Tri Lake Agri Ltd. has started construction on its farm service centre at Killarney, Man. The crop input facility will open for the 1999 spring season while the grain terminal will be in operation by the end of 1999.
The $8 million project includes a large concrete grain terminal served by CP Rail with a 56-car siding, dual driveway receiving and a complete crop inputs facility.
Tri Lake is a Manitoba corporation owned by local investors and James Richardson International Ltd. Pioneer Grain will be the operating partner.
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New elevator for Pioneer
Saskatoon newsroom
Pioneer Grain announced May 20 that it will build a grain terminal at Northgate, Sask., providing direct access to the U.S. carrier Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad to move Canadian grain to American and Mexican processors.
Construction is to begin immediately and the facility is expected to be operating by fall.
Curt Vossen, president of James Richardson International, Pioneer’s parent company, said the investment is a natural evolution for the firm.
“Since the Northgate facility ties into the BNSF network, we can ship grain directly to specific customers in North America that are presently difficult to reach by traditional channels. This provides the company with the kind of flexibility we need to deliver exceptional service,” he said.
The terminal will be built on Highway 9 and will load rail cars for delivery to the BNSF siding. Burlington Northern will then move the loaded cars to market.
The Northgate facility is one of nine Pioneer projects now under way.
Pool buys Good Spirit
Saskatoon newsroom
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool has purchased the assets of Good Spirit Agro at Buchanan, Sask.
In a news release, country services division vice-president Frank Burdzy said the move will enhance the pool’s fertilizer services in the Buchanan, Canora, Rama, Invermay, Amsterdam, Insinger, Sheho, Theodore and Springside areas.
The facility will be operated as a full service marketing centre with a range of products and services available to farmers.
UGG builds in Valparaiso
Saskatoon newsroom
Work has begun on a United Grain Growers grain terminal at Valparaiso, Sask. The $9 million facility on Highway 3 between Melfort and Tisdale will be UGG’s primary centre in northeastern Saskatchewan.
Once earthwork is complete, construction is scheduled to begin in June and should be finished for fall 1999 operation, said a UGG news release. Construction will start on a fertilizer plant at the site in mid-summer, with completion expected in December.
It will have 18,200 tonnes of storage capacity and a 104-car rail spot. Chemicals, seed and fertilizer will be sold from the site.
Valparaiso will be the headquarters of the new Tisdale territory of UGG, the release said, and will co-ordinate business for the company in much of the surrounding area.
UGG is also working on a $3.1 million expansion to its terminal in Carrot River, Sask.
AI company expands
Saskatoon newsroom
The Semex Alliance has opened an office in Western Canada to target the artificial insemination beef market.
The company has eight sales representatives in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The office is in Calgary.
A Semex news release said beef producers are receptive to using AI if the right products are available at the right price. Synchronization technology has improved with the use of two hormones that allow beef producers to use a fixed time to inseminate, the release said.
Semex is a partnership of British Columbia Artificial Insemination Centre, Centre d’insemination artificielle du Quebec, Eastern Breeders Inc. and Gencor.
Hedley signs deal
Saskatoon newsroom
Hedley Technologies Inc. has an agreement with Dow Agrosciences to develop a new generation of insecticides for stored grain.
Hedley, maker of Protect-It, a stored grain insecticide that uses diatomaceous earth, said in a news release that Dow will support the project by providing a formulation of its Reldan insecticide.
The companies might collaborate in other ways as the project evolves.
Hedley staff will do the research and all new products and technologies will be owned by Hedley, said Peter Ormesher, chair and chief executive officer of Hedley.
Insects, moulds and other pests destroy between two and 10 percent of stored grain value in developed countries. In developing nations, 20-30 percent of grain value is lost.
Canamino investment off
Saskatoon newsroom
The future of high tech oat processor Canamino is still clouded now that Can-Oat Milling has announced it will not pursue a business relationship with the company.
Can-Oat, of Portage La Prairie, Man., had looked into investing in Canamino of Saskatoon, but announced May 15 it will not.
Canamino processes oats into components that can be used in cosmetics and health products.
It was owned by Ceapro Inc. of Edmonton, but control recently shifted to another investor, the Saskatchewan Government Growth Fund, after Ceapro failed to make dividend and other payments to the fund.
Although it no longer controls Canamino, Ceapro still has a large equity share in the plant. Its shareholders are concerned about SGGF’s management of the plant.
SGGF says it is still looking for a partner to get involved in Canamino.
