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Controversial wheat agreement with Great Britain is reached

Our History: November 1950

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 26, 2015

These solid oak sleighs with your choice of steel thickness were offered in our Nov. 23, 1950 issue. That was the year of the damaging flood in southern Manitoba, and the editorial that week suggested that it was “worthwhile to study” the text of an American Farm Bureau Federation resolution calling for more regulation on

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Agricore does its best to maintain service during Grain Services strike

Our History: November 1999

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 19, 2015

This Agricore ad from our Nov. 18, 1999 issue said the company was doing its best to maintain service during a strike by Grain Services Union staff. Agricore was formed a year earlier by a merger between Alberta and Manitoba Pools, and in 2001 was taken over by United Grain Growers to become Agricore United.

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Producers reminded ready-to-cook turkeys are now the norm

Our History: November 1957

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 12, 2015

This ad in our Nov. 21, 1957 issue reminded producers that it was now necessary to supply turkeys in eviscerated, ready-to-cook form. An item in that issue reminded that Agriculture Minister Doug Harkness would be on CBC radio’s Farm Forum Nov. 25, commenting on national farm policy and farm credit. Farm Forum was a program

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The precursors of today’s Country Guide

Our History: November 1908

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 5, 2015

Though the exact nature of the transaction is not clear, it appears that the Manitoba Grain Growers Association took over the Nor-West Farmer in 1908, renaming it The Grain Growers’ Guide. It later became Country Guide in 1928. The publication served as the “official organ” of the Grain Growers Grain Company, which later became United

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A streamlined system of grain delivery is offered, and a herbicide sees short supply

Our History: October 1967

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 29, 2015

The ad above appeared in our Oct. 26, 1967 issue. Smith-Roles was a Saskatoon-based manufacturer and distributor of farm equipment which had a distribution network through farms on the Prairies. The company went out of business sometime in the 1980s. In that issue we reported on Manitoba Pool’s annual meeting, with the company (at that

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Good interest rates on farm machinery purchases and the Crow rate

Our History: October 1981

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 22, 2015

If you were looking for a good interest rate on your farm machinery purchase in October 1981, you could take advantage of this offer at 16 per cent or less. That was a better deal than through FCC — our front-page story in the Oct. 15 issue reported that its rate increase to 16.75 per

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Farmers march on the Manitoba Legislature

Our History: October 1991

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 15, 2015

Some said more than 10,000, others 7,000 to 8,000, but one way or another, a lot of farmers showed up at a rally at the Manitoba legislature on Oct. 9, 1991. They then marched down Portage Avenue to Portage and Main, receiving many waves and signs of encouragement from city dwellers along the route. The

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Farmers in Alta. and Sask. strike, hundreds of pickets set up

Our History: October 1946

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 8, 2015

If you wanted good value in a grain crusher, you could visit your local co-op for either an eight- or 10-inch size of this model advertised in our Oct. 1, 1946 issue. That week, farmers in Alberta and Saskatchewan were still on a strike that had begun Sept. 7. It was led by the Alberta

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New alliance in grain elevators formed, U.S. durum duties opposed

Our History: October 1993

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 1, 2015

This ad in our Oct. 14, 1993 issue described a new alliance between Can-Oat Milling and Manitoba Pool Elevators, which had purchased an 11 per cent interest in the operation at Portage la Prairie. SaskPool later bought MPE’s interest and it eventually became part of the Agricore/UGG/SaskPool/Viterra mergers. It is now owned by James Richardson

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XXRays Gang Plow and a combined harvester and thresher

Our History: September 1898

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 24, 2015

The XXRays Gang Plow advertised in the September 1898 issue of the Nor-West Farmer was said to penetrate “anything plowable, and draws 50 to 75 pounds lighter than other plows doing the same work.” The lifting spring was so powerful that “a 12 years old boy can easily operate it.” Among other machinery mentioned in

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Controversial wheat agreement with Great Britain is reached

Agricore does its best to maintain service during Grain Services strike

Producers reminded ready-to-cook turkeys are now the norm

The precursors of today’s Country Guide

A streamlined system of grain delivery is offered, and a herbicide sees short supply

Good interest rates on farm machinery purchases and the Crow rate

Farmers march on the Manitoba Legislature

Farmers in Alta. and Sask. strike, hundreds of pickets set up

New alliance in grain elevators formed, U.S. durum duties opposed

XXRays Gang Plow and a combined harvester and thresher

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