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A Successful 2022 Recap
It has been three years since the start of the lease agreement with Valley Ag Partners (VAP). Initially, the plan was to purchase all VAP assets after five years. Luckily, with the growth and success the Minnesota locations have brought, we were able to complete the purchase after three years. This purchase has allowed us to add five locations and to double our footprint.
We are extremely proud to have these locations as a part of our company and of the relationships that we have started with the growers we serve there.
In 2022, MRGA developed a partnership with Grand Farm. According to Grand Farm, “the Grand Farm Initiative is designed to inspire collaboration among businesses, organizations, and researchers to develop the future farm, which we believe will solve issues critical to farmers worldwide. Grand Farm is accelerating research and innovation into technology which will be present on the farm of the future.” Grand Farm acts as a bridge between businesses in the ag sector and pioneers of new technology. MRGA strives to keep up with the pace of ever-changing technology in agriculture and we know how important that is to today’s growers. We desire to be on the leading edge of that. We look forward to the future of this partnership and hope that the
Focusing on the future does not just mean innovative practices, but also the community and generations to come. With CoBank’s Sharing Success program’s help, we contributed $20,000 into multiple communities. In 2022, we were able to give $5,000 to the fire departments in Leonard, ND as well as in Rothsay and Dilworth MN. We also donated $5,000 to the Central Cass Dollars for Scholars. We look forward to the future of the Sharing Success program and will continue to utilize it to benefit our region. We at MRGA take pride in the fact that we are able to give back to the communities we serve with more than just the CoBank Sharing Success Program. In 2022, we donated over $40,000 to various organizations such as FFA, music and sports programs in our schools, Cass and Clay County 4-H clubs, scholarships and much more. We are honored to be able to give back to our patrons in every way possible.
While we are focused on the future of our communities, we are also making updates and improvements to our locations! Learn more about these improvements in our Winter 2022-2023 Bottom Line newsletter.
