Unfriendly Manitoba: No sale on used grain dryers to Keystone province

Manitoba may be one of the hardest provinces to set up a used grain dryer in and critics say the interpretation of rules is the problem

A tough harvest meant plenty of demand for used grain dryers in Manitoba this fall, but A.R.K. New-Tech Ltd. wasn’t selling. At least, it wasn’t selling in Manitoba. Adrien Caillier, president of the Manitou company, says they have stepped back from selling used grain dryers in their home province, although they are more than happy

No Canadian certification for grain dryers

Both Manitoba and Saskatchewan face the same manufacturing challenges, according to Lorne Neault, an energy management consultant with EMW Industrial Ltd., based in the Interlake. The Saskatchewan company he works for sets up grain dryers throughout Western Canada, including Manitoba. “Typically most of the dryer manufacturers are U.S., they sell dryers to whoever requests them,


Remaining crops in western Manitoba got another taste of snow on Oct. 5.

Used grain dryers face battle for certification

Anyone hoping a used grain dryer will save their moisture-laden crop may be in for a fight to get it certified

Farmers in the market for a used grain dryer say they are frustrated by a quagmire of red tape during a year when crops are already buried under snow and wetted by weeks of rain. It’s a potentially hard hit for Andrew Dalgarno of Newdale, who said only about 15 per cent of his crop