Turkey Marketing Quotas for Apr 2021–Apr 2022

Summary#

These are final rules called the Regulations Amending the Canadian Turkey Marketing Quota Regulations, 1990 made by the Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency. They replace the schedule that sets how many pounds of turkey are allotted to each province for the control period April 25, 2021 to April 30, 2022 (total 383,628,053 pounds).

What it does#

• Replaces the schedule in the Canadian Turkey Marketing Quota Regulations, 1990 with a new list of province-level poundages for the control period April 25, 2021 to April 30, 2022.
• The new province allotments are:
  • Ontario — 171,833,575 pounds
  • Quebec — 76,352,637 pounds
  • Nova Scotia — 8,975,042 pounds
  • New Brunswick — 7,926,630 pounds
  • Manitoba — 30,946,730 pounds
  • British Columbia — 43,386,127 pounds
  • Saskatchewan — 12,011,748 pounds
  • Alberta — 32,195,564 pounds
  • Total — 383,628,053 pounds
• The change revises the limits used when deciding a producer’s market allotment or when issuing a new market allotment inside a province during that control period.
• These regulations come into force on the day they are registered (no specific registration date is given in the notice).

Who's affected#

• The Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency, which manages turkey marketing and allotments.
• Turkey producers who receive market allotments in the listed provinces. The new numbers affect how much each province can allocate to its producers for the stated control period.
• Provincial marketing bodies and anyone who applies for a new market allotment during that period.
• It may also indirectly affect processors, retailers and local supply, though the notice focuses on producer allotments and does not detail downstream effects.

Why it matters#

• These numbers determine how much turkey can be marketed from each province during the control period. That affects how much individual producers are allowed to sell under the quota system.
• Changes to allotments can influence farm income, local supply levels and the movement of turkey between provinces.
• Because this is a final regulation replacing the schedule for a past control period, it is mainly an administrative update to how quotas are calculated and applied for that period.