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Aware that another bumper crop could be coming from Western Canada this year, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay promised to make “every effort” to prevent a major grain backlog, like the one in 2013-14 that cost farmers billions of dollars in lost income and sales.

MacAulay, who along with Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale met with farm leaders in Regina Thursday, was responding to a letter sent to his office by Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart last week, warning that another above-average harvest was expected this year and that measures must be taken to avoid another costly grain backlog.

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“I did receive the letter from Minister Stewart,” MacAulay told reporters prior to the roundtable meeting. “We are aware that they are expecting a bumper crop.”

MacAulay, a former farmer from P.E.I., said farmers did their job growing the bumper crop; now it’s up to the federal government to ensure the crop gets to market. “Every effort that can be taken is and will be taken to make sure that the grain is moved more efficiently than it was a couple of years ago.”