I also must say I've enjoyed my first few months working with PEI Pork and look forward to working with you in the new year. This means Maritime farmers won't need to bring in quite as much corn from Quebec, Ontario and the US as would otherwise be the case. Greater output of wheat and oats will also add to Atlantic Canada's feed supplies. There appears to be more consolidation taking place within the meat processing industry. As control of processing capacity changes with each merger, rankings according to size can be quite variable.
Figures are total company sales, including red meat and poultry.
The top ten from the listing are presented here. These rankings will most certainly change, but it may help put recent takeover announcements in perspective. The PEI Federation of Agriculture had submitted his name and hosted a well-attended reception at the Farm Centre last week in his honour. At the reception, Board Chairman Rodney Dingwell expressed best wishes on behalf of the Island hog industry A Congratulations, Eric, not only on this well-earned recognition, but also on your consistent and continued support for PEI agriculture. It's been a real honour to work for PEI farmers.