Maple Leaf Foods Completes Purchase of Ontario Poultry Plant and Associated Supply

Jun 29, 2021

BURLINGTON, ON – Chicken Farmers of Ontario (CFO) acknowledges the recent announcement by Maple Leaf Foods of the completion of the purchase of a poultry processing plant located near Schomberg, Ontario, together with the associated poultry supply.

Maple Leaf Foods’ initial acquisition of Cericola Farms was previously announced in October of 2018. With the purchase of the Schomberg plant now complete, CFO has made the necessary associated administrative changes and affected CFO farmer-members will see these changes reflected in production schedules.

Source : CFO

Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.