G3 CEO Karl Gerrand was interviewed by Manitoba Co-operator editor Laura Rance during the Cereals of North America meeting 
in Winnipeg Nov. 3.

G3 boss lays out strategy for new company’s success

Karl Gerrand also calls for continued government-funded agricultural 
research and grain quality control

Patient capital and faster grain handling will help G3 squeeze into a mature, tight marketplace, says Karl Gerrand, chief executive officer of Western Canada’s newest grain company. “Our vision is to create an enterprise that focuses on high-efficiency movement,” Gerrand told Manitoba Co-operator editor Laura Rance Nov. 3 on stage at the Cereals North America

G3 CEO Karl Gerrand.

G3 partner SALIC part of Saudi plan to save water and import grain

The Saudi Agricultural Livestock Investment Corporation (SALIC), which has joined forces with Bunge to create G3, is an investment arm of Saudi Kingdom, G3 CEO Karl Gerrand said during the Cereals of North America meeting in Winnipeg Nov. 3. “They (Saudi Arabia) wanted to invest in infrastructure around the world that promotes the movement of



G3 CEO Karl Gerrand, shown here in April in Winnipeg, said the company isn’t particularly interested in making a move on Glencore’s Viterra assets. (Dave Bedard photo)

Not much interest in Glencore ag assets at grain firm G3

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Grain handler G3 Canada, a joint venture between a Saudi Arabian firm and Bunge Ltd., doesn’t have much interest in bidding for a stake in rival Glencore’s agricultural business, its chief executive said Tuesday. Swiss-based Glencore, the trader and miner whose shares have been battered by the commodities slump, is looking


G3 Global closes CWB deal and retires name

Commodity News Service Canada – G3 Global Grain Group, a newly established agribusiness joint venture based in Winnipeg, has officially closed its investment in a majority interest in CWB, the former Canadian Wheat Board. CWB will be combined with the grain assets of Bunge Canada to form a new Canadian agribusiness, G3 Canada Limited, a



(BungeMOE.com)

Bunge resumes canola crushing after fire, soy line down

Reuters — Agrifood firm Bunge Ltd. restarted canola processing at its Hamilton, Ont. plant late Thursday after a fire, spokeswoman Deb Seidel said Friday. She said the plant will resume soybean processing after the investigation into the fire is complete and water is cleaned up. There were no injuries, she said. According to Hamilton’s fire