The Canadian Prairie Bison co-op was started 23 years ago as a way to ease the labour burden of direct marketing
Three producers recently gathered in front of the bannock and bison burger food truck at Bison Ridge Farms near Prince Albert, Sask., and talked shop. Two of the three had been cattle producers before switching to the larger ruminants. The third has been in the bison business from the start, taking over from his father, […] Read moreTag Archives prairie co-ops
Time might be ripe for revival of prairie co-ops
When Bunge announced its intention to purchase Viterra — the Regina-based grain handling subsidiary of Swiss mining giant Glencore — in June 2023, it represented another milestone in the slow but steady erasure of Saskatchewan’s long history with the wheat pool co-operative. Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, the once-mighty agricultural co-operative that became Viterra, is remembered by […] Read more
