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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.
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)
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.
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.
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]
St. Albert – 1906 Alberta Grain Co. and 1929 Alberta Wheat Pool Elevators now restored. [ 14 ] Stirling Elevator , near Stirling, Alberta , Canada, built 1998–1999.
Agricore United was taken over by Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in 2007. Alberta Farmers' Co-operative Elevator Company merged into United Grain Growers in 1917. Alberta Pacific Grain Company was taken over by Federal Grain Co. in 1967. [9] Alberta Wheat Pool merged with Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1997. Cargill was established in 1865 by W.W. Cargill.
Manitoba Pool Elevators was a grain trade company founded in 1924. It became a subsidiary of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool until November 1932, when the Pool declared bankruptcy. In 1998 Alberta Wheat Pool and Manitoba Pool Elevators merged to form Agricore Cooperative Limited.