b'The Pitura Seeds yard site from over the years, beginning in the 1950s.They really bring the groceries to the party, so to speak, Nychuk adds.The extra capacity allows Pitura Seeds to support its customers fully, to focus on seed and to put out a better product, Greaves says. The idea for the new plant actually started with the experience Calvin had cleaning seed for 50 years and what he experienced with the familys other plant and its equipment.He learned a lot of important lessons that we used to design this plant, Greaves says. Calvins experience really influenced the engineering and design for this, the way we laid it out and the kind of equipment we used. Modern equipment makes all the difference. Its incredible what we can do with optical sorting equipment and the like.That focus on customer service is what drove Pitura Seeds to defy all expectations and build the new plant in under six monthssomething Greaves said he was told time and time again couldnt be done.The biggest challenge was the time frame, for sure. Everyone worked so hard to make it happen, Greaves adds. Now we can focus on what we do besthigh quality pedigreed seed. Looking at how far weve come in the last six months and over the years, it makes me feelTom Greaves is president of Manitobas Pitura Seeds, which just opened really proud to work with family every day and continuethe largest family-owned pedigreed seed processing plant in Western to build this business.Canada.38GERMINATION.CA SEPTEMBER 2019'