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Manitoba Business: Cargill Grain
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In 1975, the Cargill Grain Company, the Canadian subsidiary of American company Cargill Inc., purchased the grain elevators of National Grain.
Presidents
Period
President
1932-1953
Harley L. Flood (c1896-1953)
1953-1964
?
1964-1973
Earl Harry Greene (1921-1983)
1973-1982
Roger Murray
1982-2005
Kerry Lloyd Hawkins (1940-2017)
2005-2013
Leonard J. “Len” Penner
Vice-Presidents / General Managers
Period
Vice President / General Manager
1953-1964
Earl Harry Greene (1921-1983)
1964-?
?
?-1972
R. L. M. Dawson
Secretary-Treasurers
Period
Secretary-Treasurer
1964-?
Norman D. Milne
?-?
?
?-1980
William Scott Neal (1914-1993)
Country Elevators
Location
Rail
Opened
Capacity
(bushels)Closed
Comments
1974
?
?
-
Bought from National Grain (1975)
Dauphin 2
Bought from UGG (October 1980)
?
99,500
Bought from National Grain (1975), demolished (?)
1976
-
-
Elva
-
?
86,000
Balloon and crib annexes (?), demolished (?)
Bought from National Grain (1975)
1977
40,000
Bought from National Grain (1977), demolished (c1980)
?
102,000
1976
Two crib annexes (?)
1975
79,000
?
Bought from National Grain (1975), sold to Paterson Grain (1980)
Morris
June 1995
-
?
Traded from Manitoba Pool (?)
Nesbitt
-
August 1980
-
June 1995
Traded to Manitoba Pool (1995)
1978
-
?
52,000
Closed (1976)
Pine River
?
75,000
Two crib annexes (?)
Rapid City
?
48,000
?
?
?
Bought from National Grain (1975), demolished (2001)
?
?
?
Traded from UGG (1993), sold to private ownership (c2001)
1935
Bought from National Grain (1975)
1907
Bought from National Grain (1975)
?
75,000
?
Bought from National Grain (1975)
Sandy Lake
?
82,000
?
1975
36,700
?
Traded from Manitoba Pool (1975); demolished (1999)
?
?
June 1995
Bought from National Grain (1975), traded to Manitoba Pool (1995)
?
?
May 2015
Two crib annexes (?), demolished (2015)
?
?
?
Bought from Manitoba Pool (2007), demolished (2015)
1977
67,000
1999
Bought from UGG (1976), demolished (1999)
1980
Closed (1983)
1975
85,000
1981
Bought from National Grain (1975)
See also:
Manitoba Business: National Grain
Sources:
“Jottings from the business world,” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 February 1964, page 57.
“Cargill Grain will purchase National’s major subsidiaries,” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 March 1974, page 63.
“Cargill president named,” Russell Banner, 14 July 1982, page 8.
“Cargill’s president retires; vice-president takes over,” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 December 2005, page 23.
Annual Reports, RG 4, Manitoba Pool Elevators fonds, Series B, Central Office Records, B.7, S. J. McKee Archives.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 May 2021
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