Industry: Chicken
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Notification: BCFIRB to Farm Products Council of Canada and Chicken Farmers of Canada — Current national and provincial chicken industry issues
BCFIRB outlines concerns about unresolved pricing and allocation issues in the chicken supply-managed system, emphasizing the need for strategic, effective, and accountable responses.
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Decision: Prior approval chicken interim pricing formula weight class amendment starting period A-178
BCFIRB approves the BC Chicken Marketing Board’s request to change the Ontario weight class reference in the interim formula to 2.15kg – 2.45kg, effective period A-178. This is BCFIRB’s final decision on the weight class change, a component of the BCCMB’s June 10, 2022, request that BCFIRB had deferred in its June 28, 2022, decision.
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Decision: Paul Kuszyk, Three Gates Farm v. B.C. Chicken Marketing Board
BCFIRB dismisses Paul Kuszyk’s appeal against BCCMB’s decision to deny his request to remove transfer restrictions on incentive quota offered to new entrant growers on Vancouver Island.
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Decision: Supervisory review of B.C. Chicken Marketing Board pricing-related recommendations
BCFIRB issued a decision on the supervisory review of BCCMB’s pricing-related recommendations, addressing issues such as the live price model, assurance of supply and the Market Development Program.
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Decision: Vancouver Island chicken industry supervisory review
BCFIRB ends subsidies and recommends quota policy changes after determining large-scale Island chicken production is unsustainable without a local processor.
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Decision: B.C. Chicken Marketing Board interim pricing formula amendment prior approval – starting period A-177
BCFIRB approves the BC Chicken Marketing Board’s request to continue the 50% recovery above the guardrail for three periods but denies the change in Ontario weight class reference for A-177.
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Letter: BCFIRB to Supply Managed Boards — Quota management issues and new entrant collateral
BCFIRB raises concerns that the declining quota transfer assessment (established during the Specialty Review) is harming new entrants’ ability to use quota as collateral.
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Decision: South Alder Holdings Ltd. v. B.C. Chicken Marketing Board
The BCFIRB denied South Alder Holdings Ltd.’s appeal to regrow 24,618 kg of production lost in period A89 due to a combination of colibacillosis outbreak and avian influenza quarantine. The board found no force majeure event, as performance was not rendered impossible.
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Decision: Vanmar Poultry Ltd. v. British Columbia Chicken Marketing Board
Appeal of a BCCMB decision to apply OFFSAP non-compliance penalties to later quota periods (A-89, A-90) after an administrative error prevented their application in the original periods.
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Letter: BCFIRB to Supply Managed Boards — Direction on principles and procedures for distribution of national allocations
BCFIRB outlines the requirement for marketing boards and commissions (BCBHEC, BCMMB, BCCMB, BCTMB, BCEMB) to establish clear principles and criteria for distributing national allocations.