$400 M pea plant in MB

[farmaholic]

OK first of all my 1.4 is totally out to lunch but if I correct my dyslexia, maybe it was 4.1, I may have been right in the first place.... can't say!

But it is ****ing obvious Manitoba probably wasn't the best place to build this thing.

Hill of soybeans sumdumguy?

[farming101]

How much is pea protein worth?
Plant 400M
Payroll 9M

And they are going to do 100,000 to 125,000 tonnes a year?

[Rareearth]

It doesn't make sense, they must plan on other proteins and don't want to attract attention?

"Do what I say, not what I do"

[farming101]

Yes, human/pharmaceutical grade is a whole different market

[Quadtrack]

There are several reasons for the location other than where the raw feedstock is located. Some guesses would include electricity cost, access to feed markets for the less dense by-product (hog barns), who knows what prov gov incentives Isn't portage where the Premier is from? As far as logistics-trucks run to Lloyd with corn from winkler; now they can take peas back when not taking potash. Trucks run feed over to Lethbridge-take peas back. And perhaps if peas don't work out all the time they can do something with soybeans.
Ignoring the impact on the highway system, which was determined a long time ago by the two national railways, this is still a positive announcement for pea growers across the prairies-ripple effect of price/product demand will help all of us.

[sumdumguy]

Maybe they are intending to invite Mary Jane as partner.

[furrowtickler]

Good to see this kind of investment .

[Rareearth]

Very good, 👍

[farmaholic]

Don't get me wrong, just pointing some things out. Always good when there is another option for our crops. Best Cooking Pulses head office and one of their plants is there already.

[MBgrower]

I guess same reasons why flour plants are built in sk. Makes sense to service the large hog population with the byproducts, and finished product being shipped east to europe and south to usa??