The Mankato free press., 1923-10-05
GRAIN CONCERNS
EFFECTED MERGER
Additional Marketing Facilities
Will Be Brought Into i'm
mediate Action

st. Paul, MINI, October 1 Con
solidation Of the U. S. Grain growers
Sales company Of Minneapolis with
state wheat growers associations
combined in the American Wheat
Growers Associated is announced in
a statement issued today by the
Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation.
The Q. S. Grain Growers sales
agency and the group of state wheat
growers associations are CO opera
i've marketing organizations aud
the consolidation centralizes the
full strength OF the farmer mar
keting movement In one organiza-
ton.
The American Wheat Growers as
sociatton is the national marketing
agency for nine state wheat growers
associations and maintains OFFICES
in Minneapolis, Duluth, Kansas City.
Omaha, Portland and Seattle. It has
memberships on the Boards Of Trade
OF Minneapolis and Duluth. The Z.
S. Grain Growers Sales Company
was established by the Farm Bureau
associations 0 Minnesota. and Iowa
TO care for the grain contracted by
farmers OF the U. S. Grain Growers.
on the Minneapolis Exchange.
The American Wheat Growers as
sociated previously has marketed
only wheat pooled by>th members
of Its state units, but through the
merger, it will assume the business
OF the o. S. Grain Growers Sales
Company and hereafter will handle
the consigned coarse grains of mem
bers Of the Z. s. Grain Growers and
other farmers Of the Northwest and
middle west states.
Additional grain marketing facili-
ties will be Immediately added to
the American Wheat Growers asso-
CiRted, according to announcement
from the Minneapolis headquarters.
Wheat testing laboratories were in
stalled last year, and the present
plan will be supplemented with ad-
ditional equipment to care for the
increased business OF the organiza-
tion.
"The consolidation is the. con-
sumation of the prevailing thought
OF agricultural leaders in the North
west to unity their grain marketing
efforts" said J. F. Reed, president
OF the Minnesota Farm Bureau Fed
ration. In May Of last year.
meeting was held at Fargo, n. D.,
under Farm Bureau auspices. at
which time the desirability and i'm
portance of united effort in the mat
ter OF marketing grain was discussed
and agreed upon by all farm organi
zations and agencies concerned with
his phase OF the farm project. This
has been made an actual fact
through the physical consolidation
OF these two agencies.
Step will go far to unity the
Cooperative marketing movement
the. spring wheat growing area.
is the business OF farm organiza-
griculture to move in unison In pro-
noting their projects. Divided ef
orts only tend to confuse producers,
nd unless leaders can agree and
operate, there is little hope that
Individual farmers will be able to
o so. l look upon the coIsolida-
ion as great forward step in hand
ling of grain for producers"
THE merging OF the U. s. Grain
ociations comprising the American
Wheat Growers Associated, brings
ogether the two largest CO. opera
i've grain marketing organizations
brown, president of the American
Wheat Growers Associated. "The
onsolidation will be OF extreme
alue TO members OF the organiza
ions in South Dakota, Minnesota,
and Montana. 1t will provide self
contained machine for selling the
curse grains of the farmers now
pooling their wheat in(thsse states
and in addition will provide power
ful farmer owned organization with
sales Offices In practically every
rain center of the country for use
members of the Z. S-Grain Grow:
I rs. Inc.
The two organizations always
ave CO ordinated their marketing
;ork, but many future benefits will
accrueS which were not possible
ndeT the dual organization Of the
asst II is expected that the Ameri-
an Wheat Growers Associated, as
result Of the merger. viii handle
more American grain this year than
any other single sales organization.