On June 5, 2008, the provincial government unveiled the long-term strategy and\u00a0announced an investment of $356 million to stabilize and strengthen Alberta\u2019s\u00a0livestock industry through the transition toward a new competitive model. This\u00a0strategy also unveiled mandatory traceability and the development of a new\u00a0Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA). Recognizing that producers are aware of the need to target a product that\u00a0consumers are prepared to pay a fair price for, open access to these markets\u00a0and consumers is essential. Production and processing are dependent not\u00a0only on access to affordable feed grain; regulatory requirements; labor costs\u00a0and availability; technology adoption and management expertise, but also on\u00a0investment dollars. ALMA has recognized the need to attract investment into\u00a0Alberta, particularly from end-users overseas who may have an interest in\u00a0further integrating their supply chain with a Canadian supply capability. ALMA is still very much in the organization-building stage. We are anticipating\u00a0full incorporation by January 2009 and to be operational as an independent\u00a0entity by April 1, 2009. In preparation, we have been in discussion with\u00a0industry to further align marketing, supply chain and research strategies.\u00a0Programs for supply chain development, including automation and product\u00a0development, should be ready to roll out with the new fiscal year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On June 5, 2008, the provincial government unveiled the long-term strategy and\u00a0announced an investment of $356 million to stabilize and strengthen Alberta\u2019s\u00a0livestock industry through the transition toward a new competitive model. This\u00a0strategy also unveiled mandatory traceability and the development of a new\u00a0Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency (ALMA). Recognizing that producers are aware of the need […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[930],"tags":[6699,4685,8882,1784,10033,25121,3551,3814,189,6784,190,583,6925,286,5250,6904,46,20007,5251,2045,26132,48,10858,2394,94,10859,7415,16262,1324,17743,27282,7416,14980,20911,1252,24533],"class_list":["post-4652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-production","tag-6699","tag-access","tag-al","tag-alberta","tag-arc","tag-chain","tag-competition","tag-competitive","tag-consumer","tag-cos","tag-cost","tag-costs","tag-differentiating","tag-dust","tag-export","tag-fee","tag-feed","tag-gh","tag-import","tag-international","tag-jan","tag-management","tag-mark","tag-marketing","tag-meat","tag-nat","tag-oversees","tag-pl","tag-pork","tag-prod","tag-production","tag-sales","tag-search","tag-t","tag-technology","tag-user"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4652"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16857,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4652\/revisions\/16857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}