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LANGUAGE CHECK
E x e r c i s e O n e . Complete the sentences with the prepositions:
with, on, under, by, in, from, of, to, for, at, because of, between.
In 1983, the milk supply in Canada had little growth 1… supply manage-
ment, which limited farmers’production to the domestic consumption of butter-
fat. 2… the time, the consumption of dairy products with higher fat content was
declining, except 3… cheese, while low fat products consumption was increasing.
Canadian dairy exports were small and exports were limited 4… the surplus
inherent to the system. Those surplus are 5… two types, (a) structural surpluses
that arise 6… the imbalance between production of butterfat and solid-non-fat
and consumption of those milk components, and (b) surpluses that need to
be removed from the system to insure a fine tuning 7consumption and pro-
duction.
In 1983, the dairy industry 8Canada was slightly dominated, in terms
of dollar share, 9… by co-operatives (56%). However, less than 30% of the
dairy processing plants were 10… co-operative ownership. Thus, co-operatives,
11.. average, had much larger plants than private firms did. Co-operatives were
concentrated in the commodity products (butter, powder) and cheddar cheese.
Private firms (72% of dollar share) dominated the fluid milk market as well as
the speciality cheeses, frozen dessert and yoghurt markets. Nestle and Kraft
were the only multi-national companies 12…. a strong presence in Canada in
1983. Nestle was mostly processing evaporated milk, although the volume of
raw milk involved was rather small. Kraft had a few cheese processing plants in
Ontario, but was more involved in value-added activities such as cutting, wrap-
ping and the marketing of cheese.
E x e r c i s e T w o . Complete the sentences using the correct form of
the verbs.
In 1997, the Canadian processing sector 1. more (concentrate) than in
1983, and co-operatives 2(increase) their dollar share of dairy processing activi-
ties by six percentage points. The four most important dairy processors in Cana-
da, in terms of sales, were Parmalat (multi-national), Agropur (co-operative),
Dairyworld (co-operative) and Saputo (private).
Dairyworld (or its legal name Agrifoods International Co-operative) 3(be)
very active in the consolidation process. The co-operative is the result of the
merger, at the beginning of the nineties, of the four most important dairy co-
operatives of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and
Manitoba. In 1993, Dairyworld 4(get) involved with Agropur in a partnership
with Aliments Ultima (which 5(own) by the European co-operative group
Sodiaal) to process the yoghurt brand Yoplait. It also initiated, in 1999, a part-
nership for its fluid milk operations with Parmalat to create Maxima Foods.