The Hamilton facility of P&H Milling Group is expanding for the second time in four years in efforts to meet the bakery industry’s growing demand for flour. Why it matters: In addition to robust domestic demand, Ontario’s soft red wheat is gaining recognition from international customers. “It’s definitely a positive development to see more value-added […] Read more
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P&H Hamilton increases capacity in growing demand for flour
New storage silos and flour mill to be ready in late 2025
P&H plans Hamilton site expansion
After doubling capacity in 2020, the company is adding a third flour mill
P&H will construct a third flour mill and expand facilities at its Hamilton, Ont., site, it announced today.
Paterson buys out P&H’s share of Alliance Seed
Alliance Seed's operations won't be effected the companies said
Paterson Grain has bought out Parrish & Heimbecker's (P&H) share in Alliance Seed Corporation, the companies announced Dec. 8.
P+H upgrading southwestern Ontario elevator
Improved unload times expected for wheat deliveries
Updated, April 6 — Agrifood firm Parrish and Heimbecker has started “major” upgrades on one of its southwestern Ontario grain elevators, with plans to dedicate the site to milling wheat. Winnipeg-based P+H said Tuesday the work already underway at its inland facility on Highway 21 just south of Kincardine will boost unloading speeds on grain […] Read more
Competition Bureau’s call for Manitoba elevator sale rejected
Bureau 'carefully reviewing' Competition Tribunal decision
A federal antitrust tribunal’s decision may soon make Canadian grain firm Parrish and Heimbecker the uncontested owner of the full set of Louis Dreyfus’ Prairie grain elevators. In a decision dated Oct. 31, the Competition Tribunal — the federal quasi-judicial body with the power of approval over any antitrust actions proposed by the federal Competition […] Read more
P&H Hamilton mill boasts peak efficiency
Several expansions allow facility to receive, mill and ship agricultural products
Parrish and Heimbecker’s Hamilton Terminal is a unique operation with a mill and a grain terminal nestled within the city’s port. As the autumn soybean harvest hits its stride, there is an elegant logistical dance of vessels and trucks moving through the site and the simultaneous production of raw flour. “The plant was designed and […] Read more
Rail upgrades planned for P+H elevator
Eastern Saskatchewan elevator's rail spot expanding
Winnipeg grain firm Parrish and Heimbecker plans to boost throughput at one of its eastern Saskatchewan elevators with upgrades to its rail car loading systems. Privately-held P+H said Thursday it plans to expand to a 100-car spot, up from 50, at its elevator at Quill Lake, Sask., about 60 km east of Humboldt. Work on […] Read more
P+H to replace eastern Saskatchewan elevator
New facility, loop track to be on line in mid-2022
Agrifood company Parrish and Heimbecker (P+H) plans to build a new and leaner grain elevator at Yorkton, Sask. to replace its 41-year-old facility there. The privately-held Winnipeg grain firm said Wednesday it has already started work on the new build, which it expects to have ready to receive grain in June next year. The existing […] Read more
P+H reworks Lake Huron grain terminal for larger boats
Dust control also added at Goderich site
Grain and agrifood firm Parrish and Heimbecker has built out the mooring structures at its Lake Huron grain terminal to allow “all configurations” of boats to load and unload there. The Winnipeg company announced Friday it has completed a new mooring dolphin at its terminal at Goderich, Ont., as well as a new vessel-loading spout […] Read more
Safety protocols in place for farmers’ grain deliveries
Grain moving as normal, but farmers need to practice social distancing when delivering to elevators
Grain deliveries to country elevators should continue without any disruptions, the executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association says. “All of the members of the Western Grain Elevator Association are doing everything in their power to keep the grain supply chain functioning” during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Wade Sobkowich said Tuesday. “That means we’ll […] Read more
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