The provincial and federal governments are combining to fund a total of 70 projects over the next four years to support growth and expansion through modernization.
A combined total of $15.4 million is being made available through the Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership.
provincial Agriculture Minister and Dauphin MLA Ron Kostyshyn is excited to see how this will benefit the province.
"let's process it here, let's put it in packaging, and let's sell it to the world and around to our local businesses. It creates more jobs, more revenue in the province of Manitoba, and it creates more employment to enhance the localized area.".
Some of the companies and their funded projects include:
• Burnbrae Farms Limited specializes in egg production and egg-based products. This funding is to modernize and improve efficiency at their Winnipeg plant and allow greater capacity.
• Kimberly Packing Corporation, under Kroeker Farms Limited is a producer and processor of potatoes in southern Manitoba. This funding will allow them to package their product in Manitoba, a process currently done outside the province.
• Roquette Canada Limited is investing in new equipment at its Portage la Prairie pea protein plant, the largest pea protein processing plant in the world. This will double their production and allow local producers to sell more of their products in Manitoba.
• Spenst Bros Premium Meats is a farm family-owned pizza production facility, retail store and meat processing plant located in Winkler. The project involves expanding the market for their popular frozen pizza products across Canada
The funding will allow the organizations to purchase equipment that will bring new and innovative technologies into the production process, allowing for improved productivity and leading to increased employment and scaled-up production.
