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Balco Grain sold

Canadian Murad Al-Katib outside his company headquarters in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Posted by Lisa Redpath in News on 02 Sep 2010 at 12:13 am

20 extra jobs in $10 million project by Canadian company

Exclusive by Editor Terry Williams

Balco Grain Services will sell its Bowmans plant, storage facilities and land to Horsham-based lentils processor Australia Milling Group (AMG).
AMG is a subsidiary of Alliance Grain Traders, a Canadian company which is the largest lentil and pea splitting company in the world.
Alliance is located in Regina, Saskatchewan, the heart of Canada’s largest area for pulse crops, operating 20 production facilities in the centre of pulse growing regions in Canada, the United States, Australia and Turkey.
The acquisition is a $10 million capital investment for AMG, with about $5 million to be spent initially on the land purchase,upgrading existing plant and equipment and building a processing facility.
The sale does not affect the Bowmans plant of BalcoHay or any other Balco assets. Balco will continue to export hay from Bowmans as one of Australia’s major exporters.
More local jobs will be created when AMG brings the processing plant to full production, expected to be for the 2011 cropping season.
It is expected at least 20 people will be employed with potential for more as the company develops.
AMG, which started in Horsham in 2007, employs 25 staff and processes 300 ton...
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Jo Lilith has declared she will not stand for re-election at the November local government elections.

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Spring is in the air!

Posted by Lisa Redpath from the Plains Producer
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Avondale’s garden delight

Garden and nature lovers will enjoy a glorious garden heralding spring when Avondale opens as part of Australia’s Open Garden Scheme.

Avondale, between Rhynie and Tarlee will be open this Saturday and Sunday, f...

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Auburn has the lot – plus a great CJ Dennis festival

Auburn will host the CJ Dennis Festival this weekend to celebrate the birthday of Auburn-born author CJ Dennis on September 7, 1876.

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Offer to inspect CWMS still not enough

Posted by Lisa Redpath from the Plains Producer
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on 02/09/2010 at 11:50 AM

Port Wakefield residents questioned Wakefield Regional Council (WRC) over a letter sent to each property owner in town regarding the community wastewater management scheme (CWMS) at last week’s council meeting.

Residents again rallied at l...

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Marie says farewell to her Balaklava landscape

Posted by Lisa Redpath from the Plains Producer
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on 02/09/2010 at 11:48 AM

Lauren Hermon reports:

Her memories are painted with rich colour and a warm fondness.

She has 17 years of memories, artistic love and life experience of Balaklava.

Now, the very well known ‘naïve’ artist and former Whitwarta resident,...

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$111,914 total bill for land fight

Posted by Lisa Redpath from the Plains Producer
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on 31/08/2010 at 05:44 PM

Lauren Hermon reports:

Total legal costs in the Supreme Court for the land use wrangle between Wakefield Regional Council (WRC) and Balaklava businessman-farmer, Peter Evans have now been revealed at $111,914.

The costs awarded against ...

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Finger on the pulse

Posted by Lisa Redpath from the Plains Producer
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on 31/08/2010 at 05:38 PM

The son of turkish immigrants BUILDS A GLOBAL EMPIRE

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Murad Al-Katib couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw the big sheds and silos at Bowmans.

Then he saw the sign “for development, please call ...”

So on that ...

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Advantage SA award entries

Posted by Lisa Redpath from the Plains Producer
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on 26/08/2010 at 11:11 AM

A record-breaking number of entries have been received for the Mid North region. in the 11th annual Advantage SA awards

A total of 76 entries were received from the Mid North and Yorke Peninsula, with 653 entries from the seven South Austr...

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Kids colour ‘Can the Man’ for Callignee

Posted by Lisa Redpath from the Plains Producer
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on 26/08/2010 at 11:08 AM

Adopt a Town committee mascot ‘Can The Man’ was in Balaklava last Wednesday to congratulate winning students of the colouring-in competition to promote recycling in local towns.

Can the Man’s appearance at Horizon Christian School came ju...

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No anonymous letters

Posted by Lisa Redpath from the Plains Producer
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on 26/08/2010 at 10:54 AM

Editor’s advice: Anonymous letters will not be printed and are consigned to the WPB. If you have the courage of your convictions then sign your name, with a contact address or phone number.

Letters from people who identify themselves but w...

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Grant cash puts climate change on our agenda

Posted by Lisa Redpath from the Plains Producer
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on 26/08/2010 at 10:52 AM

The Central Local Government Region (CLGR) has won grant funding of $124,000 to assess the social, environment and economic vulnerabilities of the region to climate change.

While there is a wealth of climate change information and researc...

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