The chair of the Atlantic Farmers Council told local media he fears the closure of the region's only beef processing plant could be devastating to an industry that can't afford another blow.
Doug Bacon said there's a whole list of spinoff effects that people aren't considering, the biggest of which is the loss of the only processing plant in Atlantic Canada. This would force beef farmers to send cattle to Ontario, increasing the cost of production and making it more difficult for local farmers to compete against cheaper imports.
