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Global
Land Ltd.
Global Land, Ltd. is a specialized agricultural investment and development
firm which provided the funding for Agristar Global Networks’
intensive three-year research and development period. Forerunner entities
have been a leading provider of business and financial information
services over the past half-century through development of the Top
Farmers of America Association, Farm Futures magazine, the Ford Farm
Efficiency Program, Inventory Management, American Land Resources
and other ground-breaking industry programs.
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Rural
Press Limited
Sydney-based Rural Press Limited is the world’s largest agricultural
publisher with approximately 60 publications in Asia and North America.
In North America its wholly owned subsidiary is the largest agricultural
publisher in the U.S., with continuous publication of agricultural
magazines dating back to 1841, and also is the largest organizer of
agricultural industry trade shows in the country.
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Merial
Limited
London-based Merial Limited is the world’s largest animal health
company, with operations in 150 countries. Merial has the leading
research and development investment in the animal health industry
and is at the forefront in utilizing online strategies in agriculture.
Merial is a joint venture between Merck and Aventis.
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Hughes
Network Systems
Agristar Global Networks’ long-term agreement with Hughes Network
Systems, a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation, provides the space
and ground segment infrastructure, as well as related network configuration,
operations and support capabilities. Hughes Network Systems is the
world’s largest broadband satellite service provider, accounting
for more than 60% of global VSAT deliveries.
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Farm
Progress Companies
Agristar Global Networks has entered into an agreement with the Farm Progress Companies
to provide daily agricultural news and special features on U.S. and
global topics. Farm Progress publishes 18 publications with over 600,000
subscribers and has the largest field-reporting network in U.S. agriculture.
Magazine titles include many of the most respected titles in U.S.
agriculture such as Prairie Farmer, Wallaces Farmer and California
Farmer.
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Hightower
Research
Agristar Global Networks utilizes the resources of major research and information
services to provide a full range of agricultural commodity coverage.
The principal source of market analysis is Hightower, one of the industry’s
most respected market information organizations. Hightower provides
overnight market action reports, pre-opening calls, critical technical
considerations, flash market developments and mid-day recaps. Text
and high-resolution graphical data are supplemented by audio reports
throughout the day.
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OsterDowJones
OsterDowJones Commodity News combines the strong foundation of the
Oster agricultural enterprises with DowJones organization’s global
news coverage capability and reputation,. OsterDowJones provides us
with price quotations directly from the major exchanges, hourly news
feeds and other important data.
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Dairy
Strategies
Dairy Strategies is one of the foremost dairy business management
consulting firms with major clients throughout the world. Dairy Strategies
is representative of the commodity-specific management consulting
alliances which enables us to provide subscribers with premium commodity-specific
information, virtual seminars and other services geared to individual
farm sectors.
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| Other Strategic
Partners |
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National
Corn Growers Association
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is the largest trade
organization in the United States representing corn growers, with
more than 32,000 dues-paying corn growers from 48 states and representation
of the interests of more than 300,000 growers who contribute to corn
checkoff programs in 20 states. The NCGA is the voice for corn growers’
concerns in national legislative, judicial and regulatory agencies’
decisions.
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National
Pork Board
The National Pork Board represents the more than 80,000 pork operations
in the U.S. and has responsibility for checkoff-funded research, promotion
and consumer information projects, and for communicating with pork
producers and also with the public. The pork checkoff provides
funding for programs in advertising, consumer information, retail
and foodservice marketing, export market promotion, production improvement,
technology, swine health and pork safety.
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Dairy
Farmers of America
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. is the largest dairy co-operative in
the United States, comprised of more than 24,000 producers. The DFA
is the largest marketer of fluid milk in the world and markets more
than one-fourth of the total US milk production. In addition, the
DFA operates 27 manufacturing plants that produce a wide range of
dairy products. Sales exceed $6 billion annually.
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National
Grain Sorghum Producers
“The National Grain Sorghum
Producers represents more than 8,000 U.S. grain sorghum farmers nationwide.
The organization works to increase the profitability of sorghum production
through legislative and regulatory initiatives, research, education,
and market development programs. NGSP members represent 30 states
and the organization also has affiliate groups in seven states throughout
the U.S. sorghum belt.”
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Crop
Verifeye
CropVerifeye, LLC, is an industry leader in digital traceability systems
for the agriculture and food processing industries. CropVerifeye provides
solutions for validation and verification issues for food and grain
producers, buyers, and processors around the globe. Their field validation
and database documentation approach creates product traceability that
makes possible the differentiation of crops according to specific
value-enhanced traits, and providing critical base information for
value-add commodity opportunities and food-security programs.
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American
Land Resources, LLC
American Land Resources, LLC is an integrated farmland investment
company, organized to develop investment products for domestic and
offshore institutions and individuals through private and public vehicles
that invest in conjunction with America's top family farm operators
who are seeking equity capital. Investments are in prime agricultural
properties with superior profit potential and safety of principal,
which are operated by some of the world's most efficient producers.
American Land will utilize our two-way, high-speed delivery system
to provide ongoing communications to investors and to assist top farmers
and ranchers in utilizing global position field mapping and other
precision farming applications, capitalize on value-add commodity
opportunities and more.
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