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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 Saskatchewan Wheat Pool was a grain handling, agri-food processing and marketing company based in Regina, Saskatchewan.The Pool created a network of marketing alliances in North America and internationally which made it the largest agricultural grain handling operation in the province of Saskatchewan.
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)
The two farm organizations in Saskatchewan lent the pool funds, and the provincial government provided a CAN$45,000 advance. By 6 June 1924 the pool in Saskatchewan had signed up 46,500 contracts covering more than half the acreage in the province. The pool incorporated as the Saskatchewan Co-Operative Wheat Producers. [19]
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.
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.
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 ...
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