Steve Bremner

Steve Bremner, FarmPage.com

"Unlike the many e-commerce sites backed by corporate agriculture, FarmPage.com is an independent agricultural Web site that is partially owned and operated by farmers," says Steve Bremner, founder and manager of FarmPage.com.
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"We strive to have all e-mails answered within 24 hours of receiving them," Bremner says.

There's even a section for antique tractor enthusiasts.
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"We're fortunate to have respected and well-known individuals in the ag industry as part of our team," Bremner says.
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"The Herbicide Selection Guide database allows farm producers to efficiently identify herbicides that meet his or her requirements about treatment options for corn, soybeans, cotton and small grains," Bremner says."In addition to identifying herbicides that provide the best control of specific weeds, herbicides can be grouped by crop, time of application, mode of action, chemical family and company."

Similarly, the Seed Selection Guide provides a quick and effective way to identify corn hybrids meeting specific desired criteria entered by producers."Once identified, the qualifying hybrids can be compared for important performance traits," Bremner says.
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"Because I am a farmer, I understand some of the difficulties producers face on a day-to-day basis," Bremner says."That's why we created Cyber Alliance."

Farmers who join this members-only group will benefit from deep discounts on inputs from a variety of companies, knowledge and information sharing, enhanced marketing opportunities and the potential to receive premiums on outputs.Bremner says the goal is to increase farm profit margins and give back some of the control producers have given up the past two decades.

"FarmPage.com marches to the beat of a different drummer," Bremner concludes.

"This alliance with Commerce Bank allows us to tap into Thornton's successful input-buying group while providing members with a searchable database of unbiased Illinois seed testing results," says Steve Bremner, president of FarmPage."For a $150 annual fee [with $75 of that applied to your first order], we provide corn and soybean products from 29 participating seed companies, giving small to medium-sized farmers a greater chance to get better discounts.Being a small farmer myself, I saved $8/acre on seed costs by using our service, while still using my local dealers."The only terms that differ when using this discounted seed-buying service is the requirement of early pay and a no-return policy.

Currently, Cyber Alliance covers an initial sales geography of Illinois, Iowa, southern Minnesota and Wisconsin, northern Missouri, and western Indiana."We'll also expand our seed research data beyond Illinois, to include Iowa initially in 2002, plus the remainder of the sales territory after that," Bremner says.

Managing partner and founder, Steve Bremner, believes the time is right for FarmPage.com.When I looked at the technology and information available on the Internet, it occurred to me that a single web site could be used as the gathering point for much of the information that today's farmer needs.In addition, I believe too many farmers are paying too much money for basic Ag information..

The site provides timely and accurate weather, a weekly livestock newsletter, instant world and agricultural news, key commodity prices (including historical graphs), a research library, and weekly feature articles.