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The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) is a commodities and futures exchange of grain products. It was formed in 1881 in Minneapolis , Minnesota , United States as a regional cash marketplace to promote fair trade and to prevent trade abuses in wheat , oats and corn .
The Saint Paul Municipal Grain Terminal is a six-story grain elevator also known as the head house and sack house, and sits on piers over the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It was built between 1927 and 1931 as part of the Equity Cooperative Exchange and is a remnant of Saint Paul's early history as a Mississippi ...
The Grain and Lumber Exchange Building is a historic office building in Winona, Minnesota, United States.It was designed in Renaissance Revival style by the architectural firm of Kees & Colburn and built in 1900. [2]
CHS's history began in 1931 with the founding of the Farmers Union Central Exchange in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Later, the core cooperative company became Cenex, from the combination of the last two words in its previous name. In 1998, Cenex merged with Harvest States Cooperatives.
Minneapolis Grain Exchange, circa 1939. The Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1881 as a market to trade grain. ... Minnesota History. 46 (5): ...
Bidders at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange in 1939 In the 1920s and 1930s, farmers in Australia and Canada reacted against the pricing power of the large grain-handling and shipping companies. Their governments created the Australian Wheat Board and the Canadian Wheat Board as monopsony marketing boards , buying all the wheat in those countries ...
On July 8, 1972, the Nixon administration announced a deal to sell $750 million in grain to the Soviet Union. In 1776, Col. John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of ...
The Mackie Building is a grand commercial building designed by E. Townsend Mix and built in 1879 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which housed Milwaukee's Grain Exchange Room, and the original trading pit. In 1973 the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. [2] [3]