CropPro Business Profile

CropPro Consulting is a privately owned independent consulting firm. Started in 2003, we primarily offered crop management services. Today, CropPro has extended it's services to offer on-farm research, variable-rate fertilizer and other MAPS services. We are also partners in croprecords.com, a consulting and farm client interactive online database. We have also been providing GPS equipment and software solutions for farm clients through OnSite GPS.

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Cory Willness, Consulting Agrologist

Education / Credentials

BSA: Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. University of Saskatchewan. 1996. Agronomy Major.
PAg: Professional Agrologist. Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists.
CAC: Certified Agricultural Consultant. Canadian Consulting Agrologists Association.
CCA: Certified Crop Advisor. American Society of Agronomy, Prairie and International.
Certificate in Forensic Agrology. Assiniboine Community College and University of Saskatchewan.

Experience

8 years as Consulting Agrologist with CropPro.
8 years as Agronomist for retails in the Naicam, Spalding, and Lake Lenore area.
10 years on the family farm at Smeaton, SK.

Cory's primary duties are serving clients all season long. He provides field scouting, recommendations, planning, soil sampling, presentations, newsletters, and whatever else needs to get done.

Brad Dunnington, Mapping Consultant

Education / Credentials

Dip Ag: Diploma in Agriculture (3 yr). University of Saskatchewan. 1998. Multiple Enterprise Management Major.

Experience

3 years as Mapping Consultant with CropPro.
10 years as Assistant Manager at Pulse Crop Processing facility at Swift Current, SK.
14 years farmed at Swift Current, SK.

Brad's primary duties are mapping fields and building VRF MAPS. Brad runs the Veris RTK mapping unit and builds all of the MAPS required for CropPro to deliver it's specialized mapping services.

Shannon Willness, Office Manager

Education / Credentials

Many accounting, administration and book keeping courses.

Experience

8 years as Office Manager with CropPro.
2 years as Assistant Manager and Pharmacy Assistant at retail drug store in Saskatoon, SK
10 years as Assistant Manager at bridal salon in Saskatoon, SK.

Shannon's primary duties are to manage the financial and administrative portion of our business.

Our Clients

Our primary clients are farmers. It is a great privilege to work closely in the fields of our clients. Farming is big business and with that comes tough decisions, adversity, and risk.

CropPro does not view it's clients as customers, but rather as business partners. Working together with this type of mindset means that CropPro must change and adapt to what the client's farm business demands are. If a client has a specific need that means new technology, innovation, or on-farm research needs to be implemented in order to address the issue, then we discuss and put the plan in place to make it happen.

Forensic agrology services are requested by farmers, insurance companies, custom applicators, retailers, and legal firms.

Other services such as business plans, feasibility studies, on-farm research trials, presentations, and custom work can all be performed under contract with any type of agriculture industry client.

Profile of Farms We Partner With

East-central Saskatchewan crops that are most common in this area include: alfalfa seed production, wheat , barley, oats, canola, peas, and flax. Pedigreed seed production also occurs. Manure management is an important service to clients utilizing hog and cattle manure.

As crop input decisions are a major part of our job, we are fortunate to be able to dig behind many air drill colours and follow-up pesticide efficacy behind many types of sprayers.