Canadian Spud CongressDigitizing Your Field Records

Digitizing Your Field Records

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As agriculture becomes more tech focused, an important part of moving your farm online is digitizing your farm records. This session with experts from Farm Credit Canada explains their product AgExpert Accounting and Field and why it’s important to digitize your potato records.

Presenters

Chris Vanthuyne

Chris Vanthuyne

Chris Vanthuyne is a senior product owner with the Farm Credit Canada (FCC) AgExpert team. He works closely with producers from across Canada to develop software solutions to help digitize their farm records. He has a passion for understanding and utilizing technology to help advance Canadian agriculture.

Chris has been with FCC for over 15 years, working primarily in IT roles. Originally a farm kid from central Saskatchewan, his commitment to agriculture is deep-rooted. When he’s away from the office, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters, along with keeping active and playing a variety of sports.

Jon Paskaruk

Jon Paskaruk

Jon Paskaruk is a product specialist with the Farm Credit Canada (FCC) AgExpert team. With over a decade of experience at FCC, Jon works with producers, partners, and FCC staff from coast-to-coast. He teaches the importance of digitizing farm records and how you can leverage your farm data with AgExpert to help make better, more informed, business decisions.

Jon joined FCC in 2008. Since then, he has worked in finance, customer service, and alliances, before finding his current home with the AgExpert team. He volunteers with Big Brothers of Regina, and is an avid golfer and, of course, Rider fan.

The Canadian Spud Congress was held on Feb. 24 to 25, 2021. This was one of the presentations from it.

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