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Canary seed one step closer to ‘official’ status

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm January 14, 2020

MarketsFarm — Canary seed may still be a relatively minor special crop in Western Canada, but the grain is one step closer to gaining official status. Producers at the Canary Seed Development Commission of Saskatchewan annual general meeting on Monday in Saskatoon voted in favour of formally requesting canary seed’s inclusion under the Canada Grains […] Read more

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Farmers to be paid for ILTA Grain deliveries

By Canadian Grain Commission January 13, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minute Eligible producers who were not paid for grain delivered to ILTA Grain Inc. will be fully compensated through the Canadian Grain Commission’s Safeguards for Grain Farmers Program. The Saskatchewan-based pulse and canary seed buyer and exporter was put under creditor protection in July, defaulting on amounts owed to grain farmers for unpaid deliveries. The grain […] Read more

ILTA Grain opened its processing plant at Belle Plaine, east of Moose Jaw, in 2017. (ILTAGrain.com)

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ILTA Grain security payout to be CGC’s biggest ever

By Dave Bedard January 7, 2020

An insurance policy set up for demised Prairie pulse exporter ILTA Grain will pay, in full, what’s owed to over 200 growers who supplied the company, according to the Canadian Grain Commission. The CGC announced Monday that 222 eligible unpaid growers will receive a total of $11.146 million covered by the security ILTA posted before […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Viterra to buy ILTA Grain pulse processing plant

By GFM Staff August 20, 2019

Creditor-protected Prairie pulse processor and exporter ILTA Grain is set to sell a next-to-new southern Saskatchewan facility to one of Canada’s biggest grain firms. Glencore Agriculture’s Viterra arm said Tuesday it has signed a purchase deal for the assets of ILTA’s processing facility at Belle Plaine, Sask., about 25 km east of Moose Jaw. Financial […] Read more

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ILTA Grain escrow fund set up for unpaid farmers

By GFM Staff August 8, 2019

Farmers who delivered to Prairie pulse and grain processor ILTA Grain but didn’t get paid before the company went into creditor protection are being asked to “immediately” get in touch with the Canadian Grain Commission. The CGC late Wednesday announced it has reached an agreement with the company’s court-appointed monitor for a new escrow account, […] Read more

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Grain Commission suspends ILTA Grain’s licenses

By Allan Dawson July 11, 2019

Farmers owed money for grain delivered to ILTA Grain Inc. should call the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). The CGC on Thursday suspended the Surrey, B.C.-based company’s grain dealer’s license and its primary grain elevator licenses for elevators at Belle Plaine and Saskatoon, Sask., Remi Gosselin, the CGC’s manager of corporate information services, said in an […] Read more

Crops, Pulses

Pulse exporter ILTA Grain under creditor protection

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News July 10, 2019

Corrected, July 11 — MarketsFarm — B.C.- based pulse exporter ILTA Grain, which operates pulse handling and processing facilities in Saskatchewan, has been granted creditor protection by that province’s Supreme Court. “The decision to file for (Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act protection) was made after careful consideration and in our view, is a necessary step for […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Prairie flax market flat, acres set to decline

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm February 28, 2018

CNS Canada — A flat flax market in Western Canada has buyers feeling indifferent about this year’s prospects. “There’s no big hurrahs right now on flax… I hate to say it, I’m a very optimistic type of person, but it’s kind of a flat market right now,” said Ben Friesen, senior market manager at Scoular […] Read more

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Canary seed one step closer to ‘official’ status

Farmers to be paid for ILTA Grain deliveries

ILTA Grain security payout to be CGC’s biggest ever

Viterra to buy ILTA Grain pulse processing plant

ILTA Grain escrow fund set up for unpaid farmers

Grain Commission suspends ILTA Grain’s licenses

Pulse exporter ILTA Grain under creditor protection

Prairie flax market flat, acres set to decline

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