Reading Time: 3 minutes Representatives from Alberta grain, oilseed and special crop producer groups predicted a hopeful 2013 when asked to forecast how their industries would fare this year. The general manager of the recently formed Alberta Wheat Commission said this year looks good for wheat, though there may be a shift in the varieties grown following the end […] Read more
Good year for wheat and barley predicted, stability for other crops
Predictions for livestock in 2013 cautiously optimistic about profits, stability
FORECASTING Good crop year could mean the difference for some Alberta livestock producers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta’s livestock producers are staying positive that 2013 could be a profitable year. Representatives from various organizations throughout the province expressed their hopes that things will go their way this year, even as some of them face challenges and new player JBS enters the market. Cattle industry has good potential Brent Chaffee, chair of the […] Read moreJBS to purchase troubled Brooks beef-packing plant, other assets
Reading Time: 2 minutes The future of the Brooks beef-packing plant at the centre of an E. coli outbreak that triggered the largest beef recall in Canadian history has been secured. JBS USA announced in a press release that its subsidiary JBS Food Canada Inc. was exercising its option to purchase the XL Foods Lakeside beef-packing plant. JBS has […] Read more
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