The following news releases are of listings sold by Robert C. Cummings Real Estate Ltd., Brokerage.

    Meyer's Country Sausage is returning to Grey and Bruce County in a $3 million takeover of Bruce Packers announced Tuesday.
    Robin Henschel and his sister Claudia took over the Meyer's firm five years ago and moved it from the Dundalk area to Thorndale, near London. But "our plant burned at the end of July and we've been looking around for another plant," Robin Henschel said Tuesday.
    They became aware of the possibility of buying Bruce Packers from Jan Van Loon through contact with Tara real estate agent Bob Cummings, whom Henschel credits for assembling the deal.

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Masterfeeds buys Daco Laboratories
By JIM ROMAHN
Ontario Farmer staff

    Masterfeeds has purchased Daco Laboratories and is naming it Daco Animal Nutrition.
    Robert Flack of Masterfeeds' head office at London said the purchase is an excellent fit for his company because it increases its premix market penetration and provides an opening window to the Quebec market.

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Ridley acquires Canadian premix plants from Daco
By SARAH MUIRHEAD
Editor of Feedstuffs

    Ridley Corp. Ltd continued its expansion in the North American feed market last week with the acquisition of two Canadian premix plants from Daco Laboratories Ltd.
    Ridley said in a May 29 announcement that the acquisition of the Daco plants will extend its coverage of the "strategically important North American pig production markets."
    The Daco plants, located in Lethbridge, AB., and Winnipeg, MB., will be integrated with Ridley's Canadian-based Feed-Rite business, which is currently being renamed Ridley Canada Ltd. (Feedstuffs, May 5).

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Sylvite buys JRI facility

    Sylvite Agri-Service Ltd. recently announced the purchase of the JRI (James Richardson International) fertilizer and crop input facility at Talbotville. Terms of the sale were not announced.
    Sylvite President and CEO, Hugh Loomans, said the acquisition will strengthen the company's position in the key market of southwestern Ontario.
    "There is potential to substantially increase the volume through this plant," Loomans said, as he outlined the company's plan to grow the business and serve the farm community with fertilizer, crop protection products and farm management assistance.

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Stratford family buys hog-farming operation
The Kitchener-Waterloo Record

     A Stratford family has bought Hay Bay Farms Ltd. of Napanee, one of the largest hog-breeding businesses in Canada.

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Beiners' land sold for millions
By JANE CUNNINGHAM

    Beiners' field, bush, trails and development has changed hands in a multi-million dollar deal with Reid's Heritage Homes of Guelph.
    Developers Frank Beiner and brother Joe moved into semi-retirement following the close of the deal yesterday. The sale will transfer about 600 acres between Parkwood Drive and Concession 10 in Port Elgin to the Guelph company.
    It plans to continue with the concepts the Beiners have already laid out.
    "We want to carry on with their vision," said Dan Murawsky, regional manager of Reid's Heritage Homes.     He added they may also create an adult lifestyle community as they did near the University of Guelph in 1999. It won the Ontario Home Builders' Association's adult lifestyle community of the year award.

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