Cart deal struck
J&M Manufacturing of Ohio and Bitstrata Systems of Saskatoon have struck a deal to use the latter’s grain cart weighing and data management system.
J&M designs and makes grain carts and harvest equipment and has more than 700 dealers in its network.
J&M’s iFarm will use Bitstrata’s new Agrimatics cloud-based data management system, which collects, stores and wirelessly sends weigh scale data from the grain cart directly to a smartphone or tablet, turning it into a full-feature, display and data management system.
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Viterra to build elevator in Kindersley
Viterra plans to build a new elevator at Kindersley in west-central Saskatchewan.
The new concrete facility will have a storage capacity of 34,000 tonnes and a 108 railcar spot.
The cost is expected to exceed $30 million. A date for the start of construction was not announced.
Viterra had an elevator at Kindersley but sold it to Richardson as part of the 19 elevator deal that was part of the Glencore purchase of Viterra in 2012.
Last year, Viterra announced it would spend more than $20 million to upgrade its grain terminals at White Star, Humboldt, Waldron and Ituna, all in Saskatchewan.
Also in Saskatchewan, it recently completed similar expansions at Gull Lake and Fairlight.
In Alberta, Viterra is spending more than $34 million through an expansion and upgrade to its facility in Grassy Lake, as well as building a high throughput terminal in Grimshaw.
In January, it bought Lethbridge Inland Terminal.
