Canada's first wheat-based pulp mill planned near Regina

[jazz]

Holy sht. Regina finally getting some value added ag investment.

Now if some one would build that pasta and pulse plants that were promised we would have it made.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/canada-s-first-wheat-based-pulp-mill-planned-near-regina/ar-AAKBcRM?ocid=msedgntp Canada's first wheat-based pulp mill planned near Regina
A $350 million mill that will turn wheat straw into pulp for paper products is planned for the Regina area.

[Guest]

must be all brad walls investment in infrastructure
i think big companies are sick of the eastern elites bullying

[Flatlander]

The announcement is good news for sure. Investment and jobs all good. I hope it was the reporters interpretation and not company policy to use farmers”waste” straw, as I can assure them my straw has value to me.

[jazz]

Article says west side of Regina. Maybe some GTH land?

The announcement is good news for sure. Investment and jobs all good. I hope it was the reporters interpretation and not company policy to use farmers”waste” straw, as I can assure them my straw has value to me.

Yeah hopefully its not like the flax straw plants where they are so picky about the straw and wont pay farmers enough to bale it and haul it in. Just became a costly donation and guys started burning it again.

[RD414]

Why is everything at Regina, besides, a couple of dry years and nobody will give up their straw down in that area. Has this not been tried before? Go use the plant built in Manitoba or wherever it is.

[sumdumguy]

Probably its a well-greased plant, if you know what I mean. How much faith do you have in this one?

[jazz]

Probably its a well-greased plant, if you know what I mean. How much faith do you have in this one?

Says the company already owned some land here. Not sure if that was a GTH fire sale for them. Along with a $400k grant.

[LEP]

I can imagine the uproar when the stacked straw brings more rats to Regina.

[Guest]

I can imagine the uproar when the stacked straw brings more rats to Regina.

Well there’s still room for them in the govt buildings

[agstar77]

Wheat straw is easy to put back. More valuable as o.m. Flax was a better waste material. The logistics are terrible. I doubt this is viable or useful.

[bucket]

There use to be UFR ...urban forest recyclers ....in swift current and formerly in Tisdale.

I think they tried using straw along with recycled paper products.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Out here where poplar trees are a weed, there is zero market for poplar trees, since the nearest mill is much too far away to truck the trees economically. Used to be closer mill(s), but closed now, not economical. Even closer to the mill, apparently price paid for poplar is very low. Supply exceeds demand. Evidently this is not just a local phenomenon, but much more global with the drastic decline in paper demand.

So how does it make economic sense to build a new plant from scratch using ( and trucking) less dense feedstock, using processes which (and I could be wrong about this) are less efficient, or at least less proven, to supply an already saturated market, when existing paid for plants in the heart of poplar tree country aren't economical to run?

[Sodbuster]

It’s all about government money, when that drys up they will move on. I would also be surprised if they could source enough straw.

[bucket]

It’s all about government money, when that drys up they will move on. I would also be surprised if they could source enough straw.

The really stupid part is the government has no money for cow calf guys for water etc.... but is more than happy to grant a straw plant some money ..

[sumdumguy]

This morning on the news that Saskatchewan not anxious to improve AgriStability because province hesitant to put in its share.