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Week of June 9th, 2023

Upcoming Webinar

The Importance of Farm Financial Benchmarking

How well is your farm doing? What are the areas requiring improvement? How do you stack up against similar operations? Farming is more than just putting a crop in and taking it off. Ensuring that you have adequate margins and are meeting costs of production is just as important as meeting yield goals. Our panellists will discuss the importance of having a benchmarking tool and how to leverage the numbers when making your marketing decisions. We will also be discussing the importance of farm peer groups and explore why this is an important consideration for farmers of all sizes.

Join our host Rob Saik, and panellists Terry Betker of Farmcaster, Josée Lemoine of Backswath, and Lawrence Klusa President of Seges Marketa on June 29th at 10 am MST.

Featured Company

Seges Markets

Agricultural consulting that grows farmers profits.

Seges Markets is an agricultural consulting firm based in Western Canada. The company was built to aid farmers grow their profits by integrating Market Intelligence, Cutting Edge Technology, Industry Leading Software, and Innovative Inputs. With over 55 years of combined experience in market coaching, business development and project management, they are equipped to consult and collaborate to achieve business goals.

Through Seges Insights, they deliver commodity information that keeps farmers ahead of the grain marketing curve and helps them maximize their farm profitability. Seges Markets see the big picture that helps meet bottom line objectives.

Seges Markets is considered one of the best agricultural crop analysis firms in North America and is asked to contribute trade estimates in front of all major Canadian agricultural crops report releases by both Reuters and Bloomberg news services. Seges Markets is always ahead of the market curve, and are always adding to their roster of innovative products. 

Reach out to Lawrence Klusa, President and Founder of SEGES MARKETS, and grow your profits today. 

Featured Expert

Lawrence Klusa

Lawrence Klusa is an expert when it comes to commodity markets.  Lawrence has over 40 years of Ag Business experience including 18 years within the grain industry, with 10 of those years as a large volume futures and options trader. Lawrence has over 14 years experience as an agricultural consultant, with the last decade specifically as a Grain Market Advisor, including time as the Operations Manager for Agri-Trend/Trimble, Grain Marketing services. 

Lawrence has often been quoted in the news publications on crop related issues including: National Post, Financial Post, BNN Bloomberg, Chicago Business, Western Producer, Top Crop Manager, AgriCensus, Alberta Farm Express, Manitoba Cooperator, Country Guide, AG Week, Grain News, Reuters, and Business Times.

Lawrence is a Professional Agrologist, has an MBA from the University of Calgary, as well as Agriculture and Commerce degrees from the University of Saskatchewan.

Lawrence currently lives in Manitoba but has previously lived, and worked in Alberta and grew up farming in Saskatchewan. Lawrence is your grain marketing expert, reach Lawrence on the AGvisorPRO app today. 

Top Question of the Week

From Noonan, ND

With spraying in full swing now, this producer or custom applicator our of Noonan, ND asked a great question about water quality:

“Questions on using pond water for spraying:

What’s your setup for suction, pump priming/check valves if you have a mobile setup, and filtration

Other than AMS with glyphosate, do you add any conditioner or have performance issues ?

I know it’s a common practice in some areas.”

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Discounted tickets to the 2023 AgSmart Innovation Expo!

We would like to invite you (and a guest) to AgSmart 2023 on August 1st & 2nd in Olds, AB.

During this two-day educational expo, producers and industry will gather to learn by seeing the latest innovations being demonstrated, hearing from industry experts and engaging with leading innovation focused exhibits. The unique expo format brings the conference outdoors, showcasing why it makes sense to invest in equipment and technology to capture data and how to implement that data to increase productivity and profitability for farm operations.

Highlights:

  • live demos from drones to autonomous equipment
  • 40 expert educational sessions
  • 100+ interactive exhibits


Please confirm your registration by July 21, 2023 by completing your registration with the special code AVP23 for 15% off your purchase! Tip: When you are selecting your ticket quantity, enter the Promo Code at the top of the section. Please enter your code and then click “apply” to receive the complimentary tickets.

Stay Connected with AGvisorPRO! Join the AgSmart Community on AGvisorPRO to get access to show details, presentations, industry experts, and real-time support 365 days a year. Stay up to date about this upcoming event! Join the AgSmart Community on AGvisorPRO today. 

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This space is dedicated to all discussion around precision agriculture successes. This is a space where you can ask questions, and share knowledge about precision ag to help solve each other’s problems. This community can help you ensure your ROI on precision implementation on your farm, and will help you make cost effective decisions. 

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