Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz will be in Winnipeg on Friday.

Ritz, along with Stan Struthers, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, will be making an announcement in support of livestock producers who are suffering from the effects of excess moisture at 10am.

The Manitoba Beef Producers, Keystone Agricultural Producers, and other farm groups have been calling for government aid for flooded livestock producers since late spring.

~ Thursday, December 16, 2010 ~