Reasons to Join

Your FNA Membership builds your local community.   

You should deal locally where it makes the most economic sense. But on significant dollar purchases, the best thing you can do for your community is to keep as much money in your own pocket as possible. If you save a few thousand dollars on your chemical bill, for example, that is a lot more than is retained in your town by insisting on buying locally. The local dealer does not get most of the money you spend on inputs. In fact, the vast majority of it does not even stay in Canada, let alone your local community. By working with FNA you can keep thousands of dollars in your jeans and use that money to buy more things locally than you could otherwise, like supporting 4-H or contributing to fundraising projects. Doing what is best for your farm is always what is best for your community. 

Advance payment drives down prices and guarantees supply.    

Many of the major players briefly tried FNA’s strategy of paying in advance on major inputs to get preferential pricing and guaranteed supply. Unfortunately, in some areas the result was disastrous, as manufacturers had set allocations for their specific dealer networks and some farmers who thought they had purchased a low price ended up being told that the lower-priced product was all sold out and they would have to pay the new, much higher price. By acting in the FNA farm business alliance, when you pay for your inputs you know that is the final price and that your allocation of that supply is guaranteed.  

Joining now will increase your opportunities.  

Even if you do not feel an immediate need to purchase any inputs, getting your Membership immediately is vitally important. Increasing the number of farmers in this business alliance allows FNA to negotiate better prices and, more importantly, entirely new products. Without other farmers carrying the charge, FNA would not have been able to bring down Horizon-type chemical prices by $60 million in 30 days. Your Membership is truly a matter of urgency if you want to see other input costs driven down in a similar fashion. 

Only FNA Members get the full financial benefits created by their Memberships.  

With the new MPower Cash Rewards system, only FNA Members will gain the full financial returns of FNA pricing. It will also be much more difficult for non-members to leverage other suppliers by making comparisons to FNA prices. Products sourced by FNA Members will be offered at prevailing market prices, and Members will receive cash payments that will not only include the price savings, but also returns from efficiencies on marketing, currency risk management, logistics and administration. 

FNA Membership is not an affordable expense, it is a guaranteed investment.  

With new programs, preferred suppliers, new generic herbicides on the horizon and more exciting new initiatives, there has never been a better time to become an FNA Member.  There is no risk to you because if you use our programs and do not see a return of at least your Membership dues, it will be fully refunded: we guarantee it.  Make the best investment you can for your operation at less than the cost of a cup of coffee per day. Guaranteed.