As the Implementation and Customer Support Manager for Greenstone, I have had many unique opportunities to assist our valued customers through the merger or acquisition processes. Mergers are becoming more and more common in agribusiness, and the trend isn’t slowing down anytime soon. The merger process from start to finish can prove to be very…
Summary This episode of Outstanding in the Field welcomes Rich Reynertson, Tracy Curtis, and Travis Antonsen to talk about mergers and acquisitions and how to not only survive, but thrive through them. Rich Reynertson is the portfolio manager in North America for the agribusiness of Cultura. He currently has five businesses under his portfolio, three…
Summary This episode of Outstanding in the Field welcomes John Christianson and Bruce Lichty of Christianson PLLP to focus on the area of profits slipping through the cracks. John is both a farmer and founder of Christianson PLLP, an accounting and consulting firm based in Minnesota that was founded just over 30 years ago on…
With the grain and oilseed industry facing explosive growth, many businesses are outgrowing their small-business oriented software—are your business needs still being met by your old accounting software? Or has your company’s performance rendered your current software obsolete? CINCH is a full-service, fully integrated software system that was designed for the ag market. Our software…
By: Mark Hisken, CINCH Platform Manager Over the past decade, we’ve noticed many mid-sized companies outgrowing their small-business oriented software—and we wanted to do something about it. As a company that knows, lives, and loves agriculture, we set out to create the most relevant and user-friendly digital solutions designed to meet specific requirements of agricultural organizations.…
By: Jenifer Melton, Greenstone Professional Services Analyst Recently, we worked with a small cooperative struggling with a communication breakdown between all staffing levels—a co-op that had seen a larger-than-usual amount of staffing changes. The higher turnover rate was disintegrating the staff’s ability to be effective, the lack of staffing transparency hindered the ability to identify the…