Canadian Poultry Magazine

Direct Farm Manitoba wins specialty chicken appeal

By Manitoba Co-operator   

Features Business & Policy Marketing Boards Association news Business/Policy Canada Livestock Production Market news Specialty Production

July 31, 2017, Winnipeg, Man. – Direct Farm Manitoba is pleased with a ruling by the Manitoba Farm Products Marketing Council (MFPMC) earlier this month that orders Manitoba Chicken Producers (MCP) to not charge extra administrative fees for a decade among those participating in its new specialty chicken quota system.

DFM co-ordinated an appeal on behalf of three specialty chicken producers who would have been affected by the additional expense.

DFM voiced numerous concerns with MCP’s new program after it was rolled out last year, but ultimately launched an appeal on the specific grounds that the program’s new fees for participation would force those already raising specialty chicken to either pay more to keep producing, or produce less. READ MORE 

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