Dairy Farmers of

Prince Edward Island

Serving the dairy needs of Producers and Islanders

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Mandate

Dairy Farmers of Prince Edward Island (DFPEI) is the marketing organization for all PEI dairy producers. It is established under the Natural Products Marketing Act to regulate and administer the Dairy Industry in Prince Edward Island. Dairy Farmers of Prince Edward Island receives its authority through an Order in Council from the provincial government.

Some of the powers conferred upon the Board include the authority to:

Control the production and marketing of all milk
Determine prices of industrial and fluid milk at the provincial level
Establish and regulate sales and production quotas
Prohibit the marketing of milk in excess of quotas
Operate a Quota Exchange and Quota Lease Exchange for producers

The Board

The Board is comprised of nine milk producers elected to represent the four districts defined under the Dairy Farmers of Prince Edward Island Regulations, which were proclaimed in the Royal Gazette of Prince Edward Island on April 17, 2004. Two milk producers are elected to represent each of the West Prince, Summerside and Montague-Souris districts. The Charlottetown district elects three directors to the Board. New directors are elected in January or February and assume their positions in March following the Annual General Meeting (AGM). These appointments are held for a period of three years.

The Board elects its executive from within the Board membership. These appointments are held for a period of one year.

Committees

In addition to the Board members, there are two milk producers elected from each district to represent their members on the District Milk Committee.

Committees of the Board are normally composed of DFPEI Directors, District Milk Committee members, DFPEI Staff, and other dairy industry stakeholders and include:

Executive Dairy Industry Working Group Farms Practices

Canadian Quality Milk Advisory Producer Relations Quality

PEI Promotion Research

Board members represent producers on other provincial and national boards and committees including:

Canadian Milk Supply Management Committee P5 Supervisory Body

Dairy Farmers of Canada School Milk Foundation

Maritime Quality Milk Advisory Committee ADAPT Council

Valacta Advisory Emergency Management Planning

Farm Centre PEI Federation of Agriculture PEI Agriculture Sector Council

Deadstock Cattle Producers of PEI PEIFA Environment Committee

Dairy Industry Transition & Strategic Planning

Supply Management

Dairy Farmers of PEI participates in a supply managed dairy system which was developed in the early 1970’s.

Supply management focuses on achieving the most accurate balance between supply and demand.

For more information on supply management follow the link below:

http://www.dairyfarmers.ca/what-we-do/supply-management

Last Revised: 09/28/12

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