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OUR MISSION
Agflex exists to protect farmers and their advisors from the economic risks associated with Best Management Practices (BMPs).

PRODUCTS & SERVICES
BMPs are designed by university experts and others to save farmers money over time.  BMPs can reduce fertilizer and pesticide input use, reducing costs and waste and improving stewardship.

Agflex develops and markets innovative programs designed to minimize risks farmers face when adopting BMPs.  These BMPs, including Integrated Pest Management (IPM), could save producers more than $8 billion annually in agrochemical input costs but are not adopted in large part due to risk.

Our products compensate farmers when failures of these practices result in yield losses, thus removing risk as a barrier to adoption.

Agflex provides consulting, research and implementation services to government and non-governmental agencies, crop insurers, agchem retailers and others working to reduce environmental impacts of agriculture and improve ag-sector income.

Agflex and its principals have served the following clients: Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance, Iowa Department of Economic Development, IGF Insurance, Monsanto, Farm*A*Syst, US Department of Agriculture, US Environmental Protection Agency, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and others.

STAFF
Agflex staff represents more than 100 years of experience in agricultural policy, research and development, including design and implementation of marketing strategies for these unique financial risk management products.

Tom Green, President.  Since 1973, Tom has worked in agriculture including managing an apple orchard and serving in the Massachusetts Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program for tree fruit.  In 1980, he founded an IPM supply business that he grew to $1.6 million in annual sales, now part of GEMPLER'S, Inc., a national agricultural supplier.  Tom currently serves on the boards of the IPM Institute of North America and the National Foundation for IPM Education, and is co-chair of the Fifth National IPM Symposium and Workshop to be held in April 2006.  In 2003, he received the US EPA Region 5 Award of Recognition for outstanding efforts to promote school IPM within Wisconsin and nationally. He also received the Wisconsin Small Business Innovation Award in 2000 and 2001 from the Wisconsin Small Business Innovation Consortium.  He has authored more than 40 articles in trade and professional publications and presented at more than 50 professional meetings.  Tom is responsible for overall business planning and development for Agflex.  Tom holds a Ph.D. in entomology (1992, University of Massachusetts).  Phone: (608) 232-1528, E-mail: tom.green@agflex.com

Tom Buman, Vice-President.  Since 1982, Tom has been working with farmers, agricultural businesses, organizations, and agencies to help them organize and implement environmentally sound initiatives.  Raised on a family farm in Southwest Iowa, Tom has a thorough understanding of both livestock and crops production.  Prior to co-founding Agflex in 1999, Tom worked 14 years for the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.  Tom received both his B.S. in Agronomy and MBA from Iowa State University.  Phone (712) 792-8911, E-mail: tom.buman@agflex.com

Stan Buman, Chief Financial Officer.  Stan has developed strong relationships in both the government and private sectors, having spent ten years with the Natural Resource Conservation Service in Iowa.  For over 15 years, Stan worked in areas of conservation planning and management, crop scouting, consulting and research.  Stan received a B.S. in Agronomy from Iowa State University.  Stan is also a professional wildlife photographer and involved in wildlife habitat development.  Phone (712) 792-8911, E-mail: stan.buman@agflex.com

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Agflex is an Iowa corporation with offices in Iowa and Wisconsin.  DUNS Number: 13-174-4372, Federal Employer ID: 42-1508832.