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Layoffs coming at Bourgault

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  • bigzee
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 1113

    Layoffs coming at Bourgault

    Bourgault Industries basically came out and said machinery cost are getting too high, so we need to lay off 50 employees. They also noted yields were down, and commodity prices are terrible.
    They must have got the memo from the dealerships, we won’t be ordering and early Christmas gifts. Who will be next?
  • jazz
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2018
    • 9308

    #2
    Originally posted by bigzee View Post
    Bourgault Industries basically came out and said machinery cost are getting too high, so we need to lay off 50 employees. They also noted yields were down, and commodity prices are terrible.
    They must have got the memo from the dealerships, we won’t be ordering and early Christmas gifts. Who will be next?

    Where's that 120 ft drill I've been waiting for?

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    • bucket
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2008
      • 17050

      #3
      Who's next .....

      1. Morris Industries although they got some provincial funding...
      2. CleanSeed technologies but they have some time to burn government money yet...
      3. Processors
      4. Dealerships.... starting to see cracks ...
      5. Farmers ..just lok at the catalog that will be coming....If you a recently graduated auctioneer , you chose a good 5 year career coming...

      You cant consolidate agriculture and think building 84 foot drills every year is sustainable....or 120 foot for that matter...

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      • jazz
        Senior Member
        • Jul 2018
        • 9308

        #4
        Originally posted by bucket View Post
        Who's next .....
        I bet AGT Foods....

        basically built up infrastructure here and overseas to dominate the lentil/pulse trade, now its stalled. They are trying to get movement in other commodities but nobody I know is selling to them. They have sent some desperate texts out in the past few weeks.

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        • bucket
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2008
          • 17050

          #5
          Originally posted by jazz View Post
          I bet AGT Foods....

          basically built up infrastructure here and overseas to dominate the lentil/pulse trade, now its stalled. They are trying to get movement in other commodities but nobody I know is selling to them. They have sent some desperate texts out in the past few weeks.
          You know they just pocketed 100 plus million from the federal government by inflating the costs of repairs to the rail line they just bought...

          New guidance coming from them on November 12....they will be fine with more guys getting into provincial politics to cover up and re-finance them....

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          • iceman
            Senior Member
            • Dec 2014
            • 751

            #6
            Originally posted by jazz View Post
            I bet AGT Foods....

            basically built up infrastructure here and overseas to dominate the lentil/pulse trade, now its stalled. They are trying to get movement in other commodities but nobody I know is selling to them. They have sent some desperate texts out in the past few weeks.
            They built it up by issuing more shares to the market. Not once was it their money.

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            • bucket
              Senior Member
              • Jan 2008
              • 17050

              #7
              Originally posted by iceman View Post
              They built it up by issuing more shares to the market. Not once was it their money.
              Don't forget they want to go private now....extract some government money...I can connect the dots to the GTH scam on this deal....

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              • jazz
                Senior Member
                • Jul 2018
                • 9308

                #8
                Originally posted by iceman View Post
                They built it up by issuing more shares to the market. Not once was it their money.
                The last financial report on these guys stated they had like a 600M in assets (a year ago) and 500 million in debt. Bet those two numbers are a lot closer by now.
                https://www.producer.com/2018/06/agt-rebuffs-bankruptcy-rumours/
                AGT rebuffs bankruptcy rumours

                Maybe they can get that pasta plant built soon.
                Last edited by jazz; Nov 7, 2018, 11:05.

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                • jazz
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2018
                  • 9308

                  #9
                  Originally posted by wiseguy
                  Local agt lentil plant run by a moron so no one hauls there !
                  Sounds just like their main terminal here in regina. Only place I ever found competent in the lentil trade is Simpson Seeds.

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                  • ajl
                    Senior Member
                    • May 2008
                    • 3275

                    #10
                    Parked 120' foot drills are good for livestock fencing. Hello 1985.

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