New P&H Crop Input and Grain Facility Greets Viking, AB

Emily Mailhot Reporter

Vegreville News Advertiser

After a long year’s planning and building, heritage company Parrish &Heimbecker, Ltd. has announced that they are open for business at their new location just west of Viking, Alberta.

Mainly a popular sight in the southern Alberta area, P&H hopes that the Viking elevator will do its part to solidify their place on the north-central map. “The new Viking crop inputs centre and grain terminal puts P&H on the map to serve farmers and communities in the north/central Alberta area,” said John Heimbecker, President Grain Division and Executive Vice President, P&H.

Though still working hard to get the tracks laid for their 156-car capacity grain shipping rail tracks, the facility is already up and running… staffed with a number of agronomic experts who have already had ample opportunity to assist producers either with storage for last year’s crop in the 46,000-tonne grain storage elevator, the 25,000-tonne dry bulk fertilizer facility, or the chemical storage warehouse.

According to Mike Waddy of the Viking P&H grains facility, everything about the layout of their yard, railroad, and buildings was designed for ease of use to producers, no matter what kind of trucks they bring their grain in with. “Instead of having two or more grates split throughout the terminal, we have one longer one right at the entrance. This helps us keep waste down, as well as making it faster and easier for producers, especially as some types of trucks will struggle more with the typical model.”

While functional for the time being, Viking P&H is still working on a few finishing touches, such as the probe, railway, and tidying up the yard, before they host a grand opening, but Waddy says to stay tuned to any upcoming advertisements.

“We would really love to invite people out to view the grains facility, as well as the fertilizer facility, before we get too far into the summer,” said Waddy, “But we know that some guys have started to seed now, and we’ve got a few things to wrap up before that happens.”