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<blockquote data-quote="Alberta farmer" data-source="post: 691888" data-attributes="member: 8978"><p>Rockridge: Tyson does not own Lakeside. XL(Neilson bros) does own Lakeside. Tyson Foods sold Lakeside packers last spring and does not have any packing plants in Canada. After aquiring Lakeside, XL promptly closed down their cow plant in Moosejaw as they claimed farmers weren't sending enough cows, at the right price, to market!</p><p>I suspect record number of calves will hit the Alberta markets this fall as farmers can't afford to keep them over this year due to high feed costs and an actual shortage of hay. With the COOL drivel in the USA drying up a lot of the calf market we'd better hope XL and Cargill step in and buy those calves, otherwise the only solution might be the old .22! I also suspect the run of cows will overwhelm our packers this fall!</p><p>All summer in Alberta auction barns have been selling pairs...split off the cow for slaughter and who knows where the small calf goes? Maybe veal. XL Lakeside has been killing mostly cows all summer.</p><p>I would guess Cargills days are numbered in Canada? After a huge liquidation of cows this year there simply won't be enough fed cattle to support two large plants in the west. I think XL has shown the big boys they can be even more ruthless? Better get your Manitoba plant up and running.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alberta farmer, post: 691888, member: 8978"] Rockridge: Tyson does not own Lakeside. XL(Neilson bros) does own Lakeside. Tyson Foods sold Lakeside packers last spring and does not have any packing plants in Canada. After aquiring Lakeside, XL promptly closed down their cow plant in Moosejaw as they claimed farmers weren't sending enough cows, at the right price, to market! I suspect record number of calves will hit the Alberta markets this fall as farmers can't afford to keep them over this year due to high feed costs and an actual shortage of hay. With the COOL drivel in the USA drying up a lot of the calf market we'd better hope XL and Cargill step in and buy those calves, otherwise the only solution might be the old .22! I also suspect the run of cows will overwhelm our packers this fall! All summer in Alberta auction barns have been selling pairs...split off the cow for slaughter and who knows where the small calf goes? Maybe veal. XL Lakeside has been killing mostly cows all summer. I would guess Cargills days are numbered in Canada? After a huge liquidation of cows this year there simply won't be enough fed cattle to support two large plants in the west. I think XL has shown the big boys they can be even more ruthless? Better get your Manitoba plant up and running. [/QUOTE]
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