A company with a network of farmers begins buying grain contracts.
Farmers Business Network recently began buying specialty crops.
?The whole intent was to help open access to new markets farmers may not know they had access to or don?t because of their limited amount of production. We have buyers and farmers coming to us and what this doing is connecting those two,? Lucas Strom, Vice President of FBN says. ?We?re finding contracts for premiums on non-GMO corn, non-GMO beans, yellow peas and lentil chickpeas.?
Strom says the ?select marketing? helps farmers and buyers easily connect.
?We?re helping facilitate other buyers to get access to our farmers. Our farmers will ultimately make more money in their pocket.?
Strom adds the data farmers enter is strictly the farmer?s.
The company is only a steward of their data.
