CNS Canada — A flat flax market in Western Canada has buyers feeling indifferent about this year’s prospects. “There’s no big hurrahs right now on flax… I hate to say […] Read more
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Prairie flax market flat, acres set to decline
Scoular buys grain elevator in Manitoba’s Interlake
U.S. grain company The Scoular Co. is expanding its stake in the Prairie grain handling market by buying a small former Agricore elevator in Manitoba’s Interlake region. The company on […] Read more
Ex-Legumex crush plant gets new owners, supply deal
Canada’s top grain handler is set to start feeding canola to a U.S. West Coast crushing plant now half-owned by the Prairie company’s parent firm. Regina-based Viterra, the grain handling arm […] Read more
Legumex Walker shareholders approve sale
Shareholders in Prairie special crops processor Legumex Walker have voted to take a deal for their company’s assets from U.S. grain firm Scoular. Winnipeg-based Legumex reported Monday that shareholders representing […] Read more
Grain handler Scoular on hunt for more Canadian buys
Winnipeg | Reuters — U.S. crop handler The Scoular Co. is looking to acquire stakes in grain and oilseeds facilities in Western Canada, fresh off agreeing to its first major […] Read more
Legumex to sell processing plants, wind down company
Winnipeg | Reuters –– Prairie special crops firm Legumex Walker said Monday it has agreed to sell its pulse and special crop processing plants and expects to sell its U.S. […] Read more
Loan called on Legumex’s U.S. canola crusher
Prairie special crop processor Legumex Walker is weighing its options after major lenders to the company’s U.S. canola crushing arm called their loan. Pacific Coast Canola, a cold-press canola crushing operation […] Read more
Richardson targets U.S. acquisitions
Winnipeg | Reuters — Richardson International, one of Canada’s largest grain handlers, is seeking expansion in the U.S. through acquisitions worth $100 million to as much as $2 billion, its […] Read more
Scoular reported hit by $17M fraud
Reuters — Scoular Co., a U.S. grain trading and handling firm, was swindled out of more than US$17 million through an international email scheme, a company official confirmed on Wednesday. […] Read more
Scoular to source canola, sell output for Legumex’s U.S. crusher
Grain trading firm The Scoular Co. is set to start feeding canola to Prairie special crop processor Legumex Walker’s crushing facility near the U.S. West Coast — and to market the […] Read more
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