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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.
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
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
Railways push back on feds’ proposed interswitching revival
Railways also oppose ban on replacement workers
With Easter less than two weeks away, an Easter egg in the federal government’s 2023 budget calls for a new pilot program to again provide Prairie grain shippers with extended interswitching. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget, released Tuesday, laid out a list of investments to “further strengthen Canada’s transportation systems and supply chain infrastructure.” A
Editor’s Take: Getting with the times
I have many memories, when I was a kid, of trips to the elevator. We’d roll up the driveway and earthen ramp, into the building and over the pit. The man on duty that day — and back then it was always a man — would greet my father as we stepped off the scale.
Virtual town hall on federal Grain Act set for Friday
Time is running out on consultations, but the April 23 event gives farmers a chance to provide input
The deadline for submitting comments to the federal government’s review of the Canada Grain Act and Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) is April 30, but farmers can also offer feedback at a ‘virtual’ town hall meeting this Friday. The Grain Act and its regulations provide the framework for Canada’s grain quality assurance system and it’s the
Richardson to boost Peace region grain handle
New elevator in progress west of Grande Prairie
Prairie grain handler Richardson Pioneer has started work on a new elevator to expand its access to the southern reaches of northwestern Alberta’s Peace region. The Winnipeg company said Thursday it expects to complete a new high-throughput grain elevator by fall next year on Canadian National Railway (CN) track at Huallen, about 35 km west
Grain elevator issues raised at KAP meeting
From moisture meters to sample retention and truck cleanouts, KAP members say there’s room for improvement
Grain moisture testers, scale readouts, grain sampling at elevators and protocols for cleaning out grain trucks, were discussed at the Keystone Agricultural Producers’ (KAP) online advisory council meeting Oct. 22. Two of the four — moisture testers and truck cleanouts — were dealt with through resolutions. KAP members unanimously passed a resolution to get the
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