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Derek Dery
Regional Manager, Saskatchewan North
Saskatoon
Where did you grow up?
Near Archerwill, Saskatchewan.
What was your first job in the AG industry?
I grew up on a farm. My first unofficial job was handing tools to my grandfather as we fixed machinery, and then eventually working my way up to managing my own acres. My first off farm grain marketing job was brokering cash grains.
What is your most memorable experience working for FarmLink?
My most humbling experience happened recently on a client’s farm. We were standing on the veranda of their newly completed home which was special to them and had been a goal of their business for quite some time. When I congratulated them on the accomplishment, I was taken aback because they said, ‘Thank you Derek. You helped us make this happen!’
What gets you fired up about working at FarmLink?
It is a true privilege to be trusted the way our clients trust us to help them make effective marketing decisions. We get to build relationships with some of the top farms in Saskatchewan.
What was your most memorable grain marketing experience?
Having clients deliver their 2013 crops against contracts made prior to the large crop in Western Canada that year. I was thankful that our clients were able to move a large portion of their crop because we had preplanned their grain sales.
Where did you work before FarmLink?
I’ve had a number of jobs in the industry, but before FarmLink, I worked as a grain buyer at an inland terminal.
If I wasn’t working with FarmLink I would be a ______.
If I wasn’t a grain marketing advisor I would still be involved in the grain industry, either farming full-time or working in a brokerage role.
What is something most people don’t know about you?
I spent two years working in Lake Louise where I got to scramble over more than a dozen mountain peaks, white-water kayak on the Bow, and ski all winter.
