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The Alberta Farmers' Co-operative Elevator Company (AFCEC) was a farmer-owned enterprise that provided grain storage and handling services to farmers in Alberta, Canada between 1913 and 1917, when it was merged with the Manitoba-based Grain Growers' Grain Company (GGGC) to form the United Grain Growers (UGG).
Alberta Central Railway Museum, a railway museum with an historic 1906 Alberta Grain Co. elevator moved from Hobbema. The elevator is known to be Alberta's second-oldest grain elevator. Raley, Alberta, oldest grain elevator in Alberta a 1904-1905 Alberta Pacific. Dorothy, Alberta, 1928, Alberta Pacific elevator in poor condition.
The Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1994 authorized the creation of the American Lamb Board as a commodity checkoff program. [2]Because individual producers of nearly homogeneous agricultural commodities cannot easily convince consumers to choose one egg or orange or a single cut of beef over another, they often have joined together in commodity promotion programs to use ...
The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food is responsible for the Canadian Grain Commission. The Commission is governed by the Canada Grain Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. G-10), which provides for the appointment of three commissioners by the federal cabinet, one of whom is named chief commissioner. The CGC is headed by a Chief Operating Officer (COO ...
Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction: Credit Counselling Services of Alberta (operating as Money Mentors) Service Delivery Responsible for administering the Orderly Payment of Debts program and providing financial literacy materials and programs. Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction: Debtors' Assistance Board Service Delivery
Taxpayers do not pay direct subsidies to supply-managed industry products, such as dairy, poultry and egg farmers. Agricultural subsidies are common in many developed countries. The majority of Canadian farmers in sectors that are not supply-managed, including grain, beef, pork, food oils and pulses, receive few if any subsidies.
The Grain Growers' Grain Company Limited was originally incorporated in 1906 under the laws of Manitoba. 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 ...
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 ]