FNA takes on partner to expand in U.S.

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Published: December 11, 2014

Farmers of North America is partnering with AgraCity Crop and Nutrition in an effort to expand its membership base in the United States.

AgraCity is a crop input distributor that supplies products to FNA.

The two companies will work together to recruit FNA members south of the border.

The initial target will be farmers in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota.

“We’ve already got people on the ground and plans in place to begin offering U.S. farmers the opportunity to join the FNA business alliance and take advantage of the value we offer, particularly through our supply partner, AgraCity,” FNA president Jim Mann said in a news release.

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FNA has been trying to recruit new members in the United States since 2013 in an attempt to raise money to build a $1.76 billion nitrogen fertilizer plant.

AgraCity will be the exclusive supplier of many farm inputs to FNA members. The product lineup includes fertilizers, crop protection products, adjuvants, seed and petroleum products.

“Maximizing farm profitability means delivering competitively priced products to farmers based on a reasonable return and eliminating unnecessary costs and services,” AgraCity country head Jeff Novak said in a news release.

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Sean Pratt

Sean Pratt

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Sean Pratt has been working at The Western Producer since 1993 after graduating from the University of Regina’s School of Journalism. Sean also has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan and worked in a bank for a few years before switching careers. Sean primarily writes markets and policy stories about the grain industry and has attended more than 100 conferences over the past three decades. He has received awards from the Canadian Farm Writers Federation, North American Agricultural Journalists and the American Agricultural Editors Association.

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