Canadian beef packing gets boost

A report from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation notes that a proposal to build the largest beef-packaging plant in British Columbia is getting a boost from the provincial government. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham says the province is committing up to $450,000 to support the British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association’s proposal to build a federally-inspected beef packaging plant in Prince George. Popham explained that most of the cattle raised in British Columbia are currently shipped out of province for processing. “We will have the opportunity to not just breed and raise cattle in the province, like we do now, but to process them in our province,” she said. — WLJ