Portable wheat elevators, the economical alternative

Portable wheat elevators, the economical alternative

Our History: August 1927

This ad appeared in the August 1927 issue of The Scoop Shovel, the Co-operator’s predecessor publication. This portable wheat elevator was offered as an economical alternative to a country elevator at a small shipping point, and “Receive(s) from the wagon, cleans, removes dockage and loads into a railroad car or tank at 300 bushels per



OUR HISTORY: April 19, 1962

Our April 26, 1962 issue reported on ice jams and flash floods in southern and western Manitoba, conditions in stark contrast to the news item below, which was on slow pasture recovery following the drought of 1961, the driest year on record in Western Canada. Accordingly, another story reported that on-farm grain stocks were the

Hugh Drake Interim MCGA Director

Elkhorn-area farmer Hugh Drake has been appointed an interim director of the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA). He replaces Barry Chappell of Hamiota who resigned in April due to business and family obligations. “MCGA’s board of directors looks forward to working with Hugh as he brings with him a great deal of experience,” MCGA president

Nexera Growing At Bunge Altona

The owners have changed a few times and so have the oilseeds it crushes, but the processing plant farmers built here in 1946 still epitomizes the concept of “value added.” In fact, this plant has been “value adding” since long before the words became part of the Prairie lexicon. Canola, the oilseed it processes almost