REDVERS, Sask. – A Saskatoon flour mill is keeping a close eye on the pasta plants proposed for southern Saskatchewan.
Ross Kidd, grain manager for Robin Hood MultiFoods, told farmers at a Canadian Wheat Board meeting here that the bigger companies won’t let business go without a fight.
And, he questioned the long-term viability of such plants.
“I would be very careful,” he said.
Robin Hood spends about 48 hours per week milling durum, he said. It also processes other wheat and oats.
Proponents of the proposed pasta plants want to work outside the jurisdiction of the wheat board. Kidd said if that happens, the larger companies will want the same right.
“Robin Hood is watching with a vested interest what happens in this scenario,” he said. “We would want the same privilege. All of the other mills will do the same thing.”
