The Scoular Company’s Canadian affiliate has expanded its bird food manufacturing facility in Winkler.

Last month, Scoular relocated its Winnipeg bird food operations to its company-owned bird food manufacturing facility in Winkler. The expansion has created six additional jobs at the Winkler facility.

“This community has provided Scoular an opportunity to engage our strong business relationships and invest in our future growth,” said Robert Deraas, General Manager for Scoular.

Scoular Canada purchases from Manitoba farmers both confection sunflowers for human edible snack foods and black oil sunflowers for use in bird feed. About 90 percent of all sunflowers grown in Canada are grown in Manitoba, according to the National Sunflower Association of Canada.

“At Scoular, we think of ourselves as the ‘Sunflower People’ for the growers of Manitoba,” said Ben Friesen, Scoular’s Product Group Manager for Sunflowers. “We are committed to providing these growers with a competitive market for their sunflowers.”

Friesen notes that demand for bird food continues to be strong.