Insights and Stories on Winnipeg

China’s Cofco seeks larger Canadian canola volumes

Nov. 15, 2017 at 6:41 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — State-owned Chinese agribusiness Cofco Corp. looks to buy 2.5 million tonnes of Canada’s canola crop next year, a boost of more than one-third over its expected purchases this year as its Canadian office gets established, said the company’s global head of softseeds on Wednesday. Cofco opened […]

U.S. organic grain firm buys Saskatchewan elevators

Sep. 20, 2017 at 9:20 pm CDT

By Staff

Online livestock supply store expands reach west

Aug. 19, 2017 at 1:32 am CDT

By Staff

Dairy firms plan joint processing venture in Winnipeg

Oct. 17, 2016 at 6:38 pm CDT

By Staff

B.C. beer firm to shed Vancouver, Winnipeg breweries

Oct. 12, 2016 at 10:22 am CDT

By Staff

China’s COFCO to open Canadian grain office by autumn

Jun. 28, 2016 at 6:33 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — China’s COFCO Agri will open a Canadian crop trading office in Winnipeg by the time farmers harvest their new crops, the state-owned agricultural trader said Tuesday. The new office, which Reuters reported earlier this month, will focus on trading canola and its processed products oil and […]

By Reuters

China’s COFCO Agri hiring grain traders, opening Winnipeg office

Jun. 10, 2016 at 4:51 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Chinese state-owned agricultural trader COFCO Agri is opening a trading office in the Canadian grain hub of Winnipeg, adding to the aggressive expansion of its North American agriculture business. COFCO Agri is hiring three grain traders and an operations manager to expand export and domestic trading, […]

By Reuters

Ad Feature: Centrallia brings export opportunities to centre stage

Mar. 2, 2016 at 6:05 pm CST

Canada’s geographical centre is set to reach out to the world in May, as host of a business-to-business (B2B) forum for agribusinesses and other sectors to network across the globe from one spot. That forum is one component of Centrallia, in which over 700 participants from Canada and over 30 […]

By Jim Bentein

Toronto grain firm’s elevator to anchor Winnipeg rail park

Jan. 14, 2016 at 5:50 pm CST

Toronto grain trading firm BroadGrain Commodities aims to build some Prairie handling muscle with a new grain terminal and bean plant in Winnipeg’s planned CentrePort rail park. The company, which already operates a pair of elevators in southwestern and eastern Ontario and took over Saskatchewan pulse and special crop processor […]

By Staff

Parmalat gets GF2 funds for new Winnipeg milk plant

Dec. 15, 2015 at 5:34 pm CST

Dairy giant Parmalat is set to get federal and Manitoba government funding toward its planned new $50 million milk plant in Winnipeg. The two levels of government on Tuesday pledged $2.5 million toward the construction of Parmalat’s new dairy plant at an industrial park in the city’s St. Boniface area, […]

By Staff

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