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The Full Farm Products Submission
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combination, the overall goals of obtaining marketing board
regulations under the FPMA include:
- Raise the consistency and quality of veal calves
produced in Ontario
- Bring order to the Ontario veal marketplace by
developing practical regulations and tools for all
involved in the industry
- To position Ontario Veal with the ability to respond
to the needs of the Ontario veal industry.
However, there are specific benefits for each of the
requested powers/regulations that will have a positive
and direct impact on both the veal producer and the veal
industry as a whole.
Registration (Licensing)
- Allows for better communication to producers and
for producers back to organization
- Raise the quality of calves as an industry with
enhanced management tools
- Brings order to the marketplace
- Allows the OVA to better prepare and have an
emergency management plan
License Fees (Check-off)
- Stable funding for industry development
activities
- Investment and ownership/control by
producers for producers
- Collectively we can do more together than we
can individually
Electronic Auction
- Competitive pricing with transparent
price discovery
- Less stress on calves
- Quicker payment for calves to producer
- Coverage under the Beef Cattle Financial
Protection Program
- Order to marketplace with the weekly
volumes
- Increased ability to grade results in
increased quality for whole industry
Veal Carcass Grading and Price Grid
- The producer will receive feedback
and management information on all calves
in order to make more informed
management decisions on-farm
- Fair and consistent pricing
- Achieve consistency in the
marketplace to deliver better product to
consumer
Governance Structure
- Independent
- Representative of all producers
and representative for all producers
- Recognized
- Efficient, cost effective and
manageable structure
Veal Industry Advisory
Committee
- Encourages collaboration
throughout the entire veal
industry supply chain in order
to address the issues
- Provides a checks and
balance system to the Board
- Provide objective
perspectives and buy-in from
industry partners
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