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:: Burnbrae Farms Limited Announcement :: Margaret Hudson, Ted Hudson and Bob Anderson 'Dry Tare' Rule Goes into Effect - USA $10 Mln DNA Technology Selection Project In Poultry Breeding High Crop Prices Here to Stay, Study Says Conferences, Courses and Workshops
:: Burnbrae Farms Limited Announcement :: Margaret Hudson, Ted Hudson and Bob Anderson Joe Hudson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Burnbrae Farms, made the following announcements effective September 15, 2008: Margaret Hudson – It is with paternal pride that I announce the appointment of Margaret as President of Burnbrae Farms Ltd. Margaret has an undergraduate degree and an MBA, both from the University of Toronto. She joined Burnbrae on a full - time basis in 1990 and has had increasing responsibility in operational and sales positions that have prepared her well for the transition to this key role. Most recently, she served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing - Retail and Foodservice and directed the development and introduction of an innovative range of shell and processed egg products that have been well received by consumers and recognized by the food industry nationally with several prestigious “Grand Prix New Product” awards. Margaret has played a key role in developing Burnbrae’s position within the egg industry. Margaret lives in Toronto with her husband David and two young children and will split her time between offices and homes in the Toronto area and Lyn. I have every confidence that Margaret and her team will lead Burnbrae to new heights in the exciting years to come and wish her every success in her demanding new position. Ted Hudson – It is with equal pride that I announce the appointment of Ted as the Vice President of Retail and Food Service Sales. Ted will also oversee producer and industry relations for shell egg matters nationally for the company. Ted is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and has grown up in the family business, having served in almost every segment of Burnbrae’s operations. Ted is well known to CPEPC members and his contributions to our business over many years have been significant. Ted and his wife Sherri live in Brockville and are the parents of two active children. I have every confidence that Ted’s background and experience both within and outside of Burnbrae have prepared him to successfully lead both our retail and food service sales team and our shell egg industry relations group.
Bob Anderson – Bob is stepping down as President, but will remain
active in the business in a part-time advisory/consultative role.
Bob joined Burnbrae in 1976 and has been a key contributor to
Burnbrae’s growth. He left Burnbrae for an eight year period to
serve as CEO and President of the Canadian Poultry and Egg
Processors Council, before returning to Burnbrae in 2003.
On September 30th, CFC held an open board meeting in Ottawa where the most important agenda item was setting the allocation for period A-89. After some discussion and several breaks, the domestic allocation was set at 145.9 million kilograms, which is equal to the adjusted base allocation for this period and 2.8% below last year's domestic production for the same timeframe. This allocation was set higher than CPEPC, CRFA and FPPAC recommendations and only passed by a slim vote of 8 in favour and 6 against. Following the meeting CPEPC, CRFA and FPPAC jointly appealed the allocation for period A-89 and the process being followed to set allocation by the CFC Board. Further information was sent to the chicken sector members from the CPEPC office. This decision for Period A-89 is another example of how the allocation system continues to be a frustration for CPEPC and other downstream stakeholders. We look forward to a meeting called by NFPC for October 17th to hear a presentation on their investigation of CPEPC's June 2008 complaint. The goals of the meeting, to which they've invited industry stakeholders and provincial supervisory boards, include presentation of potential options to improve the allocation setting process and reaching a collective agreement on next steps and actions. The NFPC meeting along with an SM-5 document dealing with the Agreement on Internal Trade in Canada and an anticipated growth rate of 1% were discussed and agreed to at the CFC meeting. A timeframe for finalizing the allocation 'Report Card' was also discussed with hope of completion by January 2009. As of the end of last week 208 farms across the country had been sampled and tested with negative results. 150 additional farms had been selected for testing. The test schedule is proceeding on time and CFIA reports being very satisfied with the high level of compliance and the good collaboration from the producers up to now. CFIA has revised the public surveillance Q & A document to reflect how testing certificates are handled. (click here) Certificates are issued from CFIA directly to the producer and processors will not know if a flock was tested or not. Flocks do not proceed to slaughter without having been issued a certificate, however it is the CFIA who will ensure that testing is completed well in advance of the slaughter date. Link to updated Q&A Lien à la Mise à jour - Q&R
'Dry Tare' Rule Goes into Effect - USA Starting from 8 October, consumers will pay a few extra pennies for a T-bone steak or family pack of chicken thighs as federal weight standards go into effect. This means that liquids inside meat and poultry packages, whether free-flowing or trapped in the pad at the bottom of the plastic tray, must be considered part of the product for which consumers pay. Previously, state regulators excluded that moisture as part of the package weight - an approach called "wet tare." Switching to a "dry tare" standard, which subtracts only the dry weight of any packaging, will cost a hypothetical family of four purchasing meat and poultry five times per week about a dollar more per week, the agency said. "It will have some impact, no question, but a dollar a week we feel is, relatively speaking, not that much," said Steve Lyle, a spokesman for the CDFA. "What really we think is important looking at this in the overview, is now there will be a uniform standard nationwide for the weighing of meats," Lyle said. The CDFA said its 2006 survey of meat and poultry processors found that, in order to meet previous wet tare requirements, processors were overpacking, giving California consumers (where the previous "wet tare" rule was in effect) an average 1.39 percent more meat than indicated on the package and 0.43 percent more poultry. The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), in announcing the new rule on September 9th in the Federal Register, said it was aimed at clarifying the situation. "The agency regards any solutions that are added to meat or poultry to be part of the product and considers free-flowing liquids to be an integral component of these products." Meat processors cannot purposely add excess liquids to packages simply to increase the weight. Although federal rules allow meats to be "enhanced" with so-called value-added products with the injection of broth, salt solutions or added flavorings. www.poultex.com $10 Mln DNA Technology Selection Project In Poultry Breeding The USDA has partnered with Hendrix Genetics and Cobb-Vantress on a US$10 mln DNA technology selection project in poultry breeding. The recently formed alliance between multi-species breeding company Hendrix Genetics (the Netherlands) and the broiler breeding company Cobb-Vantress (Arkansas, USA), both of whom are associate members of CPEPC, is to become the first in the world to implement genomic selection in poultry breeding. The USDA has agreed to provide $US2.5 mln towards a $US10 mln large-scale field evaluation of DNA selection technology in chicken breeding. The use of this new technology is a breakthrough in animal breeding. The selection of pedigree stock through DNA analysis from the whole genome will provide accurate and rapid results, enabling significant genetic improvement. Such progress - hard to realise using traditional breeding methods - will now be feasible for disease resistance, animal health and welfare traits. Field evaluation begins October 1st and will run for a period of 4 years. In addition to the breeding companies Cobb-Vantress and Hendrix Genetics, a consortium of leading universities and institutes in a number of countries will be involved in this milestone project. With the new DNA technology, a small drop of blood from a bird will yield data for predicting performance of the offspring. Besides the improvements in speed, accuracy, product quality and consistency, the new method will provide a much better understanding of health and welfare traits important to the future of the global poultry industry. www.worldpoultry.net
High Crop Prices Here to Stay, Study Says Research by two University of Illinois economists concludes crop prices will likely stay high well into the future because of rising energy costs and ethanol expansion. Corn, wheat and soybean prices should see their first sustained rise in three decades, since the great Russian purchases of the early 1970s. Short-term fluctuations may continue but will be at comprehensively higher levels. The researchers found only two previous periods of sustained high grain and oilseed prices. The first followed World War II, when price controls were lifted, international trade began to normalize and post-war rebuilding began. The second stretch began in 1973, sparked by massive, unexpected wheat purchases by the former Soviet Union, which coincided with a spike in oil and other energy prices and rapid inflation. The new 'price era' could last 20 to 30 years, led by corn prices, which will be linked more directly to gasoline prices because of ethanol substitution. Crude oil and energy markets are the key. Low oil prices could lead to reduced ethanol production and corn demand. Technological or other breakthroughs that could dramatically reduce oil consumption could also affect the price structure. However a higher probability is that crude oil and other fossil fuel demand will continue to press on supply. source: Agriweek
Conferences, Courses and Workshops
Registration for the summit includes complimentary admission to the International Poultry Expo and International Feed Expo, the world’s largest gathering of poultry industry leaders, and the largest exhibition of suppliers to the animal agriculture and feed producing and processing sectors. The summit is scheduled Tuesday, January 27, from 1:00 – 5:00 pm; and Wednesday, January 28, from 8:00 – 10:00 am. The IPE/IFE show hours are 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Wednesday and Thursday, and 9:00 am – 1:00 pm, Friday.
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