Companies in Sask. and Quebec received licenses recently
Two grain companies started September by receiving licenses from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)
One is from Saskatchewan.
On Sept. 1, JGL Commodities received its primary elevator license for a facility in Marengo.
This type of license goes to “an operator of an elevator which primary receives grain directly from producers, for either both storage or forwarding,” the CGC says.
This license coincides with the company opening that elevator on Aug. 31 after it purchased the elevator from Providence Grain Solutions.
The elevator can hold almost 23,000 tonnes of grain, has a 104-car CN capacity, and is equipped with a dryer to handle crops like durum, barley, canola, and lentils.
A facility in Quebec also received a CGC license at the beginning of the month.
Sollio Agriculture Livestock Production Western Canada in Montreal received its 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.
In total, 176 companies are licensed by the CGC.
Of that number, more than 160 are headquartered in Canada.
Saskatchewan has the highest number with 51, followed by Manitoba at 44, and Alberta at 27.
The total also includes about a dozen companies whose head office is outside of Canada.