Harvested wheat being poured from a truck into a grain elevator.

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

The 25,000-tonne elevator near Dugald.

A peek inside a brand new grain elevator

The P&H site, chock full of safety features, replaces an elevator famous for a structural failure over a century ago

It’s an icy, wind-whipped day. The brand new Parrish & Heimbecker (P&H) grain elevator outside Dugald towers above the snow-covered fields like its iconic ‘Prairie sentinel’ ancestors. It’s big, modern, full service, and importantly — perfectly upright. On the wall inside the main office hangs a photo of the elevator’s predecessor at Transcona, which operated


Railway tracks

Proposed Vancouver grain terminal has great rail connections

The Fraser River Terminal will be served by four railways and there are no bottlenecks, a company official says

A spokesman for one of the companies behind the proposed Fraser Grain Terminal says the facility will be efficient and state of the art. Casey McCawley, Parrish & Heimbecker’s (P&H) director of West Coast operations and a director of the terminal to be co-owned by P&H and Paterson GlobalFoods (PGF), says that’s good news for

Another grain export terminal proposed for Vancouver

Another grain export terminal proposed for Vancouver

The way western Canadian crop production is growing the increased 
capacity is needed, say some industry observers

A second, new grain export terminal proposed for the Port of Vancouver, is welcome news, says University of Saskatchewan agricultural economist Richard Gray. Western Canadian grain production is on the upswing and because of rising demand in Asia, Canadian grain companies want to export through the West Coast because that’s where prices are highest. Additional

CWB announces more handling agreements, Japan sale

Farmers can now deliver to the wheat board through 120 elevators 
across the West and more grain companies are expected to participate

Things are starting to look up for the Canadian Wheat Board. Last week it announced six more grain companies will handle its grain making it practical for farmers across the West to patronize the board, and it announced a big wheat sale to Japan. Until the new handling agreements were announced June 21 at the


Ag teams hammer up some hope

The Habitat for Humanity troops were at it again recently, this time enlisting the agricultural sector to help build storage sheds to provide storage for the Habitat homes that are built without garages. Nine agricultural companies supported the first annual Ag Shed Building Challenge, providing a total of 13 teams and 120 volunteers at the

Seaway opens, expects strong year

The St. Lawrence Seaway is open and officials predict cargo shipments will rise by about three per cent to 38.6 million tonnes this year. Coal from Montana is expected to be a bright spot, but increased grain movement is expected following a $30-million investment by Parrish and Heimbecker in its grain-handling facility at Hamilton, the

Agrium, Rivals Seen Focusing On Smaller Deals

“Consolidation of the fertilizer industry worldwide is far from over.” – JOERGEN OLE HASLESTAD Aprotracted takeover battle in the global fertilizer industry ended this week with a victory for CF Industries Holdings Inc., but the losers are unlikely to wait long before climbing back into the fray. CF Industries’ agreement to acquire Terra Industries brought