The head of farm lending at R-B-C says his bank is prepared to be flexible during the current downturn in the livestock industry.Brian Little says the bank is mapping out cash flow needs for cattle and hog producers for the next six months to help them stay in business.

R-B-C is forecasting the Canadian dollar will weaken against it's American counterpart this year and end 2008 at 93 cents U-S, a 20 per cent decline from November, 2007.