Cargill announces Manitoba grain elevator and crop input facility to close

Cargill Limited announced Tuesday that it is ceasing production at its Winnipeg East facility.
The Winnipeg East facility is an 8,000-ton elevator with crop inputs and a dry fertiliser plant and shed. According to Cargill, the facility no longer meets the company’s stringent standards for operating safe, cost effective and efficient farm service networks across Canada.

“The facility is outdated and would have required significant and costly upgrades to maintain Cargill’s rigorous standards, said Jody Magotiaux, Cargill Farm Service Group Manager. "While the Winnipeg facility no longer meets our current needs, we remain committed to offering our valued customers with the same level of dedicated service they have come to expect from Cargill,” he said. Read more ...