B.C. egg production hits five-year low as demand soars

When Scott Janzen reached 13 years of age, he told his father he would no longer help out on their family egg farm in Abbotsford, and he found a part-time job in town instead.

At the time, Janzen said he didn’t think he would one day become an egg farmer himself. Now, as a third-generation egg farmer who is working the fourth generation, he leads a 30,000-hen operation that produces millions of eggs a year.

“Now I’ve been doing this for almost 20 years, I wouldn’t trade it for any other job,” said the owner of Janzen Poultry. “Farming is a 24-hour job, 365 days a year, and I

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