Province pitches soybean crushing plant to potential investors
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BRANDON — The Manitoba government is seeking to build a soybean crushing plant and is looking for investment to make it happen.
The proposed facility is one of several projects the NDP government pitched at the international investment summit in Toronto this week.
“We’re in a new world of opportunities that I think provinces or the country of Canada needs to apprehend,” Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn said Monday.
The MLA for Dauphin said soybeans were a “very popular discussion” during recent trade missions in certain parts of Asia.
“I think that is why the acceleration of moving forward (with) serious discussions about a crushing facility started to make a lot more sense, and adding up to the full start to finish of soybeans grown in this province,” he said.
There is currently no soybean crushing facility in the province.
A news release said the proposed plant would be in western Manitoba. Kostyshyn, however, said he wouldn’t assume that is the case “at this stage of the game.”
“I would venture to say we’re going to explore all options, and definitely western and southern and central will always be in consideration,” he said.
A spokesperson for Kostyshyn clarified Westman is the strongest contender for the proposed facility’s location as there is already agricultural infrastructure in the region.
Provincial government data show Manitoba grows 28 per cent of Canada’s soybeans.
— Brandon Sun