Operations Agricore United

1 operations

1.1 grain handling , merchandising
1.2 crop production services
1.3 livestock

operations
grain handling , merchandising

agricore bought, marketed , transported grain, oil seeds , other special crops farm end-use markets using company’s network of grain elevators manitoba british columbia , ownership/interest in port terminals in vancouver, thunder bay , prince rupert. grain moved farmer’s field company’s geographically dispersed , strategically located country elevator network. grain shipped domestic, u.s. or mexican customer, such flour mill, crushing plant, feed mill or maltster, or port terminal export end-use customers in europe, south america, pacific rim, africa , middle east.

crop production services

the company sold more crop inputs in western canada other company. included manufacture, distribution , crop production support, including crop nutrition , crop protection products, seed , agronomic services farmers, through 200 locations manitoba british columbia. agronomic crop enhancement (ace) specialists provide technical advice on crop production issues , customer service representative (csr) advise grower choices profitable crop practices. beyond offering crop nutrition such fertilizers, more 200 crop protection products offered including herbicides , insecticides. agricore owned or leases 3 distribution warehouses, , supported sale of crop nutrition , protection products providing custom application services directly or through third-party contractors.

livestock

the company s livestock business formulated , manufactured feed dairy , beef cattle, swine, poultry , other specialty feeds 7 haccp certified feed mills, 1 haccp certified pre-mix manufacturing centre , 1 haccp compliant pre-mix manufacturing centre. company had feed mills , pre-mix facilities service customers in b.c., alberta , manitoba, including 2 new feed mills constructed in olds, ab (2000) , edmonton, ab (2004).