Farmers Edge is a digital agronomy firm that offers services such as variable rate nutrition management and FarmCommand, a data management and analytics platform. Farmers Edge, founder and former CEO Wade Barnes, former chief financial officer David Patrick, Fairfax Financial Holdings and several financial underwriters are named in the suit asking for a combined total of $270 million in damages. | Screencap via farmersedge.ca

Former investors seek class action lawsuit against Farmers Edge

Plaintiffs allege they received misleading information prior to the company's 2021 IPO

Glacier FarmMedia – Former investors in Manitoba-based ag tech firm Farmers Edge have asked the B.C. Supreme Court to certify a class action lawsuit against the company, former leaders and its main shareholder. Vancouver resident Willson Leung and Ottawa resident Philippe Golin, both identified as former shareholders in Farmers Edge, filed the suit on February […] Read more

The Manitoba-founded ag tech firm has inked a deal with majority shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. to sell all common shares at 35 cents apiece, the company announced late last month.
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Farmers Edge returns to private ownership

Farmers Edge is going private again. The Manitoba-founded ag tech firm has inked a deal with majority shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. to sell all common shares at 35 cents apiece, the company announced late last month. The move comes nearly three years after Farmers Edge’s initial public offering to become a publicly traded company. […] Read more