Diversification Challenges Hit Saskatchewan Farms
The Rivers Banner examines how geography and logistics hinder local diversification from wheat and beef to niche crops like quinoa seabuckthorn and herbs. It cites the rabbit industry in Saskatchewan as a costly lesson where distant processing doomed farmers and suggests localized clusters around plants near Wynyard and Rabbit producers near Swift Current.
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