Keystone Agricultural Producers will host a meeting Dec. 3 in an effort to help farmers who delivered grain to Puratone before the hog production company entered creditor protection in September.
KAP has invited all the key stakeholders to the meeting, including the Bank of Montreal, Farm Credit Canada, the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corp., Puratone, Maple Leaf, the Manitoba Pork Council and the Animal Nutrition Association of Canada.
Maple Leaf had confirmed it would attend, said KAP president Doug Chorney.
Kyle Foster, a farmer from Arborg, will represent affected producers at the meeting. Foster, who sits on the KAP executive, delivered grain to Puratone before the company applied for protection.
“We don’t want a mob scene,” said Chorney, noting the objective of the meeting is to get the facts on the table. “We’re not saying we don’t want farmers there. We’re trying to keep it orderly.”
