MNP and Six Leading Agronomy Companies Join
Forces to Benefit Canadian Agriculture Market
CALGARY,
AB, July 15, 2024 /CNW/ - MNP, one of
Canada's largest national
professional services firms, is pleased to announce that it will
join forces with six leading agronomy companies (4R Agronomy, Annex
Agro, Arrow Crop Management, Elite Ag, Max Ag Consulting, and Sure
Growth Solutions), effective September, 2024. The move will see 8
partners and 27 team members join MNP in one of the largest
agronomy consolidations that Canada has seen.
Each of the companies excels in farming expertise, technology
management, and crop planning. Between them, they currently have
more than 1.5M acres of farmland
under management across more than 300 farms and, in joining
MNP, will offer Canadian farmers a comprehensive solution for
optimizing operations and profitability.
Founded in Brandon, Manitoba,
in 1958, MNP has grown to more than 125 locations across
Canada and delivers a wide range
of services and specialized expertise in every sector and area of
business. The firm is widely regarded as one of Canada's leading firms when it comes to
providing professional services to agricultural clients, with many
of its partners and team members having family farm backgrounds or
operating a farm of their own.
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," said Slingerland. "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. We are delighted to be
adding these specialists to our team, all of whom combine
personalized, face-to-face interactions with transformative digital
tools, and enable us to offer farmers in Canada a comprehensive solution for optimizing
operations and profitability."
Warren Bills, CEO and Co-Founder
of Convergence Growth – an organization based in Calgary dedicated to helping agricultural
businesses across the world – 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," explained Bills. "Less
than 20% 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; a team that empowers agricultural
prosperity and intelligence through the succession and generations
of both farms and agriculture professionals."
"All six companies share the same values and approach to
client service and we were already aligning on how to best work
together. When the opportunity then came to do that as part of MNP
– Canada's leading firm in this
space - we all saw the huge potential to quickly scale up our
agronomy services and provide even more Canadian farmers with the
critical support they need to succeed. We expect to grow the
agronomy practice over the coming years and these mergers are just
the start, rather than the destination, of our
journey."
Tanya Knight, MNP's Executive
Vice President, Clients and Services, noted that the geographic
spread of the merging-in firms is part of MNP's strategy to reach
businesses wherever in Canada they
might be based:
"Our business model has always been designed to support
clients in the communities where we live and work regardless of the
size of a city or town," said Knight. "That's a strategy that we
believe differentiates us. These mergers are really about helping
us to reach and support more Canadian farmers with their journeys
and so we're delighted to welcome all six businesses into the MNP
family."
All of the agronomy companies joining MNP will remain in their
current locations and connect with MNP's 125 offices across the
country – including 47 in the Prairies.
About MNP LLP
National in scope and local in focus, MNP is one of Canada's leading professional services firms —
proudly serving individuals, businesses, and organizations since
1958. Through the development of strong relationships, we provide
client-focused accounting, consulting, tax, and digital services.
Our clients benefit from personalized strategies with a local
perspective to fuel success wherever business takes them. For more
information, visit www.mnp.ca
SOURCE MNP