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"The purpose of the Inland Terminal Association of Canada is to promote the interests of farmer-owned grain terminals."
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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. Membership eligibility is dependent on at least 50 per cent farmer ownership.
Together the member terminals of ITAC regularly handle more than 2.5 million tonnes of grains, pulses, and oilseeds annually, with cleaning and drying capacity. Over 95 per cent of the grain movement occurs in 50 and 100 railcar units.
There are currently 10 ITAC members, with three based in Alberta and seven in Saskatchewan. The members have more than 5,000 individual shareholders, the overwhelming majority of which are farmers.
The replacement value of assets is estimated at $370 million. In addition to grain handling facilities, many members have crop input businesses. Other enterprises include specialty crop processing, ethanol and a short line railway.
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