Farmers Union (brand): Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
:''Not to be confused with [[National Farmers Union (disambiguation)|National Farmers Union]]'' |
:''Not to be confused with [[National Farmers Union (disambiguation)|National Farmers Union]]'' |
||
'''Farmers Union ( |
'''Farmers Union () ''' is a brand name established by the '''[[South Australian]] Farmers' Co-operative Union Ltd''' (S.A.F.U.). |
||
==Origins== |
==Origins== |
||
Revision as of 00:51, 14 March 2013
- Not to be confused with National Farmers Union
Farmers Union () is a brand name established by the South Australian Farmers' Co-operative Union Ltd (S.A.F.U.).
Origins
Jamestown
![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (February 2013) |
Adelaide
In 1895 the head office was transferred to Adelaide. A merchandise store was established at Port Adelaide, and business was diversified to include dealing in wheat-sacks, machinery and superphosphate. Mitchell died in 1908 after 20 years of leadership; his son Robert[1] later became a director.[2]
Dairy industry
Yorke Peninsula
Dairying was for many years a thriving business with the South Australian Farmers' Union opening a factory in Stansbury in 1923. At its peak it produced 2400 pounds of butter a week. Increasing wool prices saw cows being replaced by sheep: less labour-intensive sheep were providing a better return for farmers. The butter factory closed in 1951.[3]
Murray lands
In the early 1900s irrigation settlements were established along the lower Murray with one of the largest at Jervois. A dairy industry developed and for more than 20 years the milk was collected by a fleet of small river boats. The South Australian Farmers Union opened their Murray Bridge factory in 1922 and operated a fleet of milk launches including the Loyalty, the Union, the Co-operation and the Progress.[4]
Competitors
Its main competitor in Adelaide was AMSCOL - the Adelaide Milk Supply Co-operative Limited. The company was taken over by the South Australian Farmers Union and Dairy Vale in 1978.[5]
Fate
Farmers Union became part of the Adelaide Steamship Group, and was included in the public float of National Foods, which was subsequently acquired by Lion Nathan, which was subsequently acquired by Kirin.
The brand continues as a wholly owned subsidiary of Kirin, and is now famous for Farmers Union Iced Coffee.
References
- ^ J. H. Love, 'Mitchell, Robert (1851 - 1929)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, p. 533.
- ^ Eric Richards, Joan Hancock, 'Mitchell, Thomas (1844? - 1908)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, pp 534-535.
- ^ Stansbury, www.samemory.sa.gov.au
- ^ Tailem Bend and Jervois were primary dairy production areas, www.murrayriver.com.au
- ^ Outstanding dairy service recognised, 17 August 2010, Stock Journal
Further reading
- G. M. Messner, The Formation and Early History of the S.A. Farmers Co-operative Union Ltd (B.A. Hons thesis, University of Adelaide, 1964)
External links
- History, Farmers Union Iced Coffee website
- (Farmers Union Iced Coffee) was first launched commercially in 1977, but was originally discovered years before by a bunch of blokes at the Farmers Union Cooperative dairy, who were creating a special recipe for the Royal Adelaide Show.
.jpeg){kind=small} | This article about an organisation in Australia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |