Rescued from ruin – Special Report (about)

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Published: October 16, 2008

Viterra is using the synergies of its takeover of Agricore United to build the resources to expand further.

The Western Producer’s Sean Pratt examines how Viterra’s management turned a company that just five years ago was selling assets and teetering on the edge of bankruptcy into an agribusiness powerhouse.

About the author

Sean Pratt

Sean Pratt

Reporter/Analyst

Sean Pratt has been working at The Western Producer since 1993 after graduating from the University of Regina’s School of Journalism. Sean also has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan and worked in a bank for a few years before switching careers. Sean primarily writes markets and policy stories about the grain industry and has attended more than 100 conferences over the past three decades. He has received awards from the Canadian Farm Writers Federation, North American Agricultural Journalists and the American Agricultural Editors Association.

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