Agricore United Opens New Unifeed Plant Near Edmonton.EDMONTON, Alberta -- Agricore United Agricore United was a farmer-directed agri-business in Canada. It supplied crop nutrition and crop protection products, and offered grain handling and marketing services. It was created on November 1, 2001 by the merger of Agricore and United Grain Growers. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :AU) today officially opened the doors on its newest link in a network of state-of-the-art feed mills in Alberta. The $16 million plant is located in Strathcona County near Edmonton, Alberta and represents a substantial investment by Agricore United in the livestock trade in Canada. "We have great confidence in the future of the livestock, poultry and dairy sectors and the long term profitability of producers," said Bill McGill Bill McGill (born September 16 1939, in San Angelo, Texas) is a retired American basketball player. A 6'9" center/forward from the University of Utah, McGill was selected by the Chicago Zephyrs with the first pick of the 1962 NBA Draft. , Vice President, Livestock Services. "The new Unifeed Edmonton plant is a huge investment in modern technology and increased capacity." McGill notes that the computer controlled operations will enhance product consistency -- essential to precision manufacturing of superior quality products using the broadest range of feed ingredients available. "Our ability to tailor feed mixes to our customer needs is further enhanced by the technologies we have implemented here in Edmonton and at our other feed mills across Alberta," says McGill. "The sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. of the technology and nutritional expertise within Unifeed is setting the standard in the feed industry." The new feed mill delivers both bagged and bulk feeds to meet the needs of customers with large-scale operations as well as smaller scale livestock producers. Alberta Agriculture Minister Shirley McClellan applauded the commitment Agricore United has made to the province's livestock industry. "An investment of this stature is evidence that Agricore United is focussed on both the needs of its customers and the future of agriculture in this country," said McClellan. "I congratulate Agricore United on the opening of this high tech replacement for your existing Edmonton feed mill." Unifeed Limited manufactures a variety of livestock feed under its trade names Unifeed(TM), ProForm pro·form or pro-form n. An item in a sentence, typically a pronoun, verb, or adverb, that substitutes for a constituent phrase or clause, as the words he and so in the sentence He said so, with the pronoun he , Vertech and Hart at eight mills and two pre-mix manufacturing plants across Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba. Other Alberta mills are located in Red Deer Red Deer, city, Canada Red Deer, city (1991 pop. 58,134), S central Alta., Canada, on the Red Deer River. It developed as a trade and service center for a region of dairying and mixed farming. , Olds, and Lethbridge with a pre-mix facility located in Edmonton. All of the company's feed mills in the network are Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP HACCP hazard analysis critical control points. ) certified or compliant. HACCP is the internationally recognized system of quality assurance for food safety. Agricore United is one of Canada's leading agri-businesses. The prairie-based company is diversified into sales of crop inputs and services, grain merchandising, livestock production services and financial markets. Agricore United's shares are publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the symbol "AU". |
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