HORIZON SEED PROCESSORS CONGRATULATED

Released on June 29, 1995

Associate Minister of Finance Ned Shillington, on behalf of Economic
Development Minister Dwain Lingenfelter, today congratulated producers
and entrepreneurs in the Aberdeen area on the official opening of the
Horizon Seed Processors plant.

The specialty crops processing facility specializes in cleaning and
preparation of peas, mustard and lentils for export. Six local farmers
and business people are the principals. The plant has seven full-time
employees.

Shillington said that one of the phenomenal and largely unrecognized
achievements in rural Saskatchewan has been the great strides in
diversification accomplished through the innovation and adaptation of
Saskatchewan producers and entrepreneurs.

"Since 1991, acres planted to specialty crops such as canola, flax,
peas, lentils, mustard, and canary seed have increased 119 per cent in
Saskatchewan, compared to 69 per cent in Alberta and 60 per cent in
Manitoba," Shillington said.

"Saskatchewan has gone from zero to become the largest producer of
pulse crops in Canada in less than 30 years. Saskatchewan is the
world's largest exporter of green lentils, and the world's
third-largest producer."

Shillington said the state-of-the-art processing plant is particularly
important because it represents the crucial transition from raw crops
to value-added and was accomplished entirely through local initiative
and financing.

The facility has storage capacity of 200,000 bushels, two full lines of
cleaning equipment and can process lentils and mustard simultaneously.
The plant includes bins, a warehouse, cleaning building and offices.
Planning began in October, 1993, and construction began last summer.

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For more information, contact:

Dean Sawatzky
Horizon Seed Processors
Aberdeen
Phone: (306) 253-4475