Profits were $66 million compared with less than $14 million for the same quarter last year.
So far this year the company has spent $304 million in capital improvements, most of it for a new poultry processing plant at London, Ont.
The company reported that meat sales increased by 6.4 per cent with strong retail demand and more exports to the United States and Asia.
Plant protein sales increased by 9.3 per cent, even though COVID-19 disrupted production. The plants are in the United States.
The company’s costs for COVID-19 were $19 million during the third quarter.
