The Rural Voice, 1988-04, Page 47NEWS
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The Huron Soil and Crop Improve-
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The contest, which will recognize
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EGG PRODUCTION:
COMPLEX ISSUES
Free trade, oversupply, animal
rights, and quota values are four of the
issues requiring "tough decisions" by
the egg industry, says Bill Scott, chair-
man of the Ontario Egg Producers' Mar-
keting Board.
Addressing the 23rd annual meeting
of the board in Toronto last month, Scott
told an audience of 300 that the Cana-
dian egg sector has concerns about the
details of the free trade agreement.
The Ontario board supports the
Canadian Egg Marketing Agency
(CEMA) in its request for "sole im-
porter" status and for the addition of
more processed egg products to the
Import Control List — something that
has already been granted to the dairy
industry, Scott says.
Of more immediate concern is the
increase in Canadian surplus and the
need to match provincial supply with
demand. An increase of almost 15 per
cent in surplus eggs at the national level
in 1987, coupled with declining Cana-
dian consumption, may mean a quota
cut in the coming year, Scott says.
But in Ontario, he noted, consump-
tion in 1987 was up over 1986 and
surplus is below the national average.
The demand for eggs in Ontario has
been offset by U.S. imports. But in
1987, CEMA began subsidizing Mani-
toba eggs in Ontario. The Ontario board
has also been working to increase the
use of mediums by retailers. These
efforts have meant a 25 per cent decline
in U.S. imports over the past 12 months.
But "in the long term," says Scott, "a
method of moving quota between prov-
inces will have to be developed."0
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