Scoular’s sunflower and bird feed plant in Winkler, Man., bought by Orenda Commodity Services Ltd. out of Ste. Agathe.
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Manitoba sunflower plant gets local owners
Scoular’s sunflower and bird feed plant in Winkler, Man., bought by Orenda Commodity Services Ltd. out of Ste. Agathe
Port of Churchill revamp gathers pace
Canada’s Port of Churchill Plus update plan hopes to expand trade, including agriculture trade, at Manitoba’s Arctic sea port
Canada’s Port of Churchill Plus update plan hopes to expand trade, including agriculture trade, at Manitoba’s Arctic sea port
Manitoba grain elevator ownership expands
Carman-based Linear Grain buys Fannystelle elevator from Bunge, another three elevators sold to Morden’s BP & Sons Grain and Storage Inc.
Carman-based Linear Grain buys Fannystelle elevator from Bunge, another three elevators sold to Morden’s BP & Sons Grain and Storage Inc.
Grain seller beware
Farmers need to be on guard to properly navigate an unstable business climate
Canadian farmers selling grain need to be vigilant while doing business in an unstable financial climate.
Cargill Elva named elevator of the year
Canadian Pacific Kansas City chose the Melita-area elevator as one of two elevators of the year for 2023-24, the other being in the U.S.
Cargill Elva in southwestern Manitoba was named Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s Canadian elevator of the year for the 2023-24 crop year.
P&H’s Glossop elevator to close
The elevator in western Manitoba shuts its doors at the end of the month
Producers around Strathclair will be losing one of their elevators at the end of the month. Canadian-owned grain buyer Parrish & Heimbecker Limited has said it’s closing its Glossop location, set between Strathclair and Newdale on the Yellowhead Highway, as of Jan. 31. P&H’s crop input operations on the site, however, will continue unchanged, the
Razed elevator evolved with town and agriculture
The former Manitoba Pool structure was still in use as private storage when it burned Oct. 14
Residents of St. Jean Baptiste notice a gap when they look around their community on the banks of the Red River. The grain elevator, which had stood as a fixture of the town’s landscape for 70 years and was still standing at the beginning of October, is missing. “The St. Jean skyline feels empty now
Razed elevator was a 70-year fixture of the St. Jean skyline
Originally holding 40,000 bushels, the former Manitoba Pool elevator evolved with the town
The St. Jean Baptiste grain elevator that burned down over the weekend was a fixture of the town’s skyline since the early 1950s. “The St. Jean skyline feels empty now and it will take some time to get used to,” wrote NuVision Commodities Inc., which owned the building, on Facebook on Oct. 15. The elevator
Rail interswitching expansion pilot clears Parliament
Grain handlers to press for plan to be made permanent
Last week’s passage of the 2023 federal budget starts a 90-day countdown toward an 18-month test of expanded interswitching on railways in the three Prairie provinces. Bill C-47, the government’s budget implementation bill — which was first read April 20 in the House of Commons and got third reading in the Senate and royal assent
Richardson elevators expanding to feed ‘high-efficiency’ trains
Eight sites along CPKC lines to get expanded rail car spots
Grain handler Richardson International plans to expand rail car spots at eight Prairie elevators on Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) lines as the railway gears up for longer trains with new higher-volume hopper cars. Winnipeg-based Richardson on Monday announced expanded rail car spots for its elevators at Lacombe, Carseland, Provost and Olds, Alta.; Estevan, Whitewood