The Poultry Industry Council (PIC) has posthumously recognized Bob Guy with its Ed McKinlay Poultry Worker of the Year award. Ed Verkley chair of PIC presented the award to Guy’s […] Read more
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Bob Guy given poultry worker award
Quality chicks, reducing antibiotics drive new hatchery
Trillium Hatchery has a capacity of 20 million chicks per year, with room to expand
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 […] Read more
Niche chicken program grows
The artisanal chicken program supplies local markets and allows farmers to diversify
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 […] Read more
Getting crackin’
Young entrepreneurs tie farm-fresh eggs with end food product at farmers’ market
Three students from A.J. Baker Public School in Kintore have decided that a working summer vacation may be just what they need. Alia and Jorja Linton will be collecting eggs […] Read more
Innovative egg-scanning technology moves closer to commercialization
Identifying the gender of eggs before they begin incubation saves costs, reduces waste and improves animal welfare
Commercialization of new technology that determines the gender of chicks before they are incubated is getting a $844,000 boost from Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Minister […] Read more
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