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We are Canada’s largest agribusiness and a worldwide handler and merchandiser of all major grains and oilseeds. With a legacy of service going back over 165 years, our vertical integration strategy starts with the relationships we have with our farmer customers and ends with oat-, wheat-, durum- and canola-based food products and ingredients in kitchens around the world. Our History Richardson International is a subsidiary of James Richardson & Sons, Limited, which began as a one-man grain merchandising operation in Kingston, Ontario in 1857. James Richardson moved his business to Winnipeg, Manitoba, becoming the first company to handle grain grown by farmers in Western Canada and the first to build grain elevators in many communities across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.