ONTARIO GRAIN FARMER COVER STORY 9 Scan to discover why cost of potassium is FREE! Your pH correction, with potassium included. Save a dime, choose KaLime. Talk to your Agro-100 representative or Ag retailer. agro_KaLime_OntGrainFarmer_half_OCT2025_05.indd 1 2025-08-05 10:59 The new terminal, a joint effort by the Doornekamp Group (Picton Terminals’ operator) and P&H, is designed to significantly reduce travel time for local farmers, alleviate truck traffic on Highway 401 and enhance the overall efficiency of the agricultural supply chain. With high throughput and rapid turnover capabilities, this facility is designed to meet the needs of the region’s farmers while expanding P&H’s export capacity, which currently serves customers in 24 countries. The construction of storage silos and receiving buildings is underway. The project is slated for completion next year. PORT COLBORNE RESIDENTS WANT GRAIN HUB In Port Colborne, the city is inviting what it calls “new, creative, and/or innovative perspectives” on how its aging 125-year-old grain terminal and surrounding property on the shores of Lake Erie can best be operated or developed. Ownership of the grain terminal was transferred from the Canada Ports Corporation to the City of Port Colborne in 1999. For the past 10 years, Parrish and Heimbecker, the Great Lakes’ largest grain handler, was the facility’s proprietor. But the company ended that arrangement last December, and it’s been empty since. So now what? In late winter, 500-plus citizens surveyed by the city said they think it’s important for the facility to continue operating as a hub for shipping grain, versus some other commercial or industrial development. That sounds like a good idea. Gary Long, Port Colborne’s director of development and government relations, says the facility is in an ideal location for shipping grain. It offers multi-modal transportation options with a dock wall for marine traffic, an active rail spur to the terminal, and an adjacent road for trucks. The location of the Grain Terminal on Lake Erie and at the south end of the Welland Canal allows for near year-round shipping to North American markets. However, estimates range up to $10 million to modernize the facility, although Long says it could be up and running for a fraction of that cost. •
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