Public Policy Role
Our purpose is to enhance rural Canada by providing specialized and personalized business and financial services to small and medium-sized businesses that are related to farming. These are exciting times in agriculture as the industry is constantly changing and evolving. From financing to training and software, community programs and knowledge, our commitment to the agriculture industry remains strong.
We believe our public policy role permeates everything we do. For example, our brand is exemplified by our positioning line, “Advancing the business of agriculture.” This illustrates our belief that agriculture, including the full value chain, is a business. It tells people that we are a visionary organization committed to helping producers and business operators succeed in a complex agriculture industry.
We serve all of agriculture, all the time – all sectors, all across Canada
We provide financing to Canadian producers. This includes operations of all sizes and producers of all ages.
We provide financing to agribusinesses, such as suppliers and processors that serve producers. A healthy value chain provides producers with stable purchasing and selling options.
We work with every sector across the country, primarily in rural areas.
We are dedicated to agriculture and take the long-term view
We understand that agriculture is cyclical and that cycles impact even the best producers and agribusiness operators. That’s why we consistently work with and support our customers and agriculture sectors through the highs and lows.
We are a commercial Crown corporation that partners and competes with other financial institutions to ensure primary producers and agribusiness operators have choice in the marketplace through all cycles.
We are profitable and financially self-sustaining, which enables us to lead the way in creating innovative products and services tailored to the dynamic business needs of agriculture. Our offerings recognize that it takes time for agricultural operations to flourish.
We are visionary and operate our business in a sustainable manner
We offer unique products and services that help young farmers and agribusiness entrepreneurs because it is good for the industry’s future.
We recognize knowledge is key to the future success of Canadian agriculture. We provide workshops, publications and learning forums as educational offerings to the industry and encourage knowledge sharing internally and externally.
We operate in a socially responsible manner with a special focus on customers; the environment, health and safety; human rights; human resource management; community investments and involvement; and corporate governance.
We provide environmental information and products to our customers and we are working to reduce our corporate environmental footprint.
We give back to the communities where our customers and employees live and work.
We hire and develop employees who are passionate and knowledgeable about Canadian agriculture.
