Inland Terminal Association of Canada

"The purpose of the Inland Terminal Association of Canada is to promote the interests of farmer-owned grain terminals."

Farmer owned inland terminals choose executive director

The Inland Terminal Association of Canada (ITAC) has contracted Kevin Hursh as its executive director.

“Farmer owned inland grain terminals need a voice at the table when decisions are made about the grain industry,” notes Wayne Hittel, a producer from the Leader area of Saskatchewan who is serving as the chair of ITAC. “Our association has evolved to the point where it needs the part time services of an executive director.”

Hursh is a well-known professional agrologist based in Saskatoon. He also operates a grain farm near Cabri, Sask. and is an investor in an inland terminal.

“The eleven members of ITAC are all independent businesses,” says Hursh, “but they face common issues and concerns. It’s my job to look for new opportunities for the members, while representing the association with governments, regulators and industry.”

To be a member of ITAC, an inland terminal must have at least 50 per cent farmer ownership. The current members are:

• CMI Terminal JV, Naicam, SK
• Gardiner Dam Terminal, Strongfield, SK
• Great Sandhills Marketing Centre Inc., Leader, SK
• Lethbridge Inland Terminal, Lethbridge, AB
• North East Terminal Ltd., Wadena, SK
• North West Terminal Ltd., Unity, SK
• Prairie West Terminal, Plenty, SK
• Providence Grain Group, Fort Saskatchewan, AB
• South West Terminal Ltd., Gull Lake, SK
• Westlock Terminal (NGC) Ltd., Westlock, AB
• Weyburn Inland Terminal, Weyburn, SK

For more information, contact:

Wayne Hittel
ITAC Chair
(306) 628-3309
wcfields@sasktel.net

Kevin Hursh
ITAC Executive Director
(306) 933-0138
kevin@hursh.ca

ITAC History

The Inland Terminal Association of Canada (ITAC), founded in 1995, was organized to promote the common interests and goals of modern, efficient high throughput inland terminals. ITAC grain handling facilities are the realization of dreams for farmers, who through their own initiative, innovation and capital, sought to make grain handling on the prairies more competitive, reliable and cost effective.

Together the member terminals of ITAC handle approximately two million tonnes of grains, pulses, and oilseeds annually, with cleaning and drying capacity. Several terminals have crop input divisions, feed processing facilities, or ethanol projects underway.