Thanks for tuning in to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio! On today’s show we hear from: Kevin McNew of Farmers Business Network, to discuss the markets; The Farm Credit Canada land value report; Wade Sobkowich of Western Grain Elevators Association on lambda-cy labelling challenges; and Curt Blades of Agriculture Equipment Manufacture Association on machinery… Read More

Farmers Business Network (FBN), a global ag tech platform and farmer-to-farmer network, has announced its Saskatoon, Sask., fulfillment centre has opened and started processing orders for growers across Saskatchewan and Canada. The 198,000-square-foot facility opens in time for the seeding season’s delivery of crop protection, biological nutrients, and seed inputs sold by the company. Located… Read More

Farmers Business Network (FBN) has announced the appointment of John Vaske to the role of chief executive officer. FBN co-founder and current CEO Amol Deshpande will step down as CEO effective February 28 to pursue other interests, the company says. Vaske has served on the company’s board of directors since 2017. Raised on a farm… Read More

Nitrogen has been a hot topic, not only in Canada when it comes to emissions reductions, but worldwide as Europe faces steep increases on natural gas prices, which may have crop rotations shifting in the coming years for those producers, creating a domino effect for North American growers. In Europe, they’ve see a 3600 per… Read More

Farmers Business Network has announced it has broke ground on its largest Canadian distribution centre to date. The 198,000 square foot distribution facility at Saskatoon is expected to be complete by November 2022. The facility will support farm input product fulfillment for the network’s 6,000 farmer members, the company says. Serving as the main fulfillment… Read More

Working in the ag industry provides you with lots of opportunities to increase your profit potential. One of the ways that Farmers Business Network® does that is through our Community Builder program. When you become an  FBN®  Community Builder, you’ll become an independent sales contractor who sells products from FBN Direct®. But becoming a Community… Read More

The Canadian Competition Bureau says it did not find enough evidence to continue its investigation into allegations of anticompetitive behaviour in the crop input market in Western Canada between several crop input suppliers and Farmers Business Network (FBN) Canada. After entering the Canadian market in 2017, FBN acquired Yorkton Distributors in 2018, a Yorkton, SK.-based retailer… Read More

There was green on the screen following the release of the United States Department of Agriculture’s much-anticipated Prospective Plantings and Quarterly Grain Stocks reports on Wednesday. Both corn and soybean acres came in below what the market was looking for, as well as what the USDA projected at its outlook forum last month. “That really… Read More

Farmers Business Network® made a big announcement on September 15, 2020: FBN® membership is now free* to family farmers in five Canadian provinces where it currently does business: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. Farmers who sign up for a free FBN membership will enjoy access to a select range of ever-expanding products and… Read More

Farmers Business Network (FBN) has announced a change to its business model: it is dropping its $700 annual membership fee as of September 15 in an effort to expand its customer base. Farmers who had already paid for membership this year will receive credit for future purchases of products or services. FBN entered the Canadian… Read More

 

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