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P&H Hamilton increases capacity in growing demand for flour
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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

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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
Parrish and Heimbecker says this view of its Kincardine, Ont. site, pre-construction, shows where a new truck receiving area will be set up. (ParrishAndHeimbecker.com)
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P+H upgrading southwestern Ontario elevator

Improved unload times expected for wheat deliveries

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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
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Competition Bureau’s call for Manitoba elevator sale rejected

Bureau 'carefully reviewing' Competition Tribunal decision

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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
The recent expansion at P&H Hamilton Terminal included the construction of an enclosed multi-probe facility for increased truck flow efficiency.
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P&H Hamilton mill boasts peak efficiency

Several expansions allow facility to receive, mill and ship agricultural products

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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
Screenshot of Parrish and Heimbecker’s Quill Lake, Sask. elevator. (ParrishAndHeimbecker.com)
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Rail upgrades planned for P+H elevator

Eastern Saskatchewan elevator's rail spot expanding

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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
Parrish and Heimbecker’s existing grain elevator at Yorkton, Sask. (ParrishandHeimbecker.com)
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P+H to replace eastern Saskatchewan elevator

New facility, loop track to be on line in mid-2022

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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
A vessel loading at Parrish and Heimbecker’s Goderich, Ont. grain terminal. (Photo courtesy P+H)
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P+H reworks Lake Huron grain terminal for larger boats

Dust control also added at Goderich site

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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
(File photo by Dave Bedard)
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Safety protocols in place for farmers’ grain deliveries

Grain moving as normal, but farmers need to practice social distancing when delivering to elevators

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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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