Brighton, Ont.-Northumberland Grain Inc., a joint venture of Agrico Canada Ltd./Ltee and Dexter and Karen Harder, acquired the assets of Hunco Farm Supply Co., Port Hope, Ont., in late December and will continue offering full service and agricultural supplies at the facility. “We plan to enhance the service by adding new products,” said Dexter Harder. “It is also a strategic move for us as we plan to close our plant in Cobourg next summer and consolidate our operations at the Hunco location.” Northumberland is a crop input business and grain elevator, with a head office in Brighton, Ont., and a branch at Cobourg. The latter is strictly a crop input outlet and was formerly a retail outlet owned 100 percent by Agrico. Hunco is a complete crop input dealer and handles feed and other farm supplies. Northumberland says the amalgamation of the three operations will result in two efficient crop input locations with ease of access and a full line of farm supplies. “We are proud to be a part of a progressive company like Northumberland Grain and we will relocate our liquid nitrogen terminal, currently at Cobourg, to the Hunco property,” said Agrico President R. L. “Bob” Whitelaw. “This acquisition will be a benefit to Agrico as well because a major component of our liquid nitrogen comes from Cameco at Port Hope, so we are moving closer to the source. Agrico has been serving agriculture in the area since 1931. The Cobourg location was opened in 1967 and we are pleased to continue that tradition by partnering with Northumberland Grain.” A name change is in the works for Hunco, which will be merged under the name Northumberland Grain. Northumberland has been offering elevator service in Northumberland County since 1980 and became a 50-50 joint venture with Agrico in 1996.
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