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United Grain Growers

The United Grain Growers, or UGG, was a Canadian grain farmers' cooperative for grain storage and distribution that operated between 1917 and 2001.

United Grain Growers
IndustryAgriculture
Founded1917
Defunct2001
FateMerged with Agricore
SuccessorAgricore United
HeadquartersWinnipeg, Manitoba
ProductsGrain buying

History Edit

 
Tent for the Grain Growers. 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] UGG was active in grain sales, crop inputs and livestock production services.[2]

In 2001, UGG merged with Agricore to form Agricore United in a deal brokered by Archer Daniels Midland, a majority stakeholder in the new company.[2]

Gallery & locations Edit

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ Fairbairn 2014.
  2. ^ a b (2001) "United Grain Growers and Agricore sprout merger," CBC News. Retrieved August 1, 2007.

Sources Edit

  • Fairbairn, Brett (2014). . Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on April 24, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2014.

External links Edit

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