Who are the players in the Alberta Poultry Industry?
There are four producer organizations that manage poultry production in the province: • Alberta Chicken Producers • Alberta Turkey Producers • Alberta Hatching Egg Producers • Alberta Egg Producers How many poultry producers are there in Alberta? There are approximately 560 quota holding poultry producers in Alberta. The number of producers has decreased by 7% since 2001. Production has increased during the same time period, which is consistent with the trend towards fewer but larger-scale farm operations. For example, the average Alberta broiler farm has grown almost 30% from producing 306,000 kg/yr in 1992 to 394,000 kg/yr in 2002.[i] The structure of Alberta poultry industry is very different from the US poultry industry. In the US, vertically integrated companies control most aspects of production, product quality and cost from the egg to the dinner table. In spite of the differences between the Alberta and American poultry industries, costs of production in Alberta are similar to
