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United Grain Growers
IndustryAgriculture
PredecessorGrain Growers' Grain Company
Alberta Farmers' Co-operative Elevator Company
Founded1917
Defunct2001
FateMerged with Agricore
SuccessorAgricore United
HeadquartersWinnipeg, Manitoba
ProductsGrain 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[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 and locations[edit]

Alberta

Rowley
Warner

British Columbia

Creston

Manitoba

Barnsley
Boissevain
InglisInglis Grain Elevators National Historic Site
Killarney (Demolished 2017)

Saskatchewan

Lake Valley

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • ^ a b (2001) "United Grain Growers and Agricore sprout merger," Archived CBC News. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  • Sources[edit]

    • 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[edit]


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