CGC issues three licenses in early September

Sep 11, 2025
By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content, Farms.com

Three locations are in Saskatchewan

The Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) has issued three licenses to grain companies in the first half of the month.

On Sept. 1, Western Harvest Bean ULC in Morden, Man., received a grain dealer license.

This type of license is for “a person who, for reward, on his own behalf or the behalf of another person, deals in or handles western grain,” the CGC says.

Western Harvest Bean brings “growers and buyers of bean seeds together,” its website says.

The company has two elevators in Morden.

One has a 4,540-tonne capacity, and the other has a 10,660-tonne capacity.

The organization also underwent a license change.

As of Sept. 1, the primary license for its location in Treherne, Man., is no longer held.

The CGC granted Cargill a process elevator license on Sept. 5 for its crush plant in Regina, Sask.

A process elevator license “may be issued to an operator of an elevator which receives and stores grain for direct manufacture or processing into other products.”

Canola bids are now live at the crush plant, Cargill’s website says.

And on Sept. 9, the CGC provided primary elevator licenses for Harvest Grain Trading Ltd. in Filmore and Zealandia, Sask.

A primary elevator license goes to “an operator of an elevator which primarily receives grain directly from producers, for either or both storage and forwarding,” the CGC says.

Harvest Grain Trading Ltd. is also a new company name.

Bornhorst Seeds underwent a name change to Harvest Grain Trading on Sept. 9.

Harvest Grain purchased Bornhorst Seeds in November 2024.

Video: Spring 2026 weather outlook for Wisconsin; What an early-arriving El Niño could mean

Northeast Wisconsin is a small corner of the world, but our weather is still affected by what happens across the globe.

That includes in the equatorial Pacific, where changes between El Niño and La Niña play a role in the weather here -- and boy, have there been some abrupt changes as of late.

El Niño and La Niña are the two phases of what is collectively known as the El Niño Southern Oscillation, or ENSO for short. These are the swings back and forth from unusually warm to unusually cold sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean along the equator.

Since this past September, we have been in a weak La Niña, which means water temperatures near the Eastern Pacific equator have been cooler than usual. That's where we're at right now.

Even last fall, the long-term outlook suggested a return to neutral conditions by spring and potentially El Niño conditions by summer.

But there are some signs this may be happening faster than usual, which could accelerate the onset of El Niño.

Over the last few weeks, unusually strong bursts of westerly winds farther west in the Pacific -- where sea surface temperatures are warmer than average -- have been observed. There is a chance that this could accelerate the warming of those eastern Pacific waters and potentially push us into El Niño sooner than usual.

If we do enter El Nino by spring -- which we'll define as the period of March, April and May -- there are some long-term correlations with our weather here in Northeast Wisconsin.

Looking at a map of anomalously warm weather, most of the upper Great Lakes doesn't show a strong correlation, but in general, the northern tiers of the United States do tend to lean to that direction.

The stronger correlation is with precipitation. El Niño conditions in spring have historically come with a higher risk of very dry weather over that time frame, so this will definitely be a transition we'll have to watch closely as we move out of winter.