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A unique business model, and it has only been around for a few years. They give money to farmers in exchange for a revenue stream on canola production. What drives the stock higher is their deployment, i.e., how many farmers can they sign deals with over the next few years. This is usually seasonally. Expects there will be news over the next few months, in terms of how much capital they are going to be able to deploy this year. These are early days, and they are just scratching the surface. There are a lot of canola farmers in Western Canada.
(A Top Pick Dec 12/16, Down 17%) They are growing very quickly. They can command a higher price for canola. They are now at 2% of the market so there is tremendous growth potential. They just instituted a dividend last year and are now buying back shares on the market. There will be growth there for the foreseeable future.
Finances input costs for farmers. In return, they don’t get paid money, but get paid a piece of the crop. The company has had trouble making this work as there is a lot of volatility. He likes the people who run this. You should wait until they work this out and iron out the kinks in the model.