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Agriculture

The REDI Region offers exceptional agricultural economic potential due to extended summer daylight hours.

The REDI Region produces:

• 21% of Alberta’s agricultural product revenues (2001)
• 65% of the region’s grain crops.
• $44 million in agriculture products (largely in the La Crete area).

The REDI Region’s 660 farms:

• Cover nearly 220,000 hectares (539,000 acres)
• Employ more than 800 farm operators
• Support many indirect businesses. 

Local value-added and agricultural service businesses:

• Farm suppliers
• Trucking, Machinery & Dealerships
• Feed mills & Seed cleaning co-ops
• Grain terminals (most northerly Canadian grain elevator is in High Level)

Diverse agricultural yield includes crops and livestock including:

• wheat, canola, oats, etc.
• cattle, elk, bison, etc.