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New Crop Production Services building in Gravelbourg

By Wes Bloom If you’re travelling west on Highway #43, headed towards the town of Gravelbourg, pay close attention. On the north-east corner of town, you’ll see an impressive array of brand new buildings - three, to be exact.
Crop Production

By Wes Bloom  

If you’re travelling west on Highway #43, headed towards the town of Gravelbourg, pay close attention. On the north-east corner of town, you’ll see an impressive array of brand new buildings - three, to be exact. This is the future home of Crop Production Services Inc., a 6,000 tonne fertilizer ‘blending’ plant, and it will be open very soon.

What exactly is Crop Production Services you ask? If you’re a farmer you will already know the answer to that question. But … if you’re not a farmer, and you google ‘Crop Production Services’, this is what you’ll find: Crop Production Services (Canada) Inc. is the leading provider of agricultural products and services for western Canadian growers.

It’s a subsidiary of Nutriun Ltd., which is a Canadian fertilizer company based out of Saskatoon. It’s the largest producer of potash, and the second largest producer of nitrogen fertilizer, in the world. It has 1,500 retail stores and more than 20,000 employees. Pretty impressive.

Also impressive, is the new $9 million Crop Production Services plant in Gravelbourg. Construction there, got under way last September, and is progressing nicely. “It will be a state-of-the-art facility, designed to supply chemical fertilizers and equipment to our many rural customers,” said local branch manager, Kelly Hornung, (inset photo).

CPS presently employs seven people in Gravelbourg, but Hornung believes that number could increase once the plant is up and running. He said the plant could be operational as early as April 1, and the chemical storage shed could be open by May 1. The new plant boasts a 9,500 sq. foot heated chemical storage shed; a 6,000 tonne fertilizer ‘blending’ plant; and a 4,500 sq. foot shop and office complex.

Here’s the ‘scoop’: Crop Production Services in Gravelbourg will efficiently blend many different kinds of fertilizers to suit individual farmer’s needs, helping to enhance and enrich existing soil conditions in the area.

According to branch manager Horning, Gravelbourg is an excellent place to build this facility. “The market here is strong”, he said, “and accessibility is good. Some of our raw materials are hauled directly from mines to Gravelbourg by truck, and some are shipped by rail to Lafleche, then trucked here to our plant”.

The official ‘grand opening’ for the new plant will take place later this spring. Watch for it.