United Grain Growers
The United Grain Growers, or UGG, was a Canadian grain farmers' cooperative for grain storage and distribution that operated between 1917 and 2001.
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Industry | Agriculture |
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Fate | Merged with Agricore |
Successor | Agricore United |
Founded | 1917 |
Defunct | 2001 |
Headquarters | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Products | Grain buying |
History
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Tent for the Grain Growers. Grain Co., a cooperative farmers organization in Canada that was the precursor of the United Grain Growers, cica. 1910.
In 1917 the Grain Growers' Grain Company (GGGC) merged with the Alberta Farmers' Co-operative Elevator Company, founded in 1913, to form the United Grain Growers (UGG), which provided grain marketing, handling and supply.[1] UGG was active in grain sales, crop inputs and livestock production services. In 2001 UGG merged with Agricore to form Agricore United in a deal brokered by Archer Daniels Midland, a majority stakeholder in the new company.[2]
Gallery & locations
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
![]() Killarney, (Demolished 2017) |
Saskatchewan
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See also
- Francis Black
- James Galbraith
- John Edward Brownlee
- Wallace v. United Grain Growers Ltd.
References
- Fairbairn 2014.
- (2001) "United Grain Growers and Agricore sprout merger," CBC News. Retrieved 8/17/07.
Sources
- Fairbairn, Brett (2014). "UNITED GRAIN GROWERS (AGRICORE UNITED)". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2014-09-12.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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