Naicam Coop

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Naicam Co-op

• Gord Dmytruk, GM
• Cory Willness, Agronomist

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Background

• Naicam, Spalding, Lake LenoreCo-operatives
• located 120 miles NE of Saskatoon
• in the heart of excellent farmland
• strong Co-operative membership in all communities

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Credit Management

• Credit committee meets monthly
• Capping program began in 1993
• 44 farmers were capped
• 160 farmers were capped in 1998
• Caps based on equity, past history

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Credit Management

• Member communicated with before season begins
• Crop Insurance contracts signed
• Accounts monitored daily duringthe spring
• Credit the foundation of Marketing

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Custom Spraying

• Past
• 1988 3,000 acres with lease operator
• 1990 10,000 acres with our own
• Present -3 High-Clearance Sprayers
• 1998 67,000 acres

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Custom Anhydrous Application

• Past
• 1994 5,000 acres
• JD 300 hp tractor /applicator
• Present
• 2 JD tractor / applicator units
• 1998 10,000 acres

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Custom Combining

• Past
• 1994 1,700 acres
• JD CTS
• Present
• 1998 4,000 acres
• 2 JD CTS with Greenstar (GPS)

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NEW Custom additions

• Custom Seeding
• available in 1999
• Custom Hauling
• grain and fertilizer

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What is Co-op Crop Scouting?

• Crop Monitoring
• Fertility soil and plant tissue testing
• Weeds staging, id, herbicide options
• Diseases id, fungicide staging
• Insects monitoring, thresholds
• Crop Management Services
• services designed to meet customers needs

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1997 Season

• 350 per field - complete Crop Monitoring from
  seeding to harvest
• 8,300 acres Crop Monitoring
• 52 customers
• Information transfer a problem
• Field benefits, not Farm benefits

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1998 Season

• Faxed reports directly from field to farmer by
  laptop computer
• 3.95 per acre canola and peas
• 2.50 per acre cereals and flax
• 4,400 acres Crop Monitoring
• 6,100 acres Weed id, herbicide recom., and
  follow-up for 1.00 per acre

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1999 Season

• NEW - Canola disease and pest monitoring for
  1.50 per acre
• NEW - Manure and Crop
  Management
• - working with consultant
• Customer base established on 10,000 acres per
  season

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Future of Crop Scouting

• Adding another Agronomist to meet the market
  potential
• Current market will Grow
• New Markets Precision Ag, specialty crops,
  on-farm research

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Agronomy Centre

• 40 acres of land purchased
• 7 offices and a large meeting room
• Anhydrous, dry, and liquid fertilizer
• Seed and Crop Protection products
• Agronomy Services

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Agronomy Centre

• Working with 5 other co-ops on a throughput basis
• 5 co-operatives benefit from tech-nical expertise
  and commodities they never had before
• Completion in fall of 1999

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Agriculture Input Management

• Take care of crop inputs and financing at one
  location
• Flexible repayment timing
• Available in March at Naicam, Spalding, and Lake
  Lenore

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Inputs which Qualify

• Fuel
• Seed, fertilizer, crop protection products
• Agronomy Services
• Custom Services
• Wages, repairs, maintenance, etc.

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Easy Application, Fast Approval

• Apply at the co-op
• No long forms to fill out
• Fast approval on loans
• less than 100,000 within 2 days
• 100,000 to 250,000 within 2 days
• 250,000 to 600,000 within 5 days

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Benefits of AIM

• Allows you to market your grain wherever and
  whenever you choose
• Up to 1 year to repay your input costs
• Farmers take advantage of cash discounts in
  various commodities

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Future?

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Future

• Continue to provide services to farmers that they
  never had before
• Partnering with other co-ops heading into the
  millennium
• Make other co-ops stronger, which makes us all
  stronger

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Thank You!