Adding an agronomist to your farm team

Adding an agronomist to your farm team

As farming gets more complicated a growing number of companies are offering to help out. Some farmers get advice from their local independent retailer, or an agronomist employed by a company like CPS. But more and more farmers are choosing to pay for agronomic advice. Based on the logo-covered trucks parked at farm shows, the

Agri-Trend being sold to Trimble

Agri-Trend’s Rob Saik says the deal will take the Agri-Trend model global

Agri-Trend, which is headquartered in Red Deer, Alta. and operates North America’s largest network of independent agricultural consultants, is being purchased by Trimble, a publicly traded, American company that specializes in GPS and other location services, including the collection and management of on-farm data and services for precision farming. “It’s a perfect fit for us,”


Agri-Trend CEO Rob Saik. (Jennifer Paige photo)

Trimble to buy consulting firm Agri-Trend

GPS and precision farming firm Trimble is set to buy the Canadian operator of North America’s largest network of independent agricultural consultants. Publicly traded, U.S.-based Trimble, which specializes in GPS and other location services, including the collection and management of on-farm data and services for precision farming, announced Tuesday it will buy Red Deer-based, privately-held

“The little red barn doesn’t exist anymore,” said Robert Saik, CEO of Agri-Trend. “That’s the problem. People’s romanticized view of agriculture doesn’t exist anymore.”

Editorial: Bridging the urban-rural divide

Canadian farm writers tackled a thorny subject at their recent annual meeting in Calgary — bridging the urban-rural divide. True to form, some speakers took a contrarian view, starting with the conference’s red hip-roofed barn logo. “The little red barn doesn’t exist anymore,” said Robert Saik, CEO of Agri-Trend. “That’s the problem. People’s romanticized view

VIDEO: Big reward for winner of ‘Canola 100 Agri-Prize’

VIDEO: Big reward for winner of ‘Canola 100 Agri-Prize’

First farmer to grow 100-bushel canola will get use of a full line of John Deere equipment

Canola growers with a competitive personality now have an extra incentive — a complete John Deere equipment package if they’re the first to grow 100 bushels per acre on 50 acres of canola. The ‘Canola 100 Agri-Prize’ was announced July 21 at Ag in Motion in Saskatoon. The first farmer to produce a verified average