BAILEY, Art: CPA, CGA, CAFA®

Art has worked in the Ontario broiler industry for more than 17 years. During that time he managed hatcheries with annual production of more than 60 million chicks and breeder operations annually generating more than 10 million hatching eggs. He has introduced costing systems at the hatchery, breeder and processing levels to enable management to better plan and improve profitability.

Art oversaw a workforce of more than one hundred and forty employees and served as a poultry representative on the Labour Issues Coordinating Committee for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture during the development of the Agricultural Labour Relations Act, 1994.

At the processing level he has served on the management teams for capital spending, strategic planning and budgeting.

During those years, he also served as Chair of the Canadian Hatchery Federation, Director for the Ontario Broiler Chick and Hatching Egg Commission and Treasurer of the Poultry Industry Council.

Since establishing his own practice, he has prepared scores of business and succession plans for his agricultural clients in all sectors. He has also served over nine years as a “Farm Financial Expert” under the Farm Debt Mediation Service.

Member: CPA Ontario