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Prairie towns chase Maple Leaf Foods hog plant boom
An Alberta driven wave of proposed giant hog operations draws towns into bidding wars. Melville and Barrhead woo Maple Leaf Foods with tax breaks and new water facilities while Stonewall resists with terms. Alberta reports 83 production units under construction, housing 56 000 sows as the push grows.
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Young Swais
Hand Village
Aereeves
Maple Leaf Foods
Melville
Mike Fisher
Solana
Barrhead
Economic Development Board
Empire Advance of
Virden
Maple Leaf
Stonewall
Alberta
Alberta Agriculture