By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Monday July 5, 2021

Jul 5, 2021 | 9:37 AM

MELFORT, Sask. – Parrish & Heimbecker will build a new elevator near Yorkton, Sask.

The new facility will be constructed on the existing site and will replace the elevator that has been at the location since 1980.

The elevator will have 25,000 tonnes of grain storage and a 150-car loop track which will be serviced by CN Rail.

Groundwork has started with concrete work beginning later this summer.

The new grain handling facility will be set up near a 6,000-tonne fertilizer shed and 7,800 square foot chemical shed.

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Parrish & Heimbecker said it plans to be ready for grain deliveries by June 2022.

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Saputo Inc. has signed a deal to buy British cheesemaker Wensleydale Dairy Products Ltd.

The creamery in northern England operates two facilities in North Yorkshire and employs about 210 people making a variety of specialty and regional cheeses.

Wensleydale sources its milk from 40 local farms and uses its own starter cultures to make cheeses that it exports around the world.

The deal is the latest in a string of strategic acquisitions by Montreal-based Saputo, one of the world’s largest dairy processors with major operations in Canada, Australia, Argentina, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

The sale price is $39 million.

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Canadian cannabis farmers needed to change their growing processes with the recent heat.

B.C. cannabis company Good Buds co-founder and chief executive Tyler Rumi said he had to shift his Salt Spring Island farm’s watering schedule to the evening because of the heat. Water evaporated quickly when they stuck to their regular 9:00 a.m. irrigation schedule.

A heatwave hit large parts of B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, and parts of Yukon as temperatures reached 40 degrees Celsius in some areas.

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alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com

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