Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Chicken board shortens cycle


The Chicken Farmers of Ontario marketing board will be shortening its quoto periods from eight to seven weeks.

Board chairman Henry Zantingh said the move will make the industry more sustainable and said the board consulted with its members, processors and hatcheries before announcing the change.

As of February 19, 2017, the first quota period of the new year (Quota Period A-142), CFO farmer-members and their processors and hatcheries will be able to utilize a new seven-week growing (production) crop cycle option for growing and marketing chicken, while those currently growing and marketing on a 12-week production cycle will be required to move to a 10, nine, eight, or seven7-week growing cycle,” the board says on its website today.  
 
This policy update reinforces the importance of continuously evolving our production,” said Zantingh.
The chicken industry in Ontario is rapidly changing in order to meet the needs of farmers, processors and retailers and this change recognizes the growing demand by the industry for the option of utilizing a shorter growing cycle.”
 
Board president and ceo Rob Dougans said “in the balanced best interest of the industry we will continuously review our production approaches to ensure better production planning, operations management, control, and performance results.

Continually assessing strategies for value creation may also include reducing cycles in the future to further optimize sustainable production in the Ontario chicken sector,” he said.