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by Brett Ruffell

The season for recognition

It’s that time of year again when we recognize the achievements of the professionals who drive this industry.

Firstly, we’re once again acknowledging some of poultry’s up and comers. This spring, Canadian Poultry launched our second annual Top 4 Under 40 program, an initiative designed to recognize young poultry leaders. We were truly blown away by the incredible submissions we received.

These four young poultry professionals were selected for this year’s program: David Arand, a turkey farmer from Atwood, Ont.; Dr. Teryn Girard, a veterinarian with Prairie Livestock Veterinarians in Red Deer, Alta.; Emma Rutherford, a broiler farmer from Woodstock and Embro, Ont.; and Conrad Vanessen, an egg farmer and an Egg Farmers of Alberta director from Coaldale, Alta.

To learn more about each honouree, visit canadianpoultrymag.com/podcasts to hear our Top 4 Under 40 podcast series featuring interviews with this year’s winners. Also, watch out for a digital edition later this summer with highlights from each interview.

We sincerely appreciate everyone’s help in making this program a success once again! We’d particularly like to thanks those who submitted nominations and our program sponsors, including our gold sponsors Aviagen and Egg Farmers of Canada and our silver

sponsor Canadian Hatching Egg Producers.

Furthering our theme of recognition, this issue is our Who’s Who edition, an annual tradition where we profile producers and other industry professionals from coast to coast. In the pages ahead, you’ll learn about farmers, researchers, veterinarians and more who are making unique contributions to poultry production.

We’ve found a diverse group of professionals for this year’s issue. For instance, in our cover story on page 10, we feature Quebec organic egg farmer Pascale Mageau-Béland – who doubles as an engineer. On page 14, learn about Saskatchewan’s

“It’s that time of year again when we recognize the achievements of the professionals who drive this industry.”

Sandy Zerebeski, a raised without antibiotics expert who shares his expertise with numerous poultry producers across his province as he liaises on behalf of a processor.

Then there’s Amy VanderHeide (featured on page 30), a broiler producer from Nova Scotia who’s also a passionate advocate for women in agriculture as co-founder of the Maritime Ag Women’s Network.

On that note, we have once again partnered with our fellow agriculture brands at Annex Business Media to celebrate the

contributions of women. Influential Women in Canadian Agriculture (IWCA) is a recognition program designed to honour, highlight and celebrate the work women are doing across Canada’s agriculture industry – including in poultry.

Now in its third year, we are proud to present the seven women chosen as the 2022 Influential Women in Canadian Agriculture. Please join us in congratulating: Valerie Carney, lead with the Poultry Innovation Partnership in Alberta; Lisa Mumm, owner of Mumm’s Sprouting Seeds in Saskatchewan; Mary Ruth McDonald, a professor and research program director with the University of Guelph; Christine Noronha, a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Lana Shaw, manager with the Southeast Research Farm; Karen Tanino, a professor with the University of Saskatchewan; and Heather Watson, executive director with Farm Management Canada.

These seven women will share their stories and wisdom in the IWCA podcast series on AgAnnex Talks, a channel presented by Canadian Poultry along with Top Crop Manager, Potatoes in Canada, Fruit & Vegetable, Drainage Contractor and Manure Manager magazines. Of note for those in poultry, our podcast with Carney is available in late August.

This year’s IWCA program will culminate with a virtual event this fall, bringing together women from across the industry to share their experiences and offer guidance. Stay tuned to agwomen.ca for more details!

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What’s Hatching

Over 2M Canadian birds hit by HPAI

The latest figures released by the World Organisation for Animal Health in late June show that more than two million commercial poultry in Canada have been affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) this year. Based on the data made available, more broilers have been affected than any other type of poultry. Eleven broiler flocks involving about 900,000 chickens were affected. Every province has had at least one confirmed HPAI case, whether it has been in a commercial flock, backyard flock, wild birds or a combination of two or more of these.

Avian flu ‘recovery is now well underway’ in Ontario

Recovery from the 2022 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak “is now well underway,” in Ontario, the province’s Feather Board Command Centre said in a statement on its website. Since March 20, HPAI was confirmed in commercial poultry flocks and six backyard flocks in Ontario. However, as of mid-June there had been no additional positive cases of HPAI in the province since May 18, when the virus was confirmed in a commercial flock in York.

CFIA lifts avian influenza restrictions in New Brunswick

CFIA has ended restrictions in New Brunswick that were imposed following the discovery of the highly pathogenic avian influenza in the province in April. In mid-June the federal agency lifted the primary control zone that was imposed after H5N1 avian influenza was detected in a small flock of poultry in the Turtle Creek area of New Brunswick.

Pellisero served as Egg Farmers of Ontario’s general manager from 2003 to 2020.

PIC recognizes career of long-time EFO GM Harry Pelissero

Harry Pellisero, former General Manager of Egg Farmers of Ontario (EFO), has been awarded the Poultry Industry Council (PIC) “Ed McKinlay Poultry Worker” award for 2021.

presented to an individual whose contributions have had a lasting impact on the poultry industry.

The award was presented at the EFO AGM June 9th, 2022, and recognizes an individual who has made a significant and lasting contribution, or has given outstanding service to the industry, which as a result has moved the industry forward.

Pellisero is widely recognized for his leadership to the staff and board of EFO as general manager from 2003 to 2020. He was supported by a vast background in agriculture as he grew up on an egg and fruit farm in St. Catharines as a third-generation farmer.

“We are very pleased to be giving this award to Harry after a long and successful career in the poultry sector,” says PIC board chair Ed Verkley.

As general manager of EFO, Pellisero played an integral role, both provincially and nationally, in representing EFO on Industrial Product and Nutrient Management, and he was instrumental in bringing the EFO’s On-Farm Food Safety Plan to fruition.

He was deeply committed to EFO’s Values and Vision through Strategic Planning; ensuring EFO was well-positioned to respond to all emergency situations; and as a result of his excellent interpersonal skills Harry ensured positive relationships with all industry partners.

Pellisero’s spotlight was never far from the ‘egg’ in his quest to increase egg consumption and egg usage was shown through research and promotion.

“We have a few more awards to give out over the next little while as we are catching up from delays due to the pandemic,” Verkley adds.

Celebrating the faces of Canadian farmers at Downtown Diner

Early yesterday morning, Canadian poultry and egg farmers hosted their renowned pop-up Downtown Diner on Sparks Street in Ottawa. With this year’s event serving up sumptuous wraps, frittatas and nibbles, the main focus was placed squarely on celebrating the hard work of Canada’s farming families, their commitment to sustainable food production and the system of supply management, which gives Canadians year-round access to fresh, local, high-quality food.

Throughout the event, farmers representing Egg Farmers of Canada, Chicken Farmers of Canada, Turkey Farmers of Canada and Canadian Hatching Egg Producers highlighted the importance of made-in-Canada food, while speaking to key government stakeholders and the Ottawa public about farming in Canada.

“As a farmer, I’m proud to be able to produce high-quality food sustainably in order to feed people in my community and to be able to give back in a meaningful way,” said Anneke Donkers-Stickney, Ontario egg farmer. “It’s great to have the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life and talk to them about where their food comes from and how family farms, like mine, support people and businesses in my immediate community and across the country.”

“Downtown Diner is an exciting way to put a face to Canadian farmers while showcasing why Canadian agriculture is so important for our collective well-being,” said Brian Bilkes, Chair of Canadian Hatching Egg Producers. “Our food system is strong and will remain strong thanks to the support given to the next generation of farmers and the communities we serve.”

New this year, Downtown Diner’s menu featured three winning recipes from the 2022 Parliamentarian Recipe contest, which saw MPs and Senators from across Canada submit their favourite dish, featuring either Canadian chicken, turkey or eggs or a combination of all three. Bringing the event full circle, Canadian poultry and egg farmers also announced a contribution of $20,000 to support food banks across Canada.

“I am proud to represent the riding of Perth—Wellington, home to the highest number of chicken farmers in Canada, and I am very pleased to acknowledge the important role Canada’s poultry and egg producers play in tackling the critical issue of food insecurity through their support of local food banks across Canada,” said M.P. John Nater, one of three 2022 Parliamentarian Recipe Contest winners.

Coming Events

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B.C. flood cost $675M in insured damage: bureau

November’s floods in British Columbia that swamped homes and farms, swept away roads and bridges and killed five people are now the most costly weather event in provincial history.

The Insurance Bureau of Canada made the statement as it released the latest cost estimate of $675 million, and that’s only for damage that was insured.

The previous estimate was $515 million in losses, but the bureau says in a statement that much of the increase is due to business claims in places where commercial insurance is more available. In contrast, it says many residents were located in high-risk flood areas where insurance coverage isn’t available, which could cost all levels of government “well into the billions of dollars.”

So-called atmospheric rivers flowed over southwestern B.C. for days in November, bringing record rainfall and quickly

swelling waterways.

Mudslides swept people away in their cars, rivers carved new routes and washed out highways and bridges, cutting off major highways into the Interior, which stopped the supply chain from the coast to the rest of the country.

“While the insured losses from the November flood events are increasing, it is clear that the overwhelming majority of costs for this disaster will be borne by government,” said Aaron Sutherland, a vice-president with the Insurance Bureau of Canada.

The bureau is a member of the federal, provincial and territorial task force on flood insurance and says it has put forward options to create a residential flood insurance program that includes a public-private partnership model.

It says that idea would help make affordable insurance available to residents in high-risk areas.

Chicken farmers bring message to Parliament Hill

In late May, representatives from Chicken Farmers of Ontario joined chicken farmers from across the country to meet Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament, and Senators in Ottawa as part of Chicken Farmers of Canada’s federal advocacy meetings. Participants brought a positive message of how Canadian chicken farmers are committed to continuing to meet the needs of Canadian consumers and were pleased to receive reaffirmation of support for supply management from members of all parties.

National Poultry Show cancelled due to HPAI concerns

$November’s floods are now

In late May, the Poultry Industry Council and Western Fair Association announced that the National Poultry Show – Industry Open House, which was scheduled for June 22-23, was cancelled. Currently, there are no plans for a further postponement of the 2022 show. The decision followed a whirlwind week of discussions with attendees, exhibitors and sponsors regarding the ongoing highly pathogenic avian influenza situation in Ontario.

Manitoba Egg Farmers celebrates 50 years

In early May, Manitoba’s egg farmers invited the public to join them for free coffee and delicious egg sandwiches recently in downtown Winnipeg. There was also a chance to meet egg farmers and ask questions about eggs and egg farming. Attendees took home Manitoba Egg Farmers-branded swag and a local radio station was onsite playing music and inviting folks to join in the celebration.

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Pascale Mageau-Béland

Engineer turned egg farmer’s life comes full circle.

By Mark Cardwell

The road of life sometimes leads us back to where our journey began – only richer from the knowledge, experience and insights we acquire along the way.

Take Pascale Mageau-Béland. Fifteen years ago, she left her parent’s egg and poultry farm in Plaisance, a rural village on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River, to study at Montreal’s Polytechnique, one of Canada’s top engineering schools.

She graduated a decade ago and has lived and worked in Montreal since then as a process engineer in the mining and metal industries for Canadian project management and engineering giant Hatch.

“Returning home and getting involved in the family business was not something I was thinking about when I left,” Mageau-Béland says. “And I love working as an engineer and living in Montreal.”

But five years ago, love for the rural life and a longing for a new challenge with her life partner away from the big city led Mageau-Béland back to Plaisance, a 90-minute drive northwest of Montreal.

And with the help of her family, she and husband Marc-Oliver Huot-Drouin are building an innovative organic egg production business that they run mostly remotely from Montreal as a sideline to their professional careers while living in the city – for now at least.

“There are definitely challenges with being remote,” Mageau-Béland says. “But we go to the farm with our two daughters every chance we get. We all love it there.”

New organic barn

Called Ferme Pascale et Marco, the couple’s business is centred on a new fully automated, free-range organic egg barn that has housed up to 8,500 Loman Brown hens since becoming operational in 2018.

The 400-foot-long, 40-foot-wide building notably features nesting boxes in the middle with inclined floors and a hidden conveyor that collects and carries eggs to a gathering room where they are handled and put in trays.

Birds also have access to a large fenced-in outdoor yard that is nearly twice the size of the barn from May to October.

Most of Ferme Pascale et Marco’s egg production is bought by Lyn, Ont.-based Burnbrae Farms, which makes weekly pick-ups at both Mageau-Béland’s barn and her family’s farm, which share connecting fields.

“Feed and water are automated and everything is connected online – like bird weight, food and water consumption or if a fan that’s not working – so we can monitor things from a distance,” Mageau-Béland says.

“We have an employee who checks up on the birds’ health and well-being, picks up eggs, changes and piles

trays and cleans up broken eggs,” she adds. “We’re on the phone everyday with the employee and my dad. But it’s a bit stressful having to rely on others. And sometimes I just have to drop everything and go there myself, like when we had a small fire in the barn from an electrical short near a water line.”

Leaving the big city

That’s part of the reason why she and her Marco and now planning to move to Plaisance full time next year and work remotely as engineers, commuting when necessary. “Being at the farm everyday will alleviate a lot of the stress,” Mageau-Béland says. “And it’s a great place to raise our two young daughters.”

They also now plan to acquire her father’s egg business, which includes 12,000 laying hens and 8,500 pullets, which are raised in a new barn built in 2020, and a small rented quota for turkey.

“Our operations are already quite integrated,” said Mageau-Béland. “Our employees – one fulltime, two

part-time – already work at both places.”

She and Huot-Drouin also plan to one day transform her father’s conventional egg business into an organic one.

“We’re currently studying that,” she said. “It would take some doing but it’s not impossible.”

Coming full circle

The move will also help bring her poultry farming life full circle. The oldest of four children, MageauBéland was born and raised on a small farm near Quebec City, where her grandparents and her father Nil Béland had a broiler business with 25,000 birds.

According to Mageau-Béland, her father sold his parents’ farm and used the money to buy an existing egg farm in Plaisance, close to where her mother, Chantale Mageau, is from.

“It was tough moving,” recalls Mageau-Béland, who at age 14 left friends and family behind for a new life in Quebec’s Outaouais region.

The family’s new farm there had a one-storey, conventional barn with first 9,000, then 12,000 laying hens. Nils Béland, who is also an agronomist, also landed some turkey quota.

Like her siblings, Mageau-Béland helped on the farm. But like her, they too left home for post-secondary studies: her two sisters becoming engineers like her, their brother a classical musician who is now studying law.

Mageau-Béland met Huot-Drouin at Polytechnique Montréal, where he was also studying chemical engineering. The two started dating and were soon making trips to Plaisance to visit Mageau-Béland’s parents and help out around the farm. “Marco didn’t grow up on a farm, but both of his parents did, so he was used to them,” Mageau-Béland says. “And like me he loves being on farms.”

A new challenge

Organic Differences

As a certified organic egg farm, their barn and yard have a maximum capacity of 8,500 birds. In contrast, if they were free range, the same space could house 14,000.

With steady incomes, no kids and millennial generation values that put a premium on healthy foods and collaborative, technology-driven industry, the couple started searching for a business opportunity they could partner in.

“We were looking for a project that we could build together,” Mageau-Béland says. “We’re both environmentally minded – especially when it comes to food, particularly organic foods – and engineering ties in beautifully with the food industry. So, we soon came up with the idea for an organic egg farm.”

Her father, she adds, was in the midst of thinking about the succession of his own egg business – Ferme JL Béland – when she and Huot-Drouin shared their embryonic idea with him in 2017.

“Everything changed for him and us after that,” Mageau-Béland says. “He offered to help us financially and physically to build our own farm next to his – and that’s exactly what happened.”

The first step, she adds, was to decide the kind of egg production they wanted and to figure out if and how they could take care of the birds remotely.

“There’s a long list of things you have to do and respect in order to be certified organic,” MageauBéland says. “A big difference is space. Our barn and yard have a maximum capacity of 8,500 birds. If we were free range, we could have 14,000.”

Another big consideration was feed, which must be made from organic grains that are grown without the use of pesticides and herbicides. “It costs basically twice as much,” Mageau-Béland says about organic chicken feed, which they buy from a local supplier.

After buying land and getting quota transferred from her father in 2017, Mageau-Béland and her husband dove into the planning for their state-of-the-art barn. As it was being built, the couple welcomed their first child, Florence, into the world in April 2018.

Growing in lockstep

Since then, the couple’s family has grown in lockstep with their egg business. By the time their second daughter – Simone – was born in October 2020, Florence, now four, was already helping in the barn.

“At first she was scared being in the midst of 8,500 chickens,” Mageau-Béland says. “But now she’s very comfortable being in the bar and loves going there to pick up eggs. And she’s the best at removing feathers from them and at finding the cracked and broken ones that we keep to eat.”

Giving back

In addition to their business with

“There’s a long list of things you have to do and respect in order to be certified organic.”

Burnbrae, the couple also sells eggs locally through Racines Rurales (or ‘rural roots’), an organic farming cooperative in the Outaouais region with a half-dozen members of young producers who produce weekly organic basket.

“It’s a nice local initiative,” says Mageau-Béland, whose husband is a group board member. For her part, she is becoming involved with the Fédération des producteurs d’oeufs du Québec, which represents the 165 egg farmers of all stripes in la belle province.

“I like what the federation does for producers,” says MageauBéland, who also participated in the Egg Farmers of Canada’s national young farmer program in 2020. “I want to help it make our industry even stronger.”

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Sandy Zerebeski

A self-made man with a passion for people and poultry. By Melanie Epp

When Sandy Zerebeski started working in Saskatchewan’s poultry sector in 2005, he had absolutely no experience. While there are grain farmers in his extended family, he grew up in Saskatoon surrounded by more people than poultry. Yet, today, his combination of true passion and hands-on experience makes him one of the province’s most sought-after poultry experts.

Zerebeski has been working at Prairie Pride Natural Foods since the company first broke ground in late 2005. Within six months of starting as a live haul driver, the company promoted him to supervisor, entrusting him to manage live haul operations. Zerebeski held this position for two years.

During his first years with the company, Zerebeski started doing field service

work. If producers had issues on-farm, he would walk their barns and try to find a solution. If birds needed to go to the lab for diagnostics, Zerebeski was the one to take them.

After two years in live haul operations and field service work, Zerebeski moved into Prairie Pride’s hatcheries, where he managed flocks for three years. From the hatchery, he moved into the company’s federally inspected processing plant and took over the live haul side of the business as logistics manager. On average, the facility processes 60,000 broilers each day, five days a week.

Later, Zerebeski started working on the company’s corporate farms as an onfarm manager. In that role, he is responsible for purchasing equipment and working with the manager to improve production. Prairie Pride has five corporate farms that raise broilers. They had

raised turkeys for 14 years but sold their quota two years ago.

Since 2010, Zerebeski has been based at the processing plant. He continues to offer field services to Saskatchewan’s many poultry producers, both those who work for Prairie Pride as well as those who don’t.

Turning heads

Jasmine Crump, nutrition and production consultant at New-Life Mills, has watched Zerebeski’s career blossom over the years. She is impressed by his strong work ethic and the connections he’s made within the industry.

“I think that’s what makes him so influential,” she says. “Because he started just truck driving. He knows all the live haul. He knows the feed trucking side of it. He knows every step of the way.”

Crump attributes the success of Saskatchewan’s raised without antibiotics

(RWA) program to Zerebeski as well. It’s his poultry knowledge and hands-on experience that has made it a success, she says. Crump points out that Zerebeski is not only knowledgeable but also self-taught.

Hands-on learning

Everything he knows about barn management and bird welfare comes from hands-on experience. As an example, Crump pointed to Zerebeski’s discovery that birds grown under RWA programs were found clustered in the feed pan.

Under RWA programs, cocci vaccines are an important management strategy, and to do this 35 per cent litter moisture needs to be maintained to help the cocci vaccine cycle.

While managing one of the Prairie Pride Farms, Zerebeski noticed the birds huddled in the pan and realized the litter was too cool. “Even though the temperatures in the barn told us everything was fine, the birds were telling us that it wasn’t,” Zerebeski says.

Crump said the realization was an important one, as adjusting the temperature got the birds out of the feeding pan and back onto the litter.

“That really has changed how we grow birds out of Saskatchewan for RWA,” Crump says.

Liaison work

Working in the processing plant has given Zerebeski an added edge as well. Part of his job is to review condemn reports. The most common condemn at the Prairie Pride processing plant is cellulitis, often caused by infected scratches.

But producers can receive condemns for other issues, including lighting and ventilation infractions. Higher condemns serve as red flag and often warrant a call to the producer. The aim is not to chastise them for wrongdoing but to assist them in improving management practices.

In fact, if what they’re seeing raises enough concern, Zerebeski will call them directly, invite them to the plant and show them exactly what they’re seeing. “We’re very open with our producers here with what we see at the plant,” he says.

Most problems are caught early, though, as Zerebeski hosts a weekly chat with producers where they talk through potential issues and how best to resolve them. It also keeps producers within the sector connected.

“I try to keep that line open so that they know if they’re having an issue, they can reach out to one of their fellow managers,” he says. “It doesn’t always have to be who gets the call. They can talk with each other and work as a team.”

Sharing expertise

Beyond management, Zerebeski has helped build some of the company’s corporate barns, as well as those of producers outside of the company, offering advice on equipment, suppliers and builders.

Once built, he helped new producers settle in, showing them what works and what hasn’t. He’s knowledgeable, for instance, when it comes to lighting programs, having worked closely with

University of Saskatchewan researcher Karen Schwean. He also helped develop a half-house brooding system that keeps young birds together in one half of the barn for their first four to seven days. “It gets them on feed faster by giving them less room to wander,” Zerebeski explains. “If the bird is on feed right away, it’s going to get a better start. It’s going to start growing faster, it’s going to be healthier.”

Passion for poultry

Deeply humble, Zerebeski doesn’t see himself as innovative or special. Yet, the importance of his role in Saskatchewan’s poultry sector cannot be underestimated. Crump says what makes him stand out is his passion.

“He works tirelessly some days to get it done,” she says. “If someone needs help, he’s the first one there. He’s passionate about what he does and he loves the producers in the industry.”

Zerebeski doesn’t know where his career will take him next, but he says he’s open to new challenges. “I don’t know what’s going to come in the future,” he says. “You never know, things seem to be changing all the time. But I’ll be looking to adapt to whatever comes next.”

Marc Cormier

Broiler farmer and industry advocate driven by passion for improvement.

By Mark Cardwell

If there’s one thing Marc Cormier loves more than poultry farming, it’s interacting with his fellow producers, industry stakeholders and consumers who rely on quality poultry products.

“I’m a people person,” says Cormier, a third-generation, francophone broiler producer in east-central New Brunswick. “I really enjoy meeting and talking with others so I can hear and learn about things that work and don’t work on our farms and in our industry so we can work to make things better.”

It’s that passion for improvement that continues to drive Cormier’s long and devoted service to the poultry industry both in his home province and across Canada.

And like with charity, his desire and commitment to make things better begins at home.

Cormier and his younger brother Serge produce 3.3 million kilograms of broilers in eight barns on their family’s farm in Saint-Paul, a rural parish in the heart of Acadia and a 20-minute drive from the Northumberland Strait, which separates NB and Prince Edward Island. Their production represents roughly 10 per cent of the total annual output of the nearly 40 broiler producers in Canada’s Picture Province.

Family farm background

The brothers’ business was started in the early 1960s by their paternal grandfather, Yvon, who started raising chickens – in

addition to beef and dairy cattle – in a single barn.

“It was a mixed farm,” says Cormier. “Granddad couldn’t rely solely on birds back then because there was no system in place to ensure producers could make a good living.”

Despite over-supply problems and an absence of collective planning that brought the Canadian poultry industry to the brink of collapse in those pre-supply management days, Cormier’s father

Edgar partnered with his father in the farm in 1966 and led an expansion of their broiler business.

The following year, when Marc was born, they added a second barn, then a third a couple of years later when Serge was born. It wasn’t until after 1979 however, when the advent of the Canadian Chicken Marketing Agency – now Chicken Farmers of Canada – helped to stabilize the poultry industry, that the family focussed their farming activities

on poultry production.

After growing up helping his father and mother, Dorine, with the family business, Marc went to community college and studied computer engineering. Though he never worked in the field, the knowledge and training he acquired proved useful when he (and later Serge) partnered with his dad in 1998.

Brothers step up

“Back then the business had four barns and produced half the number of broilers it does today,” Marc Cormier says. “But it grew quickly after Serge and I got involved.”

Within a few years, father and sons added three new barns to house the thousands of additional birds they raised under quotas bought from retiring producers.

They also built a mash mill/feed mill in the middle of the barns in 2000 that supplies feed silos at each building with feed blown in through three-inch pneumatic pipes.

The motorized silos can convey feed automatically to

the feed tube and deliver it to the house at regular intervals, helping to reduce the need for manual labour.

“Sixty per cent of our production costs are feed related,” Cormier adds. “Making it ourselves ensures that our birds get the best possible nutrition. And we save money that we can use to improve other areas of our production.”

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New ventures

The Cormiers also became partners with breeders in St. Leonard, a three-hour drive north of Saint-Paul, and began producing their own chicks.

They ended up buying the breeding business in 2015, though they sold it three years later to Sollio. “We still manage the property,” Cormier says. “Serge and his son François run it. So, we’re now working on the fourth generation.”

In 2007 – the year the Cormier brothers bought their family’s farm – they also purchased a five-barn broiler farm in partnership with Sollio Agriculture & Avantis Cooperative, doubling both their operations and production overnight.

“It was a nice opportunity,” Cormier says about the joint purchase with Sollio, which was then named the Coop Fédérée & Groupe Dynaco. “Sollio is a great organization and they bring a lot of technical knowhow and support to the table. And I’ve always liked the coop atmosphere. It’s all about helping each other, which is great.”

Industry involvement

That same year, Cormier was elected chairman of the Chicken Farmers of New Brunswick, and became an alternative board member of CFC.He held both positions nine years, until 2016, when he became (and remains) both the vice chair of CFNB and one of the 14 members on CFC’s board of directors.

“It requires a lot of time and commitment,” says Cormier, who is currently a member of CFC’s committee of policies and procedures, which meets monthly at CFC headquarters in Ottawa.

During the pandemic, meetings were held virtually. Since December however, they have returned to being live and in-person. “I fly to Ottawa often,” says Cormier, who has gone to Switzerland for a World

Trade Organization meeting. “It’s fun and energizing for me to meet other producers and poultry experts from across Canada and elsewhere and to talk about the workings and issues in our industry.”

Green focussed

Though he enjoys boating on the Northumberland Strait and camping in the Bouctouche Bay area on weekends, Cormier spends most of his time working on his farm with his wife Ginette, their adult children – Josée and Yanick – Serge’s wife Parise and four employees.

Cormier is notably focussed on reducing the farm’s carbon footprint, an effort that took a giant step forward in 2019 with the building of a new two-storey, state-of-the-art barn. “Our goal is to be carbon neutral some day,” says Cormier, who is adding an air exchanger to one of his older barns this summer – the second one to get such an upgrade.

“Being green leads to savings. And it helps to ensure that chicken remains the number one animal protein with the smallest carbon footprint – and that’s good for everyone.”

Melissa Sinnige

Young broiler hatching egg farmer already taking industry by storm.

By Treena Hein

As co-manager of her family farm and director on two association boards – as well as having a year under her belt as chair at the Ontario Broiler Chicken Hatching Egg Producers Association (OBCHEPA) –Melissa Sinnige is a leader in Canada’s poultry industry at just 25 years of age.

“In 2004, I immigrated from Holland with my family and we got into the hatching egg industry, which is something I quickly fell in love with,” she says. “At that age, I loved going to the barn and collecting eggs, working with the chickens and as I learned more about the industry, I got more interested. So, I knew from a young age that it was my passion. I find chickens fun and interesting animals to work with. Also, each flock presents new opportunities and challenges and I really like that I am a small part of helping to feed people.”

Since finishing programs at Fanshawe College (general science) and Ridgetown College (agriculture) four years ago, Sinnige has been farming full time. She and her family have four barns around Woodstock, Ont., three on the original farm site and one finished in 2020 at a new farm nearby. She runs the farms with her father Peter and her boyfriend Wietze van den Brink. Other family members help whenever they can, which is always greatly appreciated.

At the original barn at the home farm, Sinnige and her father made a lot of changes over the years – moving feeders, changing the nesting system and lights,

updating fans and recently adding tunnel ventilation with cooling pads. They built the second barn there in 2009 and a third in 2015.

For the barn at the new second farm, the producers did a lot of research on equipment and, for several reasons, selected a fully automatic egg packing system. “We went with a Jansen packer, specifically programed for this barn, which speeds up the packing process,” she explains. “All the eggs are automatically packed and then the trolley loader picks up the full trays and puts them into the cart.”

They had already installed a Kletec trolley loader at the home farm and loved its performance. Before the purchase,

they’d inspected one on a farm in Belgium, one of only five of these loaders in operation globally at the time.

“It’s a big time-saver and great for ergonomics,” Sinnige says, “because we no longer need to bend down with trays or lift them above us. Overall, we wanted to be able to collect and pack eggs with one person in a timey manner, allowing us to go back and forth and work at both the farms throughout the day. The new barn also has MagFans, which are direct-drive variable fans. They run smoothly and save on electricity.”

In Sinnige’s view, trying to keep fertility up near the end of a flock is one of the biggest general challenges in broiler breeder farming. “Managing the health

and weight of the flock,” she explains, “is one of the most important factors to keep fertility high. We do this by weighing weekly, fleshing (checking body condition) twice a week and, at all times, making sure the chickens are happy and healthy.”

They also feed the hens on the slats and raise the feeders after feeding, which is important for reasons of efficiency and saving labour. Raising the feeders decreases the number of floor eggs and it’s good for uniformity as well. It also allows for easy access to the water line and nests (a Jansen nesting system, which works very well for them).

Industry service

In 2019, at the age of 22, Sinnige became an OBCHEPA board member, and still serves on the board today. “Being a director is something I am passionate about and really enjoy,” she says. “I love the opportunity to help fellow producers with questions and concerns, update the producer group on the latest news in our sector and share any new information and education.”

In March 2020, Sinnige had the opportunity to be chair and she served in that position for a full year. She loved the experience, running the meetings and seeing board operations from a whole new perspective. It also allowed her to make new connections and be a part of “incredible things,” which included networking events and helping develop projects for engineering students at the University of Guelph.

This spring, the chance came up to become a board member at Ontario Broiler Hatching Egg and Chick Commission (OBHECC) and Sinnige took it. She describes this decision as “super-exciting step for me, and I am learning so much. It allows me the opportunity to be part of another aspect of our industry and learn how it works. This board is made up of both producer directors and hatchery directors, sets the prices for our industry, regulates quota and sets the allocation.”

Future plans

On the farms, Sinige and her father plan to add a spiking rooster barn and change the remaining cross-ventilated barns over to tunnel ventilation with cooling pads. They would also hopefully like to build a fifth barn at some point. “The main goal that’s always top of mind for me is making sure our barns stay up-todate, comfortable for the chickens and efficient for us,” she explains. “By doing this, we hope that we are being the best broiler breeder farmers we can be.”

And looking forward, she would also

like to serve on the national Canadian Hatching Egg Producers (CHEP) board one day.

“I am passionate about our industry and want to be a part of ensuring its greatness,” she says. “There are several things that fascinate me about the CHEP board. One is that it’s a group that spans multiple provinces but working together towards a common goal. Each province has different practices and standard operating procedures, yet we all do the same thing. We just achieve it differently and I find that so interesting.

“What also really interests me about CHEP is how much detail goes into the calculation of chicken production for each coming year. It takes into account previous years’ chicken consumption, immigration, demographics and much more.”

Outside of farming, you can find Sinnige cooking traditional Dutch food and trying different ways to make chicken. She also loves to bake cookies and cakes, keep up with science news and travel. She says, “I am very fortunate that I am able wake up every day and do something I love and call that my job.”

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Conrad Vanessen

From jumping in cold to industry leader.

By Madeleine Baerg

Egg Farmers of Alberta (EFA)’s vice chair, Coaldale, Alta., layer farmer Conrad Vanessen, is a tireless advocate for the egg industry, a vocal and progressive leader among egg producers and a passionate supporter of new entrant farmers. Eight years ago, however, he’d never even stepped foot in a chicken barn.

Whereas most people might spend months or years contemplating a major move into a brand-new industry, Vanessen – who until 2014 was a cattle farmer with absolutely zero chicken experience – decided inside of three minutes to try out egg production.

“I read an article that the Egg Farmers of Alberta (EFA) was running a new entrant (quota lottery) program for 1,500 birds and I just thought, let’s try that. I’m already farming. I’m young. I could be open to being an egg farmer. Let’s see if we can make that work.”

A new challenge

At the time, Vanessen already had significant experience farming. He’d grown up on the family cattle feedlot and hog farm, had purchased his own farm at 22 and, when he applied for the layer quota lottery in 2014, had four years of experience running his own 4,000 head veal calf operation. The fact that he wasn’t knowledgeable about egg production didn’t daunt him a bit.

“I jumped in entirely cold. I didn’t know anything about supply management; I hadn’t spent any time with chickens. But no, that didn’t scare me,” he says.

Instead, he was excited about the challenge of trying something entirely new and keen on the opportunity to diversify. Above all, he was drawn to trying supply management.

“The guaranteed stability – that knowledge that you’re going to get a fair return on your investment – that’s what you always want as a farmer,” he says.

Lottery winner

At 8:30 am on the day that EFA was scheduled to announce the quota lottery winners, Vanessen was feeding calves when the phone rang. Though he’d have been justified in having a moment of ‘What have I got myself into?!’, Vanessen says his only thought when he saw EFA on his call display was of delight.

“It really was like winning the lottery. My feeling was: this is going to be so fun. This is a whole new opportunity. I felt real excitement because it was going to be a new challenge.”

An efficient, get-it-done guy with an inexhaustible work ethic, Vanessen jumped into planning. In a year, he built a business plan, got financing, designed a 5000-bird barn, researched production systems, chose equipment, and learned the business, all while maintaining a full-time veal calf and crop production operation.

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says. “Other people considering entering the egg industry shouldn’t be scared. The New Entrant program really helped the process along.”

After talking to graders, both about operational feasibility and consumer trends, Vanessen opted to build a free-run barn, which he loaded with birds for the first time in the fall of 2015.

Rapid expansion

It’s been onwards and upwards from there. In 2017, he expanded the barn to 10,000. In 2019, he doubled his flock again with a second barn.

Almost seven years in, Vanessen and his wife Gertrude, who has taken on the administrative parts of the business, are keenly committed egg farmers.

“It’s everything that I thought it would be and everything I heard in terms of stability. We can’t go out and build a barn for 50,000 birds, but what we do have gives us a good return on our investment. That’s the beauty,” he says.

Industry work

Thankful to be in the industry, Vanessen is extremely committed to helping build it for the future. For the past four years, he’s served on the EFA board including a year as chair. He’s currently EFA’s vicechair, he’s EFA’s representative on

the Intensive Livestock Working Group, and he commits his time to multiple EFA committees.

“What drives me is trying to help solve the challenges and capitalize on opportunities for the good of the industry. It’s a lot of fun to have the opportunity to participate and to have a voice in discussions that move the industry forward,” he says.

Vanessen’s efforts and thoughtful perspective make a big impact, says EFA’s marketing communications manager, David Webb.

“[Vanessen] is a forward thinking, big picture, very strategic guy. He’s really good at stepping back from his own farm business: he understands the larger agriculture industry and really thinks about what’s in the best interests of all agrifood. He’s not someone who’s just trying to make as much profit as he can this year: he’s very much committed to the long view, whether that’s for his own farm and family or for the whole industry.”

Webb says Vanessen keeps all parts of the very diverse egg industry in mind: colony and non-colony producers; longtime, multi-genera-

tional farms that started before supply management as well as younger, new farmers.

“He never makes decisions or pushes for policy that benefits just one group. He really does want the egg industry to be an all-encompassing, all-inclusive industry.”

Focus on new entrants

While Vanessen is involved in all kinds of ways throughout the industry, he has committed particular effort and time to helping redraft the EFA New Entrant program – the very program that brought him into egg production in the first place. Having experienced the program’s benefits but also its limitations firsthand, Vanessen made it his mission when he first joined the EFA board to build more stability and long-term success potential for new entrants.

Thanks in large part to his advocacy and efforts, lottery winners now receive a 1500 bird quota as well as a 4000 bird guaranteed lease that lasts for life. The program’s application process has also been

“Every conversation with a consumer is an opportunity for me to learn from them.”

entirely rewritten to ensure would-be producers have truly thought through and are prepared to tackle the countless details of creating a layer barn and being successful in egg production. The program’s changes, together with the supportive and helpful nature of the egg industry, are proving effective in drawing new farmers.

“There aren’t many industries that can say they’ve got what we’ve got, which is 16 or 17 new entrant producers in Alberta alone [since the New Entrant program began in 2014], a lot of whom are first generation farmers,” says Vanessen.

A voice for farmers

Vanessen is also very passionate about making sure farmers’ voices and perspectives are heard by government, processors, retailers and more.

“There are so many big-ticket topics that are coming up right now, whether that’s sustainability or hen housing or so many more issues,” he says. “We have to take every opportunity – big and small – to get out and share our story. Ultimately, it’s our farms that are going to get affected by any changes. We have to make sure our voices are heard because we have to live with the results at the end of the day.”

When Vanessen isn’t working his own farm or sitting at the EFA boardroom table, he makes time to invest in the industry in one more critical way: volunteering as an egg ambassador at grocery stores and manning live hen displays at events. One customer and one conversation at a time, he is committed to helping educate consumers and building public trust. At every event, he says being ready to listen is just as important as being ready to talk.

“Every conversation with a consumer is an opportunity for me to learn from them. I’m a big believer that we need to supply what consumers want, whether that’s a free-run egg, or an enriched egg, or an organic egg. Let’s not dictate to consumers what they want; we need to adapt to fill market needs. But that requires really listening,” he says.

A big part of meeting consumers’ changing needs now focuses on sustainability: something Vanessen leads in on his

own farm and champions for the entire industry.

“Conrad is very much about being proactive and making sure that sustainability is at the forefront of all of our decision-making as an industry,” says Webb.

While this chicken farmer has a lot of big-picture, whole-industry thoughts in his head, at the end of the day he says he’s happiest just being back on the farm.

“I always, always look forward to going back to my barn.”

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Dr. Stewart Ritchie

Experienced poultry expert is a veterinarian, researcher, educator, mentor and

more.

By Treena Hein

For more than 25 years, Tim Fredericks has been designing irrigation systems.

On Friday, Nov. 18, the partner in Fredericks McGuire Ltd., based in Bolton, Ont., shared his experiences in the field with the members of the Manitoba Golf Superintendents Association as one of a roster of speakers at the annual Manitoba Golf Superintendents Association annual general meeting.

Dr. Stewart Ritchie is a poultry veterinarian, researcher and educator. Through his research firm Canadian Poultry Consultants (CPC), which is also a veterinary practice, he delivers numerous classes, addressing important topics such as biosecurity, euthanasia and sustainability. He is also the founder and leading organizer of the B.C. Poultry Symposium and the WestVet conference. What’s more, Ritchie created S.J. Ritchie Research Farms, a commercial broiler facility in Abbotsford, B.C., where he conducts innovative studies on sustainability and delivers practical classes on brooding.

Immersed in agriculture

Ritchie’s parents hailed from Northern Ireland and were always involved in some aspect of farming. “When they arrived in Canada, they started a feed mill in Abbotsford in 1968. And when I came along and was old enough to work, I thought my name was ‘sweep floor’ or ‘grind grain,’” Ritchie says.

“Over time, but still at a very young age,

I was then given the opportunity to work long hours mixing, pelleting and bagging feed and even delivering feed to customers. I especially enjoyed weighing out and mixing micro-premixes.”

This early immersion in agriculture had a huge impact on Ritchie. He decided to study broiler nutrition at the University of B.C. and learned how to formulate feeds at the family feed mill with the help and field experience of the experts there. Then, he set his sights on vet school.

While he waited for acceptance, he used his time wisely, getting a master’s degree in broiler nutrition at the University of Arkansas. “That experience was amazing,” he says. “My main supervisor, Dr. Park Waldroup, was very generous and supportive. And the other professors and the friends I made there were also extremely welcoming and so generous with their time.

“I was allowed to sit in on major integrator management meetings and be

involved in so many aspects of broiler, turkey and layer production. I was in Dr. Kirk Skeeles’ first poultry diseases class and I still have the class notes. Every page is still applicable today. And did I ever enjoy attending all the Razorback basketball and football games.”

Just as he was preparing to sign up for a Ph.D. at another U.S. university, Ritchie was accepted to vet school at the University of Saskatchewan. However, he learned very quickly that he was one of only a few with an interest in poultry medicine. “If it weren’t for Dr. Craig Riddell and some amazing classmates, it would have been a long four years,” he says. “Dr. Riddell took me under his wing and I am forever grateful for his tutelage and friendship.”

After he graduated, back at the family feed mill Dave Smith and Dr. Al Leslie further provided Ritchie with career support. “Mr. Smith gave me his only copy of the textbook Nutrition of the Chicken, which I continue to reference to this day,” Ritchie says. “I also picked up more education in poultry disease from Dr. Douglas McCausland, who provided veterinary consultation in the area at the time.”

Researcher and educator

By 1989, Ritchie had established CPC and in 1992, the research farm. Both of these moves were major steps in his quest to improve poultry disease prevention and optimize broiler health and performance in B.C. and beyond.

His own research began in earnest, with adjustments as needed. For example, he eventually modified the pens in his trial barn into mini-pens. And by November 2017, he’d made additions to the research farm to reduce inputs and boost sustainability. These included solar panels to reduce electricity use, rainwater capture to reduce water

use and more efficient systems for the use of natural gas.

Also back in 1989, Ritchie organized the first Western Meeting of Poultry Clinicians and Pathologists, soon to be known as WestVet. For many years, it was held in Lake Louise, Alta. But to attract more poultry scientists and nutritionists, in 2014, he and the other organizers moved the event to Abbotsford.

“It was then that I decided to start an adjunct meeting, the B.C. Poultry Symposium, to help further expand the exposure of invited poultry experts to producers and poultry service teams,” Ritchie ex-

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In 2002, Ritchie launched Platinum Brooding classes, enabling producers to make changes to their management practices to gain significant improvements in bird health, welfare and performance.

“It’s been a collective effort,” Ritchie says. “I really enjoy the interactions with producers and it’s the producers who often teach me. They’ve offered many new ideas that they are more than happy to share.”

Poultry veterinarian Dr. Gigi Lin has worked with Ritchie at CPC since 2017. She describes her colleague and mentor as a genuine

“He is very approachable and extremely generous with his time, advice and support.”

plains. “These meetings have been extremely successful and also a lot of fun. The pandemic has, of course, shifted us to online presentations, but this too has been a remarkable success. I think continuing education is what makes poultry science and the poultry industry successful and so interesting.”

To help young people in the poultry industry, Ritchie and his colleagues have established the

role model. “I’ve known him for 10 years and he has had a big impact on me and my career,” Lin says. “He convinced me that poultry is what I should specialize in and he’s been very supportive of me and of many other veterinarians.

“He is very approachable and extremely generous with his time, advice and support,” Lin adds. “He makes himself available to other veterinarians, broiler producers,

anyone, any time of day. He’s always working and he’s very dedicated to making the industry better. He’s also very well-travelled and he shares that international knowledge and perspective. And he’s very active with feed efficiency and other aspects of sustainability. I have so much respect for him.”

Personal life

Back in high school, Ritchie met his future wife Sandra, who is now a retired neonatal critical care nutritionist. They had four kids, in what Ritchie calls “a straight run flock of two girls and two boys. And due to great brooding, the boys are taller than me, and I’m 6’6”!”

All four children followed their father in some aspects of his poultry journey –mostly doing clean up duties like Ritchie

had done at his parents’ feed mill business long ago. Now, the Ritchie kids have their own careers in nursing, teaching, marketing and agriculture. He also has two grandchildren with a third on the way.

“As far as hobbies go, my wife and I enjoy preparing food from high-quality ingredients and this, in turn, supports our gardening (weeding) hobbies, fishing and raising full blood Wagyu beef,” Ritchie says. “I enjoy being on or near any body of water, fishing, surfing, skiing and swimming – and telling jokes, both new ones and recycled ones.

Future of chicken

Ritchie plans to continue to enjoy his career journey, tackling challenges head-on with colleagues, friends and family. He can’t wait to get back to travelling to keep

learning and meeting new friends in the poultry industry.

In terms of the future of chicken, Ritchie feels “very confident that if we stick to what has made us successful in the past and continue to welcome innovation, we will survive and thrive. We’ve always focused on sustainability and if we measure what resources we are using to produce our food products, we can continue to assure the consumer that when they purchase Canadian poultry products, they are receiving sustainable, top-notch quality.

“Collecting precise data and analyzing it effectively will undoubtedly continue to guide us in the right directions. Poultry products are safe, wholesome and reasonably priced – this is what is written under my veterinary yearbook picture and it is still true today.”

Amy VanderHeide

Broiler producer an advocate for women in farming.

By Lilian Schaer

Amy VanderHeide traces her lifelong love of farming back to childhood years spent on the family beef farm near Coldbrook, N.S. As one generation removed from agriculture, she actually lived next door, but her grandmother was her before- and after-school babysitter. So, she spent much of her free time immersed in farming.

After her grandfather died, her grandmother and her aunts – who were in high school and college at the time –stepped up to keep the farm going, making the concept of female farmers doing the same work as men a normal one for VanderHeide. And that help set her on her own path to leadership in agriculture.

“I grew up in a family of female farmers and I think being with them and watching them do everything from pulling calves and making hay to meeting with suppliers gave me the attitude that I could do that too,” she recalls “To me, that was a normal role for a farm woman, and I didn’t see that it wasn’t until I was in the industry myself.”

Today, VanderHeide, her husband James and their three sons farm with her husband’s family, raising broiler chickens and growing cash crops. She’s also returned to her beef farming roots with a small cow calf farm that she and James own together.

“If you have a passion for ag, it’s hard to do something else and give that up,” she says. “I always wanted to be involved

as a primary producer or working in agriculture and when I met my husband, that’s how it played out.”

Although they farm with James’ parents, VanderHeide and her husband work together as primary farm managers now, having gradually grown into that role. On the beef side of their

business, the VanderHeides are equal partners, working together as the main decision-makers and sharing the workload equally.

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husband’s family – the senior VanderHeides, first generation immigrants from the Netherlands, were more traditional in their division of their roles in the family farm at the time, she notes.

“I shook things up a bit and I still feel the stress sometimes more than my husband because we can interpret things differently as daughter-in-law versus son, but I respect both sides and their way of thinking,” she says.

Once her youngest son started school full-time, VanderHeide’s schedule became more flexible and as she became more involved in the agriculture sector, she became the face of the farm in the industry. Initially, she stepped forward to accept volunteer positions with organizations because she saw them as a good way to learn more about the industry, but now she’s proud that increasingly, the organizations are coming to her to seek her involvement.

VanderHeide is the treasurer of the Kings County Federation of Agriculture, as well as a director with Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia and the Do More Ag Foundation, and co-founder of the Maritime Ag Women’s Network. Outside of agriculture, she chairs the local school advisory council and serves as a director on the board of a nearby day care.

“I always look for what I’m going to get out of it (a position) and what can I contribute,” she says. “I’m in my third term with the local federation of agriculture which represents all agriculture in the county. I wanted to meet more farmers and make more connections; it was my big jumping off point and it just kind of grew from there.”

Until April 2022, she was the president of the Chicken Producers’ Association of Nova Scotia before being elected by her fellow

broiler producers to be a director on the Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia board – the only woman in the group. According to VanderHeide, it’s this role in particular that lets her contribute to ensuring a future for her children in the industry if they want it.

She also feels strongly about her

things are so engrained in agriculture with that traditional way of thinking, all of these things are important to making the mental health conversation a normal one within the industry” she says.

“That’s been my passion project and it’s something we all need to recognize.”

“We know that childcare is a huge barrier for women in agriculture with families.”

involvement with the Do More Ag Foundation and its mental health mandate.

“Mental health is so important to me so I jumped at this opportunity pretty quickly when it came up. It’s a great foundation for reducing the stigma and raising awareness of mental health in agriculture, as well as providing resources and research to “do more” for the industry. Where

VanderHeide is also justifiably proud of the Maritime Ag Women’s Network that she co-founded with Katie Keddy, a fellow female farmer in the Annapolis Valley, after they both attended the Atlantic Farm Women’s conference in 2015 – an inspiring and much-needed weekend away for two young farmers who had young children at home. The vision for the network grew out of a desire to help farm

women who are often isolated by farm and family stay connected and have access to like-minded support, and what started with 15 members has now reached 1,200 across the four Atlantic provinces.

VanderHeide and Keddy’s efforts in starting the network have unintentionally given both of them a leadership role in the industry and they were recently recognized with a Minister’s Award of Agricultural Excellence.

“It was great for us to be recognized but it’s also a peer nominated award, which is quite humbling and having it means so much recognition about what women contribute to agriculture,” VanderHeide says.

Looking ahead, she sees herself continuing to take on new leadership roles with the organizations she’s already involved with, as well as balancing that with her work on the farm and time for her family. She’s also currently enrolled in the Chicken Farmers of Canada young farmers program, which has given her some aspirations for serving with that organization’s national board in the future.

It’s an exciting time for women in agriculture, she notes, as many more are entering the industry in diverse roles ranging from primary production to accounting, research and extension services and she believes its advocacy like hers that is helping to remove barriers that have kept women from the sector in the past.

“We know that childcare is a huge barrier for women in agriculture with families, for example, and the more we talk about things like that, the more people step up to say what they need,” she says. “And as we give more recognition to the work women traditionally do in the background to make a farm successful, like doing bookwork, and the other skills that the industry needs, the more it’s opening up a world of opportunity.”

“My biggest advice is to be comfortable being uncomfortable; you will learn so much from that,” she adds. “Don’t be afraid to step up, go do something and find your feet.”

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Nathan Dennis Newfoundland

Owner of Newfoundland’s first free-run egg farm.

By Treena Hein

Nathan Dennis is a lucky man. At this point, he’s only in his early thirties and is already living several lifelong dreams, including commercial egg farming. He’s the proud owner of Long Range Poultry Farm in Cormack, N.L., named after the mountain range that runs along the entire west coast of the island.

Dennis was 11 when he got his first very own hens at his family’s property in Piccadilly. That’s located on the Port au Port peninsula and has a strong Acadian culture. “I always wanted a horse, my father and both grandfathers had horses to do logging, but I wasn’t allowed,” Dennis remembers. “So, I settled for two hens and a rooster when I finished grade five. That’s where it all began.”

During that time, Dennis’ flock grew to 99 birds, the limit for non-quota holders. He sold eggs to friends and family at the farm gate. Three years later, he was able to get his own horse, which then led him to start making hay for his own horse. He started selling extra to others with hobby farms. After a few years, Dennis started to make round bale haylage and silage to sell and eventually acquired a few beef cattle and some sheep. After graduating high school in 2006, the following May he registered as a farm business called Dennis Farms.

While all his farming activities kept him busy, in 2008 he started working part-time at some local dairy farms. By 2013, he was working full-time at dairies in the Cormack area and scaled back his own farming.

Egg ambitions

But Dennis had always wanted to be an egg producer and he kept his eye on that goal. In 2011, a new applicant program was launched by Egg Farmers of Newfoundland & Labrador, but Dennis was not able to apply. However, in 2016, when the association asked for expressions of interest from potential new applicants, Dennis responded.

“Then they asked me to do a full application,” he says, “and on June 14, 2017, I was out spreading fertilizer on a dairy farm I worked at and I got a call from the

chair to let me know that I was accepted as the new entrant. That’s when Long Range Poultry Farm was established.” Dennis was over the moon. His dream was happening. But at the same time, other feelings surfaced pretty fast. “It’s that moment where you can’t believe it and you’re excited,” he says, “but then panic mode kicks in and now you’ve got to put in the work and make it happen.”

Making it happen

Financing was first. Dennis went to every

major bank and Farm Credit Canada. He found a manager at BMO that had relationships with the area dairy farms and understood supply management. She agreed to work with Dennis.

Next, was location. “I was looking at a piece of land and building a new barn but that wasn’t possible on the amount of financing I had available,” Dennis explains. “I knew of an empty broiler barn and they weren’t interested in selling but I was able worked out a long-term lease agreement.”

Next were renovations. It was originally a two-storey broiler barn, but it had been turned into a heifer barn and the second floor had been torn out for better ventilation. “We put the top floor back in and set up for layers on the top floor with a slatted floor, and the first floor is our manure pit,” says Dennis. “It’s nice for cleaning out. You don’t have to move feed and water lines.”

Backing up a little, on his new entrant application, Dennis had outlined how he would have a split-flock model, which would allow him to have the flow of two flocks at different stages.

He had also committed to free-run housing. There were no free-run eggs being produced on the island commercially and he thought it was a good selling point, if you will, for a new entrant to introduce something new to the market.

“I had a good friend in New Brunswick with free-run,” he says, “and during the application process, I went and got some experience in their barn. And after I was accepted, I was able to get some used equipment and that kept me in budget.”

Originally, he’d planned the layout of the barn for automated equipment, and he’s had to change the set-up in terms of where to best place nest boxes. Dennis has

also added a few feedlines over the years (and right now, he’s switching from round pan feeders to chain feeders).

The layout had also been planned for expansion, so Dennis has room in the barn for 10,000 hens. “It cost more to be ready for that, but you swallow the pill up front and hope it pays off in the long run,” he says. “Once more of the debt is paid down, we’d also like to have egg collection automated because it’s time consuming.”

Egg collection for his 6,800 hens (quota for 5200 and the rest is leased) is done manually by Dennis and his dad Nicholas using wire baskets. They do this at least twice daily, and the eggs are shipped to the grading station once a week.

All Dennis’ pullets used to come from New Brunswick but he now gets half from another N.L. producer because the flock timing and pullet numbers matched up well. Feed is shipped from Nova Scotia. “Living on an island, we rely on the ferry for everything, but the majority of eggs produced here are consumed here,” Dennis says.

Dennis has moved the majority of his other farm operations to the Cormack location (except for the sheep, who live at the home farm) and he’s slowly building back the beef herd. He also grows and direct-sells market vegetables, and during some summers, he and his dad raise a few market hogs. Dennis also still feeds cows at a dairy farm about three mornings a week.

Downtime

“Something I’d like to get back into is riding horseback again,” says Dennis. “I originally started with a Newfoundland pony and then got a Morgan cross filly, Duchess, in 2004 that I trained myself for both riding and harness work. Sometimes its nice to just saddle up and go for a ride with friends, or just by yourself to get away from the daily grind.”

And when he sits down at a meal with his fiancé Jody and their two kids, Freya (5) and Nathaniel (11 months), they obviously quite often enjoy eggs. “I’ll eat them any which way possible,” Dennis says, “but fried over easy is my favourite.”

The Loewen family

Award-winning egg farmers embrace forward-thinking approach.

By Madeleine Baerg

Last fall, A&T Poultry, run by Abe and Trudy Loewen and their sons Dylan and Jayden near Arborg, Man., won Manitoba Egg Farmers’ Farmer of the Year award. In addition to excelling in the award’s key criteria – on-farm food safety, production management, animal care initiatives and community service –the Loewens were celebrated for leading by example, both in fostering on-farm sustainability and in building public trust. Given that Abe Loewen left home at 21 with literally $20 to his name in 1982, the award is proof once again of just how much hard work can achieve.

“In Manitoba, we have a lot of very good farmers, so [the Farmer of the Year competition] is a pretty tough competition,” says Manitoba Egg Farmers board member Kurt Siemens, who served alongside Loewen on that board for over six years. “Abe won [Farmer of the Year] because of his good work in the industry: his commitment and contributions on the [Manitoba Egg Farmers’] board and to the industry. He’s forward thinking and he tries to be on the leading edge, not just following trends but helping start them. His willingness to explore different ways of egg farming are of benefit to his own farm, to animal welfare and to society too. He’s definitely an asset to egg farming.”

Going solar

The most obvious evidence of the Loewens’ forward thinking is visible even from a distance. In 2017, the family installed nearly 400 solar panels beside their

13,376-bird layer barn. Together, the panels produce enough power to cover 100 per cent of A&T Poultry’s electrical needs.

“Dylan was away at University and one day he came home and said, ‘I think it would be beneficial if we put up solar panels,’” Loewen says. “I knew nothing about it. So, I said, ‘Give me enough reason to want to buy in.’ When he showed me his research and it did look like a good program, I said, ‘Write the emails. Make it happen. I’ll pay.’” I’ve always been the kind of person that if there’s something new and better and it makes sense, I’ll stop and listen.”

On a bright summer’s day, the panels produce 800 kilowatts per day. All power is banked to offset lower production days. Loewen calculates that the panels will pay for themselves within 12 years. Given that they’re rated to continue producing for 25 years, the panels should make the farm money for more than half of their usable life.

Forward-thinking investments

Inside the barn, the Loewens have made another energy-friendly change: at Dylan’s prompting, they switched out all lighting in favour of LEDs to decrease power requirements. That change has paid for itself in just 18 months.

The Loewens’ willingness to invest in improvement goes far beyond energy savings. They’re also committed to investing in the best possible environment for their birds.

Back in 2012, 13 years into egg production, Loewen decided he simply wasn’t happy with his barn’s set-up, both in terms of ammonia levels and his birds’ cleanliness and feather quality. After considering various options, the family opted to undertake a full barn rebuild – razing the existing barn, extending the concrete slab and building the kind of barn they truly wanted for their birds.

Loewen had ordered conventional cages from Germany to replace the A-frame drop-through system they’d had in the old barn. But, at the last minute, he opted to switch to enriched cages instead.

“That year I had joined the egg board so

I was part of a lot of conversations I might not have had otherwise. There was a lot of talk about animal rights and what’s best for the birds and we decided if we can do better, we need to do better. So, we decided that we’d for sure go with what’s best for

the bird, which at the time was enriched housing, even if it cost us a little more,” Loewen says.

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since Dylan joined the farm full-time after completing an agriculture diploma. Last year was Dylan’s first year taking on much of the flock maintenance. Loewen says the flock was the healthiest and most productive of all the flocks they’ve raised to date.

“Dylan sees things,” he says. “Because he’s so interested, he’s making small adjustments here and there that are really paying off. I think I’m a pretty good farmer but he’s going to make a better farmer than me. And he’s going to keep being a better and better farmer, because he’s open to the idea that when times change, then we change.”

Poultry background

Loewen purchased the barn from a cousin in 1999 after becoming frustrated juggling cattle farming alongside a full-time

off-farm job. Navigating his family into egg production is a decision he’s never regretted.

“I love the industry and raising the birds. I enjoy taking a walk in the barn and just being with the animals because it feels that I’m connecting. And when those birds have laid eggs all year long for me and the trucks come to be loaded up, I find it hard because I’m truly attached to them,” he says.

Industry work

When he’s not tending his barn, Loewen invests a lot of time advocating for the egg industry. He spent eight years on the Manitoba Egg Farmers board ending in 2020, and has long enjoyed sharing his passion for agriculture with consumers at various events.

“I really enjoy meeting with the public. I just like people to know that we actually

love and care about our animals,” he says. “Farmers sometimes have the reputation that we don’t care; that it is only the dollar that drives us and that is not at all what it’s like.”

Succession planning

The family is currently in the early planning stages for Dylan to take over the farm over the coming handful of years. Younger son, 18-year-old Jayden Loewen, doesn’t aspire to farming in the future but has been actively involved through his teenage years.

“I’m very proud of both my boys. I’ve always told the boys that just because I enjoyed farming, they don’t for one second need to feel obligated to take the farm. I’m very honored and humbled that the boys enjoy doing what we’ve done and have shown deep respect for what Trudy and I have built.”

Siemens gives the Loewens credit for making in-family transition viable and says drawing back young people is a critical component of a building a healthy egg industry into the future.

“I know from experience that it’s quite a job to get [intergenerational] transitions working and suitable for everyone. Between Abe and Trudy, they’ve found a way to get their son Dylan back into the farm. That’s a great thing for them as a family but also for helping move the industry forward,” says Siemens.

Future plans

As the family looks to the future, there have been some discussions of expanding A&T Poultry somewhat – perhaps 5,000 extra birds. They’re also considering installing a bigger generator to increase bird safety.

Regardless of how the farm changes over the coming years, Loewen hopes both his boys keep one wisdom in mind: “I keep saying to my boys: life is too short not to do something that you enjoy. Do it well and take great pleasure in the things you do. We just gave up my father-in-law at 101 years old. He would often use the phrase: be happy and enjoy. Those are words to live by.”

Meet the 2022

Please join us along with our sponsors in congratulating the following four producers selected as part of this year’s program:

CONRAD Vanessen Egg farmer, Egg Farmers of Alberta director, Coaldale, Alta.

EMMA Rutherford Broiler farmer, Woodstock/Embro, Ont.

DR. TERYN Girard Veterinarian, Prairie Livestock Veterinarians, Red Deer, Alta.

DAVID Arand Turkey farmer, Atwood, Ont.

For more on each of our honourees, visit canadianpoultrymag.com/top-4-under-40/ or scan here!

Listen to exclusive podcast interviews with our winners now!

Dr. Jess Walkey

Poultry vet a practice owner, teacher, mentor and speaker.

By Lilian Schaer

She’s only at the start of her career, but poultry veterinarian Dr. Jess Walkey already has the responsibilities and profile of a much more senior practitioner. She’s owner and lead veterinarian of Joyce Veterinary Service in Hillsburgh, Ont., and has become a valued speaker at industry events, mentor and advocate for the poultry industry.

Her family didn’t have a connection to agriculture while she was growing up – if they had, she could well imagine herself with a career in farming instead. But Walkey has always had a great appreciation and passion for animals, which led her to University of Guelph.

A human behind every animal

She worked on a dairy farm during her undergraduate days and, after some time at University of British Columbia while she played on the Canadian Women’s National Field Hockey team, she started her veterinary degree at the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC).

“We don’t have vets in my family so that opportunity seemed like such a far-off goal. But as you start on the epic progression through medical school, you quickly realize that every animal has a human associated with them – and to be a successful vet, you have to find your way to connect with people,” Walkey says.

She’d been attracted to food animal medicine early on in her veterinary studies, which she eventually narrowed down to a particular interest in poultry. It was meeting Dr. Mike Joyce, a renowned and now retired Ontario poultry veterinarian, during her fourth year at OVC that set her

on her current path.

“I met Dr. Mike when his name came forward as a senior practitioner and when I connected with him, he sent me his address so I could go with him on rotation,” she remembers. “Bless his heart for taking me on – he was always so passionate in helping students.”

She graduated from OVC in 2018, joined the clinic and became the practice owner soon afterwards, with Joyce retiring in fall 2020.

“It was a rapid progression. My parents were both involved in business in various capacities, so I grew up with business around the table. I lucked out in meeting Mike and where he was in his career in deciding what his retirement could look like and what would happen to his legacy,” she says. “When I hopped in his car that first day, we hit it off and the light bulb went off for both of us.”

Focus on flock monitoring and prevention

Joyce Veterinary Service is entirely specialized in poultry medicine, with a particular focus on flock monitoring and preventative medicine. Its all-female staff now includes Walkey, two additional vets, a veterinary technician and a digital manager.

The team has embraced the use of big data to better understand disease trends and preventative monitoring for producers. That has involved digitizing the collection and storage of the clinic’s data, as well as moving to online scripts and electronic customer tracking, which has made operations more efficient and more environmentally sustainable too.

Producer-specific dashboards make it easier to track and predict disease trends, which Walkey and her team use to establish farm-specific preventative programs for producers that help reduce disease risk

while maximizing flock welfare and producer profitability. Under Joyce, the clinic had long been known for tracking disease incidence and impact and for building long-standing relationships with producers.

“I’ve always been interested in data and we’ve only just scratched the surface with this; it will be a major driver for our practice in the future,” she says. “We hope to expand locations and push for digital platforms and services to meet the needs of producers. We always want to be listening to what their needs are and tailoring our services to that.”

Teaching, mentoring and coaching

Beyond her role as a vet and a business owner, Walkey is a frequent speaker at poultry industry events and producer meetings. She’s also an active mentor and teacher of students, providing rotations and externships to OVC students that open their eyes to the possibilities of the poultry industry, something not well covered in vet school. The coaching aspect of her career is one of the most rewarding, she feels, linking it back to her competitive sports career.

“I have a passion for helping people reach their goals and there’s a team approach through sports that includes aspects of teaching and coaching. It’s a win when you can provide coaching or leadership and I owe my own start to that,” she says. “I’m learning as much as I teach; the ability to have a young mind standing in front of you asking challenging questions keeps us on the leading edge of gold standard medicine and prevention.”

Walkey’s teaching ability is one of the things Dr. Kayla Price admires most about her. Price is the Canadian technical manager for Alltech and first got to know Walkey when she was a student in the Joyce clinic.

“Veterinary medicine is very complex with many things that are important and many big diseases that are challenging for industry members and producers to be able to understand – her ability to translate that into a way that someone with minimal background knowledge can understand and taking the time to explain it, it’s very special,” Price says.

WHO’S WHO DIRECTORY & LISTINGS

ALBERTA

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

LETHBRIDGE HATCHERY

13542-73A Ave., Surrey, BC V3W 1C9

Ph: (403) 327-0491

LILYDALE - SOFINA FOODS INC.

100 Commerce Valley Dr., Markham, ON L3T 0A1

Ph: (780) 475-6607

MAPLE LEAF CONSUMER FOODS

4710 - 39 Ave., Wetaskiwin, AB T9A 3G2

Ph: (780) 421-0638

MILLER HATCHERIES

Box 5669, Westlock, AB T7P 2P6

Ph: (780) 349-6691

ROCHESTER HATCHERY

27020 Hwy. 18, RR 1 Westlock, AB T7P 2R9

Ph: (780) 307-3622

SUNRISE HATCHERY INC.

9420 - 109 St., Westlock, AB T7P 2R4

Ph: (780) 307-3622

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, 116 St. – 83 Ave.

Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3

Ph: (780) 492-7694

REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS

Armena

Sunworks Farms Ltd.

PO Box 55, AB T0B 0G0

Ph: (780) 672-9799

Fax: (780) 672-9984

Athabasca

Katherine Nelson

PO Box 336, AB T9S 2A4

Ph: (780) 675-4741

Bezanson

Mini Creek Farm Ltd.

PO Box 40, AB T0H 0G0

Ph: (780) 568-3308

Blackfalds

Hutterian Brethren Church of Bentley

(Bentley Colony Section)

RR 1, AB T0M 0J0

Ph: (403) 885-5095

Breton

Purnima Farms

PO Box 575, AB T0C 0P0

Ph: (780) 696-2332

Fax: (780) 696-2402

Calgary

1899029 Alberta Ltd., (Sparks Eggs)

RR 6, AB T2M 4L5

Ph: (519) 671-7568

Carbon

1315153 Alberta Corp., (Britestone Farming)

PO Box 129, AB T0M 0L0

Ph: (403) 572-3049 ext ext. 245

Cardston

Hutterian Brethren Church of East Cardston (1977)

General Delivery, AB T0K 0K0

Ph: (403) 653-2451

Castor

Castor Farming Co. Ltd.

PO Box 547, AB T0C 0X0

Ph: (403) 352-3074

Delia

Cloverleaf Colony Farming Co. Ltd.

PO Box 269, AB T0J 0W0

Ph: (403) 364-3605

Fax: (403) 364-3606

Drumheller

Starland Colony

PO Box 1720, AB T0J 0Y0

Ph: (403) 772-2133

Fax: (403) 772-2152

Eaglesham

Codesa Colony, (Peace Country Poultry Farms)

PO Box 300, AB T0H 1H0

Ph: (780) 359-2422

Fort Macleod

Driview Farms, (Gerrit and Janet Van Hierden)

PO Box 1123, AB T0L 0Z0

Ph: (403) 553-2178

Grande Prairie

Hutterian Brethren Church of Grandview, (Grandview Colony)

723042B RGD RD. 74, AB T8X 4L1

Ph: (780) 532-6500

Granum

Hutterian Brethren Church of Granum

PO Box 360, AB T0K 1A0

Ph: (403) 687-2180

Halkirk

Spring Colony Farming Co. Ltd.

2 38 15 w4, Box 220, AB T0C 1M0

Ph: (403) 741-4312

Hilda

Roseglen Farming Co. Ltd.

Box 117, AB T0J 1R0

Ph: (403) 838-2272 ext ext. 712

Fax: (403) 838-2039

Huxley

Hutterian Brethren Church of Huxley, (Huxley Colony)

RR 2, AB T0M 0Z0

Ph: (403) 442-2488

Irracana

Hutterian Brethren Church of Tschetter, (Tschetter Colony)

General Delivery, AB T0M 1B0

Ph: (403) 935-4406

Irvine

Hutterian Brethren Church of Elkwater, (Elkwater Colony)

PO Box 117, AB T0J 1V0

Ph: (403) 834-2120

Fax: (403) 834-2006

La Crete

Wild Rose Poultry Farms, (Abraham F. Wall)

PO Box 924, AB T0H 2H0

Ph: (780) 928-2557

La Crete

Savage Farm, (Corny F. Wall)

PO Box 1024, AB T0H 2H0

Ph: (780) 928-2721

Lethbridge

Galimax Trading Inc.

409 12A Street South, AB T1J 2T2

Ph: (403) 715-8470

Lethbridge

Harvest Haven Market Farm

RR 8, Site 22, Comp. 1, AB T1J 4P4

Ph: (403) 329-9157

Fax: (403) 329-3412

Mayerthorpe

Rocfort Colony Ltd.

PO Box 1080, AB T0E 1N0

Ph : (780) 785-3208

Morinville

Moralta Poultry Farms, (Morinville Colony)

RR 2, AB T8R 1P5

Ph: (780) 939-2118

Fax: (780) 939-3452

Morinville

Kuku Farms

RR 1, AB T8R 1P4

Ph: (780) 777-7786

Nobleford

5 Grain Eggs Ltd.

Box 596, AB T0L 1S0

Ph: (403) 308-3502

Oyen

Acadian Hutterian Brethren Ltd., (Acadia Colony)

PO Box 210, AB T0J 2J0

Ph: (403) 664-2406

Pincher Creek

Hutterian Brethren Church of Spring Point

PO Box 249, AB T1K 3Z8

Ph: (403) 553-2284

Pincher Creek

Hutterian Brethren of Pincher Creek

PO Box 1028, AB T0K 1W0

Ph: (403) 627-4021

Red Deer

Hutterian Brethren Church of Pine Hill (P.H. Egg Farms)

RR 4, AB T4N 5E4

Ph: (403) 886-4626

Fax: (403) 886-4656

Standard

Standard Hutterian Brethren, (Standard Colony Farming Co. Ltd.)

PO Box 390, AB T0J 3G0 Ph: (403) 644-2224

Fax: (403) 644-2196

Standard

Midwest Agricultural Co. Ltd. PO Box 190, 213012 Highway 262 Grid, AB T0J 3G0

Ph: (403) 677-2665 ext ext. 712

Vulcan

Hutterian Brethren Church of the Little Bow Colony

PO Box 1587, AB T0L 2B0 Ph: (403) 897-2323

Warburg

Hutterian Brethren Church of Warburg, (Warburg Colony)

PO Box 520, AB T0C 2T0

Ph: (780) 628-7770 ext ext. 106 Fax: (780) 848-2571

Warburg

Sunshine Organic Farm, (Edward & Sheeill Horvath)

RR 1, AB T0C 2T0

Ph: (780) 848-2288

Fax: (780) 848-2295

Warner

Plainview Hutterian Brethren, (Country Morning)

PO Box 240, AB T0K 2L0

Ph: (403) 642-2111 ext ext. 526

Fax: (403) 642-2085

REGISTERED EGG PRODUCT STATIONS

Lethbridge EggSolutions (EPIC) Inc.

2525 26 St. N., AB T1H 5L1

Ph: (403) 394-7756

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

Canadian Poultry Consultants

Ltd. – Listing is BC

Ph: (877) 449-3447 admin@canadianpoultry.ca www.canadianpoultry.ca

Smith Poultry Consulting 16 Precourt Place, Cartier, MB R4K 1B3

Ph: (204) 864 2083 smithpoultryconsulting@mymts.net

Poultry Health Services

201-151 East Lake Blvd., Airdrie, AB T4A 2G1

Ph: (888) 950-2252 phsinfo@poultryhealth.ca

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT/ UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Alberta & Territories regional office 9700 Jasper Ave., Suite 945, Edmonton, AB T5J 4C3

Ph: (780) 495-3307

AAFC.AB.info.AB.AAC@agr.gc.ca www.agriculture.canada.ca

ALBERTA AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MARKETING COUNCIL

J.G. O’Donoghue Building, 7000 - 113 St. NW, Edmonton AB T6H 5T6

Ph: (780) 427-2164 af.marketingcouncil@gov.ab.ca www.agriculture.alberta.ca/ marketingcouncil

ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

131 Legislature Building, 10800-97 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5K 2B6

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development – Honourable Nate Horner

Ph: (780) 427-2137

AFRED.Minister@gov.ab.ca

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCYRegional Office - Edmonton 8403 Coronet Rd. NW, Edmonton, AB T6E 4N7

Ph: (780) 395-6700

Fax: (780) 395-6792

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY -

Regional Office - Alberta South 110 Country Hills Landing NW, Room 102, Calgary, AB T3K 5P3

Ph: (587) 230-2450

Fax: (587) 230-2481

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCYWestern Area Office

1115 57th Ave. NE, Calgary, AB T2E 9B2

Ph: (587) 230-2200

Fax: (587) 230-2253

www.inspection.gc.ca

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA

J.G. O’Donoghue Building, 7000113 St., Edmonton AB T6H 5T6

Ph: (780) 427-2711

Toll Free: 310-FARM (3276) (Ag-Info Centre) www.alberta.ca/agricultureforestry-and-rural-economicdevelopment.aspx

FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE,

University of Calgary, Foothills Campus TRW 2D01, 3280 Hospital Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6

Ph: (403) 210-3961

Fax : (403) 210-8121

vetmed@ucalgary.ca vet.ucalgary.ca

THE POULTRY RESEARCH CENTRE,

Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta F83 Edmonton Research Station, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1

Ph: (780) 492-6221

Fax: (780) 492-6471

prc@ualberta.ca poultry.ualberta.ca

Dr. Martin Zuidhof, Academic Leader.

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

Alberta Chicken Producers 2518 Ellwood Dr. SW, Edmonton, AB T6X 0A9

Ph: (780) 488-2125

Fax: (780) 488-3570

Toll Free: (877) 822-4425 www.chicken.ab.ca

Board of Directors: David Hyink, Chair; Rob Van Diemen, Vice Chair Directors: Dennis Steinwand, Wes Nanninga, Ross Bezovie

Karen Kirkwood, Executive Director

Alberta Farm Animal Care PO Box 36044 RPO Lakeview, Calgary, AB T3E 7C6

Ph: (403) 652-5111 afac@afac.ab.ca www.afac.ab.ca

Cora Sheele, Chair; James Jenkins,

Vice Chair; Casey Vander Ploeg, Finance Chair; Darrell Dalton, Council Chair. Directors: Merna Gisler, Melanie Wowk, Heini Hehli, Steve Mason. Annemarie Pedersen, Executive Director.

Alberta Hatching Egg Producers

#301, 8925 - 51 Ave., Edmonton, AB T6E 5J3

Ph: (780) 434-8414

Fax: (780) 434-9552 info@ahep.ca www.ahep.ca

Jeff Notenbomer, Chair; Kevin Tiemstra, Vice Chair. Directors: Cora Scheele, Jeff Kamlah, Dennis Wickersham. Bob Smook, General Manager

Alberta Turkey Producers 9677 – 45 Ave., Edmonton, AB T6E 5Z8

Ph: (780) 465-5755

Fax: (780) 465-5528 info@albertaturkey.com www.albertaturkey.com

Laurel Winter, Chair; Marc Therrien, Vice-Chair; Directors: Graham Gilchrist, David Mandel, Scott Olson; Director in Training:

Astrid Stephenson. Cara Prout, Executive Director. Egg Farmers of Alberta #101-90 Freeport Blvd. NE, Calgary, AB T3J 5J9

Ph: (403) 250-1197

Fax: (403) 291-9216

Toll Free: (877) 302-2344 info@eggs.ab.ca www.eggs.ab.ca

Peter Waldner, Chair; Conrad Vanessen, Vice Chair; Beatrice Visser, EFC Director; Jerry Hofer, EFC Alternate; Elie Hofer, Director; John Hofer, Director;. Stephen Scott, General Manager. Western Feed Industry Association

c/o Peggy Kimmel

Stn Main, RR3 Site 6 Box 17 Lacombe, AB T4L 2N3

Ph: (403) 350-0495 manager@wfia-anac.com www.wfia-anac.com

Mike Robinson, Chair; Tim Armstrong, Vice-Chair; Sharon Klinger, Past Chair; Directors: Darryl Lewis, Nancy Fisher, Mark Cameron; Social Director: Kelly Cruise; Division Manager: Peggy Kimmel

BRITISH COLUMBIA

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

BRADNER FARMS HATCHERY

28670 - 58th Ave., Abbotsford, BC V4X 2E8

Ph: (604) 856-1227

ECHO POULTRY FARM AND HATCHERY

30230 Huntingdon Rd., RR 1, Abbotsford, BC V4X 2K6

Ph: (604) 859-7925

FARMCREST FOODS LTD.

1880 - 30th St. SW, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4M1

Ph: (250) 832-2194

FRASER VALLEY CHICKS SALES

1681 Clearbrook Rd., Abbotsford, BC V2T 5X5

Ph: (604) 864-0555

GOLDEN FEATHER HATCHERY

5840 Blackburn Rd., Chilliwack, BC V2R 4N9

Ph: (604) 823-4938

L 148 HOLDINGS LTD.

1429 McLeod Rd., RR 2, Armstrong, BC V0E 1B8

Ph: (604) 859-7168

LILYDALE - SOFINA FOODS INC.

27923 Myrtle Ave., Abbotsford, BC V4X 1R3

Ph: (604) 856-4171

ROSSDOWN FARMS LTD.

2325 Bradner Rd., Abbotsford, BC V4X 1E2

Ph: (604) 856-1218

SKYE HI FARMS, INC.

4213 Stewar Rd., Chiliwack BC V2R 5G2

Ph: (604) 828-2525

WESTERN HATCHERY LTD.

505 Hamm Rd., Abbotsford, BC V2T 6B6

Ph: (604) 859-7168

REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS

Abbotsford

Golden Valley Foods Ltd.

PO Box 1800, BC V2S 7G3

Ph: (604) 855-7431

Fax: (604) 855-7439

250 – 32160 South Fraser Way

Abbotsford, BC V2T 1W5

Phone: 604-556-3348 • bcemb@bcegg.com

Family-owned and operated farms that support the community and ensure a choice of high quality eggs.

BC Egg Board of Directors

Chair Gunta Vitins, B.Sc., B.Ed, MBA

Vice-Chair, EFC Representative Walter Siemens

Director, EFC Alternate Matt Vane

Director, Secretary Jeff Regier

Director Jon Krahn

BC Egg Management

Executive Director

Manager Operations & Logistics

Directors Communications and Marketing

Manager Finance

Executive Assistant

Katie Lowe, PAg

Joey Aebig, BBA

Amanda Brittain, MA, ABC

Erin Duetta, BBA

Nicole Thompson

Abbotsford

Pinegrove Farms Ltd. (Maple Hill Farms)

2130 Mount Lehman Rd., BC V4X 2L6

Ph: (604) 852-2159

Fax: (604) 852-2150

Aldergrove

Royal Columbian Poultry ULC 554 – 256 St., BC V4W 2H8

Ph: (604) 835-4000

Armstrong

Kelly Burden, (Shovel Tree Acres) 1930 Power House Rd., RR 2, BC V0E 1B0

Ph: (250) 546-8597

Black Creek

Kehler Vegetable Company Ltd. 8083 Island Highway, BC V9J 1G9

Ph: (250) 202-3236

Bridge Lake

Sunset Egg Grading Station

7611 Lee Rd., PO Box 107, BC V0K 1E0

Ph: (250) 593-0038

Chilliwak

Local ChickInn Ltd.

7324 Hopedale Road, BC V2R 4J9

Ph: (604) 799-2053

Creston

Sunshine Valley Farms Inc., 3160 Lister Rd, BC V0B 1G2

Ph: (250) 431-8941

Dawson Creek

Peace View Hutterian Brethren Church (Peace View Colony) 4414 Triangle Rd, BC V1G 0J4

Ph: (250) 219-0805

Duncan

Running W Egg Farm Ltd., (Farmer Ben’s Eggs)

1711 Herd Rd., RR 1, BC V9L 1M3

Ph: (250) 746-6110

Fax: (250) 746-7799

Falkland

Dueck’s Poultry Farm Ltd. 132-4958 Silvernails Rd, BC V0E 1W0

Ph: (250) 309-2317

Farmington

South Peace Hutterian Brethren Church, (South Peace Colony) PO Box 69, BC V0C 1N0

Ph: (250) 782-8164

Nanoose Bay

0917522 B.C. Ltd., (Springford Farm Egg Co.)

1934 Northwest Bay Rd. BC V9P 9C5

Ph: (250) 468-7540

Fax: (250) 468-7545

Redstone

A&S Enterprise Management Inc. (Pasture to Plate)

3781 Chezacut Rd., Box 20, BC V0L 1S0

Ph: (250) 394-4005

Richmond

Neptune Fresh Produce Inc.

12411 Horseshoe Way, BC V7A 4X6

Ph: (604) 880-5979

Ruskin

Thompson Creek Farm, (Phillip Northrop)

10437 Wilson Rd., BC V4S 1B4

Ph: (604) 462-9641

Terrace

414612 B.C. Ltd., (Daybreak Farms Ltd.)

4423 Eby St., BC V8G 0B3

Ph: (250) 638-0777

Fax: (250) 638-8757

Victoria

Michael Romaine, (Healing Farm) 5971 Old East Rd., BC V8Y 1V7 Ph: (250) 652-6456

Westbridge

Frank and Deborah Van Oyen, (Springhill Eggs)

3220 Christian Valley Rd., PO Box 114, BC V0H 2B0

Ph: (250) 446-2365

Westholme

Burnbrae Farms Ltd., (Island Eggs, A Division of Burnbrae Farms Ltd.)

3492 Mt. Sicker Rd., PO Box 1, BC V0R 3C0

Ph: (250) 246-9298

Fax: (250) 246-2110

REGISTERED EGG PRODUCT STATIONS

Abbotsford

Eggsolutions – Vanderpols Inc. 3911 Mt. Lehman Rd., BC V2T 5W5

Ph: (604) 856-4127

Fax: (604) 856-6724

Richmond

Neptune Fresh Produce Inc. 12411 Horseshoe Way, BC V7A 4X6 Ph: (604) 880-5979

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

Ambrose Poultry Consulting Ltd. PO Box 80, Stn. Whonnock, Maple Ridge, BC V2W 1V9 Ph: (604) 302-1352

Canadian Poultry Consultants Ltd. 30325 Canary Court, Abbotsford, BC V4X 2N4 Ph: (604) 854-6600

Fax: (604) 854-6100 admin@canadianpoultry.ca www.canadianpoultry.ca

Intertek - Cargo Inspection & Testing

105 - 9000 Bill Fox Way, Burnaby, BC V5J 5J3

Ph: (604) 454-9011

Fax: (604) 434-1850 www.intertek.com

Poultry Health Services

32475 Huntingdon Rd., Abbotsford, BC V2T 5Y9

Ph: (888) 950-2252 phsinfo@poultryhealth.ca www.poultryhealth.ca

Poultry Plus Veterinary Consulting Ltd.

11660 Sylvester Rd., Mission, BC V2V 4J1

Ph: (604) 820 5556 poultryplus@hotmail.com

SGS Canada Inc.

3260 Production Way, Burnaby, BC V5A 4W4

Ph: (604) 638-2349

Fax: (604) 444-5486 www.sgs.ca

S.J. Ritchie Research Farms (commercial trials)

Canadian Poultry Consultants Ltd.

30325 Canary Court Abbotsford, BC V4X 2N4

Ph: (604) 854-6600, (877) 449-3447 admin@canadianpoultry.ca

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

British Columbia regional office 4321 Still Creek Dr., Suite 420 Burnaby, BC V5C 6S7

Ph: (604) 292-5858

Fax: (604) 292-5891 AAFC.BC.info.CB.AAC@agr.gc.ca www.agriculture.canada.ca

ANIMAL HEALTH CENTRE

1767 Angus Campbell Rd., Abbotsford BC V3G 2M3

Ph: (604) 556-3003

Fax: (604) 556-3010

Toll Free: (800) 661 9903 pahb@gov.bc.ca www2.gov.bc.ca

BRITISH COLUMBIA FARM INDUSTRY REVIEW BOARD

1st Floor 2975 Jutland Rd., Victoria BC V8T 5J9

Victoria BC V8T 5J9

Ph: (250) 356-8945

Fax: (250) 356-5131 firb@gov.bc.ca www2.gov.bc.ca

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY -

Regional Office – BC Plant and Food Region (includes Yukon) 4231 Still Creek Dr., Suite 400, Burnaby, BC V5C 6S7

Ph: (604) 292-5700

Fax: (604) 292-5605

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY -

Western Area Office

1115 57th Ave. NE, Calgary, AB T2E 9B2

Ph: (587) 230-2200

Fax: (587) 230-2253 www.inspection.canada.ca

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE

PO Box 9409, Stn. Prov. Govt., Victoria BC V8W 9V1

Ph: (888) 221-7141 www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/ governments

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA,

Faculty of Land and Food Systems, 248-2357 Main Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4

Ph: (604) 822-1219

Fax: (604) 822-6394

lfs.dean@ubc.ca www.landfood.ubc.ca

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

ANAC - BC Division

PO Box 2100, Sardis Station Main, Chilliwack, BC V2R 1A5

Ph: (604) 866-2378 rjdornan@telus.net

BC Chicken Growers Association

101 – 32450 Simon Ave, Abbotsford, BC V2T 4J2

Ph: (604) 556-0378 office@bcchickengrowers.ca www.bcchicken.ca/growers/ bc-chicken-growers-association

Dale Krahn, President; Fred Redekop, Vice President; Directors: Dennis Flokstra, Matthew Burgsma, Mitchell Fried, Bev Whitta, Des Soumang, Manager: Jennifer Curtis.

BC Chicken Marketing Board

220 – 1848 McCallum Rd. Abbotsford, BC V2S 0H9

Ph: (604) 859-2868

info@bcchicken.ca www.bcchicken.ca

Chair: Harvey Sasaki, Vice Chair: Bill Vanderspek, Members: Derek Janzen, Ray Nickel, Carol Paulson. Woody Siemens, Executive Director

BC Egg Marketing Board

250 – 32160 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford, BC V2T 1W5

Ph: (604) 556-3348

bcemb@bcegg.com www.bcegg.com

Gunta Vitins, Chair; Walter Siemens, Vice-Chair., Directors: Matt Vane, Jon Krahn, Jeff Regier Katie Lowe, Executive Director.

British Columbia Broiler Hatching Egg Commission 210 – 1848 McCallum Rd. Abbotsford, BC V2S 0H9

Ph: (604) 850-1854

Fax: (604) 850-1683 info@bcbhec.com www.bcbhec.com

Jim Collins, Chair; Calvin Breukelman, Vice Chair. Directors: Beata Kunze, Daniel Zylstra, Shane Driessen. Stephanie Nelson, Executive Director.

British Columbia Broiler Hatching Egg Producers’ Association

PO Box 191, Abbotsford, BC V4X 3R2

Ph: (604) 850-1854

Fax: (604) 850-1683 association@bcbhec.com www.bcbhec.com

President, Angela Groothof; Director: Kevin DeJong, John Driesen. Secretary, Sandra Lepp. British Columbia Turkey Marketing Board 106 - 19329 Enterprise Way, Surrey, BC V3S 6J8

Ph: (604) 534-5644

Fax: (604) 534-3651 info@bcturkey.com www.bcturkey.com

Kevin Klippenstein, Chair; Shawn Heppell, Board Member, TFC Representative; Debbie Etsell, Board Member, Finance Chair; James Krahn, Board Member & Vice Chair. Michel Benoit, General Manager.

MANITOBA

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

BERG’S POULTRY FARM AND HATCHERY

Hwy. 45 E., PO Box 547, Russell, MB R0J 1W0 Ph: (204) 773-3270

CARLETON HATCHERIES

P.O. Box 569, Grunthal, MB R0A 0R0

Ph: (204) 434-6886

CHARISON TURKEY HATCHERY

P.O. Box 4, Gunton, MB R0C 1H0 Ph: (204) 886-3863

CLARK HY-LINE INC.

PO Box 48, Site 520, RR 5, Brandon, MB R7A 5Y5

Ph: (204) 725-3500

EXCELDOR COOPERATIVE

750 Pandora Ave. E., Winnipeg, MB R2C 4G5

Ph: (204) 488-2230

FRIENDLY FAMILY FARMS LTD. (Hatchery Division)

Box 69, Blumenort, MB R0A 0C0

Ph: (204) 326-2384

HIDDEN VALLEY COLONY LTD.

PO Box 69, Austin, MB R0H 0C0 Ph: (204) 637-2506

JAMES VALLEY HATCHERY

PO Box 324, Elie, MB R0H 0H0 Ph: (204) 353-2006

MAPLE GROVE HATCHERY

231 Main St, Steinbach, MB R5G 0B8

Ph: (204) 326-3454

SNOW VALLEY FARMS LTD.

PO Box 2587, Winkler, MB R6W 4C3

Ph: (204) 325-8487

STEINBACH HATCHERY & FEED P.O. Box 1178, Steinbach, MB R5G 1Y7

Ph: (204) 326-3454

REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS

Anola

Ridgeland Colony Ltd.

36111 Richland Rd, MB R5L 0H2

Ph: (204) 866-2970

Arden

Riverside Hutterian Mutual Corporation, (Riverside Poultry Farm)

PO Box 278, MB R0J 0B0

Ph: (204) 368-2284

Brandon

TNT Egg Processors

RR 5, Box 32, MB R7A 5Y5

Ph: (204) 728-0959

Cartier

Maxwell Colony Ltd.

RR 1, PO Box 210, MB R4K 1B8 Ph: (204) 864 2709

Fax: (204) 864-2175

Darlingford

Pembina Colony Ltd.

General Delivery, MB R0G 0L0 Ph: (204) 246-2081

Fax: (204) 246-2080

Deloraine

Gerard August & Marguerite

Martha Raes, (Bayview Farms)

RR 1, MB R0M 0M0

Ph: (204) 747-2020

Fax: (204) 747-2448

Elie

Iberville Hutterian Mutual Corp.

PO Box 435, MB R0H 0H0

Ph: (204) 864-2058

Elkhorn

Boundary Lane Colony Farms, (Boundary Lane Colony)

PO Box 40, MB R0M 0N0

Ph: (204) 845-2111 ext ext. 210

Fax: (204) 845-2203

Graysville

Rose Valley Holdings Ltd. (Rose Valley Colony Ltd.)

PO Box 93, MB R0G 0T0

Ph: (204) 828-3338 ext ext. 208

Fax: (204) 828-3279

Headingley

Sturgeon Creek Colony Farms Ltd.

PO Box 285, MB R4J 1C1

Ph: (204) 633-2196

Fax: (204) 633-7746

Lac du Bonnet

Brightstone Colony Farms Ltd.

PO Box 880, MB R0E 1A0

Ph: (204) 345-2526

Fax: (204) 345-6039

Miami

Rosebank Colony Ltd.

PO Box 280, MB R0G 1H0

Ph: (204) 435-2388

Portage la Prairie

Poplar Point Colony Farms Ltd.

PO Box 910, MB R1N 3C4

Ph: (204) 267-2560

Somerset Evergreen Colony Ltd.

PO Box 231, MB R0G 2L0

Ph: (204) 744-2596

St. Andrews

Daniel Waldner, (Daniel Waldner & Elizabeth Waldner)

1077 Fort Garry Rd., MB R1A 3W4

Ph: (204) 482-7360

St. Andrews

S & D Clouston Farms

1056 Bracken Rd., MB R1A 4H8

Ph: (204) 482-4984

Fax: (204) 785-2713

Steinbach

Ackron Egg Farms Ltd., (Nature’s Farm)

5 Life Sciences Pkwy., MB R5G 2G7

Ph: (204) 326-5509

Fax: (204) 326-6626

Steinbach

Countryside Farms

88 Millwork Dr., MB R5G 1V9

Ph: (204) 284-0632

Fax: (204) 326-5744

Winnipeg Burnbrae Farms Ltd.

500 Pandora Ave. W., MB R2C 1N1

Ph: (204) 222-2783

Fax: (204) 224-0046

REGISTERED EGG PRODUCT STATIONS

Winnipeg Burnbrae Farms Ltd.

500 Pandora Ave. W., MB R2C 1N1

Ph: (204) 222-2783

Fax: (204) 224-0046

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

Canola Council of Canada 400-167 Lombard Ave., Winnipeg, MB R3B 0T6

Ph: (204) 982-2100

Toll Free: (866) 834-4378 admin@canolacouncil.org www.canolacouncil.org

Central Testing Laboratories Ltd.

Unit 9 - 851 Lagimodiere Blvd., Winnipeg, MB R2J 3K4

Ph: (204) 237-9128

Fax: (855) 754-1046 www.ctl.mb.ca

Cereals Canada

303 Main St., Suite 1000, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3G7

Ph: (204) 942-2166

www.cerealscanada.ca

Dominion Veterinary Laboratories Ltd.

1199 Sanford St., Winnipeg, MB R3E 3A1

Ph: (204) 589-7361

Fax: (204) 943-9612 www.domvet.com

Intertek - Agricultural Testing, Grading & Inspection

973 St. James St., Winnipeg, MB R3H 0X2

Ph: (204) 944-1887

Fax: (204) 942-0334 www.intertek.com

Pestell Nutrition

3220 Roblin Blvd., Winnipeg, MB R3R 0C3

Ph: (204) 414-9400

info@pestell.com www.pestell.com

South-East Veterinary Clinic

200 Hwy. 52 West

Steinbach, MB R5G 2N8

Ph: (204) 326-9849 www.southeastvet.ca

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Manitoba regional office 303 Main St., Room 402, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3G7

Ph: (204) 259-4189

AAFC.MB.info.MB.AAC@agr.gc.ca www.agriculture.canada.ca

CANADIAN FOOD

INSPECTION AGENCYRegional Office - Manitoba 269 Main St., Room 613, Winnipeg, MB R3C 1B2

Ph: (204) 259-1400 www.inspection.canada.ca

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCYWestern Regional Office 1115 57th Ave. NE, Calgary, AB T2E 9B2

Ph: (587) 230-2200 www.inspection.canada.ca

ANIMAL HEALTH AND WELFARE, GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA

Agricultural Service Building 545 University Cres., Winnipeg MB R3T 5S6

Ph: (204) 945-7663

Fax: (204) 945-4327

www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/ animal-health-and-welfare

UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA

Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural & Food Sciences, 201 Animal Science/Entomology Building 12 Dafoe Rd. University of Manitoba (Fort Garry Campus) Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2

Ph: (204) 474-9383

Fax: (204) 474-7628 animal.science@umanitoba.ca www.umanitoba.ca/agriculturalfood-sciences/animal-science Operations Manager, Glenlea Research Station Jay Bourcier, (204) 712-6000

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

ANAC - Manitoba Division 338 Luxiana Dr., Grande Pointe, MB R5A 1E1

Ph: (204) 918-2546

Fax: (204) 254-5863 bjames.anac@gmail.com

Manitoba Chicken Producers 1357 Kenaston Blvd., Winnipeg, MB R3P 2P2

Ph: (204) 489-4603

Fax: (204) 488-1163 chicken@chicken.mb.ca www.manitobachicken.ca

Jake Wiebe, Chair; Stuart Nikkel,

Vice Chair.; Directors: Josie Boschman, Rod Wiebe, Murray Klassen, Henry Heppner, Elie Kleinsasser, Claudia Wollmann. Staff: Wayne Hiltz, Executive Director.

Manitoba Egg Farmers 18 - 5 Scurfield Blvd., Winnipeg, MB R3Y 1G3

Ph: (204) 488-4888

Fax: (204) 488-3544

www.eggs.mb.ca

Catherine Kroeker-Klassen, Member-at-Large, Chair; Harold Froese, Member-at-Large, Vice Chair; Members: Rick Lee, District 2; Kurt Siemens, District 3; Harley Siemens, District 4; Ed Kleinsasser, District 5, Edward Maendel, District 6. Sandra Dyck, Memberat-Large.

Manitoba Turkey Producers

895B Century St., Winnipeg, MB R3H 0M3

Ph: (204) 489-4635

Fax: (204) 489-4907

mbturkey@turkey.mb.ca www.mb.canadianturkey.ca

Rachelle Brown, Chair, Executive Committee, Turkey Farmers of Canada Director; Mike Reimer, Vice-Chair, Executive Committee, Turkey Farmers of Canada Alternate; Steve Hofer, Director, Keystone Agricultural Producers Rep; Leroy Loewen, Director, Keystone Agriculture Producers Alternate. Helga Wheddon, General Manager.

NEW BRUNSWICK

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

ATLANTIC POULTRY INC.

791 Belcher St., Port Williams, NS

B0P 1T0

Ph: (506) 363-3054

Fax: (506) 363-3929

COUVOIR WESTCO LTÉE

9 Westco Rd., St. François, NB E7A 1A5

Ph: (506) 992-3112

Fax: (506) 992-3990

MARITIME HATCHERY LTD.

7530 Highway 134, Maitland, NS

N0N 1T0

Ph: (506) 684-9111

Fax: (506) 753-4753

REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS

Amherst

Sunny Glen Eggs Ltd.

50 Tantramar Cres., NB B4H 0A1

Ph: (506) 363-3025

Fax: (506) 363-3667

Bear Island

Goodine’s Poultry Farm

3166 Route 105, NB E6L 1H7

Ph: (506) 363-2323

Edmundston

Les Oeufs Madalia S.E.C., (Madalia Eggs L.P.)

460, chemin St-Joseph, NB E7B 2G9

Ph: (506) 735-3949

Kars

Grants Breeder Farm Ltd. (Grants Breeder Farm)

2914 Route 124, NB E5T 2Y1

Ph: (506) 485-2930

Fax: (506) 485-2930

Keswick

Early Bird Eggs Ltd., (Dunphy’s Poultry Farm)

RR 3, NB E6L 2A2

Ph: (506) 363-3092

Fax: (506) 363-4370

St. Simon

Ferme Avicole Chiasson RR 1, Site 32A, rue Centre, NB E0B 1L0

Ph: (506) 727-5597

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

Perennia Field Services/Food Safety Services

199 Dr. Bernie MacDonald Dr., Bible Hill, NS B6L 2H5

Ph: (902) 896-0277

Fax: (902) 896-7299

info@perennia.ca www.perennia.ca

PROVINCIAL

GOVERNMENT/ UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

New Brunswick Regional Office

P.O. Box 57000, Research Centre 850 Lincoln Rd., Fredericton, NB E3B 6C2

Ph: (506) 460-4346

AAFC.ATL.info.ATL.AAC@agr. gc.ca www.agriculture.canada.ca

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY - Regional Office –New Brunswick

850 Lincoln Rd, Fredericton, NB E3B 5G4

Ph: (506) 452-4964

Fax: (506) 452-3923

CANADIAN FOOD

INSPECTION AGENCY- Atlantic Area Office

1081 Main St.

Moncton, NB E1C 1H1

Ph: 1 (800) 442-2342 www.inspection.canada.ca

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES, GOVERNMENT OF NEW BRUNSWICK

Hugh John Flemming Foresty Centre, PO Box 6000, Fredericton NB E3B 5H1

Ph: (506) 453-3826

Fax: (506) 453-7170 DAAF-MAAP@gnb.ca www.gnb.ca/ AgricultureAquacultureFisheries

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

ANAC - Atlantic Division 47597 Homestead Rd. Berry Mills, NB E1G 4K2

Ph: (506) 961-5007 anacatla@bellaliant.net

Kevin Weppler, Chairman; Dave Dieleman, Vice-Chairman. Members: Rob Lister (Atlantic), Rhett Arnason (MB). Director-atLarge: Chris Mateo.

Chicken Farmers of New Brunswick 277 Main St. Suite 101, Fredericton, NB E3A 1E1

Ph: (506) 452-8085

Fax: (506) 451-2121 nbchicken@nb.aibn.com www.pouletnbchicken.ca

Hugh Harmon, Chair; Marc Cormier, Vice Chair, CFC Director; Members: Léandre Morin, Daniel Dupuis, Marco Volpé. Louis Martin, Manager.

Egg Farmers of New Brunswick/ Les producteurs d’oeufs du N.-B. Suite 101, 275 Main Street, Fredericton, NB E3A 1E1

Ph: (506) 458 8885

Fax: (506) 453 0645 nbegg@nbnet.nb.ca www.nbegg.ca

Hans Kristensen, Chair; Kimberly Kelly, Vice Chair; David Coburn, Francois Jacques, Kara Law, Directors. Sarah Loftus, General Manager.

Turkey Farmers of New Brunswick

103 - 277 Main St., Fredericton, NB E3A 1E1

Ph: (506) 452-8103

Fax: (506) 451-2121

kgodin@nb.aibn.com, lmartin@ nb.aibn.com www,nb.canadianturkey.ca

Marco Volpe, Director; Joshua Hayes, Alternate Director; Hugo Therrien, 2nd Alternate Director. Louis Martin, Sec.-Mgr.

NEWFOUNDLAND

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

ATLANTIC POULTRY INC.

791 Belcher St., Port Williams, NS B0P 1T0

Ph: (709) 759-2305

Fax: (709) 759-2238

REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS

Roaches Line

Newfoundland Eggs Inc.

Site 4, Box 7, RR 1, NF A0A 1W0

Ph: (709) 528-4595

Fax: (709) 528-4596

Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s

Stewart King

170 Bennetts Road, NL A1M 1X3

Ph: (709) 895-3131

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

Perennia

Field Services/Food Safety Services

173 Dr. Bernie MacDonald Dr., Bible Hill, NS B6L 2H5

Ph: (902) 896-0277

Fax: (902) 896-7299 info@perennia.ca www.perennia.ca

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Newfoundland and Labrador

regional office

308 Brookfield Rd., Building 25, St. John’s, NL A1E 6J5

Ph: (709) 793-3186

AAFC.ATL.info.ATL.AAC@agr.gc.ca

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION

AGENCY - Regional OfficeNewfoundland and Labrador

10 Barter’s Hill, St. John’s, NL A1C 6M1

Ph: (709) 772-4424

Fax: (709) 772-2282 inspection.canada.ca

FARM INDUSTRY REVIEW BOARD

Agriculture Production and Research Division

192 Wheeler’s Rd. PO Box 2006, Corner Brook NL A2H 6J8

Ph: (709) 637-2046

Fax: (709) 637-2365 www.gov.nl.ca/ffa

AGRIFOODS DEVELOPMENT BRANCH, GOVERNMENT OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

Animal Health Division 1st Floor, Provincial Agriculture

Building

308 Brookfield Road, PO Box 7400, St John’s, NL A1E 3Y5

Ph: (709) 729-6879

Fax: (709) 729-0055 ocvo@gov.nl.ca www.gov.nl.ca/ffa/department

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

ANAC - Atlantic Division 47597 Homestead Rd., Berry Mills, NB E1G 4K2

Ph: (506) 961-5007 anacatla@bellaliant.net

Gerry Lutes, – Executive Manager & Secretary-Treasurer; Kevin Weppler, Chairman; Dave Dieleman Vice-Chairman. Members: Rob Lister (Atlantic), Rhett Arnason (MB). Director-atLarge: Chris Mateo.

Chicken Farmers of Newfoundland and Labrador PO Box 8098, St. John’s NL A1B 3M9

Ph: (709) 747-1493 rwalsh@nlchicken.com www.nlchicken.com

Paul Dunphy, Chairperson; Carol Anne Walsh, Vice-Chairperson.; Directors: Davis Noel, Darryl Legge, Ruth Noseworthy. Ron Walsh, Manager.

Egg Farmers of Newfoundland and Labrador

PO Box 175, Mount Pearl, NL A1N 2C2

Ph: (709) 722-2953

Fax: (709) 722-6204 info@nleggs.ca www.nleggs.ca

NOVA SCOTIA

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

ATLANTIC POULTRY INCORPORATED

791 Belcher St., RR 1

Port Williams, NS B0P 1T0

Ph: (912) 678-0480

Fax: (902) 681-1707

COX ATLANTIC CHICK HATCHERY LTD.

7762 Hwy. 215, Maitland, NS B0N 1T0

Ph: (902) 261 2244

Fax: (902) 261-2409

MARITIME CHICK LTD.

963 Hwy 358

Port Williams, NS B0P 1T0

Ph: (902) 684-3530

Fax: (902) 681-0611

NS Agricultural College

25 Farm Lane, Truro, NS B2N 5E3

Ph: (902) 893-6635

Fax: (902) 896-2482

REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS

Amherst

Maritime Pride Eggs Inc.

50 Tantramar Cres., NS B4H 0A1

Ph: (902) 667-2015

Fax: (902) 667-1630

Antigonish

Alicia I. King, Danny King

448 Addington Forks Rd., NS B2G 2K8

Ph: (902) 870-4810

Collingwood

Floyd Dickie & Sons Ltd.

3009 Wyvern Rd., NS B0M 1V0

Ph: (902) 686-3829

Fax: (902) 686-3171

Lake George

Canaanland Free Range Eggs

4529 Aylesford Rd., NS B0P 1C0

Ph: (902) 847-0831

Middleton

Coldspring Farm Ltd.

77 Delusion Rd., NS B0S 1P0

Ph: (902) 825-4401

Millville, Cape Breton County

Hilly Acres Farm Ltd.

289 Millville Rd., NS B0C 1B0

Ph: (902) 674-2825

Fax: (902) 674-2858

New Germany

Delong Poultry Farms Ltd.

312 Barss Corner Rd., NS B0R 1E0

Ph: (902) 644-2718

Fax: (902) 644-2718

New Ross

Rocky Top Farm

150 Will Turner Rd., NS B0J 2M0

Ph: (902) 689-2112

Fax: (902) 689-2520

Nuttby

Sullivan’s Family Farm

161 Sullivan Road, NS B6L 6T5

Ph: (902) 890-0415

Port Morien

Terence Kennedy

3980 Homeville Rd., RR 1, NS B0A 1T0

Ph: (902) 849-3478

Port Williams

Atlantic Poultry Incorporated

791 Belcher St., NS B0P 1T0

Ph: (902) 679-4711

Fax: (902) 678-8599

Princeville, Inverness County

Rooyakkers Farm Ltd.

901 Riverside Rd., NS B0E 3L0

Ph: (902) 625-2131

Fax: (902) 631-4621

West Dublin

Gerald Risser

78 Bushen Hill Rd., NS B0R 1C0

Ph: (902) 688-3134

Fax: (902) 688-3134

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

Perennia

173 Dr. Bernie MacDonald Dr., Bible Hill, NS B6L 2H5

Ph: (902) 896-0277

Fax: (902) 896-7299 info@perennia.ca www.perennia.ca

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

410 - 1791 Barrington St., Halifax, NS B3J 2N7

Ph: (902) 426-6151

AAFC.ATL.info.ATL.AAC@agr.gc.ca www.agriculture.canada.ca

ATLANTIC POULTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

PO Box 550, 25 Farm Lane, Truro NS B2N 5L9

Ph: (902) 893-6657

Fax: (902) 895-6734 laurie.eagles@dal.ca www.aprinstitute.ca

Yvonne Thyssen-Post, Chief Executive Officer; Janice MacIsaac, Research Associate

DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture

58 River Rd., PO Box 550, Truro NS B2N 5E3

Ph: (902) 893-6600

Dr. Bruce Rathgeber, Associate Professor, Poultry & Department Chair

Ph: (902) 893-6654 brathgeber@dal.ca www.dal.ca/faculty/agriculture.html

CANADIAN FOOD

INSPECTION AGENCYRegional Office - Nova Scotia 44-1000 Windmill Rd., Dartmouth, NS B3B 1L7

Ph: (902) 536-1010

Fax: (902) 536-1098 www.inspection.canada.ca

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Veterinarians at Hancock Veterinary Pathology Lab

65 River Rd., Hancock Veterinary Building, Bible Hill NS B2N 2P3

Ph: (902) 893-6540

Fax: (902) 895-6684

AnimalHealthLab@novascotia.ca www.novascotia.ca/agri

NATURAL PRODUCTS

MARKETING COUNCIL, NS DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE

Edward F. Lorraine Building, 74 Research Dr., Bible Hill NS B6L 2R2

Ph: (902) 893-6511

Fax: (902) 893-6573

Danielle Dorn Kouwenberg, Acting Director

Danielle.DornKouwenberg@ novascotia.ca www.novascotia.ca/agri

NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

1800 Argyle St., Suite 607, Halifax NS B3J 3N8

Ph: (902) 424-4560

Fax: (902) 424-4671

Toll Free: (800) 279-0825 www.novascotia.ca/agri

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

ANAC - Atlantic Division

47597 Homestead Rd., Berry Mills, NB E1G 4K2

Ph: (506) 961-5007 anacatla@bellaliant.net www.anacan.org

Gerry Lutes, Executive Manager & Secretary-Treasurer

Kevin Weppler, Chairman; Dave Dieleman, Vice-Chairman. Members: Rob Lister (Atlantic), Rhett Arnason (MB). Director-atLarge: Chris Mateo.

Chicken Farmers of Nova Scotia

531 Main St., Kentville NS B4N 1L4

Ph: (902) 681-7400

Fax: (902) 681-7401

chicken@nschicken.com www.nschicken.com

Thom Qulton, Chair; Ron teStroete, Vice-Chair; Directors: Nick deGraaf, John Swetnam, Julie Gould, Warren Cox. Chris Bell, Executive Director.

Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia

1 Commercial St., Ste. 303, Truro, NS B2N 3H8

Ph: (902) 895-6341

www.nsegg.ca

Jeff Clarke, Chair.; Tim Cox, Vice Chair; Glen Jennings, EFC Director; Directors: Ralph DeLong, Krista Oulton, Theodore Eyking, Paul Overmars, Cory Cox.

Turkey Farmers of Nova Scotia

969 Seminary Ave., Box 407, Canning NS B0P 1H0

Ph: (902) 582-7877

Fax: (902) 582-5326

info@turkeyfarmersofnovascotia.com www.turkeyfarmersofnovascotia.com

ONTARIO

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

ARCHER’S POULTRY FARM

15754 County Rd. 2, RR 3, Brighton, ON K0K 1H0

Ph: (613) 475-0820

ARKELL HATCHERY RR 2, 413 Arkell Rd. Guelph, ON N1H 6H8

Ph: (519) 836-0150

BONNIE’S CHICK HATCHERY LTD.

18 Arthur St. N., Elmira, ON N3B 2Z6

Ph: (519) 669-2561

CARGILL LIMITED

644 Nanticoke Creek Parkway, Jarvis, ON N0A 1J0

Ph: (519) 587-2289

CRO QUAIL FARMS INC.

3625 16th Rd., St. Anns, ON L0R 1Y0

Ph: (905) 562-7277

CUDDY FARMS LTD. 2008

528429 Centre Rd., RR 5, Strathroy, ON N7G 3H6

Ph: (519) 245-1592

FREY’S HATCHERY LTD.

80 Northside Dr., St. Jacobs, ON N0B 2N0

Ph: (519) 664-2291

HORIZON POULTRY

30 St. Clair Ave. W. Ste. 1500, Toronto, ON M4N 3AZ

Ph: (519) 364-3200

HYBRID TURKEYS, A Division of Hendrix Genetics Ltd.

650 Riverbend Drive, Ste. C, Kitchener, ON N2K 3S2

Ph: (519) 894-4719

HYBRID TURKEYS, A Division of Hendrix Genetics Ltd.

650 Riverbend Drive, Ste. C, Kitchener, ON N2K 3S2

Ph: (519) 653-3527

ISA HENDRIX GENETICS

500 Franklin Blvd., Cambridge, ON N1R 5V9

Ph: (519) 621-5191

KING COLE DUCKS LTD.

PO Box 185, Aurora, ON L4G 3H3

Ph: (905) 836-9461

LAKESIDE GAME FARM

RR 1, Lakeside, ON N0M 2G0

Ph: (519) 349-2552

LOHMANN BREEDERS CANADA LTD.

180 Garden Ave., Brantford, ON N3S 7W4

Ph: (519) 758-5909

MAPLE LEAF FOODS INC

30 St. Clair Ave. W. Ste. 1500, Toronto, ON M4N 3AZ

Ph: (519) 662-6010

MAPLE LODGE HATCHERIES

LTD (Fleming Chicks Division)

4412 Ontario St., PO Box 1000, Beamsville, ON L0R 1B0

Ph: (905) 563-4914

MAPLE LODGE HATCHERIES

LTD. (Stratford Chicks Division)

17 Pine St., Stratford, ON N5A 1W2

Ph: (519) 275-2240

MAPLE LODGE HATCHERIES

LTD. (Curtis Chicks Division)

101 Fox Rd., Port Hope, ON L1A 3V5

Ph: (905) 885-6337

McCULLY CENTURY FARM

10851 Pinehurst Line RR 3, Chatham, ON M7M 5J3

Ph: (519) 358-1622

MCKINLEY HATCHERY

772 Queen St. E., St. Mary’s, ON N4X 1C2

Ph: (519) 284-1790

MILL POND HATCHERY

555 Pipeline Rd., RR 1, Grafton, ON K0K 2G0

Ph: (905) 349-2875

RYCKMAN FARMS

19914 Duart Rd. RR 1, Muirkirk, ON N0P 2C0

Ph: (519) 678-3481

SILVER MAPLE GAME BIRDS

2394 Manser Rd., Millbank, ON N0K 1L0

Ph: (519) 656-3342

THAMES RIVER

HATCHERY INC.

1107 Ridgeway Road, Woodstock, ON N4V 1E3

Ph: (905) 878-4401

TRILLIUM HATCHERY INC.

7378 Line 19 RR2, Stratford, ON N0K 1Y0

Ph: (519) 263-2035

UNIONDALE HATCHERY

196867 19th Line RR 3, Lakeside, ON N0M 2G0

Ph: (519) 317-4577

UPLANDS PHEASANTRY

6282 Fleming Rd., RR 1, Camlachie, ON N0N 1E0

Ph: (519) 542-7089

VAN LI FARMS

4578 Nauvoo Rd., Watford, ON N0M 2S0

Ph: (519) 857-4849

WEBFOOT FARM AND HATCHERY LTD.

6340 Wellington County Rd 7, Elora, ON N0B 1S0

Ph: (519) 846-9885

WILCOX FAMILY FARMS INC.

224501 Ostrander Rd., Tillsonburg, ON N4G 4H1

Ph: (519) 842-5429

WILLOW CREEK HATCHERY

6680 3rd Line West, Elora, ON N0B 1S0

Ph: (519) 846-5267

REGISTERED EGG

GRADING STATIONS

Ashburn

Sunnyside Farm, (Douglas Ashton & Ronald Ashton)

625 Townline Rd. W., ON L0B 1A0

Ph: (905) 655-4240

Aylmer

Edwin Wagler

RR 4, ON N5H 2R3

Aylmer

Harold & Lillian Stoll, (Green Meadow Eggs)

11168 Springerhill Rd., ON N5H 2R3

Ph: (519) 866-3610 ext. 1

Fax: (519) 765-1217

Blackstock

Sweda Farms Ltd., (Verified Eggs

Canada)

3880 Edgerton Rd., PO Box 149, ON L0B 1B0

Ph: (905) 986-5747

Fax: (905) 986-5744

Chesley

Wayne & Alta Weber

723 Bruce Rd. 11, RR 3, ON N0G 1L0

Ph: (519) 363-0028

Curran

Kornel Schneider (Ferme Reveuse)

580 Concession 8, K0B 1C0

Ph: (613) 799-7990

Douglas

Isaac Hoover (Hoover’s Egg

Grading Station)

250 McLarty Rd., RR 1, ON K0J 1S0

Dunnville

Lyle M. Packham, (Packham

Poultry Farm)

RR 1, ON N1A 2W1

Ph: (905) 774-4846

Earlton

Gwen Koch

PO Box 787, ON P0J 1E0

Ph: (705) 563-8325

Elmira

Loel Penner, Phyllis Penner

3942 Arthur St. N., ON N3B 2Z1

Ph: (519) 669-4880

Evansville

Morley Runnalls, (Morley & Cathie

Runnalls)

16454 Hwy. 540, RR 1, ON P0P 1E0

Ph: (705) 282-2356

Exeter

Miller’s Country Store

215 Pickard Rd., ON N0M 1S3

Ph: (519) 235-5000

Fax: (519) 235-6200

Fort Francis

Mark Gerber

RR 1, RMB 56, ON P9A 3M2

Ph: (519) 376-9312

Guelph

Cedarvale Farm

5142 Jones Baseline, ON N1H 6H8

Ph: (519) 824-8832

Highgate

Fenton Farms

14909 Hastings Line, RR 2, ON N0P 1T0

Ph: (519) 678-3302

Huntsville

Brian Currie, (Currie’s Corner Farm)

116 Bethune Rd. N., ON P1H 2J2

Ph: (705) 909-0080

Innisfil

Bee’s Universe, (Irina & Ionel Alecu)

1773 20th Sideroad, ON L9S 4H8

Ph: (705) 436-7659

Iron Bridge

Maple Acres Farm

50 Eley Rd., ON P0R 1H0

Ph: (705) 297-2585

Keene

John Millar Eggs

RR 3, ON K0L 2G0

Ph: (705) 295-6565

Kent Bridge

Roesch Meats & More

10910 Northwood Line, ON N0P 1V0

Ph: (519) 351-7711

Fax: (519) 351-5771

Kitchener

Ontario Pride Eggs Inc.,

860 Trillium Drive, ON N2R 1K4

Ph: (519) 741-8763

Lindsay

Clare Scully

RR 5, ON K9V 4R5

Ph: (705) 799-5586

Listowel

Gray Ridge Eggs Inc.

RR 4, ON N2W 3G9

Ph: (519) 291-5150

Fax: (519) 291-3369

Lyn

Burnbrae Farms Ltd.

Box 10, RR 1, ON K0E 1M0

Ph: (613) 345-5651

Fax: (613) 345-6946

Matheson

Alvin Martin (Spring Hollow Packaging)

2414 Hwy 11 N, ON P0K 1N0

Ph: (705) 273-1747

Milverton

Orval Zehr Eggs

RR 1, ON N0K 1M0

Ph: (519) 595-4732

Fax: (519) 595-4378

Mississauga

Burnbrae Mississauga, (Division of Burnbrae Farms Ltd.)

5434 Tomken Rd., ON L4W 1P2

Ph: (905) 624-3600

Fax: (905) 624-5298

Monkland

Ontario Pride Eggs Inc.

17350 Hwy. 43, PO Box 53, ON K0C 1V0

Ph: (613) 346-2154

Fax: (613) 346-2427

Mount Albert

Ontario Egg Master Ltd.

8900 Con. 2, ON L0G 1M0

Ph: (905) 473-3001

Navan

Bearbrook Game Meats Inc.

5396 Dunning Rd., ON K4B 1J1 Ph: (613) 835-7575

Fax: (613) 835-3685

New Liskeard

Craig Haven Farm and Gardens

RR 1, ON P0J 1P0 Ph: (705) 647-4878

Newmarket

403834 Ontario Ltd., (Homestead Specialty Foods)

983 Graham Side Rd., ON L3Y 4V9

Ph: (905) 775-2106

Fax: (905) 775-9416

Oshawa

White Feather Farms Inc.

65 Raglan Rd. E., RR 1, ON L1H 7K4

Ph: (905) 655-7694

Fax: (905) 655-3898

Oxford Station

John Beking, (Beking’s Poultry Farm)

RR 1, ON K0G 1T0

Ph: (613) 258-5396

Paisley

David Weber & Ellen Weber

(Weber’s Pastured Meats)

1230 Bruce Road 11, ON N0G 2N0

Ph: (519) 353-4113

Port Hope

2479611 Ontario Inc.

5647 Heaslip Lane, ON L1A 3V8

Ph: (647) 588-6425

Simcoe

V.G. Packers Limited

966 Concession 6 Woodhouse Rd., ON N3Y 4K4

Ph : (519) 428-7926

St-Isidore

Ferme Avicole Laviolette Ltée

4503 chemin Bourgon, ON K0C 2B0

Ph: (613) 524-2847

Fax: (613) 524-2847

Stayner

A & D Bird Seed Inc.

1617 County Rd. 42, ON L0M 1S0

Ph: (705) 428-2465

Strathroy

Maple Lynn Foods Ltd.

PO Box 127, 301 Ellor St., ON N7G 3J1

Ph: (519) 245-1630

Fax: (519) 245-1690

Strathroy

Gray Ridge Eggs Inc.

644 Wright St., ON N7G 3H8

Ph: (519) 245-0480

Fax: (519) 245-5829

Strathroy

Norman & Gayle Frisa, (Frisa Farms)

30130 Centre Rd., RR 6, ON N7G 3H7

Ph: (519) 232-4478

Fax: (519) 679-1624

Tavistock

Fred & Merna Alexander Eggs

RR 2, ON N0B 2R0

Ph: (519) 462-2478

Thunder Bay

Vanderwees Poultry Farm

RR 11, 5221 Townline Rd., ON P7B 5E2

Ph: (807) 935-2507

Fax: (807) 935-2337

Timmins

Justin Boutin

13392 Hwy. 101 W., ON P4R 0E9

Ph: (705) 262-9556

Walford Station

Abraham & Minerva Frey

100 Mailloux Rd., ON P0P 2E0

Ph: (705) 844-9974

2022 Board of Directors

Wallaceburg

Ross McCreary, (McCreary Farms)

7651 McCreary Line, ON N8A 4L1

Ph: (519) 627-6754

Fax: (519) 627-5141

Wallenstein

Cleason F. & Mildred W. Martin, (Sunrise Egg Farm)

7310 4th Line, RR 2, ON N0B 2S0

Ph: (519) 669-7648

Warkworth

Laver Farms Ltd.

372 Concession Road 2 East, ON K0K 3K0

Ph: (705) 653-6035

Wellesley

Local Egg Limited

111 David St., ON N0B 2T0

Ph: (519) 465-0894

Wroxeter

Horwick Community Farmers Inc.

44212 Salem Rd., RR 1, ON N0G 2X0

Yarker

Hank-John Reinink

RR 3, ON K0K 3N0

Ph: (613) 378-2479

Zurich

Don Gingerich

RR 2, ON N0M 2T0

Ph: (519) 236-4852

REGISTERED EGG PRODUCT STATIONS

Brampton

Country Queen Foods Inc. (Country Queen Foods)

205 Wilkinson Rd., ON L6T 4M2

Ph: (905) 456-2460

Fax: (905) 456-3640

Brockville

Burnbrae Farms Ltd.

260 Central Ave., ON K6V 4N8

Ph: (613) 342-3960

Fax: (613) 342-8083

Burlington

Malabar Super Spice Co. Ltd.

459 Enfield Rd., ON L7T 2X5 Ph: (905) 632-2062

Etobicoke

Global Egg Corporation, (Egg Solutions, A Division of Global Egg Corp.)

283 Horner Avenue, ON M8Z 4Y4

Ph: (416) 231-2409

Fax: (416) 231-8991

Egg Farmers of Ontario’s (EFO’s) Board of Directors represent the more than 500 egg and pullet farm families in Ontario.

For more than 57 years, EFO has worked to ensure that consumers have access to safe, high-quality and reasonably priced eggs with a fair return to farmers.

Etobicoke

Global Egg Corporation, (Egg Solutions, A Division of Global Egg)

25 Newbridge Rd., ON M8Z 2L6

Ph: (416) 354-4176

Fax: (416) 231-8991

Etobicoke

2162889 Ontario Ltd., (Supreme Egg Products Inc.)

17 Newbridge Rd., ON M8Z 2L6

Ph: (416) 237-1313

Fax: (416) 237-1316

St. Marys

Perth County Ingredients Inc.

20 Thames Rd., ON N4X 1C4

Ph: (519) 284-3449

Toronto

Global Egg Corporation, (Egg Solutions, A Division of Global Egg Corp.)

283 Horner Ave., ON M8Z 4Y4

Ph: (416) 231-2409

Fax: (416) 231-8991

Toronto

Shelmac Brand Products Inc.

1289 Caledonia Rd., ON M6A 2X7

Ph: (416) 787-1825

Fax: (416) 787-6389

Windsor

DC Nutrition Group Inc.

2835 Kew Dr., ON N8T 3B7

Ph: (905) 550-5448

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

A&L Canada Laboratories Inc.

2136 Jetstream Rd., London, ON N5V 3P5

Ph: (519) 457-2575

Fax: (519) 457-2664

Toll Free: (855) 837-8347 alcanadalabs@alcanada.com www.alcanada.com

Activation Laboratories Ltd.

41 Bittern St., Ancaster, ON L9G 4V5

Ph: (905) 648-9611

Fax: (905) 648-9613

Toll Free: (888) 228-5227 (ACTLABS) ancaster@actlabs.com www.actlabs.com

Canadian Poultry Consultants Ltd.

30325 Canary Court, Abbotsford, BC V4X 2N4

Ph: (604) 854-6600

Toll Free: (877) 449-3447 admin@canadianpoultry.ca www.canadianpoultry.ca

Elfrida Poultry Diagnostic Services

1354 Stoney Creek Rd., Caledonia, ON N3W 1R2

Ph: (905) 765-2177

Gateway Centre of Excellence

Inin Rural Health

74 Kingston St., Goderich, ON N7A 3K4

Ph: (519) 612-1053

info@gatewayruralheatlh.ca www.gatewayruralhealth.ca

Guelph Poultry Veterinary Services

519 Maltby Rd., Guelph, ON N1L 1G3

Ph: (519) 821-5963

Dr. L.J. Weber, D.V.M., Poultry Health Consultant

Intertek - Cargo Inspection & Testing

Hamilton – Unit 1, 710 South Service Rd., ON L8E 5S7

Ph: (905) 529-0090

Fax: (905) 529-5989

Sarnia – 269A St. Andrew St Unit

1, ON N7T 2L3

Ph: (519) 336-5112

Fax: (519) 336-6881

Thunder Bay – 585 Squier St., ON P7B 4A7

Ph: (807) 345-5392

Fax: (807) 345-4032

www.intertek.com

Lakeside Poultry Veterinary Services Inc.

Unit A, 240 Graff Ave., Stratford, ON N5A 6Y2

Ph: (519) 273-9090

Fax: (519) 273-2002

Toll-Free: 1-855-998-9090

www.

lakesidepoultryveterinaryservices. com

Dr. Shahbaz Haq, M.Sc. (Vet Pathology), D.V.M., Dip ACPV

Poultry Health Services

237 Arnold St. Unit 4, Kitchener, ON N2H 6E8

Ph: (888) 950-2252

phsinfo@poultryhealth.ca poultryhealth.ca

SGS Canada Inc.

6755 Mississauga Rd. Ste. 204, Mississauga, ON L5N 7Y2

Ph: (905) 364-3771 www.sgs.ca

Zorra Veterinary Services

RR 2, 235806 23rd Line Thamesford, ON N0M 2M0

Ph: (519) 283-6081

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Ontario regional office

174 Stone Rd., W., Guelph, ON N1G 4S9

Ph: (226) 217-8143

Fax: (226) 217-8187

AAFC.ON.info.ON.AAC@agr.gc.ca www.agriculture.canada.ca

AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS APPEAL

TRIBUNAL

1 Stone Rd. West, 2nd Fl. NW, Guelph ON N1G 4Y2

Ph: (519) 826-3433

Fax: (519) 826-4232 AFRAAT@ontario.ca www.afraat.ca

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY

Regional Office - Central 259 Woodlawn Rd. W., Suite A, Guelph, ON N1H 8J1

Ph: (226) 217-1200

Fax: (226) 217-1211

Regional Office - North East 500 Huronia Rd., Unit 103, Barrie, ON L4N 8X3

Ph: (705) 739-0008

Fax: (705) 739-0405

Regional Office - South West 1200 Commissioners Rd. E., Unit 19, London, ON N5Z 4R3

Ph: (519) 691-1300

Fax: (519) 691-1315

Regional Office - Toronto 1124 Finch Ave. W., Unit 2, Toronto, ON M3J 2E2

Ph: (647) 790-1100

Fax: (647) 790-1104

ONTARIO FARM PRODUCTS MARKETING COMMISSION

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

1 Stone Rd. W., Guelph ON N1G 4Y2

Ph: (519) 826-3100 (General inquiry)

Ph: (877) 424-1300 (AICC) ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/ farmproducts

ONTARIO MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD MINISTRY OF RURAL AFFAIRS Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road e., Guelph ON N1G 2W1

Ph: (519) 824-4120 www.ovc.uoguelph.ca

ANIMAL HEALTH

LABORATORY, LABORATORY SERVICES DIVISION

University of Guelph, PO Box 3612, Guelph ON N1H 6R8

Ph: (519) 824-4120 ext ext. 54530 ahlinfo@uoguelph.ca www.uoguelph.ca/ahl/

ONTARIO ANIMAL HEALTH NETWORK (OAHN)

Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph Building 89, 419 Gordon St., Guelph, ON N1G 2W1

Ph: (519) 824-4120 ext. 53364 oahn@uoguelph.ca www.oahn.ca

ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE

University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd. E., Guelph ON N1G 2W1

Ph: (519) 824 4120 ext ext. 54421 ovc.uoguelph.ca

POULTRY HEALTH RESEARCH NETWORK

Dept. of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College

University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd. E., Guelph ON N1G 2W1

Ph: (519) 824-4120

Fax: (519) 824-5930 www.phrn.net

Advisory Board – Dr. Shayan Sharif, Dr. John Lumsden, Dr. Eva Nagy, Dr. Michele Guerin, Dr. Tina Widowski, Tim Nelson, Dr. Bruce Roberts.

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, Department of Animal Biosciences (ABSc)

50 Stone Rd. E., Guelph ON N1G 2W1

Ph: (519) 824-4120 ext ext. 56219

Department Chair: James Squires, Professor and Chair

Ph: 519-824-4120 ext ext. 53928, jsquires@uoguelph.ca. animalbiosciences.uoguelph.ca

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

National Farm Business Management Resource Centre

300 – 250 City Centre Ave., Ottawa, ON K1R 6K7 Ph: (613) 237-9060 info@fmc-gac.com www.takeanewapproach.ca

Association of Ontario Chicken Processors

52 Royal Rd. Unit 2B, Guelph, ON N1H 1G3

Ph: (519) 836-8383

Chicken Farmers of Ontario PO Box 5035, 3320 S. Service Rd., Burlington, ON L7R 3Y8

Ph: (905) 637-0025

Fax: (905) 637-3464

24/7 CFO Connects: (855) 800-4815

24/7 Emergency Hotline: (877) 767-2973

info@ontariochicken.ca www.ontariochicken.ca

Board Director: Adrian Rehorst, 1st Vice Chair, District 1; Rick Kaptein, District 2; Brian Lewis, District 3; Andrea Veldhuizen, District 4; Jordan Fois, 2nd Vice Chair, District 5; Murray Opsteen, District 6; Doug Duimering, District 7; Scott Buchan, District 8; Tim Klompmaker, District 9.

Egg Farmers of Ontario

7195 Millcreek Dr., Mississauga, ON L5N 4H1

Ph: (905) 858-9790

Fax: (905) 858-1589 general@getcracking.ca

www.getcracking.ca

Scott Helps, Chair, Zone 1; Lorne Benedict, Zone 2; Dan Veldman, Vice Chair, Zone 3; Roger Pelissero, Zone 4; Brian Miller, Zone 5; Sally van Straaten, Zone 6; Scott Brookshaw, Zone 7; George Pilgrim, Zone 8; Ian McFall, Zone 9; Marcel Jr. Laviolette, Zone 10; Alvin Brunsveld, Pullet Director. Ryan Brown, General Manager. Farm & Food Care Ontario

660 Speedvale Ave. W., Unit 302, Guelph, ON N1K 1ES

Ph: (519) 837-1326

info@farmfoodcare.org www.farmfoodcareon.org

Ontario Agri Business Association (OABA - Feed Section Committee - ANACOntario Division)

104 - 160 Research Lane, Guelph, ON N1G 5B2

Ph: (519) 822-3004

Fax: (519) 822-8862 info@oaba.on.ca www.oaba.on.ca

Board of Director: Claude Gauthier, President; Nadine Schwandt, Past President; John Taylor, Vice President; Andrew Coghlin, Treasurer. Director: Don Kabbes, Martin Kiefer, Cassandra Loomans, Justin Merner, Richard Smibert, Sandra Wolfe, Clare Kinlin. Kevin Weppler.

Ontario Association of Poultry Veterinarians, OAPV

Animal Health Lab, University of Guelph, PO Box 3612, Guelph, ON N1H 6R8

Ph: (519) 824-4120 ext. 54530

Ontario Broiler Chicken Hatching Egg Producers Association

483 Arkell Rd., Puslinch, ON N0B 2J0

Ph: (519) 821-0657 obchepa@golden.net www.obchepa.ca

Sam Haverkamp, Chair; Nick Daunt, Vice-All; Jim Patton, Secretary-Treasurer; OBHECC Directors: Tim Hutten, John Kapteyn, Melissa Sinnige, Mark Woods. Farm and Food Care Rep: Peter Greydanus; Office Administrator: Annette LewisCopeland.

Ontario Broiler Hatching Egg & Chick Commission (OBHECC)

250 Woolwich St. S, Unit 1, Breslau, ON N0B 1M0

Ph: (519) 837-0005

info@obhecc.com www.obhecc.ca

Ontario Federation of Agriculture

200 Hanlon Creek Blvd., Guelph, ON N1C 0A1

Ph: (519) 821-8883

Fax: (519) 821-8810

Toll Free: (800) 668-3276 www.ofa.on.ca

Peggy Brekveld, President, Director-at-Large; Mark Reusser,Vice President, Zone 9; Drew Spoelstra, Vice President, Zone 5; Crispin Colvin, Executive Member, Zone 6. Directors: Louis Roesch, Zone 1; Paul Vickers, Zone 2; Larry Davis, Zone 3; Tracey Arts, Zone 4 ; Ethan Wallace, Zone 7; Jennifer Doelman, Zone 8; Steve Brackenridge, Zone 10; Jackie Kelly-Pemberton, Zone 11; Bruce Buttar, Zone 12; Paul Maurice, Zone 13 ; Vanessa Renaud, Zone 14; Mark Kunkel, Zone 15. Directors at-Large: Teresa Van Raay, Sara Wood.

Ontario Hatcheries Association

39 William St., Elmira, ON N3B 1P3

Ph: (519) 669-3350 krista.tfio@bell.net www.ontariohatcheries.com

David Brock, President; Directors: Paul Bulman, Aden Frey, Devin Hanna, Steve Kraemer, Jeff Wilson, Erik Spek, Glen Taschuk. Susan Fitzgerald, Executive Director.

Ontario Institute of Agrologists

PO Box 100, 60 Elora St., S., Harriston, ON N0G 1Z0

Ph: (519) 510-4047 info@oia.on.ca www.oia.on.ca

Richard Heck, President; Dan Roberts, Vice President; Gary Eagleson, Treasurer; Directors: Robert Alton, Lance Schultz, Andy Van Niekerk, (Huronia Branch), Wes Kennedy (Ottawa-St. Lawrence), Corrina Ward (At-large).

Ryan Koeslag, Executive Director.

Ontario Livestock and Poultry Council

39 Williiam St., Elmira, ON N3B 1P3

Ph: (519) 669-3350

Fax: (519) 669-3826 laura.tflo@bell.net www.ontlpc.ca

Gordon Coukell, Chair. Directors: Tom Lewis, Julie Harlow, Jean Howden, Darby Wheeler, Klaus Schneeberger, Steven Roche.

Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association 1-367 Woodlawn Rd. W, Guelph, ON N1H 7K9

Ph: (519) 826-4214

Toll Free: (800) 285-9751 oscia@ontariosoilcrop.org www.ontariosoilcrop.org

Giles Quesnel, Honourary President. Chad Anderson, Past President. Warren Schneckenberger, President; Steve Sickle, 1st Vice President; Phil Oegema, 2nd Vice President; Eleanor Renaud, 3rd Vice President. Directors: John Poel, Andy Van Niekerk, Brady Jones, Gord Speknijder, Chad Quinlan, Birgit Martin, Stefan Szeder. Poultry Industry Council 483 Arkell Rd., Puslinch, ON NOB 2J0

Ph: (519) 837-0284 pic@poultryindustrycouncil.ca www.poultryindustrycouncil.ca

Board Officers: Ed Verkley, Chair; Greg Lansink, Vice Chair; Cathy Lennon, Treasurer. Directors at Large: Laura Bowers, Caroline Gonano, Brian Miller, Kayla Price, Marg Pritchard, Babak Sanei, Mike Terpstra, Bill Van Heeswyk, Andrea Velduizen. Staff: Ashley Honsberger, Executive Director.

Turkey Farmers of Ontario 1120 - 100 Conestoga College Blvd., Kitchener, ON N2P 2N6

Ph: (519) 748-9636

Fax: (519) 748-2742 www.turkeyfarmers.on.ca

District 1 Directors: Matt Steele, Tim de Wit. District 2 Directors: Brian Ricker, Steven Vanderzanden. District 3

Directors: James Schlegel, Duane Dietrich. District 4 Director: Greg Lansink.

Jon-Michael Falconer, General Manager

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS

Freetown

Burns Poultry Farm & Chick Hatchery Ltd (Burns Poultry Farm) 269 Freetown, RR 2, PE C0B 1L0 Ph: (902) 887-2156

Summerside

Maritime Pride Eggs Inc. 26172 Route 2, PE C1N 4J8 Ph: (902) 667-2015

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

Perennia

173 Dr. Bernie MacDonald Dr., Bible Hill, NS B6L 2H5 Ph: (902) 896-0277

Fax: (902) 896-7299 info@perennia.ca www.perennia.ca

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Prince Edward Island regional office

440 University Ave., 3rd Floor, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4N6

Ph: (902) 370-1500

Fax: (902) 370-1511

AAFC.ATL.info.ATL.AAC@agr.gc.ca www.agriculture.canada.ca

CANADIAN FOOD

INSPECTION AGENCY

Regional Office - Prince Edward Island

690 University Ave., Charlottetown, PE C1E 1E3

Ph: (902) 566-7290

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND LAND, GOVERNMENT OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Jones Building, 5th Floor, 11 Kent St., PO Box 2000, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8

Ph: (902) 368-4880

Fax: (902) 368-4857

Toll Free: (866) PEI-FARM (734-3276) DeptAgLand@gov.pe.ca www.princeedwardisland.ca

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

ANAC - Atlantic Division

47597 Homestead Rd., Berry Mills, NB E1G 4K2 Ph: (506) 961-5007 anacatla@bellaliant.net www.anacan.org

Kevin Weppler, Chairman; Dave Dieleman, Vice-Chairman. Members: Rob Lister (Atlantic), Rhett Arnason (MB). Director-atLarge: Chris Mateo.

Chicken Farmers of Prince Edward Island PO Box 40052, West Royalty Post Office, Charlottetown, PE C1E 0J2 Ph: (902) 218-1872

Kevin MacPhail, Chair; Janet Hilliard-Murphy, Manager

Egg Farmers of Prince Edward Island

420 University Ave., Charlottetown, PE C1A 7Z5

Ph: (902) 892-8401

Fax: (902) 566-2755

info@eggspei.ca www.eggspei.ca

John Dennis, Chair; Tim Churchill, Vice Chair; Nathan Burns, Secretary Treasurer; Ian Simmons, Egg Farmers of Canada Director, Peter Stavert. Michael Cummiskey, General Manager.

QUEBEC

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

CANARDS DES MONTS INC.

855 rue Martin, Ville Saint-Jude, QC J0H 1P0

Ph: (450) 469-4362

CANARDS DU LAC BROME LTÉE

40, chemin Centre CP 120, Knowlton, QC J0E 1V0

Ph: (450) 242-3825

COUVOIR BOIRE & FRÈRES INC.

532, 9e Rang, Wickham, QC J0C 1S0

Ph: (819) 398-6645

COUVOIR OVAC

532, Rang 9, Wickham, QC J0C 1S0

Ph: (819) 398-6807

COUVOIR OVO

532 Rang 9, Wickham, QC J0C 1S0

Ph: (819) 314-7630

COUVOIR PINTABO INC.

410, chemin Yamaska, St-Germain de Grantham, QC J0C 1K0

Ph: (819) 395-5495

COUVOIR PROVINCIAL ARTHABASKA

165, rue Laurier Est., Victoriaville, QC G6P 6P8

Ph: (819) 357-8480

COUVOIR QUEBEC INC.

11605, boul. de la Colline, Loretteville, QC G2A 2E1

Ph: (418) 842-3687

COUVOIR SCOTT INC.

1798, rue Kennedy, Scott Jonction, QC G0S 3G0

Ph: (418) 387-2323

COUVOIR UNIK INC.

222, Route 104, Mont St-Grégoire, QC J0T 1K0

Ph: (450) 347-0176

FATERRA CAPITAL INC.

455 Grand Rang St-François, SaintPie, QC j0H 1W0

Ph : (450) 253-0333

FERME JULIE LÉVEILLÉ INC.

1143 Rang Salvail Sud, La Présentation, QC J0H 1B0

Ph : (450) 253-0333

FERME D’ORLÉANS ENR.

2210, avenue Royale, SaintLaurent-de-l’Île-d’Orléans, QC

G0A 3Z0

Ph: (418) 828-2686

FERME KÉGO CAILLES ENR.

60 du Manoir ouest., Cap St-Ignace, Montmagny, QC G0R 1H0

Ph: (418) 246-5012

LA FERME DU PLATON

6930, rue Marie-Victorin, Ste-Croix-de-Lobini`ere, QC G0S 2H0

Ph: (418) 926-2444

LES EMBRYONS LANAUDIERE

165 rue des Entreprises, Notre Dame des Pariries, QC J6E 7Y8

Ph : (450) 755-1160

RÉAL CÔTÉ INC.

329, rue St-Georges, Ange-Gardien, QC J0E 1E0

Ph: (450) 293-3191

RENÉ POIRIER LTÉE (RAMSAY)

390, chemin Joliette, St-Félix-deValois, QC J0K 2M0

Ph: (450) 889-5824

REGISTERED EGG

GRADING STATIONS

Cité Charlevoix

Ferme du Paysan

41, rang St-Jean Baptiste St-Urbain, QC G0A 4K0

Ph: (418) 639-2587

Huntington

Les Fermes Valens Inc.

79 York St., QC J0S 1H0

Ph: (450) 264-4061

Fax: (450) 264-9319

Rivière-Héva

Les Oeufs Richard Eggs Inc.

728, route St-Paul sud, RR 1, QC J0Y 2H0

Ph: (819) 757-4419

Fax: (819) 757-3742

Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue

Campus Macdonald College Farm 21 111, rue Lakeshore, QC H9X 3V9

Ph : (514) 398-7701

Fax : (514) 398-8134

St-Bruno Lac St-Jean

Yvan Bergeron

1097, Rang 8 nord, QC G0W 2L0

Ph: (418) 343-3003

St-Bruno Lac St-Jean

Yvan Bergeron

466 Rang & 7 Sud, QC G0W 2L0

Ph : (418) 343-3003

St-Hyacinthe

Nutri-Oeuf St-Hyancinthe Inc.

6655, rue Picard, QC J2S 1H3

Ph: (450) 771-4627

Fax: (450) 773-9485

St-Lambert

Les Oeufs Ovale Inc, 205, rue Damase-Breton, QC G0S 2W0

Ph: (450) 771-4627

Fax: (450) 773-9485

St-Léonard

Geo. E. Vandelac Inc. 7860, rue Fleuricourt, QC H1R 2L3

Ph: (514) 327-4654

Fax: (514) 327-4655

St-Théodore D’Acton

Clovis Gauthier et Fils Inc.

170, 6e rang, QC J0H 1Z0

Ph: (450) 546-7430

Fax: (450) 546-0278

St-Zotique

Ferme St-Zotique Ltée, (Bon-EE-Best)

200, 69e avenue, QC J0P 1Z0

Ph: (450) 267-3521

Fax: (450) 267-0636

Ville Dégelis

Ferme Hermel Dubé et Fils Inc. 1549, chemin de l’Arc-en-Ciel, QC

G5T 1B7

Ph: (418) 853-9197

Fax: (418) 853-3807

REGISTERED EGG PRODUCT STATIONS

Cowansville

Les Aliments Activ inc.

790 Rue du Sud Suite 111, QC J2K 2Y3

Ph: (450) 922-7763

Lyn

Burnbrae Farms Ltd (Les Oeufs

Bec-o Inc)

3356 County Road #27, ON K0E 1M0

Ph: (450) 549-4524

Fax: (450) 549-4675

Montreal

Carrément Tarte Inc.

5563 rue fullum, #200, QC Ph : (514) 402-8607

St-Eustache

Akme Poultry, Butter & Eggs

Distributors Inc

65 rue Pépin QC J7R 6Z8

Ph : (450) 974-7767

St-Eustache

Les Aliments Mise en Bouche Inc

170, boul industriel, QC J7R 5C2

Ph: (514) 961-9322

St-Hyacinthe

Vitoeuf Inc.

3475, rue Picard, QC J2S 1H3

Ph: (450) 778-1991

Fax: (450) 773-0776

Terrebonne

Aliments Martel Inc.

460 rue Fernand-Poitras, QC J6Y 1Y6

Ph: (514) 576-7916

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Quebec regional office

2001 Robert-Bourassa Blvd., Room 671-M, Montréal, QC H3A 3N2

Ph: (514) 283-8888

AAFC.QC.info.QC.AAC@agr.gc.ca www.agriculture.canada.ca

CANADIAN FOOD

INSPECTION AGENCYRegional Office - Quebec 2001 Robert-Bourassa Blvd., Room 671, Montréal, QC H3A 3N2 Ph: (514) 283-8888

Fax: (514) 283-3143 www.inspection.canada.ca

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCYRegional Office - Montreal 2001 Robert-Bourassa Blvd., Room 671, Montréal, QC H3A 3N2

Ph: (514) 283-8888

Fax: (514) 283-3143 www.inspection.canada.ca

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCYRegional Office – Quebec City 100 - 2954, Laurier Blvd., Quebec, QC G1V 5C7

Ph: (418) 648-7373

CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCYRegional Office - St-Hyacinthe 3225 Cusson Ave., Suite 4500, St-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 0H7 Ph: (450) 768-1410

FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE L’AGRICULTURE ET DE L’ALIMENTATION, Pavillon Paul-Comtois 2425, rue de l’Agriculture, local 1122, Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6 Ph: (418) 656-3145 Fax: (418) 656-7806 fsaa@fsaa.ulaval.ca www.fsaa.ulaval.ca

MINISTÈRE DE L’AGRICULTURE, DES PÊCHERIES ET DE L’ALIMENTATION DU QUÉBEC (MAPAQ) 200, chemin Sainte-Foy, Québec QC G1R 4X6

Ph: (418) 380-2110

Toll Free: (888) 222-MAPA (6272) info@mapaq.gouv.qc.ca www.mapaq.gouv.qc.ca

RÉGIE DES MARCHÉS AGRICOLES ET ALIMENTAIRES DU QUÉBEC

201, boul. Crémazie Est., 5e étage, Montréal QC H2M 1L3

Ph: (514) 873-4024

Fax: (514) 873-3984

rmaaqc@rmaaq.gouv.qc.ca

www.rmaaq.gouv.qc.ca

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, 21111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste. Anne de Bellevue QC H9X 3V9

Ph: (514) 398-7773

Fax: (514) 398-7990

animal.science@mcgill.ca www.mcgill.ca/animal/ Professor Raj Duggavathi, Departmental Chair

UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL, Faculté de médecine vétérinaire/ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

3200, rue Sicotte, St-Hyacinthe QC J2S 2M2

Ph: (450) 773-8521

fmv.umontreal.ca/faculte

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

AQINAC - Association

Québécoise des Industries de Nutrition Animale et Céréalière 4790, rue Martineau, bureau 100, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2R 1V1

Ph : (450) 799-2440

Fax : (450) 799-2445

info@aqinac.com www.aqinac.com

Directeurs et administrateurs: Christian Breton, Chairman of the Board; Renald Mercier, 1st Vice President; Claude Robitaille, 2nd Vice President; Remy Ten Have, Treasurer; Raymond Breton, Secretary. Directors : David Arseneau, Simon Baillargeon, Marie Cote, Jean-Francois Dion, Christian Gonthier, Jean-Marc Parenteau, Daniel Richard. Sebastien Lacroix, CEO.

Association des abattoirs avicoles du Québec (AAAQ) 216, rue Denison, Granby, QC J2H 2R6

Ph: (450) 349-1521

info@conseiltaq.com

https://conseiltaq.com/association/cqtv

Conseil de la transformation alimentaire du Québec (CTAQ) 216, Rue Denison, Granby, QC J2H 2R6

Ph: (450) 349-1521

info@conseiltaq.com

https://conseiltaq.com/association/cqtv

Les Membres du ca: Yvan Brodeur, President ; Silke Schantz, 1st Vice-President; Dominique Martel, 2nd Vice-President; Sylvie Richard, Secretary General; Administrators: Bruno Giannone, Tony Palladino.

Fédération des producteurs d’oeufs du Québec

Maison de l’UPA

555, boul. Roland-Therrien, bureau

320, Longueuil, QC J4H 4E7

Ph: (450) 679-0530

Fax: (450) 679-0855

www.oeuf.ca

Paulin Bouchard, President; Gislain Houle, 1st Vice-President; Sylvain Lapierre, 2nd Vice-President; Directors: Nicholas Tremblay, Danny Guillemette, Emmanuel Destrijker, Jean-Philippe Désilets, Maryse Labbé, Maurice Richard, France Perreault.

Les Éleveurs de volailles du Québec

555, boul. Roland-Therrien, bur. 250, Longueuil, QC J4H 4G1

Ph: (450) 679-0530

www.volaillesduquebec.qc.ca

President : Pierre-Luc Leblanc; 1st Vice-President : Louis-Philippe Rouleau, 2nd Vice-President: Martin Lemieux. Executive

Members : Luce Bélanger, Sylvain Lafortune. Administrators : Mario Bérard, Réne Gelinas, Steve Houley, Yves Leblanc, Lise St-Georges. Member : Yvan Ferron.

Les Producteurs d’oeufs d’incubation du Québec

555 boul. Roland-Therrien, bureau 515, Longueuil, QC J4H 4E7

Ph: (450) 679-0530

Fax: (450) 679-3652 incobec@upa.qc.ca chep-poic.ca

Pierre Belleau, Director; Gyslain Loyer, President; Gyslain Loyer, Administrator.

SASKATCHEWAN

HEALTH MONITORED HATCHERIES

KYLE COLONY HATCHERY

PO Box 250, Kyle, SK S0L 1T0

Ph: (306) 375-2910

LILYDALE-SOFINA FOODS, INC.

Box 1108, Wynyard, SK S0A 4T0

Ph: (306) 554-2534

PRAIRIE PRIDE CHICK

SALES LTD.

PO Box 273, Grandora, SK

S0K 1V0

Ph: (306) 956-3822

REGISTERED EGG GRADING STATIONS

Brownlee

Hutterian Brethren of Huron Ltd., (Huron Poultry Farm)

PO Box 9, SK S0H 0M0

Ph: (306) 759-2685

Fax: (306) 759-2680

Hodgeville

Hodgeville Farming Co. Ltd.

PO Box 386, SK S0H 2B0

Ph: (306) 750-2408

Humboldt

Arden Dust, (Dusty Inn Farm)

PO Box 2742, SK S0K 2A0

Ph: (306) 682-3466

Leader

Estuary Farming Co. Ltd.

PO Box 220, SK S0N 1H0

Ph: (306) 628-4116

Fax: (306) 628-4406

Maple Creek

Cypress Hutterian Colony

PO Box 98, SK S0N 1N0

Ph: (306) 662-3456

McMahon

Wheatland Eggs

PO Box 115, SK S0N 1M0

Ph: (306) 773-9196

Moose Jaw

Baildon Hutterian Brethren Ltd., (Moose Jaw Poultry Farm)

PO Box 968, SK S6H 4P6

Ph: (306) 693-3013

Saskatoon

Star Egg Company Ltd.

1302 Quebec Ave., SK S7K 1W7

Ph: (306) 244-4041

Fax: (306) 664-6619

Star City

Star City Colony Ltd., (Star City Poultry)

PO Box 190, SK S0E 1P0

Ph: (306) 863-2343

Warman

Prairie Sunrise Eggs

Box 585, SK S0K 4S0

Ph: (306) 239-2051

POULTRY CONSULTING, VETERINARIANS, RESEARCH

Canadian Poultry

Consultants Ltd.

30325 Canary Court, Abbotsford, BC V4X 2N4

Ph: (877) 449-3447

admin@canadianpoultry.ca www.canadianpoultry.ca

Pestell Nutrition

3220 Roblin Blvd., Winnipeg, MB R3R 0C3

Ph: (204) 414-9400

info@pestell.com www.pestell.com

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT UNIVERSITIES

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD CANADA

Saskatchewan regional office 1955 Broad St., Regina, SK S4P 1Y1

Ph: (306) 780-5545

Fax: (306) 780-7360

AAFC.SK.info.SK.AAC@agr.gc.ca www.agriculture.canada.ca

AGRICULTURE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, GOVERNMENT OF SASKATCHEWAN

45 Thatcher Dr. E., Moose Jaw, SK S6J 1L8

Ph: (306) 694-3727

Toll Free: (866) 457-2377 www.saskatchewan.ca

CANADIAN FOOD

INSPECTION AGENCYRegional Office - Saskatchewan 1800 11th Ave., Room 301, Regina, SK S4P 0H8

Ph: (306) 780-5180

Fax: (306) 780-5177 www.inspection.canada.ca

CANADIAN FOOD

INSPECTION AGENCYWestern Area Office 1115 57th Ave. NE, Calgary, AB T2E 9B2

Ph: (587) 230-2200

Fax: (587) 230-2253 www.inspection.canada.ca

ANIMAL HEALTH UNIT

Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, Room 202, 3085 Albert St., Regina SK S4S 0B1

Ph (306) 787-2150

Fax: (306) 787-1315 www.saskatchewan.ca

SASKATCHEWAN

AGRI-FOOD COUNCIL

302 - 3085 Albert St., Regina SK S4S 0B1

Ph: (306) 787-5364

Fax: (306) 787-8599

Ryan Mulatz, Program and Policy Analyst ryan.mulatz@gov.sk.ca www.saskatchewan.ca

CANADIAN FEED RESEARCH CENTRE,

University of Saskatchewan 10029 Marquis Ave., North Battleford, SK S9A 3L8

Ph: (306) 966-4279

Rex Newkirk, Research Chair in Feed Processing Technology rex.newkirk@usask.ca www.agbio.usask.ca

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL AND POULTRY SCIENCE

College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Room 6D34 Agriculture Bldg., 51 Campus Dr., Saskatoon SK S7N 5A8

Ph: (306) 966-4128 aps@usask.ca https://agbio.usask.ca/departments/ animaland-poultry-science.php

WESTERN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE,

University of Saskatchewan 52 Campus Dr., Saskatoon SK S7N 5B4

Ph: (306) 966-7447

Fax: (306) 966-8747 www.wcvm.usask.ca-the-college

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

Chicken Farmers of Saskatchewan

224 Pacific Ave., Suite 201, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1P1

Ph: (306) 242-3611

info@saskatchewanchicken.ca www.saskatchewanchicken.ca

Henry Van Ee, Chair, Ben Middleton, Vice Chair, Nick Langelaar, CFC Director, George Hofer, CFC Alternate, Wally Sloboshan, Director, Graham Snell, Executive Director.

Saskatchewan Broiler Hatching

Egg Producers

115 – 2nd Ave North, Suite 301, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 2B1

Ph: (306) 384 8050

Saskatchewan Egg Producers 1 – 123 Pinehouse Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7K 5W1

Ph: (306) 664-4131

info@saskegg.ca www.saskegg.ca

Board of Directors: Shawn Harman, Chair; Isaac Entz, Vice Chair; Directors: Regan Sloboshan, Danny Wollman, Shawn Colborn.

Anstey Hatchery Ltd

2717 Cleveland Ave., Saskatoon, SK S7K 3R2

Ph: (306) 242-1033

Fax: (306) 242-6466

ansteyhatchery@sasktel.net

Turkey Farmers of Saskatchewan

3530 Millar Ave. #900, Saskatoon, SK S7P 0B6

Ph: (306) 931-1050 tfsadmin@sasktel.net www.saskturkey.com

Western Feed Industry Association (WFIA - ANACAlberta and Saskatchewan Division)

c/o Peggy Kimmel

Stn Main, RR3 Site 6 Box 17, Lacombe, AB T4L 2N3

Ph: (403) 350-0495 manager@wfia-anac.com www.wfia-anac.com

Sharon Klinger, Chair; Mike Robinson, Vice Chair; Doug Durbano, Past Chair; Directors: Darryl Lewis, Tim Armstrong, Krisjan Jones. Social Director: Kelly Cruise. Division Manager: Peggy Kimmel.

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NATIONAL INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

Agri-food Innovation Council

70 George Street, 3rd Floor, Ottawa, ON K1N 5V9

Ph: (613) 232-9459

Fax: (866) 851-5689 office@aic.ca www.aic.ca

Julianne Curran, Chair. Cam Dahl, Vice Chair; Karen Churchill, Treasurer; Rajasekaran Lada, Secretary; Directors: Sangeeta Lalli, Darcy Herauf, Dave Smardon. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

1341 Baseline Rd., Ottawa, ON K1A 0C5

Ph: (855) 773-0241 Fax: (613) 773-1081

Toll Free: (855) 773-0241 aafc.info.aac@agr.gc.ca www.agriculture.canada.ca

Animal Nutrition Association of Canada

300 Sparks St. Suite 330, Ottawa, ON K1R 7S3

Ph: (613) 241-6421 info@anacan.org www.anacan.org

Chairman: Kevin Weppler; Vice-Chairman: Dave Dieleman; Treasurer: Rhett Arnason; Director-at- Large: Chris Mateo. Canada-China Agriculture and Food Development Exchange Centre

150 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON L8P 1H8

Ph: (416) 642-3890 www.ccagr.com

Canadian Animal Health Coalition

42894 Browntown Rd., Bluevale, ON N0G 1G0

Ph: (519) 829-2242 info@animalhealth.ca www.animalhealth.ca/cahc

Canadian Animal Health Institute

1 King St. West, Ste. 4800-199, Toronto, ON M5H 1A1

Ph: (437) 253-1667 www.cahi-icsa.ca

Chair: Dr. Rob Bell, Bio Agri Mix; Vice-Chair: Paul Ray, Dechra Veterinary Products Inc.; Past Chair: Dr. Jair Garcia, Zoetis Canada; Secretary-Treasurer: Susan Blair, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Canada Inc.

Directors: Isabelle Mongeau, Chris Wilson, Dr. Tye Perrett, Daniel Leduc, Bill Lopez, Pat Hinnegan.

Canadian Association of Poultry Veterinarians, CAPV-ACVA

www.capv-acva.ca

Executive Members: Dr. Kathleen Long (West); Fernando SalgadoBierman , (OAPV); Daniel Venne (AVIA).

Canadian Federation of Agriculture

21 Florence St., Ottawa, ON K2P 0W6

Ph: (613) 236-3633

Fax: (613) 236-5749

info@canadian-farmers.ca www.cfa-fca.ca

Mary Robinson, President; Keith Currie, Vice-President, CFA; Todd Lewis, Second Vice-President, CFA. Directors: Martin Caron, Ron Maynard, Ian Boxall, Cyr Couturier, Mark Reusser, Emmanuel Destrijker, Tim Marsh, Jean Szkotnicki, Julie Bissonette, Lynda Atkinson, Lynn Jacobson, Ken Forth, Steven Eadie, Cain Vangel, Bill Campbell, Lisa Ashworth, Mike Medeiros, Wayne Simmons, Pierre Lampron, Nick Langelaar, Gyslain Loyer, Kelly Van Ham, Pierre Lessard, Andrew Kuyvenhoven, Kevin Runnalls, James Neven.

Canadian Food Inspection AgencyNational Headquarters 1400 Merivale Rd., Ottawa, ON K1A 0Y9

Ph: (613) 773-2342

Toll-Free: (800) 442-2342 www.inspection.canada.ca

Canadian Hatching Egg Producers

21 Florence St., Ottawa, ON K2P 0W6

Ph: (613) 232-3023 info@chep-poic.ca www.chep-poic.ca

Brian Bilkes, Chair; Gyslain Loyer, Vice-Chair, Quebec; Calvin Breukelman, Second Vice-Chair, British Columbia; Kevin Tiemstra, Alberta; Mike Wurtz, Saskatchewan; Murray Klassen, Manitoba; Mark Woods, Ontario; Ernie Silveri, Canadian Hatchery Federation; Christian Trottier, Canadian Hatchery Federation.

Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council

1545 Carling Ave., Suite 400, Ottawa, ON K1Z 8P9

Ph: (613) 724-6605

www.cpepc.ca

Jean-Michel Laurin, President/ CEO; Nicolas Paillat, Chicken/ Turkey/Hatchery; Erica Charlton, Plant Operations/Regulatory; Margo Ladouceur, Egg Sectors/ Events; Nik Zylstra, Hatcheries/ Poultry FP.

Canadian Poultry Research Council

225 Metcalfe St., Suite 314, Ottawa, ON K2P 1P9

Ph: (613) 714-4599

Fax: (613) 714-9885

Toll Free: (833) 888-1192 info@cp-rc.ca

www.cp-rc.ca

Bruce Roberts, Executive Director. Directors: Dr. Helen Anne Hudson, Chair (EFC); Erica Charlton, Vice Chair (CPEPC); Ray Nickel (CFC); Steve Eadie (TFC); Jeff Notenbomer (CHEP).

Chicken Farmers of Canada

50 O’Connor St., Suite 1610, Ottawa, ON K1P 6L2

Ph: (613) 241-2800

www.chickenfarmers.ca www.producteursdepoulet.ca

Board of Directors: Benoît Fontaine, Chair (QC); Nick de Graaf, 1st Vice-Chair (NS); Tim Klompmaker, 2nd Vice-Chair (ON); Derek Janzen, Executive Member (BC). Directors: Derek Janzen, Dennis Steinwand, Nick Langelaar, Ted Froese, Tim Klompmaker, Francois Cloutier, Marc Cormier, Nick de Graaf, Barry Uyterlinde , Paul Dunphy, Yvan Brodeur, Kerry Towle, Don Kilimnik, Paolo DiManno.

Egg Farmers of Canada

21 Florence St., Ottawa, ON K2P 0W6

Ph: (613) 238-2514

Fax: (613) 238-1967 eggfarmers.ca | producteursdoeufs.ca

Chair: Roger Pelissero

Chief Executive Officer: Tim Lambert. Directors: Beatrice Visser (AB), Walter Siemens (BC), Kurt Siemens (MB), Hans Kristensen (NB), Joseph R. W. Smallwood III (NL), John Penner (NT), Glen Jennings (NS), Scott Brookshaw (ON), Tim Churchill (PE), Emmanuel Destrijker (QC), Regan Sloboshan (SK), Wayne Beggs (Consumers’ Association of Canada), Ted Hudson (Grading), Mike Vanderpol (Processing), Drew Corneil (Hatcheries).

Farm Products Council of Canada

Central Experimental Farm 960 Carling Ave., Building 59, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6 Toll Free: (855) 611-1165 aafc.fpcc-cpac.aac@agr.gc.ca www.fpcc-cpac.gc.ca

Pullet Growers of Canada 555, Roland-Therrien blvd., office 100, Longueuil (Quebec) J4H 3Y9 450-679-0530 x. 8589 info.secretariat@epc-pgc.ca https://epc-pgc.ca/

Board of Directors: François Jacques, Chair; Marie-Josée Forest (QC); Kimberly Kelly (NB); Alvin Brunsveld (ON).

Turkey Farmers of Canada 7145 West Credit Ave., Bldg. 1, Suite 202, Mississauga, ON L5N 6J7

Ph: (905) 812-3140

Fax: (905) 812-9326 info@tfc-edc.ca www.turkeyfarmersofcanada.ca

Board of Directors: Darren Ference, Chair (AB); Calvin McBain, Vice Chair (QC); Jelma Wiersma, Executive Member (SK). Directors: Shawn Heppell (BC); Mike Reimer (MB); Marco Volpé (NB); Steven Eadie (NS); Matt Steele (ON); Doug Hart (CPEPC), Michel Pépin (CPEPC); Adam Power (FPPAC).

Egg Farmers of Canada

Egg Farmers of Canada (EFC) oversees the national egg supply, promotes egg consumption and develops standards for egg farming in Canada. This national organization represents more than 1,200 egg farmers in all ten provinces and the Northwest Territories, and works closely with egg boards, industry partners and government to ensure a strong and sustainable egg industry.

The Canadian egg industry operates under the system of supply management. By matching egg production with demand, Canadians have a constant supply of fresh, local, high-quality eggs and farmers receive a fair return. Canada’s egg industry is responsible for contributing $1.3 billion dollars to Canada’s GDP.

Over the past 15 years, Canadian egg production has increased by almost 50%. A successful egg farming industry allows farmers to invest in Canadian communities, advance sustainable agricultural practices and embrace innovation through on-farm programs and a comprehensive research program.

Delivering a consistent supply of made-in-Canada eggs

Canada’s egg farmers are proud to deliver top-quality products while also responding to a strong and growing interest to purchase local eggs. In fact, 93% of Canadians feel it is important that the eggs they buy come from Canada. EFC’s Egg Quality Assurance™ certification program makes it easier for Canadians to identify made-in-Canada eggs produced to the highest quality.

Advancing sustainable agriculture

The egg industry outlined their commitment to the future through the release of

Industry Snapshot

1. Reported data for 2021.

2. Reported data for 2021. Excludes inventory for eggs for processing and special permits.

the Sustainability Report in 2020. The report presents concrete ways in which egg farmers are moving towards increasingly sustainable practices and highlights the egg industry’s advances in this area. The new 2022 Sustainability Report will be available on eggfarmers.ca in the fall of this year.

Innovating through evidence-based research

EFC’s robust research program supports innovation in the egg farming sector. More than 50 EFC-funded research projects are currently underway at universities across Canada, covering priority

areas ranging from animal care science to sustainability and nutrition. EFC also supports a unique multidisciplinary Research Chair Network focused on economics, poultry welfare, sustainability and public policy, in addition to a broad range of research partnerships.

Growing consumption with Eggs Anytime

Through the much-loved Get Cracking® brand, quick-witted television ads inspire Canadians to eat eggs at any time of day, including for lunch, dinner or a snack. The marketing initiative is reaching consumers across Canada, demonstrating how eggs fit into their lifestyle.

Supporting communities from coast to coast

EFC’s mission is to position the Canadian egg industry as a leader in Canada’s agricultural future through sustainable growth, continuous improvement and social responsibility. Their philanthropic work is driven by a vision of a world where everyone can enjoy the immeasurable benefits of the humble egg. Millions of eggs are donated every year in Canada and globally through partnerships with Food Banks Canada, Breakfast Club of Canada, Heart for Africa (Canada) and Canadian Food For Children. These partnerships are a testament to the power of the humble egg and the commitment of Canadian egg farmers to give back.

Under the leadership of Chair Roger Pelissero and with the dedication of a 16-member Board of Directors, EFC is known for its leadership and forward-looking approach. To learn more visit eggfarmers.ca and sign up for their newsletter, follow @eggsoeufs on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or visit them on YouTube

Pullet Growers of Canada

Pullet Growers of Canada (PGC) is a non-profit organization that was founded in 2006 to form a national grower association to represent the common interests of Canadian pullet growers towards government officials and Egg Farmers of Canada. For the past 16 years, PGC has served as a national voice for all Canadian pullet growers and provided a body to address their needs and issues.

The members of PGC are the provincial egg boards that represent the interest of pullet growers and egg farmers. Currently, three provincial egg boards are active members of PGC: Egg Farmers of New Brunswick, Fédération des producteurs d’œufs du Québec and Egg Farmers of Ontario.

VISION

PGC strives to solidify its reputation and enhance its recognition as the source of support and expertise for all problems and processes related to pullet production. This includes but is not limited to the Animal Care Policy for Pullets and the national Code of Practice, as well as ensuring the financial stability and viability of the industry by helping achieve a fair price to the grower.

MISSION

PGC defends the interests of Canadian pullet growers, working to ensure their success as critical partners in the Canadian egg industry.

Member’s advantages

Being a member of PGC provides the following advantages to provincial egg boards and their pullet growers:

• A designated seat at the Board of Directors and thus direct participation in decision-making processes.

• The opportunity to have input on national committees such as the EFC

HACCP Review Team and CEIRA.

• The opportunity to improve the economic return to pullet growers.

• Access to the Care of Pullets Guidebook which can then be shared with the pullet growers of their province.

• Leadership opportunity in facilitating the implementation of the Code of Practice in their province by sharing information with the pullet growers and offering technical support.

• Access to cutting-edge information regarding pullet rearing.

Priorities for 2022 and 2023

PGC has identified the following work priorities for the coming year:

Designing and Developing Standardized Audit Methods and Procedures for Pullet Barns

In collaboration with Egg Farmers of Canada’s Production Management Committee, PGC will continue contributing to the design and development of standardized

audit methods and procedures for pullet barns, in order to fully implement the Canadian egg industry’s Animal Care Program in pullet and layer barns.

Improving PGC’s Visibility

Through wider distribution of its communications and targeted investments, PGC will ensure that its role in the Canadian egg supply chain and its actions are well known by industry stakeholders.

Determining the Cost of Growing Pullets

PGC is currently planning, in collaboration with its members, a survey on the Cost of Growing for pullets. This survey will look at various housing systems in Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick, and will provide updated information to growers from PGC’s member provinces, as the last such study was based on 2014 data (2017 data for aviary systems). The survey should be launched later this year. To learn more, visit epc-pgc.ca and subscribe to our newsletter.

Chicken Farmers of Canada

Our Mandate

Chicken Farmers of Canada has two primary mandates. Our main responsibility is to ensure that our 2,800 farmers produce the right amount of fresh, safe, high-quality chicken to meet Canada’s needs. This evolving risk management system we operate under is commonly known as “supply management.”

Under supply management, Chicken Farmers of Canada:

• Meets with farmers, processors, further processors and members of the restaurant trade from across the country meet every eight weeks to decide, based on market demand, just how much chicken to raise

• Monitors compliance with provincial quota allocations – making sure each province raises as much chicken as they agreed to

Industry Snapshot

Production of Chicken

• Monitors the inter-provincial or market development trade of chicken

Our second responsibility is to represent the interests of chicken farmers and the Canadian chicken industry. Chicken Farmers of Canada plays a key role in developing, partnering or managing programs for Canada’s chicken farmers that prove our producers continue to grow the high quality chicken that Canadians trust. Through programs such as our Raised by a Canadian Farmer Sustainability Excellence, Raised by a Canadian Farmer On-Farm Food Safety Program, Raised by a Canadian Farmer Animal Care Program and other biosecurity initiatives, Chicken Farmers of Canada works closely with government partners and industry stakeholders to keep the industry innovative and responsive.

Through our government relations program, Chicken Farmers of Canada strives to ensure that key decision makers in government fully understand the views of Canada’s chicken farmers and that these are taken into account when important agriculture and trade policy decisions are made.

Our Board

Our directions and policies are determined by a 15-member Board of Directors comprised of farmers appointed by the provincial chicken marketing boards. Non-farmer directors — one from the restaurant industry, another from the further processing industry, and two representing the processing industry — are appointed by their respective national associations. This way, Chicken Farmers of Canada and its stakeholders work together on behalf of Canada’s chicken industry, from farmer to consumer.

Our Mission

To lead and grow a sustainable Canadian chicken industry, while strengthening trust and enhancing value for Canadians.

Our Vision

Canadian Chicken: Consumers’ preferred and trusted protein.

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AGRO-DESIGN constructs all poultry-related facilities as well as out buildings for equipment, etc. We offer custom designs complete with engineering services, if required. Our past clientele are people who require a solid building construction with attention to the finer details that truly make a functional and attractive building.

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BC EGG MARKETING BOARD Gunta Vitins has been spearheading innovative agri-food initiatives in the public and private sectors for over 25 years. Her work experience spans government, academia, international business and trade, agricultural production, processing, sales and marketing. Over her career, Gunta has worked with global leaders in organic and natural foods and was active on Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Organic Value Chain Roundtable as industry Co-Chair, and Chair of the Market Development Working Group. Gunta is also past President of the Canada Organic Trade Association, and founding director of the Pacific Agricultural Certification Society. Gunta was appointed Chair of the BC Egg Marketing Board in 2017 by the BC Minister of Agriculture.

BIG DUTCHMAN Big Dutchman has been the worldwide leader in providing innovative equipment to farms since 1938. We offer practical, economical and environmentally-friendly solutions geared to your future needs. This includes egg production systems with nests, modern egg collection and manure handling technology. Our automatic feeding systems and well-known feed pans for broilers, breeders and turkeys have been sold successfully all over the world. We also carry state-of-the-art housing and ventilation concepts with a complete line of controls and management software to control production. Big Dutchman has a large network of sales representatives and distributors that are nearby and ready to assist with your needs. Find one by visiting www.bigdutchmanusa.com.

BOULTER MACHINE WORKS LTD. Boulter Machine Works specializes in the custom re-manufacture of Diamond farm packers. We also provide dependable sales, service and repairs on egg handling equipment across Canada and the Western United States. Serving the industry since 1983. Contact us at 250-748-2130 or via e-mail: boultermac@shaw.ca. Check us out at www.boultermachine.com

Harold Bundy

BRAEMAR BUILDING SYSTEMS LTD.

Harold has been with Braemar since 1986 and is familiar with all facets of the operation. He started on the construction side, moved to sales in 1996 and was appointed Sales Manager in 1998. Drawing on his experience in renovation and construction of farm buildings, Harold works diligently to ensure that customers receive quality products, outstanding customer service and competitive pricing. Call: 1-800-215-1996.

CANADIAN

BrianBilkes,Chair

HATCHING EGG PRODUCERS

Founded in 1986, CHEP is a national organization that represents 216 producers from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. Our mission as an organization is to continue to grow a sustainable and profitable broiler hatching egg industry in Canada to ensure a strong, efficient and competitive industry that creates a dependable supply of quality broiler hatching eggs to Canadian chicken producers. Our commitment extends to providing hatching eggs thatmeettheneedoftheCanadianmarketplacewhile ensuring fair returns to our members and supporting stable, consistent and profitable growth for all stakeholders. CHEP is dedicated to animal welfare, is a leader in food safety initiatives and providesresearchgrantstosupportcontinuousimprovement in the industry. Canadian farmers produced over 822,000,000 broiler hatching eggs in 2021.

CHARISONS TURKEY HATCHERY LTD. has been supplying Western Canada with poults for over 70 years. We continue to work closely with producers to provide the quality poults they are looking for. For more information, please call Jamie or Shane at 204-886-2922.

Tim Klompmaker, Chair CHICKEN FARMERS OF CANADA Hailing from Norwood, Ontario, Tim started farming in 1984, along with his wife Annette and their three sons. He is a third-generation chicken farmer with the fourth generation already in place and running chicken farms of their own. Tim served as a District Committee Representative for Chicken Farmers of Ontario (CFO) before being elected to the Ontario Board in 2010. He was CFC’s Ontario Alternate from 2012-2013, acted as liaison with the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC), and served as 2nd Vice-Chair of CFO. Tim was elected to the Chicken Farmers of Canada Board in 2017

CHORE-TIME Chore-Time continues its tradition established in 1952 of leadership in the design, manufacture and marketing of equipment for poultry and egg production. With complete end-to-end systems for feeding, feed handling, drinking, egg handling, climate control and house management, Chore-Time is a market leader known for product performance, tailored solutions and a proven independent distribution network. Part of the CTB, Inc. family of companies, Chore-Time now offers a complete line of nests and aviaries for cage-free production. Chore-Time operates globally from facilities in

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CORE CALCIUM AND SHELL PRODUCTS

has been the leader in supplying Quality Shell Products to the Poultry and Feed industry for many years. Still located in Mobile, Alabama, the Sales and Management is headed by Ronnie McDonough. Ronnie has over 30 years’ experience in the business with the former Oyster Shell Products Company who owned plants in Baltimore, Maryland and Houston, Texas as well as Mobile. Core Calcium and Shell Products has carried on the process of production closely following the popular Pilot Brand Shell. Our current Coastal Brand Shell is also known as the Organic Choice. With the price of eggs today, Coastal Brand Shell as your Calcium source is more important than ever as any breakage at all can be very expensive. We have new facilities, which opened several years ago, and are looking for suppliers in areas including Western Canada. We have warehouse space, bagging, barge and ship loading and offloading capabilities at our private Port terminal in Mobile AL. with 38 feet of depth. For more information contact us toll free at 1-877-679-1399.

COUNTY LINE EQUIPMENT LTD. We are a leading supplier for all aspects of poultry production equipment. Founded in 1998 Countyline has steadily grown based on a foundation of excellent products & service. We are located in Listowel, Ontario where we house over 30,000 sq. ft. of parts as well as components for new systems including feeding, watering, housing (cages & nests) lighting, heating, ventilation, and the latest in controller technology. Our experienced staff can assist with design & consultation of new projects as well as renovations. We take pride in our service department, which is fully staffed with licensed electricians & gasfitters and we offer 24hr service. Contact us today to learn more about our product lines or for help on your next project. Visit www. county-line.ca or by phone 1-800-463-7622.

CUMBERLAND You welcome Cumberland on your farm because you expect performance. We welcome the opportunity. To help you reach your potential, Cumberland offers a full line of proven and dependable solutions to maximize the growth potential of every bird and your business. Our feeding, climate control and remote management products are engineered to be easy to install, simple to operate, durable and efficient. With high quality systems and real support when you need it, Cumberland helps you raise your best birds and grow a thriving business.

EGG FARMERS OF ALBERTA Established in 1968, Egg Farmers of Alberta (EFA) represents Alberta’s 170+ registered egg farmers and works in close partnership with the Egg Famers of Canada (EFC), to provide Albertans with a stable supply of fresh, high quality, locally produced eggs and egg products.

Roger Pelissero, Chair

EGG FARMERS OF CANADA Roger Pelissero is a third generation egg farmer from St. Ann’s, Ontario and Chair of the Egg Farmers of Canada Board of Directors. Prior to his appointment as Chair in 2017, Roger represented Ontario on the Egg Farmers of Canada Board of Directors. He has also served on numerous Board appointed committees including Executive, Cost of Production, Marketing and Nutrition, Service Fee and Production Management.

He currently serves on the Egg Farmers of Ontario Board of Directors representing Zone 4 and has also served as a member of Egg Farmers of Ontario’s Executive Committee. As Director for Ontario’s Zone 4, Roger represents Ontario’s Counties of Brant and Haldimand and the regional municipalities of Hamilton-Wentworth and Niagara.

As a representative of Egg Farmers of Canada, Roger has appeared before the House of Commons Standing on Agriculture and Agri-Food and the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry to brief MPs and Senators on the egg industry’s activities and objectives. He is an advocate for evidence-based research that supports progress and innovation, and a member of the Egg Industry Center Board of Advisors of Iowa State University. Roger has been farming with his family and wife Lorrie since 1984.

Roger Pelissero Président des Producteurs d’œufs du Canada

LES PRODUCTEURS D’ŒUFS DU CANADA

Roger Pelissero est un producteur d’œufs de troisième génération de St Ann’s (Ontario) et président du Conseil d’administration des Producteurs d’œufs du Canada. Avant sa nomination à titre de président en 2017, Roger a représenté l’Ontario au Conseil d’administration des Producteurs d’œufs du Canada. Il a également été membre de nombreux comités constitués par le Conseil d’administration notamment le comité exécutif ainsi que ceux du coût de production, du marketing et de nutrition, des frais de service et de la gestion de la production. Il représente à l’heure actuelle au Conseil d’administration des Egg Farmers of Ontario la zone 4 et a également fait partie du comité exécutif des Egg Farmers of Ontario. À titre d’administrateur de la zone 4 de l’Ontario, Roger représente les comtés de Brant et Haldimand et les municipalités régionales de Hamilton-Wentworth et Niagara en Ontario. À titre de représentant des Producteurs d’œufs du Canada, Roger a comparu devant le Comité permanent de l’agriculture et de l’agroalimentaire de la Chambre des communes et le Comité sénatorial permanent de l’agriculture et des forêts pour informer les députés et les sénateurs à propos des activités et des objectifs de l’industrie ovocole. Il préconise la recherche fondée sur des données probantes permettant d’appuyer le progrès et l’innovation, et est membre du comité consultatif de l’Egg Industry Center de l’Iowa State University. Roger travaille dans le secteur agricole avec sa famille et sa femme Lorrie depuis 1984.

Jeff Clarke, Chair EGG FARMERS OF NOVA SCOTIA Jeff Clarke is the Chair for the Board of Directors at Egg Farmers of Nova Scotia, the organization that represents the province’s licensed egg and pullet farmers. As a fifth-generation farmer of Southview Farms, Jeff’s dedication and knowledge in egg and pullet production is an asset to the industry. Southview Farms is a family farm located in beautiful Annapolis Valley and is home to Jeff, his wife Kelly, and their three children.

Scott Helps, Chair

EGG FARMERS OF ONTARIO Scott Helps is Chair of Egg Farmers of Ontario (EFO), an independent, self-governing association funded entirely by egg and pullet farmers. Elected as Chair of the Board in April 2020, Scott served as Vice Chair from 2015 until 2020 and as a Board Director 2012 to the present. As the Director for Zone 1, Scott represents farmers in the Counties of Essex, Kent and Lambton. The Chair of EFO serves as the ex-officio on all board committees including Executive, Egg Industry Advisory, Production Management, Finance, Pullet and Public Affairs.

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PULLET GROWERS OF CANADA (PGC) is a non-profit organization founded in 2006 to form a national grower association to represent the common interests of Canadian pullet growers towards government officials and Egg Farmers of Canada. PGC is the only national organization that recognizes pullets from one day to 19 weeks of age. By promoting the interests of Canadian pullet growers, PGC works to ensure their success as critical partners in the Canadian egg industry. “In 2022 and 2023, PGC will continue collaborating with its members and partners of the egg industry to defend the interests of pullet growers and ensure their success as critical partners in the Canadian egg industry” - François Jacques, Chair ROAM TECHNOLOGY For over 30 years, Roam Technology has been committed to the manufacture and distribution of biodegradable disinfectants, protecting our world in an environmentally responsible manner.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

FARM MANAGER POSITION WYNYARD, SASKATCHEWAN

Job Details: Full time, Permanent

General Description of Role:

Reporting to the Director of Farm Operations, the Farm Manager is accountable for live growth production and maintenance of farm equipment/barns.

The Farm Manager is responsible to ensure the health, welfare and humane handling of live animals daily. They are also responsible for the property in and around the operation. They will direct a staffing of up to 4 general farm labourers in the upkeep of all animals, barns and equipment.

Qualifications:

• Must have a minimum of two years of supervisory experience.

• Preference will be given to a candidate with 5 years poultry and barn management experience.

• Post-secondary education considered an asset.

• Farm management requires a flexible schedule depending on poultry cycle.

• On call 24 hours per day. Benefits

• Flexible Schedule; Paid time off; Health, Vision, and Dental Benefits package; Life & Disability insurance; Farm vehicle and Living accommodations provided

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Barn Spotlight

Manova

Location

Blumenort and Niverville, Man.

Sector

Layers

The business

Manova is an egg farming operation based in Manitoba. The farm is family owned by four shareholders based in Quebec and Manitoba. Harley Siemens is the president of the 64,000 laying hen farm and oversees all onsite operations.

The need

The Siemens family purchased shares in Manova in November 2020. The business included an enriched layer barn in Blumenort that housed 48,000 birds and a conventional barn in Niverville that housed 17,000 hens. With the latest code of practice, they knew they’d eventually have to convert the conventional barn. Right away, they saw an opportunity. The egg board launched the early flock removal program shortly after the producers bought into Manova. It was in response to the reduced foodservice demand for eggs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The producers seized the opportunity to still be paid while having the barn sit empty for a few months.

The barn

They used the pause to convert Manova’s conventional barn. The facility was only 10 years old and still in good shape. The ceiling was also high enough to accommodate a modern housing system. And since they’d recently converted Siemens Farms to a free-run operation, they went in that same direction with Manova’s Niverville location. They installed an Aviary Pro 11 system from Hellmann. Read the photo descriptionsfor more on the tweaks they made.

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