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Ottawa Invests $2M in Local Feed Mill

Investment will be going toward new facility that will create 10 new jobs

March 22, 2021

B W Feed and Seed in New Hamburg Ottawa

Officials announced on Friday that a $2 million investment is on the way for B-W Feed & Seed in New Hamburg from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, reports My Stratford Now.

The investment will be going toward a new facility with which the mill is planning to expand its operations.

The mill is expecting to create 10 new jobs and keep in place 28 existing positions.

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