By Alice McFarlane

MNP expands into agricultural agronomy

Jul 18, 2024 | 11:23 AM

MNP and six agronomy companies are joining forces.

MNP, a national professional services firm, will work with 4R Agronomy, Annex Agro, Arrow Crop Management, Elite Ag, Max Ag Consulting, and Sure Growth Solutions, starting in September.

Each of the companies has farming expertise in technology management, and crop planning. Between them, they currently have more than 1.5 million acres of farmland under management across more than 300 farms.

Marvin Slingerland, MNP’s Senior Vice President, Agriculture, explained that the creation of a new agronomy practice at MNP demonstrates his firm’s commitment to supporting the long-term success of Canadian farmers:

“We’re constantly looking for new ways to bring Canadian farmers the expertise they need to succeed not just today, but for tomorrow and into the future,” Slingerland said. “What these companies are doing is at the leading-edge of agronomy practices and they are all recognized as essential partners for innovative, future-focused farmers.

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Slingerland said adding these specialists means offering farmers in Canada a comprehensive solution for optimizing operations and profitability.

CEO and Co-Founder of Convergence Growth Warren Bills will join MNP as a partner and the leader of MNP’s agronomy practice. Bills had already been speaking to the six companies about joining forces when the opportunity to work with MNP came about.

“There are more than 34,000 farms in Canada that exceed 1,120 acres in size, many of which need specialized agronomic advice. “Less than 20 per cent of these farms have access to professional agronomic advice services and so our aim was to build Canada’s largest professional ag and technology consulting firm,” he said.

All agronomy companies joining MNP will stay in their current locations and connect with MNP’s 125 offices across the country – including 47 in the Prairies.

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