If he were prime minister for a day, Murad Al-Katib would immediately spend $100 billion on trade infrastructure.
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Infrastructure plan required post-election
Canada should take advantage of the current trade disruption to chart a diversified growth path
AGT sells rail, handling assets
The deal with GCM Grosvenor is expected to close later this year or early next year
REGINA — Regina-based AGT Foods today announced the sale of its shortline rail and bulk handling facilities to GCM Grosvenor. Financial details were not disclosed, but the sale includes MobilGrain, Last Mountain Rail, Big Sky Rail, MobilEx Terminal Ltd. in Thunder Bay and Intermobil, the intermodal terminal in Regina, as well as the loading facilities […] Read more
Canada moves to end disputes at ports of Vancouver and Montreal
UPDATED: November 12, 2024 – 1250 CST – includes comments from Pulse Canada and the Canadian Specials Crops Trade Association. OTTAWA, (Reuters) – Canadian Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon said on Tuesday he had directed the country’s labor relations board to order an end to disputes at the ports of Vancouver and Montreal, citing the economic […] Read more
Ag productivity hampered by policy: speakers
Panelists warn that if Canada doesn’t find ways to make itself attractive to agri-food businesses, other countries will
Glacier FarmMedia – Agriculture and the agri-food sector can be a powerful tool for Canada both economically and geopolitcally. That’s according to Jack Mintz, economist and president’s fellow at the University of Calgary’s Public Policy Institute. Agriculture is a high-productivity sector with great strategic opportunities on the world stage, he told attendees of the Protein […] Read more
VIDEO: Pulse, special crops conference dodges roadblocks
It hasn’t officially started, but the Canadian Pulse and Special Crops Trade Association annual conference has already survived more drama than most commodity industries have seen in ages. Just last week it looked likely that the conference would either be crippled or its attendees stranded by a labour breakdown at Air Canada, but just a […] Read more
Regulatory certainty called vital to Regina project’s future
Renewable diesel plant proposed by FCL and AGT still in early design stages, waiting for Clean Fuel Standards to be set
REGINA — One of the proponents of a renewable fuel project in Regina says the regulatory environment must be clear before it goes ahead. Murad Al-Katib, who heads AGT Foods, said the front-end engineering and design for the facility planned by AGT and Federated Co-operatives Ltd. to produce both protein concentrates and renewable fuel from […] Read more
Prairie producers contribute to food aid
REGINA — Some of the first food aid to enter war-torn Gaza came from the Canadian Prairies. Regina-based AGT Foods took its idea of a family parcel ration program to the United Nations in 2016. Together they developed a 26-kilogram box containing Saskatchewan-produced lentils, peas and chickpeas, combined with other nutritional products. Other stories from […] Read more
Producers should not take Canada’s stability for granted
Some people in Canadian agriculture take Canada for granted. That does not include most immigrants, temporary foreign workers and people tightly connected with overseas communities. Those people, many of them working on western Canadian farms, in barns, in ag machinery manufacturing, in slaughter plants, driving trucks and providing professional services, tend to look back to […] Read more
Sask. oat processors optimistic
WINNIPEG — Murad Al-Katib built his business on lentils, peas and other pulse crops. However, the president and chief executive officer of AGT Food and Ingredients is feeling especially bullish about oats. Last year AGT opened an oat milling plant in Aberdeen, Sask., with the capacity to process 36,000 tonnes of oat groats. Al-Katib is […] Read more
Food banks now take crops
Saskatchewan producers who want to donate some crop to combat local food insecurity can now be sure their donations match what food banks need. Regina-based AGT Food and Ingredients recently announced the AGT Food Bank Crop Exchange Program will convert donated crop into a credit that food banks can use to buy food from the […] Read more
