Osmington Inc. has been added to the Farmers Edge team of investors. This is the fourth investment partner to join in the last 12 months.
“We immediately connected with the team at Osmington in a shared values system and affection for agriculture, not only in Winnipeg, the home of our headquarters in Canada, but across the Globe,” says Founder and CEO, Wade Barnes, Farmers Edge. “We are proud to announce their investment in our business.”
The Farmers Edge™ inspiration has been on the fast track since its inception in 2005, winning such awards and recognition as one of the Top 20 Fastest Growing Companies in Canada. Inspired by the possibilities of taking technology to farmers worldwide, the company is the trailblazer of precision agriculture, offering the industry’s most complete package, for every agribusiness in every crop and every geography. Its Precision Solutions optimizes crop inputs, resulting in higher yields, better quality and less environmental impact. The company’s innovative technology includes variable rate technology, field centric weather monitoring, high-resolution satellite imagery, in-field telematics supported by a passionate real boots on the ground team with agricultural expertise.
“Although our company has invested in Canadian Farmland in Manitoba and Saskatchewan for the last few years, Farmers Edge is the first agricultural company that Osmington has invested in,” says Lawrence Zucker, President & CEO, Osmington Inc. “What we really like about Farmers Edge is that they are really good, smart people, who are passionate about what they are doing and are well positioned with their technology to be disruptive and potentially change how modern farming will occur. So that is why we made the investment. We like the values, we like the people and we certainly like what they are doing.”
Farmers Edge believes the addition of Osmington will add diversity to the team, but will also be an assets to growth in global markets, as well as contributing to big data analytics.
“We believe in the long term viability and investment returns that farming will generate,” says Zucker. “With global population growth set to rise to 9 billion people by 2044 from our current population of 7.2 billion there is going to be a greater need to increase yields to feed people and grain farming is where we are going to generate that opportunity.”