AgKnowledge History
It began with a request; “Can you help me with a budget?” As a Credit Manager for an agricultural input supplier in the Delta, Alan Grafton discovered that his farmer clients were often overwhelmed with gathering the information needed to secure the annual crop loan, and with monitoring the budget as the year progressed. The client, the input supplier he worked for, and the client’s bankers valued a well conceived and a well implemented financial plan, but the business of farming often played a distant second fiddle to the actual farming. Enter AgKnowledge. In 2003, with one client and a laptop computer, AgKnowledge began to fill the role of CFO for the farmer. Today, the company is still answering the demand to cultivate business growth by helping the farmer:
- Know the operation’s financial standing, including costs and revenue potential
- Make management decisions based on sound financial analysis
- Be more efficient and productive
AgKnowledge Team
The AgKnowledge Team has a wide array of experience within the agriculture industry, with educational backgrounds in Finance and Agricultural Economics. Areas of expertise include, Agricultural Finance & Credit Management, Futures and Options Trading, Commodity Risk Management and Economic Analysis, Crop Insurance, and Agricultural Land Sales and Farm Management. AgKnowledge uses this acquired collective expertise to serve our clients, and we use the contacts within these industries to gather information that will add value as well.
AgKnowledge Mission Statement
“To help farmers identify, refine, and accomplish their goals by increasing profits and overall efficiency. AgKnowledge will always listen to the customer and provide direct counsel, while building relationships focused on the customer’s best interest. AgKnowledge will always strive to honor and serve God through all business endeavors.”
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- To improve and prepare (land), as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; till.
- To loosen or dig soil around (growing plants).
- To grow or tend (a plant or crop).
- To promote the growth of (a biological culture).
- To nurture; foster.
- To form and refine, as by education.
- To seek the acquaintance or goodwill of; make friends with.
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