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The Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company (SCEC) was a farmer-owned enterprise that provided grain storage and handling services to farmers in Saskatchewan, Canada between 1911 and 1926, when its assets were purchased by the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool.
The first president was Alexander James McPhail, and the first grain elevator was built in Bulyea in 1925 (in the area of Section 36, Township 16, Range 15, W of the 2nd meridian). The Saskatchewan Co-operative Wheat Producers Ltd. bought out the Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company in 1926.
Marine A grain elevator, also part of the "elevator alley" and across from the Lake & Rail Grain Elevator. The Standard Elevator , was named after the Standard Milling Company and built in 1926. Wollenberg Grain and Seed Elevator , wooden "country style" elevator formerly located in Buffalo, New York; destroyed by fire in October 2006.
Grain Growers Grain Company (1906-2008) Saskatchewan Cooperative Elevator Company (1911–1926) United Grain Growers (1917–2001) Saskatchewan Co-Operative Wheat Producers (1923–1953) Alberta Wheat Pool (1923–1998) Manitoba Pool Elevators (1926–1998) Australian Barley Board (1939–1999) Sask. Wheat Pool (1953–2007) Agricore (1998-2001)
They persisted as grain elevator operators but after 1935 all grain marketing in Canada shifted to a new government agency, Canadian Wheat Board. During the post-war era, the wheat pools almost completely replaced the private grain companies as elevator operators. By the 1990s, however, most had demutualized (privatized), and several mergers ...
In 1917, The Grain Growers' Grain Company Limited and The Alberta Farmers' Cooperative Elevator Company Limited amalgamated to form United Grain Growers Limited (UGG). In 1923, the Alberta Wheat Pool (AWP) was incorporated under the laws of Alberta. In 1924, Manitoba Pool Elevators (MPE) was incorporated under the laws of Manitoba.
Charles William Gibbings (1916-2009) was born on a farm near Rosetown, Saskatchewan, Canada on August 10, 1916.After earning a BSc in Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan, Gibbings taught at the University's School of Agriculture and conducted youth training programs across the province, both while continuing to farm.
Completed in 1925, the grain elevator was constructed by a co-operative of Canadian wheat farmers known as the Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company. [2] The cooperative owned the elevator until 1945 but turned over daily operations to Superior Grain Corporation, an offshoot of the Superior Elevator.