Today, all ten Canadian provinces have chicken marketing boards and a joint national body called Chicken Farmers of Canada.
Chicken Farmers of Ontario is the marketing board that represents approximately 1100 chicken farmers in this province.
Responsibility for volume determination (the amount of chicken grown in Ontario) is the cornerstone of supply management. CFO administers a quota system to ensure that Ontario's chicken farmers produce the required volume.
Chicken, turkey, egg and dairy farmers all use supply management to regulate production through the use of quotas. Price determination differs from commodity to commodity but, in all cases, supply management marketing boards deal strictly with prices paid to farmers. They are not involved in pricing at the wholesale, supermarket or restaurant level.
Click here to view CFO’s Supply Management Brochure
