OUR NETWORK
The following lists our network between other enterprises and associations.
A description of each valued relationship can be read by opening the information boxes below:
Farmers National Company
Joint Venture
Joint Venture
Agriculture continues to change rapidly. In order to respond to that change, Farmers National Company and Serecon have joined together to form FNC Serecon. Since 1929, Farmers National Company has become the largest, fastest growing, and most successful farm management company in the US by managing over 5,000 farms, ranches & specialty operations across the US. Since 1991, Serecon has been “Specialists in the Business of Agriculture” by providing expert opinion and consulting services to the agricultural industry in Canada and internationally to over 1,000 clients.
The FNC Serecon System is a comprehensive, professional farm and ranch management service for landowners. We view ownership of agricultural land as a business and the farm or ranch as an important investment in each client’s overall portfolio. We help our clients achieve their goals by designing a plan that will control costs, improve income, and provide a greater piece of mind knowing that their land asset is being well managed.
Our service begins with you, the client, with a discussion to determine your goals as well as specific short and long-term objectives and other considerations. Based on your specific goals, FNC Serecon will oversee all day-to-day operations on your farm while keeping you informed about changes in agriculture and the impacts on your operation. As a landowner, you may identify with some or all of the following goals and services as important in your overall plan for your property and its management:
Our Commitments to Your Farm Assets:
- Value management
- Environmental sustainability
- Risk mitigation planning
- Strategic development
- Production economics
Managing Your Farm Assets:
- Sustainable agricultural practices
- Soil and water stewardship
- Environmental due diligence
- Asset conservation
- Investment due diligence
- Cost control through budgeting
- Market lease terms and rentals
- Farmland leasing
- Management continuity for next generation landowners
- Consistent Communication
Range of Clients:
- Non-resident landowners
- Estates and estate planners
- Institutional investors in agriculture
- Land and business owners
- Financial institutions
- Law firms
- Accounting firms
- Public sector agencies
LandView Drones
Strategic Partnership
Strategic Partnership
LandView Drones sells complete unmanned aerial systems customized specifically for agriculture. In most cases, the intended purpose of a customized system is for remote sensing of crop health. The best sensors/cameras are utilized on the right aircraft, flight control software, and image processing software for the job. The best systems deliver true multispectral imagery within minutes, and without any internet. The data can be immediately used to direct a crop scout to those areas of fields requiring the most attention, making crop scouting both more effective and efficient. While field crops are the primary market, the large acreage coverage of our fixed wing drone platforms also makes them of interest to other industries requiring high-resolution maps and digital elevation models.
To find out more about LandView Drones; visit www.landviewdrones.com or call us at (780) 448-7445.
Valco
Strategic Alliance
Strategic Alliance
Serecon and Valco established a strategic alliance that will enable clients to benefit from our collective expertise in Agriculture and Agri-Business Valuation and Advisory Services. This alliance enables each firm to provide real estate valuation services for clients with properties located in Western Canada and Ontario.
The relationship provides more expansive services and knowledge for our clients by way of joint projects or engagement based appraisals wherein each firm provides local expertise to the other firm in order to best serve our clients. Together, Serecon and Valco take pride in our ability to deliver efficient and comprehensive guidance in the real estate decision making process, providing the highest quality product, with unmatched service.
Valco was founded in 1995 as an independent real estate appraisal and consulting firm, specializing in the analysis and valuation of real property throughout the Province of Ontario as well as other areas across Canada. Today, Valco has become one of Ontario’s largest and most trusted real estate appraisal firms having a comprehensive background in the real estate industry. For more information about Valco, please visit: www.valcoconsultants.com
Groupe AGÉCO
Strategic Partnership
Strategic Partnership
AGÉCO, who has been at the forefront in the agri-food economy and corporate responsibility sectors for over 15 years, help clients make the right decisions to capitalize on their business environments. They provide a comprehensive range of corporate responsibility services focused on social, economic and environmental aspects. AGÉCO multidisciplinary team, wide-ranging toolbox and expertise in quantitative and qualitative approaches ensure that our clients achieve unique, rigorous and relevant results. AGÉCO has carried out over 1,000 mandates in Québec, elsewhere in Canada and abroad that validate the significance and quality of their interventions.
Groupe AGÉCO and Serecon
AGÉCO and Serecon have broad and recognized expertise in the agri-food sector, covering all aspects of the industry’s economic, environmental and social responsibilities. AGÉCO and Serecon collaborate on projects that require a national outreach and an in-depth understanding of the specific realities of agricultural production in Canada. AGÉCO extended network as well as its expertise in corporate responsibility and life cycle assessment in the agri-food sector are solid assets Serecon can rely on to bring value to its clients.
Appraisal Institute of Canada
Association
Association
The Appraisal Institute of Canada (AIC) is a leading real property valuation association with over 5,000 members across Canada and around the world. Established in 1938, the AIC works collaboratively with its 10 provincial affiliated associations to grant the distinguished Accredited Appraiser Canadian Institute (AACI™) and Canadian Residential Appraiser (CRA™) designations. The AIC is a self-regulating organization that is guided by a Code of Conduct and Canadian Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.
Ontario Institute of Agrologists
Association
Association
The Ontario Institute of Agrologists (OIA) ensures that registered Professional Agrologists (P.Ag.), Technical Agrologists (T.Ag.), as well as Articling Agrologists in training (A.Ag.), are qualified, competent, and engaged in continuous professional development and ongoing learning to meet national competency standards. Professionals in Agrology work across the sectors of agriculture, bioresources, food, agri-business and the environment.
The principal object of the Institute is to “promote and protect the public interest by governing and regulating the practice of its members in the field of professional agrology”. In meeting this principle object the OIA serves the public interest by establishing, maintaining, developing and enforcing:
- Standards of qualification for its members;
- Standards of practice;
- A code of ethics;
- Knowledge, skill and proficiency; and
- Professional conduct of its members
Alberta Institute of Agrologists
Association
Association
Agrology is a growing profession that is at the forefront of many critical issues such as food production and food safety as well as bioresource health and environmental quality, all of which are of great interest to Alberta’s public. Members of the Alberta Institute of Agrology (AIA) work diligently to address these issues in an objective, competent and ethical manner. The dynamic nature of the profession requires that members commit to life-long learning through continued professional development. The AIA regulates the profession of Agrology and strives to assure the public of continued professional competence in Alberta.
The AIA is empowered under the Agrology Profession Act and Regulations of Alberta. Over 2500 Agrologists are registered with AIA. The institute regulates the practice of Professional Agrologists (P.Ag.), Agrologists in Training (A.I.T), Registered Technologists in Agrology (R.T.(Ag)), and Agrology Technologists in Training (A.T.T).
ECO Canada
Association
Association
Eco Canada was established to act as the steward for the Canadian environmental workforce across all Canadian sectors. Eco Canada works alongside government, policymakers, academia, students, employers, professionals, industry, and international audiences to ensure the support of Canada as a global leader in innovative workforce solutions and job creation within the Environmental sector.
ECO Canada offers the Environmental Professional (EP) Certification to Canadian professionals. This is the only nationally recognized designation for environmental practitioners with specialized knowledge. The EP Designation is designed to complement other professional designations, to become a provincially recognized signatory.
National Association of Certified Valuators and Analyst
Association
Association
The National Association of Certified Valuators and Analyst (NACVA)’s mission is to provide resources to members and to enhance their status, credentials, and esteem in the field of performing valuations, financial forensics, and other related advisory services. To further this purpose, NACVA will advance these services as an art and science, establish standards for membership in the Association, provide professional education and research, foster practice development, advance ethical and professional practices, enhance public awareness of the Association and its members, and promote working relationships with other professional organizations.
Ontario Livestock and Poultry Council
Association
Association
The Ontario Livestock and Poultry Council is a group of provincial livestock associations, provincial and federal government, and other agriculture industry professionals with the intent to facilitate the development and coordination of Ontario's strategy to deal with foreign animal disease and other transmissible livestock and poultry diseases and hazards.
Certified Management Consultant - Canada
Association
Association
Certified Management Consultant (CMC)-Canada fosters excellence and integrity in the management consulting profession as a whole. CMC-Canada administers, and its provincial Institutes confer, the Certified Management Consultant (CMC) designation in Canada. The Association and its 2,850+ members advocate for the CMC designation and are dedicated to advancing the profession and delivering the benefits of those efforts to the client community.
CMC-Canada administers the specialist Certified Agrologist Consultant (CAC) designation designed for advisors to the Agri-food industry, to ensure they continue to serve as an important catalyst to support Canadian Agri-food businesses as opportunities present themselves -- meeting the current and evolving needs of businesses and organizations directly and indirectly involved in the chain.
International Right of Way Association
Association
Association
The International Right of Way Association is a professional member organization comprised of global infrastructure real estate practitioners. Since its inception as a not-for-profit association in 1934, IRWA has served professionals who acquire, manage and transfer the land rights needed for building and maintaining energy and transportation infrastructure.
Recognized for their high ethical standards, commitment to integrity and professional excellence, IRWA’s nearly 10,000 members hail from over 15 countries around the world. They are united by their profession and their commitment to pursuing training and professional development through courses, chapter meetings, seminars and the annual education conference.
Canadian Association of Farm Advisors
Association
Association
The Canadian Association of Farm Advisors is a non-profit professional organization dedicated to assisting farm businesses by increasing the skills and knowledge of farm advisors.
CAFA believes that the team based / multi-disciplinary approach is the most effective way to fully address the issues involved in family farm businesses - the interface and family dynamics.
Making use of the knowledge and expertise offered by professionals in a multi-disciplinary setting brings a broader perspective and inspires new strategies to address our common goal: helping family farm businesses solve their unique challenges.
American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Apprarisers
Association
Association
The American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. There are a total of 37 chapters affiliated with the Society and more than 20 working committees which contribute to the policies and operations of the organization. There are over 3,300 A.S.F.M.R.A. members in the United States and Canada.
The Society proudly awards two designations to those members who successfully complete rigid educational and experience requirements. The Accredited Rural Appraiser (ARA) and the Accredited Farm Manager (AFM) designations stand as symbols of the hard work, dedication and integrity demanded of the appraisal and management profession by today’s business community. A Professional Member designation is also awarded to those individuals meeting a specific criteria to achieving accreditation.