Roquette Canada receives grain dealer license

The company has one elevator in Manitoba

A Manitoba grain handler recently received a license from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC)

On March 24, the CGC awarded a grain handler license to Roquette Canada, a leader in plant-based ingredients, in Portage la Prairie, Man.

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.

Roquette produces products like pea starch and pea fibre, and livestock feed.

Its process elevator in Manitoba has a 2,400-tonne capacity.

This kind of elevator is one where its main function “is the receiving and storing of grain for direct manufacture or processing into other products,” the CGC’s website states.

Roquette opened its pea processing plant in Manitoba in 2020.

In November 2024, the company announced plans to expand the plant, which is already the world’s largest.