OUR HISTORY

Kent is the President, and Founder of AGinvest Farmland Properties Canada Inc.  AGinvest Farmland Properties Canada is a farmland asset manager based in Chatham, Ontario, Canada.  In 2018, the firm launched the AGinvest Farmland One Fund, which offered investors access to farmland ownership in the rich growing region of Ontario.  Since 2018, AGinvest has established three successor funds, all of which have performed well for investors and farm families.  AGinvest Farmland Properties Canada is unique in its mission to serve investors and farm families.  AGinvest must help both sides achieve their goals and create winning opportunities that also help support our nation’s food security and the future of farming, and do so with a sharp focus on sustainability.  Kent has over 30 years of experience in the agricultural field. He grew up in a farm family and has been buying and operating farms for his own account since 1999. In addition to his role at AGinvest, Kent is the owner of WR Detasseling Ltd., and Willmore Farms Ltd. Kent developed WR Detasseling Ltd. into Canada's largest contract seed corn service provider, with its customer list including DuPont Coryeva, Monsanto, Pride Seeds, Maizex Seeds, CL Seeds, Glenn Seeds and Syngenta Canada. Kent also established Willmore Farms Ltd, a farming company that produces crops on his personal portfolio of Ontario farmland.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science from the University of Waterloo, and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Windsor with an all-Canadian academic athlete designation.