A seeding equipment manufacturing company is uprooting a portion of its workforce.

Bourgault Industries Ltd., out of St. Brieux, announced that they have issued layoffs to 7% of its workforce on October 29th. They say this is the cause of reduced demand for farming equipment. This due to multiple negative events including droughts occurring in the markets for its services. 

Along with droughts, durum and canola prices are down, steel prices due to tariffs and duties have increased, making farm equipment more expensive to manufacture, and a wet fall has led to reduced crop quality and reduced profit margins for farmers.

Bourgault also noted that return of normal market conditions, would, in turn, lead to higher production levels, which possibly would see jobs being planted back into the company.