Supporting Farming Through Sound Investments

Jan 20, 2015

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

The Province of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Government of Canada are providing $50,000 to the Egg Farmers of Newfoundland and Labrador, supporting the organization's ability to take advantage of emerging industry opportunities. Funding will be used to conduct an industry study exploring potential sector growth, with the ultimate goal of enhancing the competitive position of the province's egg farmers.

Quick Facts

The Egg Farmers of Newfoundland and Labrador will receive $50,000 from the Provincial and Federal Governments which will support the organization's efforts to take advantage of emerging industry opportunities.
There are seven egg farms located throughout the province and one grading station. Currently feed is the largest component cost for egg production in Newfoundland and Labrador. An up-to-date feasibility study is essential to determine the current state of the industry's feed supply, including price, sourcing and demand.
$25,000 in funding is being provided through the Provincial Government's Regional Development Fund, which is administered by the Department of Business, Tourism, Culture and Rural Development, and $25,000 through Growing Forward 2, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative.The results of the study will provide significant information to egg farmers on layer feed costs and will generate solutions to improve egg farming competitiveness for provincial producers.
Formerly known as Egg Producers of Newfoundland and Labrador, Egg Farmers of Newfoundland and Labrador (EFNL), is a non-profit organization that was formed in 1970 to govern provincial egg production.
Information on the Regional Development Fund can be found at http://www.ibrd.gov.nl.ca/programs/RDF.html.
Information on the Growing Forward 2 Program can be found at: http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/nr/funding/growingforward2/index.html.

Source: AAFC

Video: Cleaning Sheep Barns & Setting Up Chutes

Indoor sheep farming in winter at pre-lambing time requires that, at Ewetopia Farms, we need to clean out the barns and manure in order to keep the sheep pens clean, dry and fresh for the pregnant ewes to stay healthy while indoors in confinement. In today’s vlog, we put fresh bedding into all of the barns and we remove manure from the first groups of ewes due to lamb so that they are all ready for lambs being born in the next few days. Also, in preparation for lambing, we moved one of the sorting chutes to the Coveralls with the replacement ewe lambs. This allows us to do sorting and vaccines more easily with them while the barnyard is snow covered and hard to move sheep safely around in. Additionally, it frees up space for the second groups of pregnant ewes where the chute was initially.