I’m trying to catch up on some of my posts from the past week but you might need to give me a couple days. Here’s a story that came in late last week about AdFarm acquiring the consulting division of Issues Ink, an international consulting and publishing firm based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The acquisition will accelerate the expansion of AdFarm’s consulting division, which focuses on providing agribusiness insights to strengthen business and marketing performance.
Robynne Anderson, the current President of Issues Ink will join AdFarm’s consulting practice, as will three other Issues Ink staff members, Heidi Dancho, Kelly Green and Lindy Norris. Anderson will be based in the United Kingdom and Belgium; the other staff members in Winnipeg. Rob Hannam, the general manager of AdFarm’s consulting division, is leading the team from the Guelph, Ontario office.
A broad scope of clientele and projects, both domestic and international, are included in the acquisition. Issues Ink’s consulting practice consists of issues management, public relations, government relations, market information and strategic planning. Clients include agribusiness, government and various consortiums and organizations such as CropLife International.
Issues Ink remains a separate entity and retains ownership and operations of its publications such as Germination, Seed World, seed.ab.ca, Spud Smart, and Flavourful.