United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative

What United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative does

United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative (UFA) is a 100% Canadian-owned, member-owned agricultural cooperative founded in 1909 and headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. The cooperative serves farmers, rural property owners, and fleet operators across three provinces — Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia — through a multi-channel retail model. Core offerings include crop protection products, crop nutrition and fertilizers, seed, animal health and nutrition (under the PROSTOCK brand), building supplies, fencing, workwear, and petroleum products including the Dieselex Gold premium diesel sub-brand. UFA also provides financing and leasing services to members.

The company's technology footprint centers on the myUFA e-commerce platform (ufa.com), which integrates with physical retail store locations for online browsing, purchasing, and in-store pickup, and supports a customer account system. Petroleum distribution is operated through a network of over 100 fuel cardlocks enabling 24/7 fleet and farm fueling. Following the April 2026 completion of the AgraCity Crop & Nutrition Ltd. asset acquisition (CAD $20 million), UFA gained generic crop protection product registrations, a packaging facility in Saskatoon, a distribution fleet, and a fertilizer blending facility in Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan, extending its upstream ag-inputs manufacturing and distribution capabilities. A new distribution centre near Leduc, Alberta (groundbreaking October 2025, expected completion fall 2026) is replacing an existing facility to increase storage capacity and operational efficiency.

UFA's business model is built on the cooperative structure: the company is owned by its member-farmers, who receive patronage distributions based on their business activity. Revenue is generated through unit-priced retail sales (agricultural inputs, building materials, general merchandise) and petroleum product sales, with publicly listed pricing in Canadian dollars and bulk discounts available on selected items. In its most recent reporting period, UFA returned a record CAD $36.6 million in patronage payouts, underscoring the financial scale of operations. The cooperative also provides credit and leasing products to members, deepening customer relationships beyond purely transactional retail.

Name

United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative

Legal name

United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Ltd.

Website

https://ufa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1909

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative is a 100% Canadian-owned member-owned agricultural cooperative serving farmers, rural property owners, and fleet operators across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia with crop inputs, building materials, petroleum products, and financing through retail stores, e-commerce, and 100+ fuel cardlocks.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Retail

NAICS

Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (42491), Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers (424590)

SIC

Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Organic & Biological Input Retail (Biostimulants, Biopesticides, OMRI) (AFABAJAK)

Keywords

• Agricultural retail supplies
• Fuels and lubricants
• Crop protection products
• Farm and ranch equipment
• Building construction materials

Headquarters

HQ city

Calgary

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Agricultural Supplies Sales: Sale of agricultural inputs including crop protection products, fertilizers, seed, animal nutrition and health products, and farm equipment. Revenue generated through physical retail locations and e-commerce platform.
2. Petroleum Products: Sale of fuel products (diesel, gasoline, heating oil) and lubricants through a network of over 100 cardlock locations across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and BC. Dieselex Gold branded premium diesel products.
3. Building Materials and Hardware: Sale of construction materials, lumber, insulation, tools, and building supplies through retail locations and online platform.
4. Crop Protection and Fertilizer Distribution: Following the AgraCity acquisition, UFA now operates crop protection product registrations, packaging facilities, distribution fleet, and fertilizer blending capabilities in Saskatchewan, expanding their agricultural inputs distribution business.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

UFA is a member-owned agricultural cooperative that retails crop protection products, fertilizers and crop nutrition, seed, animal health and nutrition products, building and fencing materials, workwear, and related farm and ranch supplies to farmers, ranchers, and rural customers. It complements this retail offering with a petroleum business built around Dieselex Gold diesel, lubricants, and a Cardlock fuel network of more than 100 automated sites across Western Canada. Customers can purchase through owned retail farm stores, the myUFA e-commerce platform, and the cardlock fuel network in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia.

Product overview

United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative (UFA) is a 100% Canadian owned and operated agricultural co-operative serving farmers and rural communities in Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. UFA operates as a multi-channel retailer offering a unified e-commerce platform (myUFA) integrated with physical store locations. The product portfolio centers on agricultural supplies including crop protection, crop nutrition/fertilizers, and seeds (expanded through the 2026 AgraCity acquisition), complemented by building materials, animal health and nutrition products, fencing supplies, petroleum/cardlock fuel services including Dieselex Gold branded diesel, and general merchandise. Key brands include PROSTOCK for livestock minerals and myUFA for the e-commerce platform. UFA also provides financing services to members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AgraCity: Agricultural solutions brand acquired by UFA, including crop protection products, crop nutrition, and fertilizer capabilities
• PROSTOCK
• Dieselex Gold

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AgraCity GroupmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 December 2025UFA acquired key assets from AgraCity Crop & Nutrition Ltd. through a court-supervised SISP process under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA). The acquired assets include generic crop protection product registrations, a packaging facility in Saskatoon, a distribution fleet, and a fertilizer blending facility in Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan. This represents one of the largest strategic investments in UFA's history.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Nutrien Ag Solutions: Nutrien Ag Solutions is the retail arm of Nutrien Ltd, the world's largest provider of crop inputs and services, with a major Canadian footprint including Western Canada. It directly competes with UFA in crop protection, fertilizer, seed, and agronomic services to Western Canadian farmers.
• Federated Co-operatives Limited: FCL is a Western Canadian wholesale cooperative serving over 160 retail co-ops across Western Canada, including member-owned co-ops similar to UFA. It operates in overlapping geographies with similar co-op governance and supplies fuel, food, and household goods through a similar member-owned model.
• Richardson International: Richardson Pioneer is the crop inputs and grain handling division of Richardson International, with a major Western Canadian retail network across the Prairies. It directly competes with UFA in crop inputs, fertilizer, and agronomic services to prairie farmers.
• Viterra: Viterra is one of Canada's largest grain handlers and crop input retailers with significant Western Canadian operations through its retail agri-products business. It competes with UFA in crop inputs, fertilizer distribution, and grain handling services in Western Canada.
• Parkland Corporation: Parkland is a major Canadian fuel and convenience retailer with cardlock and bulk fuel operations serving commercial and agricultural customers across Canada. Its fuel retail and cardlock network business overlaps directly with UFA's petroleum/cardlock segment.

Broad incumbents

• Cargill: Cargill is a global agribusiness with significant crop input retail, grain handling, and animal nutrition operations across Canada including Western Canada. As a broad incumbent, it competes with UFA across multiple agricultural input categories with much greater scale and global reach.
• CHS Inc. CHS is the largest U.S. agricultural cooperative, operating in energy, agronomy, grain, and food. While U.S.-focused, it is a highly relevant structural peer as a farmer-owned cooperative with energy and crop input retail operations, offering a comparable cooperative model.
• Home Hardware: Home Hardware is Canada's largest dealer-owned hardware cooperative with stores across rural Canada including Western Canada. It overlaps with UFA's building materials, hardware, and rural property owner segments.
• Canadian Tire Corporation: Canadian Tire is a major Canadian general merchandise retailer with rural and small-town presence across Canada including Western Canada. It overlaps with UFA's hardware, tools, automotive, and rural property owner segments.

Regional players

• UAP Inc. (Napa Auto Parts Canada): UAP/NAPA is a major Canadian distributor of automotive and farm replacement parts serving rural markets. While primarily Canadian in automotive, its agricultural parts distribution business has customer overlap with UFA's farm machinery parts and repair segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/UFAcooperative
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/UFACooperativeLtd
• Facebookfacebook.com/UFACooperativeLtd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ufa-co-operative-ltd
• Instagraminstagram.com/ufacooperative

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments1 record

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