SASKATOON — The first in a series of previously announced canola crush plants is up and running, while other projects appear to be stalled. Richardson International has more than doubled capacity at its plant in Yorkton, which can now crush 2.5 million tonnes of seed annually, up from 1.1 million tonnes. Related stories: • Overseas […] Read more
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Few remember rye whisky’s Sask. connection
The Bronfmans, who built a liquor empire and brought ‘Canadian whisky’ to the United States, started their journey in Western Canada
This is part of an ongoing series of stories exploring rye, the crop, as it becomes Rye, the whisky. BIENFAIT, Sask. — The trains still rumble and sound their mournful horns through the middle of Bienfait in southeastern Saskatchewan, but the train station where Paul Matoff was blown away with a shotgun blast in 1922 […] Read more
Sask. canola crushing facility to double capacity
Louis Dreyfus’s expansion plans will allow its processing plant in Yorkton to crush two million tonnes of canola a year
Louis Dreyfus is the latest in a list of companies that see a promising economic future in oilseed crushing.
