Parrish and Heimbecker says this view of its Kincardine, Ont. site, pre-construction, shows where a new truck receiving area will be set up. (ParrishAndHeimbecker.com)

P+H upgrading southwestern Ontario elevator

Improved unload times expected for wheat deliveries

Updated, April 6 — Agrifood firm Parrish and Heimbecker has started “major” upgrades on one of its southwestern Ontario grain elevators, with plans to dedicate the site to milling wheat. Winnipeg-based P+H said Tuesday the work already underway at its inland facility on Highway 21 just south of Kincardine will boost unloading speeds on grain


A cereal crop infected with fusarium head blight.

Nasties can also catch a ride on raw flour

Pancakes won’t turn you into a zombie as in HBO’s ‘The Last of Us,’ but fungi in flour have been making people sick for a long time

In the HBO series “The Last of Us,” named after the popular video game of the same name, the flour supplies of the world are contaminated with a fungus called cordyceps. When people eat pancakes or other foods made with that flour, the fungi grow inside their bodies and turn them into zombies. As a




(Jack Dykinga photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Brazil clears GMO wheat flour from Argentina in global first

Sales, however, may be slow

Sao Paulo/Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Brazil on Thursday became the first country to allow imports of flour made with genetically modified wheat, though shipments of the new variety developed in Argentina are unlikely anytime soon due to opposition from Brazilian millers and global consumers. The decision may spur a broader global discussion about genetically


Russian bread makers plan to raise prices due to higher costs

Russian bread makers plan to raise prices due to higher costs

Several Russian bread producers have told retail chains they plan to raise prices by seven to 12 per cent from August due to higher production costs and the limited effect of state support, the Kommersant daily reported July 19. Russia, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters, has introduced a series of grain export curbs



A general view of damage at the site of Tuesday’s blast in Beirut’s port area on Aug. 5, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Mohamed Azakir)

After blast, Lebanon has less than a month’s grain reserves

Beirut port silos had capacity for 120,000 tonnes; about 15,000 tonnes were stored at time of blast

Beirut/Dubai | Reuters — Lebanon’s main grain silo at Beirut port was destroyed in a blast, leaving the nation with less than a month’s reserves of the grain but enough flour to avoid a crisis, the economy minister said on Wednesday. Raoul Nehme told Reuters a day after Tuesday’s devastating explosion that Lebanon needed reserves