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This 51,500-bushel grain elevator in Ethelbert, once located on the CNR Cowan Subdivision, was built by the Manitoba Pool Elevators in 1967. A 110,000-bushel crib annex was built beside it in 1975. The railway stopped using the line in October 1998 and, after protracted negotiations with the community broke down, in 2000 the line was sold to a Brandon firm and the tracks were removed. Agricore closed its elevator and, two years later, it was sold to a group of five local farmers. The facility is still used for private grain storage.
Country Crossroads, Other

PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: August 2017

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator it is
VIDEO: The man who fixes elevators
Country Crossroads

VIDEO: The man who fixes elevators

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George Payette has a long history of working in the grain elevator business, and he calls his current work “a joy to do.” He helps farmers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan keep some of the few remaining country grain elevators in good working condition. Read more about Payette’s story in an upcoming issue of the Manitoba Co-operator.
NFU investigating farmers’ grain-grading complaints through survey
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NFU investigating farmers’ grain-grading complaints through survey

The Canadian Grain Commission says if farmers don’t like the grade being offered, ask the commission to grade it

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The National Farmers Union (NFU) has launched a survey into grain-grading complaints from western farmers in the wake of what the farm group claims is “the Canadian Grain Commission’s (CGC) reduced regulatory role.” “As a grassroots farm organization the NFU is starting to hear repeated stories of grain farmers being dissatisfied with their treatment by
A 35,000-bushel grain elevator in Grandview, seen here in 1969, was built around 1920 by United Grain Growers. An annex built during the Second World War was used for nearly 40 years. In 1953, a new 70,000-bushel elevator was built beside the older elevator, replacing a flour shed and coal bins at the site. A 125,000-bushel cribbed annex was built beside the new elevator in 1961 and, 10 years later, the older elevator was repaired and converted to an annex. The wartime annex was demolished in 1981 and later the old elevator annex. The remaining structure closed on July 1, 2000 and was demolished in late November 2000. Grandview’s last elevator, built in 1950 by Manitoba Pool, was demolished in November 2009.
Country Crossroads, Local news

PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: February 2017

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator
At the time of this 1962 photo, Brunkild had three grain elevators, one operated by United Grain Growers and two by Manitoba Pool (A at left, B in the middle). The UGG agent was G. A. Angus while the Pools were managed by Gene Ferens (A) and Joseph Storey (B). Only the Pool A elevator survives today, in use by BESCO Grain.
Country Crossroads

PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: December 2016

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator
The former Manitoba Pool elevator in Homewood still shows the spot where the sign once hung.
Local news

Brandon University to save MPE archives

The treasure trove of historical documents are being ordered and catalogued


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A huge collection documenting the entire history of Manitoba Pool Elevators is being put in order through a project at Brandon University’s (BU) S.J. McKee Archives. Work began this fall to organize textual records in the large volume of documents known by archivists as fonds, but there’s much more work to process a huge volume
In 1994, a new elevator was opened at La Riviere by Manitoba Pool, joining an annex built in 1980. In November 2004, both of them, along with three steel bins, were moved 14 miles north to Somerset and set beside an elevator built there in 1992, doubling its capacity. The facility is now in use by Delmar Commodities.
Country Crossroads

PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: October 2016

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator
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Grain profits tough to track

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Although Viterra’s books are closed, its owner Glencore is publicly traded, giving the opportunity to gain some insight into the way the money flowed. Combing through them, ag economist Derek Brewin said he didn’t see irrefutable evidence of a windfall profit. But he also concedes he might have missed it. Despite marketing less grain in the
Jean McManus of Winnipeg took up photography after retiring from her 30-year career as a Health Sciences Centre cardiac nurse. She is now on a photographic 
quest to capture a photo of every grain elevator in Manitoba. To date she believes she has photographed every site still on a rail line.
Country Crossroads, Local news

Photographer documents Manitoba’s last wooden elevators before they’re gone

Winnipeg photographer Jean McManus’s photos will help Manitoba Historic Society to gather information and stories — with Co-operator readers to preserve the history of Manitoba’s once vast network of wooden grain elevators

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Jean McManus wanted just one great photo of a wooden grain elevator when she set out with her camera in June 2014. She didn’t know at the time that she would soon to be snapping pictures of every elevator in Manitoba. “I retired and picked up a camera,” says the former cardiac nurse from Winnipeg,
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grain prices soar as floods shut waterways, threaten crops

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain farmers scrambled to find shelter for their crops and handlers hunted for alternative transportation routes, as widespread floods shut waterways from Illinois to Missouri and spurred a surge in physical prices of corn and soybeans. The sudden jump in prices could complicate a months-long stand-off between farmers who are

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