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The United Grain Growers 45,000-bushel elevator at Minnedosa in 1969.

Comment: Looking back at when co-ops ruled the elevator business

A new book reveals new information on the last days of the Prairie grain co-ops

By John Morriss February 18, 2020

If you’re younger, you may find it hard to believe that farmers used to own most of the Prairie grain and grain-processing industry and that they received part of the profits every year. If you’re older, you may know that, but wonder how that changed so quickly. And did it have to change? That’s the

Crops

Viterra buys up all of North Dakota grain terminal

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff March 1, 2019

Viterra has bought up the other half of a U.S. joint-venture grain terminal the company helped build in its SaskPool days. The Regina-based grain handling arm of commodity firm Glencore announced Thursday it has closed a deal to buy U.S. food processor General Mills’ 50 per cent stake in the two companies’ grain terminal at

Our History

Carryover and low quotas lead to Chinchillas?

Our History: November, 1969

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 29, 2017

A combination of low prices and low quotas resulting from a huge Canadian and world wheat carryover in 1969 meant tough times for farmers, and this ad in our Nov. 13 issue invited them to diversify by getting into the Chinchilla ranching business. However, Saskatchewan Wheat Pool president E.K. Turner told his annual meeting that

Our History

Heaters that burn anything and farm assistance payouts

Our History: November 1960

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 3, 2016

This stock trough heater advertised in our November 3, 1960 issue could burn almost anything — straw, paper, refuse, wood or coal. A story in the Nov. 9 issue reported the final figures for payments under the Prairie Farm Assistance Act for the previous year. Payments had been higher in only four of the act’s

Our History

A river flows freely in early Manitoba spring

Our History: March 2000

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 10, 2016

A photo of water running in spring on the Assiniboine River near Brandon is not unusual, but this shot from the previous week ran in our March 9, 2000 issue. A story alongside reported that the winter had been one of the warmest on record, with widespread snow cover not showing up until December, and

Our History

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

Our History

A century of farmer-owned co-operative grain companies comes to an end

Our History: September 2001

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 3, 2015

The headlines on our Sept. 6, 2001 front page announced that the delegates of Agricore — which had been formed in 1998 with a merger of Manitoba and Alberta Pools — had voted to merge with United Grain Growers to become Agricore United. It was in turn taken over by Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in 2007,

Mayo Schmidt, shown here in Winnipeg in 2007, led Viterra until 2012. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

Ex-Viterra chief to take Ontario’s Hydro One public

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 20, 2015

The chief executive who morphed Saskatchewan Wheat Pool from a debt-crushed grain handler into Viterra, then oversaw its sale to Glencore, has been tapped to take Ontario’s Crown-owned power utility public. Toronto-based Hydro One on Thursday announced Mayo Schmidt as its new president and CEO effective Sept. 3, replacing Carmine Marcello. “We believe that Mr.

Cereals, News

Sask. Wheat says wide basis costing wheat growers billions

Economist Richard Gray says elevator prices are down even though f.o.b. Vancouver prices have remained steady to higher since

By Allan Dawson February 19, 2015

The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (SWDC) says export wheat prices are similar to or higher than last October, but farmers are receiving about $20 per tonne less. “Rail transportation and handling capacity have not improved and this is being reflected in even lower returns for producers and a lower share of export values as the

Crops, Markets

Ex-Viterra chief dropped as Dreyfus’ CEO-elect

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 31, 2014

The terms by which Mayo Schmidt would lead Louis Dreyfus’ commodities business have led the company and its chosen CEO to part ways. Offering no further details, Louis Dreyfus Commodities said Wednesday the company and the former Viterra CEO “have jointly decided not to proceed” with Schmidt taking the helm, “while retaining the highest mutual

Daily Network News

Canadian Agricultural HR Council gets federal funds for workforce development tools

Farm groups call on agriculture minister to pause federal research cuts

Feed grains weekly: Prices bump up

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Comment: Looking back at when co-ops ruled the elevator business

Viterra buys up all of North Dakota grain terminal

Carryover and low quotas lead to Chinchillas?

Heaters that burn anything and farm assistance payouts

A river flows freely in early Manitoba spring

Controversial wheat agreement with Great Britain is reached

A century of farmer-owned co-operative grain companies comes to an end

Ex-Viterra chief to take Ontario’s Hydro One public

Sask. Wheat says wide basis costing wheat growers billions

Ex-Viterra chief dropped as Dreyfus’ CEO-elect

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