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in place a Hazard Analysis Critical
Control Point (HACCP) system.
Whyte says his family was already
doing 95 per cent of what was
recommended in the program but
they weren't keeping the paper trail
that's needed. Now the paper trail is
in place to show what chicks were
fed, who went into the barn when and
so on to be able to track any
problems.
The other big concern for
livestock farmers is complying
with nutrient management
regulations but White isn't
concerned. It's only good economics
to put on just the right amount of
manure the crop needs, he says.
"Manure is a valuable resource."
(The family members grow corn,
soybeans, wheat and yellow mustard
and have their own elevator operation
serving their own farms and some of
their neighbours.
Despite the success of supply
management from the farm and rural
community point of view, chicken
farmers along with their associates in
other quota -controlled sectors are
constantly under attack.
Though the complaint is often
heard that the high cost of quota
keeps young farmers out of the
industry, Whyte notes that "I'm sure
I'm the oldest chicken broiler farmer
at most meetings.
"When someone says to me 'If it
wasn't for quota I could get into
chicken'. 1 say, 'If it wasn't for quota
you wouldn't want to get into
chickens."'
As for the charge that older
producers like him got their quota
"given" to them, White notes that
producers like his father lost a lot of
equity in the years before supply
management was instituted. Those
who were in the business when
quotas were established were the few
who were left standing after the
attrition of years of low prices. "The
quota wasn't free."
The concern for chicken
producers remains the progress of
World Trade Organization talks
where there's a constant concern
supply management could be traded
off for other trade concessions. As
both a chicken producer and a grains
and oilseeds producer he supports
Canada's balanced position on
trade.0