Local farmer wins national contest
Tupperville resident Todd Stevens picks up the new Ford F-150 that he'll be driving for two years as the grand prize winner of the AgExpert Drive Your Farm Forward contest. With him is Farm Credit Canada Western Ontario Vice-President Dan Bergen. AgExpert is a division of Farm Credit Canada. Stevens entered the contest by renewing his support plan for his AgExpert Analyst accounting software.
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Chatham, Ontario, June 18, 2007 — Tupperville resident Todd Stevens is driving a new Ford F-150 truck for two years, thanks to AgExpert, a division of Farm Credit Canada (FCC). Stevens won the AgExpert Drive Your Farm Forward contest grand prize of a two-year lease by renewing his support plan for his AgExpert Analyst accounting software.
“I was shocked and couldn't believe it when they called me,” says Stevens. “This is really going to help me out since I am a start-up farmer.”
“AgExpert software fits with our package of lending and farm management tools because it helps farmers like Todd make sound business decisions and experience greater success,” says FCC Western Ontario Vice-President Dan Bergen. “And, with our experience in Canadian farm management, we know that a vehicle like the Ford F-150 will be used daily on the farm so I’m very happy for Todd.”
AgExpert also gave away two early-bird prizes. Collette Jones of Gull Lake, Sask., won a $5,000 home makeover, selecting a Sears gift card in the first draw. Art Gagnon of Ste. Rose du Lac, Man., won $5,000 in Syngenta crop protection products in the second draw.
AgExpert produces AgExpert Analyst, an accounting program exclusively designed for Canadian agriculture and used by thousands of producers.
AgExpert also produces Field Manager PRO, a program designed specifically for Canadian farmers to plan, record and track all field and crop information. The system covers all crop sectors across Canada, allowing multiple farm capability on both a desktop computer and either Microsoft Windows Mobile® or Pocket PC devices.
FCC is Canada’s largest provider of business and financial services to farms and agribusiness. Operating out of 100 offices located primarily in rural Canada, FCC employees are passionate about the business of agriculture. A healthy portfolio of $12 billion and 13 consecutive years of portfolio growth are a reflection of our customers' success.
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For more information, please contact:
Chris Clemett
Corporate Communication (English)
Farm Credit Canada
306-780-7351
Chris.Clemett@fcc-fac.ca
Robert Jerrett
Corporate Communication (Bilingual)
Farm Credit Canada
306-780-7651
Robert.Jerrett@fcc-fac.ca
