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Dec 13, 2016

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First off today we hear from Jason Wood, provincial livestock market analyst with Alberta Agriculture, on livestock slaughter numbers and what they mean going forward in terms of meat supply.

Interview with Jason Wood (2:29 minutes) (1.13 Mb)

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