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Chicken Farmers of Ontario name new CEO

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The Chicken Farmers of Ontario (CFO) Board of Directors has appointed Denise Hockaday as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective August 30, 2021. Denise will act as chief advisor to the Board, represent CFO provincially and nationally, and provide strategic leadership for the organization, its farmer-members, staff team and stakeholders.  Most recently, Denise held executive […] Read more
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Dougans to step down as Chicken Farmers CEO

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Chicken Farmers of Ontario has announced that Rob Dougans, the organization’s president and chief executive officer, is leaving March 31.  A news release from CFO stated that Dougans has provided leadership and guidance to the organization, and to the overall sector for the past decade.  In the release, the CFO board of directors said Dougans […] Read more
(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Livestock, Markets

Fall quota level based on ‘rebound’ in chicken demand

National allocation trimmed two per cent for September-October period

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A relatively small tweak to national chicken quota allocation has been set for much of this autumn, following a stretch of heavy pandemic-related cuts. At a Chicken Farmers of Canada meeting Tuesday, national allocation for quota period A-165 (Aug. 30 to Oct. 24, 2020) was set at minus two per cent from its adjusted base. […] Read more
Feed Ontario interim executive director Amanda King presents the Paul Mistele Award to Ed Benjamins, chair of Chicken Farmers of Ontario.
Livestock, News

Chicken Farmers of Ontario receive award

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Chicken Farmers of Ontario was named the recipient of the Paul Mistele Award, in recognition of the CFO Cares: Farmers to Food Banks Program. The award was presented by Feed Ontario Oct. 24 at the annual Harvest Gala hosted by Farm & Food Care. Named for the late farm leader who founded Ontario Pork’s Donate-A-Hog […] Read more
Chicken Farmers of Ontario make more innovation quota available
Livestock, News

Chicken Farmers of Ontario make more innovation quota available

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Chicken Farmers of Ontario has launched an application process for its second Ontario Chicken Innovation Award, part of the organization’s commitment to help deliver innovative Ontario chicken products to consumers. The CFO has millions of kilograms of chicken available for successful applicants. “At CFO, we want to help our industry get new products to market […] Read more
When eggs at the Trillium Hatchery are ready to hatch, they are moved to a system where the new chicks drop through to a cleaner area than has been usual in a hatchery, reducing need for antibiotics.
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Quality chicks, reducing antibiotics drive new hatchery

Trillium Hatchery has a capacity of 20 million chicks per year, with room to expand

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Having dropped from their eggshells directly onto a clean floor with immediate access to feed and water, the first chicks from the brand new Trillium Hatchery made their way onto Ontario broiler farms during the first week of November. A Nov. 13 official ribbon-cutting at the 70,000 sq. foot Stratford facility marked the second opening […] Read more
Brittney Livingston, Andrew Mazurka and their sons Travis (standing) and Emmett, at the entrance to the barn housing horses and artisanal chicken near Hillsburgh.
Livestock, News

Niche chicken program grows

The artisanal chicken program supplies local markets and allows farmers to diversify

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Chicken Farmers of Ontario’s artisanal chicken program continues to grow, with 2018 participants close to double the first year of the program, launched in 2016. The program was created after calls for the CFO to be more responsive to demands for chicken produced locally, using methods alternative to conventional broiler barns. Why it matters: The […] Read more
Chicken Farmers of Ontario first vice-chair Murray Opsteen said the goal of the program is to bring new chicken products to consumers.
Livestock

Chicken farmers launch product innovation program

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Are you part of the Ontario chicken industry and have a great idea for completely new chicken products? Chicken Farmers of Ontario (CFO) may be willing to give you chicken supply to produce it. Why it matters: The Ontario Chicken Innovation and Growth Program, announced Wednesday, is the third element in what was described by […] Read more

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