Industry: Vegetable
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Letter: BCFIRB to B.C. Chicken Marketing Board — Review of specialty production and new entrant programs
BCFIRB approves BCCMB’s orders related to specialty production, new entrants, small lot production, and quota transfers, following a review of compliance with B.C.’s Regulated Marketing Economic Policy and BCFIRB directions.
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Bulletin: B.C. Vegetable Marketing Commission to producers, agencies and other stakeholders — Review of regulated vegetable marketing on Vancouver Island
BCVMC announces that it will conduct a focused review and assessment of regulated vegetable marketing on Vancouver Island, with guidance from BCFIRB.
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Decision: Bevo Farms Ltd. v. B.C. Vegetable Marketing Commission
BCFIRB grants Bevo Farms Ltd.’s appeal against BCVMC’s decision to deny a cucumber production allocation. BCVMC is ordered to issue a production allocation for 19,560 m2 of cucumber production for the period from September 2008 to February 2009.
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Letter: BCFIRB to B.C. Vegetable Marketing Commission — Agency proposal from BC Fresh Vegetables Inc. (BCFresh) and Vancouver Island Farm Products Inc. (VIFP)
BCFIRB sets out its expectations for BCVMC in responding to BCFresh and VIFP’s proposal for VIFP to operate as a sub-agency, and affirms that it is BCVMC’s responsibility to address the proposal in the first instance.
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Letter: BCFIRB to B.C. Vegetable Marketing Commission, BC Fresh Vegetables Inc. and Vancouver Island Farm Products Inc. — December 23, 2013 supervisory review decision — Central Vancouver Island agencies
BCFIRB clarifies its definition of an “appropriate business model” for designated agencies, and confirms BCVMC’s authority to monitor, assess and determine the status of agencies on an ongoing basis.
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Report: Economic Impact of B.C.’s Dairy, Chicken, Turkey, Hatching Egg, and Table Egg Industries — 2011 Update
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP provides an analysis of the economic impacts of British Columbia’s supply-managed dairy, chicken, turkey, hatching egg, and table egg industries for 2011, highlighting contributions to GDP, employment, and tax revenues.
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Preliminary Decision: BC Vegetable Greenhouse I, L.P. v. British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Commission
Appeal of VMC’s Order 10/03(a) requiring BC Vegetable to remit $376,642 in levies. This preliminary decision addresses disclosure disputes, requests for forensic examination of Commission computers, scope of the appeal, and scheduling. The Board ordered limited further disclosure, dismissed other requests, and confined the appeal to levy calculation issues.
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Costs decision: BC Vegetable Greenhouse I, L.P. v. British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Commission
Costs decision arising from appeal of BCVMC Order 10/03(a) regarding levy calculations for greenhouse vegetable producers. The matter involves costs applications by the BCVMC and BC Hot House Foods Inc. following extensive interlocutory steps and disputes over the scope of appeal and document disclosure.
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Preliminary Decision: BC Vegetable Greenhouse I, L.P. v. British Columbia Vegetable Marketing Commission
Appeal of BCVMC’s Order 10/03(a) requiring BC Vegetable Greenhouse I, L.P. to remit $376,642 in outstanding levies. The BCVMC and BC Hot House sought summary dismissal of the appeal. The Board dismissed most grounds as frivolous or an abuse of process, but allowed the appeal to proceed on jurisdiction and computation issues.
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Decision: Supervisory review of the B.C. greenhouse vegetable industry
The B.C. Marketing Board issues a decision addressing various issues in the regulated vegetable sector, including marketing exemptions, levy impositions, and marketing conditions.