Alberta’s Chicken Producers Celebrates Re-entry into the Federal Provincial Agreement for Chicken

Alberta Chicken Producers Celebrates Re-entry into the Federal Provincial Agreement for Chicken

Brent McEwan, General Manager of Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council, congratulates Erna Ference, Chair of Alberta Chicken Producers, on Alberta’s re-entry into the Federal Provincial Agreement for Chicken on November 2, 2017.

Alberta Chicken Producers is thrilled to announce our re-entry into the Federal Provincial Agreement (FPA) for Chicken! On November 2, 2017, Alberta’s Agricultural Products Marketing Council presented ACP with the FPA, signed by Alberta’s Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, the Minister of Intergovernmental Relations Executive Council, and Alberta’s Agricultural Products Marketing Council. With this agreement signed by the Alberta Government and ACP, Chicken Farmers of Canada has announced Alberta’s re-entry into the “CFC Family”.

Read Chicken Farmers of Canada Press Release.

The Alberta Chicken Producers’ Board would like to thank our producers, processors, hatcheries and hatching egg producers for their support over the past decade in bringing a successful resolution to Alberta’s allocation issue in a manner that both strengthens the national system and sustains differential growth for our industry for decades to come.

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, the Honourable Oneil Carlier, signing the Addendum to the Federal Provincial Agreement for Chicken.

Back row – (L-R) Dennis Steinwand, Martin Van Diemen, Christian Guenter, Jason Born, Verlyn Olsen, Scotts Wiens, Brent McEwan

Front row – (L-R) Norine Moore, Erna Ference, Karen Kirkwood, Janelle Hancock, Sylvia Donkersgoed