Provincial Turkey Marketing Quotas 2019–20

Summary#

This final regulation (SOR/2019-340) updates the schedule used to set provincial turkey marketing allotments under the Canadian Turkey Marketing Quota Regulations, 1990. It replaces the pounds allocated to each province for the control period April 28, 2019 to April 25, 2020, totaling 401,425,044 pounds. The change was made by the Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency and came into force on November 21, 2019 (registered on that date; published December 11, 2019).

What it does#

• Replaces the schedule in the Canadian Turkey Marketing Quota Regulations, 1990 with a new list of provincial allotments for the control period April 28, 2019 to April 25, 2020.
• Updates the numbers used when determining a producer’s market allotment or when issuing a new allotment within a province during that control period (from the regulation’s explanatory note).
• Sets the following provincial pound limits for that control period:
  • Ontario: 180,843,649
  • Quebec: 81,992,075
  • Nova Scotia: 8,803,723
  • New Brunswick: 8,469,415
  • Manitoba: 30,552,700
  • British Columbia: 44,475,938
  • Saskatchewan: 11,828,260
  • Alberta: 34,459,284
  • TOTAL: 401,425,044

Who's affected#

• Turkey farmers and producers in the provinces listed.
• Provincial marketing organizations and anyone who issues or receives market allotments under the turkey marketing plan.
• Processors and buyers may be indirectly affected because changes to quotas can change how much turkey is supplied to processing and retail channels.
• The rule was prepared and approved by the Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency and reviewed by the National Farm Products Council.

If it’s unclear whether a specific business or farm is affected, they should check their allotment notices or contact their provincial marketing board.

Why it matters#

Quotas set how much turkey can be marketed in each province. That affects production planning, the volume available to processors, and business income for producers during the specified control period. This amendment is an administrative update prompted by the agency’s view that the size of the turkey market had changed.