The Matador Cooperative Farm, later known as the Matador Farming Pool, was an
agricultural cooperative
An agricultural cooperative, also known as a farmers' co-op, is a cooperative in which farmers pool their resources in certain areas of activity.
A broad typology of agricultural cooperatives distinguishes between agricultural service cooperati ...
started on 10,000 acres of land near the town of
Kyle
Kyle or Kyles may refer to:
Places
Canada
* Kyle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ireland
* Kyle, County Laois
* Kyle, County Wexford
Scotland
* Kyle, Ayrshire, area of Scotland which stretched across parts of modern-day East Ayrshire and South Ayrshir ...
,
Saskatchewan
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in
Canada
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. The land was donated by the provincial government and the cooperative was formed in 1946. The first members were a group of seventeen returning
World War II
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veterans. Membership in the cooperative gradually declined, and the farm was sold to the Saskatchewan Land Bank Commission in 1975. Ten members leased some of the land and assets back, including the Kyle Seed Cleaning Plant and the Swift Current plant, which cleaned lentils, chick peas, and peas. The group also continued to raise wheat and cattle. In 2011, the cooperative disbanded and its assets were sold.
References
Worker cooperatives
Farms in Canada
Companies based in Saskatchewan
Agricultural cooperatives in Canada
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