Talks sour between Lantic and growers

Talks have gone sour between sugar company Lantic Inc. and southern Alberta farmers who produce Canada’s only homegrown source of the sweetener. The Alberta Sugar Beet Growers marketing board said it rejected a final offer from Lantic on Friday. Lantic vice-president Manon Lacroix said Monday if that decision stands, the company would phase out its use of sugar beets. “We would finalize the processing of the Taber inventory and then our customers would be supplied through our cane facilities we have in Vancouver or Montreal,” she said.