Grain firm licence suspended

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The Canadian Grain Commission has suspended the licences of W.A. Grain & Pulse Solutions effective April 20.

The licences issued to operate the firm’s primary elevators at Pambrun, Sask., Ponteix, Sask., Vanguard, Sask., Bashaw, Alta., and Bowden, Alta., are suspended until 11:59 p.m. CDT April 30.

The CGC advises growers who are owed money by the company for grain deliveries to contact the commission immediately.

Farmers who conduct any business with the company as of April 20will not be protected by security under the Canada Grain Act.

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Sean Pratt has been working at The Western Producer since 1993 after graduating from the University of Regina’s School of Journalism. Sean also has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan and worked in a bank for a few years before switching careers. Sean primarily writes markets and policy stories about the grain industry and has attended more than 100 conferences over the past three decades. He has received awards from the Canadian Farm Writers Federation, North American Agricultural Journalists and the American Agricultural Editors Association.