Agri-business
Agri-business
The JEDI region covers an area of 3,324.87 square-kilometres (821,593 acres) of rich and fertile agricultural land. The region is both a major producer of grain and livestock and a centre for the agriculture industry. View JEDI’s Agri-Business Fact Sheet.
With its central location in the province, the region has a strong base of agriculture companies. It has a large global manufacturer of farm equipment, a provincial fertilizer supplier and a North American feed manufacturer that produces both conventional and organic feeds. The advantages for agri-business companies to operate out of the JEDI region are:
- a high volume transportation hub with high capacity highways, rail access, air cargo access and a foreign trade zone*
- access to a vast supply of wheat, grain, oilseed and feed crops
- access to a large supply of cattle (beef) farms
The JEDI region has 888 farms that primarily operate in cattle (beef), grain, oilseed, dairy (21 farms**) and other livestock operations.
Some of the key agriculture elements of the region are:
Total Annual Gross Farm Receipts = $235,495,449.00*
(cash income received from the sale of agriculture commodities)
Total value of all farm machinery, equipment and vehicles $249,313,964.00
Total Cattle = 67,603
Total estimated Dairy Cows = 2,933**
Total approximate volume of milk produced per day = 87,979 litres**
Top 5 Field Crops Grown*
Canola = 85,085 acres
Wheat = 74,471 acres
Barley = 51,084 acres
Alfalfa & Alfalfa Mixtures= 36,909 acres
Oats = 12,763 acres