Date: 6 April 2021
Categories: General
Letter to BCFIRB regarding restoring and repurposing Commission financial reserves.
Date: 6 April 2021
Categories: General
Letter to BCFIRB regarding restoring and repurposing Commission financial reserves.
Date: 12 March 2021
Categories: General
Important dates to mark in your calendars this spring.
Date: 9 March 2021
Categories: General
Tags: COVID-19
Public Health Agency of Canada: Pursuant to paragraph 6(1)(e) of the Minimizing the Risk of Exposure to COVID-19 in Canada Order (Quarantine, Isolation and Other Obligations) (the Order), made pursuant to section 58 of the Quarantine Act, I determine that the following class of persons provide an essential service and are therefore temporarily exempt from the Government-Authorized Accomodation (GAA) requirement upon entry by aircraft until 11:59:59pm EST March 14, 2021, as long as they adhere to the conditions set out further below to minimize the risk of introduction or spread of COVID-19...
Date: 9 March 2021
Categories: General
Tags: avianinfluenza
The global level of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus detections in wild birds in the beginning of winter 2020/2021 is similar to the winter of 2014/2015, when HPAI was detected in North American wild birds and heavily impacted domestic fowl in the United States and Canada, according to the United States National Wildlife Health Center.
Date: 22 February 2021
Categories: Consolidated Order,General
Tags: finance,levy
This letter is to follow up on the discussion at the February 9, 2021 Winter Producers Meeting. As everyone knows, COVID-19 has had a critical impact on the BC hatching egg sector, including on the financial reserves of the BC Broiler Hatching Egg Commission. The purpose of this letter is to describe that financial impact and outline the Commission’s plans to restore those reserves.
Date: 5 February 2021
Categories: General
The Commission and staff are pleased to announce the updated website has launched! The Commission heavily relies on communicating with producers and stakeholders via the website; ensuring it is running well and user-friendly is critical...
Date: 13 January 2021
Categories: General
Date: 23 December 2020
Categories: General
Both forms must be completed and returned to the Commission Office to continue with a Hatchery License for 2021.
Date: 22 December 2020
Categories: General
On October 14-15, 2020, the BC Broiler Hatching Egg Commission conducted its strategic planning session for 2021. The Chair and members of the Commission’s Pricing and Production Advisory Committee (PPAC) – representing mainstream and specialty producers, hatcheries, and the BC Chicken Marketing Board – attended part of the session, along with guest Dr. Jane Pritchard.
Date: 10 December 2020
Categories: General
The following is provided in support of the Supervisory Review of hatching egg sector and chicken sector pricing being conducted by the BC Farm Industry Review Board (BCFIRB).