No promises for Alberta pork producers; Agriculture committee chair offers his sympathy but no cash for hard-pressed hog farmers Final Edition

A half-dozen farmers from the Alcomdale area northwest of the city spent nearly 90 minutes with Butch Fischer, chair of the standing policy committee on agriculture and rural development, pleading for some kind of made-in-Alberta price and direct subsidies. Alberta farmers blame the low prices, whic...

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Published inEdmonton journal
Main Author Sadava, Mike
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Edmonton, Alta Postmedia Network Inc 15.12.1998
Subjects
Agriculture
Farms
Prices
Subsidies
Edmonton
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Summary:A half-dozen farmers from the Alcomdale area northwest of the city spent nearly 90 minutes with Butch Fischer, chair of the standing policy committee on agriculture and rural development, pleading for some kind of made-in-Alberta price and direct subsidies. Alberta farmers blame the low prices, which cover less than half of the costs of raising a hog, on overproduction by their heavily subsidized American and European counterparts. The farmers pointed out that Quebec hog farmers get more in subsidies than Albertans get for their hogs.
ISSN:0839-296X