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Viterra Celebrates Canada’s Agriculture celebrate Canadian agriculture and its From left to right: Our teams at
Day positive impact in our daily lives. Here a Humboldt, Wadena and North Battleford
On February 12, we participated in few photos from some of our locations were among several facilities that hosted
Canada’s Ag Day at many facilities across that hosted customer appreciation Canada’s Ag Day events.
our network. This is a great opportunity events. A big thank you goes out to all of
for our industry to come together to our staff that participated!

Viterra Sponsors Outstanding Young
Farmers
Viterra sponsored the 2019 Alberta OYF
Dallas Vert and Awards, designed to recognize young
Natasha Pospisil farmers that exemplify excellence in their
accept the 2019 profession. This year’s winners are Dallas
Alberta OYF Vert and Natasha Pospisil from Kirriemuir,
Award. AB. They own and operate and 11,000
acre farm, an independent retail outlet
and a general store in the area.

DID YOU KNOW?

In its latest Agri-Food Sector Strategy, the Federal Government has laid out several goals for our industry to reach by 2025
including:

By 2025, Canada will be one of the top five competitors in the agri-food sector.
Become recognized as the most trusted, competitive and reliable supplier of high-quality agri-food products and an
innovator in value-added product.
$85B in exports by 2025, an increase from $64.6 billion in 2017.

The full report can be found at: https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/098.nsf/eng/00022.html

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