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By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup

Agriculture Roundup for Tuesday May 5, 2020

May 5, 2020 | 9:29 AM

It’s not something we hear about during hard times

The Rural Municipality of Edenwold announced a 15 per cent reduction in 2020 taxation rates for all farm, residential, industrial and commercial properties.

Chief administrative officer Kim McIvor said some businesses had approached council to see if there was a way to help during the difficult times caused by COVID-19.

Council will balance their budget by pulling $800,000 out of a $4.7 million surplus account. The RM also plans to continue with construction projects worth roughly $3 million.

The RM of Edenwold is north east of Regina.

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Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) said it moved the most grain last month in the company’s 139-year history.

The Calgary-based railway transported 2.8 million tonnes of grain and grain products in April, 100,000 tonnes more than the previous record set in November.

CP Rail has moved 21.4 million tonnes of grain this year with record shipments in January, March and the first quarter.

The railway said it expects strong grain shipments for the remainder of the 2019-2020 crop year.

CP’s fleet of more than 2,500 new grain cars can carry 15 per cent more volume.

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A massive meat-packing plant in southern Alberta has reopened for business two weeks after it was shutdown due to a large outbreak of COVID-19.

A long line of cars and buses waited to enter the Cargill plant in High River, which was closed temporarily on April 20.

The union that represents the workers held a rally on the edge of the property and handed out face masks to anyone who needed them.

There have been more than 900 cases of the illness and one death among the 2,000 workers at the slaughterhouse.

The union has been seeking a stop-work order at Cargill, arguing conditions are unsafe for workers.

Hearings before the Labour Relations Board began on the weekend and are continuing.

67-year-old Hiep Bui died April 19, the day before the plant shut down after cases spiked.

She worked at Cargill for 23 years and was responsible for picking out beef bones from hamburger meat.

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