Saskatchewan Wheat Pool - SWP.B- Profile

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. The Group's principal activities are carried out through five divisions: Grain Handling and Marketing: includes the collection of grain, shipping to inland or port terminals and cleaning of grain to meet regulatory specifications; Agri-Food Processing: manufacturing and marketing of value-added products such as edible oil, flour, bakery supplies, retail baked goods, oats and malt, and include meat processing activities; Agri Products: sells crop protection products, seeds, seed treatments, fertilizer and farm tools and equipment; Livestock Production and Marketing: hog production and marketing of cattle, hogs, sheep, horses, elk and bison and the sale of feed for livestok, poultry and fish; Publishing and other: publishing a newspaper for western Canadian farmers. Grain Handling and Marketing accounted for 61% of fiscal 2002 revenues; Agri-Food Processing, 19%; Agri-Products, 16%; Livestock Production and Marketing, 4% and Publishing and Other, nominal.