Reading Time: < 1 minute United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) announced today it had purchased nearly 1.3 million shares in Winnipeg-based Canterra Seeds.
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United Farmers of Alberta buys stake in Canterra Seeds
No Prairie farm fuel shortages expected in pandemic
Continuity plans in place to keep fuel moving
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prairie farmers shouldn’t see a disruption to their farm fuel distribution as a result of COVID-19 safety measures. “Our members are committed to minimizing disruptions to the Canadian fuel supply as a result of the pandemic response,” Canadian Fuels Association spokesperson Jason Vaillant said in an email. “Our members are working tirelessly to maintain operations […] Read more
Turnaround
UFA boss Carol Kitchen reveals how the co-op defied the odds and got back on the track to prosperity
Reading Time: 7 minutes Anyone could see it. Over the past decade, profits and patronage payments had become sporadic at United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Ltd. (UFA). The organization that had been spawned in a moment of political fervour in 1909 had now become the home of empty shelves and poor customer service at the local level. At the […] Read more
CHS sells stake in Bridgeland input venture to UFA
Reading Time: 2 minutes On the heels of its move to sell its wholly-owned crop input stores in Alberta and Saskatchewan, U.S. ag co-operative CHS is selling its remaining Alberta ag retail asset. Alberta farmer co-op UFA (United Farmers of Alberta) announced Tuesday it’s buying CHS’s interest in the two firms’ joint ag retail venture, Bridgeland Limited Partnership, for […] Read more
UFA to shut down outdoor outfitter business
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta farmers’ co-operative UFA is set to get out of an “increasingly competitive” space in the retail sector by closing its outdoor supply chain Wholesale Sports. The co-operative, which bought what was then a seven-store chain in 2008, announced Thursday it would start inventory liquidation sales Friday at all 12 of its remaining Wholesale Sports […] Read more
Alta., U.S. ag co-ops partner on fertilizer plant
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian arm of U.S. farm, fuel and agrifood co-op CHS is moving to expand its stake in Alberta’s ag input retail market, this time partnering with one of Canada’s top ag co-ops. CHS Canada and Alberta’s UFA announced a partnership deal Wednesday for a seed and crop input retail operation, plus agronomic and advisory […] Read more
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