conestoga meat packers gets $350,000 equipment grantconestoga meat packers gets $350,000 equipment grantconestoga meat packers gets $350,000 equipment grant

BRESLAU —
In the face of the reality that the high Canadian dollar is destroying the Ontario pork industry, konas more meat packaging Co. , Ltd.
A common-owned facility
Operators of 150 live pig producers in Ontario are forced to seize every competitive advantage it can gain.
That\'s why the company welcomed a little bit of help from the provincial government on Tuesday, Carol Mitchell, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, announced a grant of $350,000 for the purchase of new debit and product packaging equipment from the plant.
At the end of last year, the company also received nearly $2 in federal loans.
3 million help it expand and improve to capture more international food markets.
Mitchell said the new bone removal and product packaging equipment will help make the plant in braislaw Menno Street more competitive and sell more Ontario pork.
\"This will enable them to respond directly to the growing domestic and international markets and produce high-quality, high-value pork products,\" Mitchell said . \".
\"This is good news not only for the agricultural food industry, but also for growers,\" she added . \".
In fact, there is a lot of pressure on hog producers, said Bob Hunsberger, president of the progressive Pork Producers Association. operative Inc.
Conestoga meat packaging company was acquired in 2001.
About half of Canadian pork will be shipped to the export market, so it is not easy to keep trading with the Canadian dollar almost as much as the US dollar.
\"Pig farmers are under heavy pressure for three or four years,\" Hunsberger said . \".
He added that live pig production in Ontario has fallen sharply even in the past six months, and some members have completely withdrawn from the business.
But it\'s worth noting that when co-
Operative purchased the facility from today\'s 350 workers on 2001.
The company is expected to hire another 40 employees this year, and by the end of this year, the total number of employees will reach nearly 400.
It exports Ontario pork to 35 countries and almost every continent on Earth and sells it to other processing plants in Ontario and abroad that turn pork into cooked meat products.
Arnold Drung, president of the Conestoga meat packers, said the rapid growth of the dollar \"requires us to be creative \".
The new equipment will help the company to increase production of ham and tenderloin and generate more value
The export market has increased its products, Drung added.
Hunsberger said, \"We need to be able to do what Americans do, and I believe we can.
\"Rsimone @ township enterprises. comBRESLAU —
In the face of the reality that the high Canadian dollar is destroying the Ontario pork industry, konas more meat packaging Co. , Ltd.
A common-owned facility
Operators of 150 live pig producers in Ontario are forced to seize every competitive advantage it can gain.
That\'s why the company welcomed a little bit of help from the provincial government on Tuesday, Carol Mitchell, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, announced a grant of $350,000 for the purchase of new debit and product packaging equipment from the plant.
At the end of last year, the company also received nearly $2 in federal loans.
3 million help it expand and improve to capture more international food markets.
Mitchell said the new bone removal and product packaging equipment will help make the plant in braislaw Menno Street more competitive and sell more Ontario pork.
\"This will enable them to respond directly to the growing domestic and international markets and produce high-quality, high-value pork products,\" Mitchell said . \".
\"This is good news not only for the agricultural food industry, but also for growers,\" she added . \".
In fact, there is a lot of pressure on hog producers, said Bob Hunsberger, president of the progressive Pork Producers Association. operative Inc.
Conestoga meat packaging company was acquired in 2001.
About half of Canadian pork will be shipped to the export market, so it is not easy to keep trading with the Canadian dollar almost as much as the US dollar.
\"Pig farmers are under heavy pressure for three or four years,\" Hunsberger said . \".
He added that live pig production in Ontario has fallen sharply even in the past six months, and some members have completely withdrawn from the business.
But it\'s worth noting that when co-
Operative purchased the facility from today\'s 350 workers on 2001.
The company is expected to hire another 40 employees this year, and by the end of this year, the total number of employees will reach nearly 400.
It exports Ontario pork to 35 countries and almost every continent on Earth and sells it to other processing plants in Ontario and abroad that turn pork into cooked meat products.
Arnold Drung, president of the Conestoga meat packers, said the rapid growth of the dollar \"requires us to be creative \".
The new equipment will help the company to increase production of ham and tenderloin and generate more value
The export market has increased its products, Drung added.
Hunsberger said, \"We need to be able to do what Americans do, and I believe we can.
\"Rsimone @ township enterprises. comBRESLAU —
In the face of the reality that the high Canadian dollar is destroying the Ontario pork industry, konas more meat packaging Co. , Ltd.
A common-owned facility
Operators of 150 live pig producers in Ontario are forced to seize every competitive advantage it can gain.
That\'s why the company welcomed a little bit of help from the provincial government on Tuesday, Carol Mitchell, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, announced a grant of $350,000 for the purchase of new debit and product packaging equipment from the plant.
At the end of last year, the company also received nearly $2 in federal loans.
3 million help it expand and improve to capture more international food markets.
Mitchell said the new bone removal and product packaging equipment will help make the plant in braislaw Menno Street more competitive and sell more Ontario pork.
\"This will enable them to respond directly to the growing domestic and international markets and produce high-quality, high-value pork products,\" Mitchell said . \".
\"This is good news not only for the agricultural food industry, but also for growers,\" she added . \".
In fact, there is a lot of pressure on hog producers, said Bob Hunsberger, president of the progressive Pork Producers Association. operative Inc.
Conestoga meat packaging company was acquired in 2001.
About half of Canadian pork will be shipped to the export market, so it is not easy to keep trading with the Canadian dollar almost as much as the US dollar.
\"Pig farmers are under heavy pressure for three or four years,\" Hunsberger said . \".
He added that live pig production in Ontario has fallen sharply even in the past six months, and some members have completely withdrawn from the business.
But it\'s worth noting that when co-
Operative purchased the facility from today\'s 350 workers on 2001.
The company is expected to hire another 40 employees this year, and by the end of this year, the total number of employees will reach nearly 400.
It exports Ontario pork to 35 countries and almost every continent on Earth and sells it to other processing plants in Ontario and abroad that turn pork into cooked meat products.
Arnold Drung, president of the Conestoga meat packers, said the rapid growth of the dollar \"requires us to be creative \".
The new equipment will help the company to increase production of ham and tenderloin and generate more value
The export market has increased its products, Drung added.
Hunsberger said, \"We need to be able to do what Americans do, and I believe we can.
\"Rsimone @ township enterprises.