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Even in Regina, biodiesel refinery will benefit Alberta canola growers

Proposed facility would be a huge user of canola and boost demand for crop, say canola leaders

Reading Time: 3 minutes A supersized new biodiesel plant will be good news for Alberta canola growers — even if it's not actually located in Alberta. "It would have been great if it had been close to home for me personally, but there's a bigger picture," said Sylvan Lake producer Mike Ammeter, a director for Alberta Canola. "Even if […] Read more

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Federated Co-op buying into ag retailer Blair’s

Central, southeastern Saskatchewan sites to go into new joint venture

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News February 12, 2021

The ag retail arm of the Saskatchewan-based Blair’s Family of Companies is set to go into a joint venture with one of Canada’s biggest co-operatives. Blair’s and Federated Co-operatives (FCL) announced last week they’ve reached an agreement to set up a joint venture which, pending regulatory approvals, will own and operate the seven Blair’s ag […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop

Co-op Refinery, union reach tentative labour deal

Proposal now goes to ratification vote

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News June 18, 2020

The operators of one of Western Canada’s biggest fuel refineries have reached a tentative deal with the union representing workers locked out since December. The deal, if ratified in an employee vote, would end the lockout at Federated Co-operatives’ (FCL) Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC), a major bulk fuel supplier to farmers and rural co-ops across […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop

No Prairie farm fuel shortages expected in pandemic

Continuity plans in place to keep fuel moving

By Jennifer Blair, GFM Network News March 18, 2020

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

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Federated Co-op to close Calgary distribution centre

By GFM Staff November 21, 2019

The main supply outlet for Co-op grocery stores in southern Alberta and British Columbia is set to close in April as one of its main users takes its business elsewhere. Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) announced Thursday it will close its Calgary food distribution centre in April, a decision it said will eliminate just over 200 […] Read more

General, Markets

Calgary to step out of Federated Co-op grocery system

By GFM Staff August 12, 2019

Calgary Co-op’s grocery business plans to get all its goods from suppliers other than Federated Co-operatives (FCL) starting in April next year. Saskatoon-based FCL said Thursday it had received notice from Calgary Co-operative Association that it would “discontinue the procurement of all products for their grocery stores from FCL” at that time. The Saskatoon StarPhoenix […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Machinery & Shop

Federated Co-op buying Saskatchewan ethanol plant

By GFM Staff May 22, 2019

Federated Co-operatives is set to lock in an ethanol supply for its member co-ops’ gas stations with a deal for a major Saskatchewan wheat ethanol producer. FCL announced Wednesday it will buy the Terra Grain Fuels ethanol plant in the RM of Pense near Belle Plaine, about 25 km east of Moose Jaw, for an […] Read more

Livestock

Co-op Feeds to shut two Prairie plants, sell another

By GFM Staff May 15, 2019

In the face of “industry challenges,” Federated Co-operatives’ livestock feed manufacturing division plans to pull its operations from six plants down into three. Saskatoon-based Federated Co-op announced Monday it will consolidate its production of bulk and bagged cattle, horse, sheep and poultry feed into three of its existing plants, at Calgary, Saskatoon and Moosomin, Sask. […] Read more

The scale of Federated Co-operatives’ new fertilizer terminal at Grassy Lake can be seen from the eight long, thin objects in this depiction. They’re Super B trailers and the co-op says it will be able to load one faster than Lynyrd Skynyrd can play ‘Free Bird.’

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Co-op goes big — and fast — with new fertilizer terminal

The new $42-million facility at Grassy Lake will have a loop track and lightning-quick loading

By Jeff Melchior March 15, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes The tiny hamlet of Grassy Lake will soon be home to a very large fertilizer terminal. The $41.8-million Federated Co-operatives facility will not only be big — with a storage capacity of more than 34,000 tonnes — but also fast. It will have a loop track that will be able to continuously unload a 110-car […] Read more

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Community Spaces Program accepting applications

By Alberta Farmer Staff February 20, 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute Federated Co-operatives is accepting applications for its Co-op Community Spaces Program. The program offers grants for capital funding of between $25,000 and $150,000 per project. Since its launch in 2015, Community Spaces Program has provided $6.5 million to 88 projects. In Alberta, these include grants for a soccer park in Vegreville; an upgrade to the […] Read more

Cervus expects chip shortages may continue into fall

Ocean freight rates at decade highs

Feed weekly outlook: Drought, demand deplete southern Alberta stocks

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