P & H flour mill

[HITTGrapevine]

What's wrong with this picture? Parrish & Heimbecker's new flour mill at Hamilton will be built with the help of a $10 million federal loan through AAFC. P&H also got $5 million from the province of Ontario. Bizarre to see the taxpayers of Canada and Ontario helping a cash-strapped grain company expand its asset base, while prairie farmers are struggling harvest fuzzy feed wheat.

http://www.thespec.com/news-story/6934090-feds-give-10-million-loan-to-bayfront-flour-mill/
http://www.producer.com/2015/12/parish-heimbecker-to-build-flour-mill/
http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=1143819&tp=1

[bucket]

What's so strange about it? Sarcasm.

They are probably also getting growing forward 2 funding as well. ...not much ever ends up in farmers hands but everyone involved will say it will help farmers bottom lines....it won't. ....

Not much news about 2 billion laying in fields.....


G3 built it's infrastructure with government money....

[farmaholic]

Whose the ****er always claiming the Primary Producers are "subsidized".

Sounds like Corporate welfare as well.

[farmaholic]

..... and where the **** is Western Canada's "photo op" pasta plant?

Hmmmm.....

[ajl]

Something is rotten in the state of Canuckistan. I wonder if today there is any true private enterprise going on in Canada. Crony capitalism and state funded enterprise in central Canuckistan is the game today.

[HITTGrapevine]

Farma, do you still have unharvested acres. What stage is your harvest at?

[farmaholic]

Done a long time ago. Before the weather turned to shit. Finished the last few acres of flax the afternoon of Oct 1. Rained the next day and very little has been done in this area since.

.........so grateful to be finished!!!!

[HITTGrapevine]

Good to hear.

[MBgrower]

I remember several yrs ago an the graincos said the cwb was the reason there were no flour plants being built in the prairies? Whats the excuse now and why do they need taxpayer subisdised loans? 15 million, is a piss in the wind for these companies. I bet there was lots of laughter at this afteroons tea party.

[sumdumguy]

Keep them jobs out east. Before we know it, the wheat bored will be back.

[Hopalong]

Likely makes sense to bring wheat into Hamilton through bulk transport system and then distribute as flour rather than flour all the way from growing area in prairies.
Wonder if there is any value to us as growers from government funded incentive to keep it in Canada?