarification on live price changes for period A-166
BC Chicken Marketing Board notifies BCFIRB it delayed the A-166 pricing decision, seeking guidance on whether excluding an Ontario levy and applying a BC Broiler Hatching Egg Commission processing age change violate BCFIRB’s pricing freeze.
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Letter: Serecon Inc. to BCBHEC — Confirmation of kill age as a factor in the Breeder Costing Model Linkage
This letter was requested by BCBHEC to provide third-party validation that processing age is an integral part of the linkage formula. Serecon Inc. confirms to the BC Broiler Hatching Egg Commission that kill age has always been a standard normalization factor used in the price linkage calculation, just like feed or chick costs. BCBHEC used…
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Letter: BCBHEC to BCFIRB — Processing age and status of the linkage
BCBHEC responds to BCFIRB’s October 30, 2020 decision regarding the processing age and pricing linkage, defending its processing age decision as compliant.
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Letter: BCFIRB to BCBHEC — Reversal of decision on breeder processing age change
BCFIRB responds to the BC Broiler Hatching Egg Commission, reversing its October 30 decision based on new evidence.