Two Canadian and one American grain handler received licenses from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) on March 18.
One of the Canadian companies, Red River Seeds in Morris, Man., the leading buyer of rye grain in Western Canada, received two licenses.
One of those licenses is a grain dealer license.
This is required to a person or company “who, for reward, on their own behalf or on behalf of another person, deals in or handles western grain,” the CGC’s website says.
The other license Red River Seeds received is a primary elevator license.
This designation “may be issued to an operator of an elevator which primarily receives grain directly from producers, for either or both storage and forwarding.”
Marquis Milling and Grain Ltd. out of Hague, Sask., is the other Canadian company to receive a CGC license on March 18.