wheat pool

noun

1. (in Western Canada) a cereal farmers' cooperative

Example Sentences

The company was founded in 2007 after the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, a former farmers’ cooperative, acquired Agricore United, a grain handler that itself was formed from cooperatives in Alberta and Manitoba.

From New York Times

Viterra, a former farmer co-operative known as Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, went public in 1996.

From Reuters

Says Farmer Harold Klein, who is active in the North Dakota wheat pool, an organization set up to eliminate the middleman in handling exports: "The farmers talk about strikes but go ahead and plant anyway, hoping that their neighbors will do the striking."

From Time Magazine Archive

George lost most of his share in a wheat pool during World War I. Now he had another fat poke.

From Time Magazine Archive

Canada's wheat pool is the biggest on Earth.

From Time Magazine Archive