Posted AT 2:26 PM EST on 13/08/06
Prairie farmers anxious for chance to grow wheat for ethanol plants
WINNIPEG — Husky Energy Inc. is just weeks away from opening its second ethanol production plant, a major step in the Calgary-based company's plan to become Western Canada's largest producer of the biofuel.
But Husky's determination to carve out a bigger piece of the ethanol market is also making it increasingly reliant on the region's grain farmers to grow the feed wheat needed for production.
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