United Grain Growers

United Grain Growers
Industry	Agriculture
Predecessor	Grain Growers' Grain Company; Alberta Farmers' Co-operative Elevator Company
Founded	1917
Defunct	2001
Fate	Merged with Agricore
Successor	Agricore United
Headquarters	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Products	Grain buying

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

History

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 and locations

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

Inglis – Inglis Grain Elevators National Historic Site

Killarney (Demolished 2017)

Saskatchewan

Lake Valley

References

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

Sources

Fairbairn, Brett (2014). "United Grain Growers (Agricore United)". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on April 24, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2014.

External links

UGG Administrative History

[FOOTNOTEFairbairn2014-1] Fairbairn 2014.

[:0-2] (2001) "United Grain Growers and Agricore sprout merger," Archived CBC News. Retrieved August 1, 2007.

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