C-Merak Innovations receives grain company license

The terminal has a 47,000-tonne capacity

A Saskatchewan company recently received a grain company license from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC).

C-Merak Innovations in Tisdale, Sask., got its primary elevator designation on April 9, the CGC’s website says.

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.

C-Merak’s terminal has a capacity of 47,000 tonnes and connects to CPKC and CN railways.

The company uses local faba beans and oats to create protein concentrates, flours and other products.

“C-Merak collects, grades, sorts and stores the local crops,” its website says. “Our terminal uses the latest in energy efficiency equipment and is designed for easy expansion.”

The grain company opened its facility in 2022.

Brett Casavant, C-Merak’s CEO and a multigenerational farmer, said the food industry is ripe for innovation.

“I think the opportunities are endless in this food sector. Our focus for the whole future is to keep things as whole and natural as we can,” he said in October 2022, northeastNOW reported. “I really hope what comes of this, is that it makes it so, a bunch of people in this area look at it and say ‘Why the hell can’t I do that?’ and they follow suit and it just inspires more innovation and more value added in this area.”