THE BROILER HATCHING EGG INDUSTRY IS A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED INDUSTRY THAT IS AT THE FOUNDATION OF CANADA'S CHICKEN INDUSTRY
In 2020, British Columbia produced over 10,523,000 dozen hatching eggs valued at over $66 million. That contributed to the 187 million kilograms of eviscerated chicken produced for consumption in our province.
British Columbia is the third largest hatching egg producing province supplying 15% of the Canadian market share.
The hatching egg producers throughout the province boast family owned farms and practice strict protocols for safe, healthy, happy birds.
June 2023 Newsletter
Date: 2 June 2023
Avian Influenza (EOC Website, additional biosecurity measures, PCZ maps); Pricing; Production; On-Farm (Program update); Industry information (Chicken Golf tournament, research, extreme weather preparedness funding, request for producers using water-based cooling systems)
COP-Based Pricing -- Post-Approval Implementation Plan Update (June 1, 2023)
Date: 1 June 2023
Tags: pricing
June 1, 2023 update to the COP-Based Pricing Post-Approval Implementation Plan.
Amending Order 22 - A183 Pricing
Date: 1 June 2023
Tags: pricing
Subsections 1(2) and 3(1) of this amending order come into effect on June 4, 2023. Subsections 1(1) and 2(1) of this amending order come into effect on June 25, 2023.
May 2023 Newsletter
Date: 5 May 2023
Avian Influenza (EOC Website, PCZ changes); Pricing; Production; On-Farm (PCZ permits, barn specifications, BQEP reminder); Industry information (BCBHEPA AGM; Commission Producers' Meeting)
The benefits of managed supply of the hatching egg industry are highlighted in the industry's stability and strategies deployed for AI, supply and demand, and over the health of the public and poultry production.