Want To Buy Grain? Joseph Is Your Man.

Joseph Billett

President

Joseph’s family is from Milden, SK, where the Billett Family Farm is located.  His dad, who was the only sibling of 5 to leave the farm, was stationed on Vancouver Island after joining the navy. A couple years after Joseph was born, the family relocated to Alberta, settling in Agfinity’s future hometown headquarters in Stony Plain.

When referring to his better half Amy, Joseph truly means it. Married in the spring of 2004, the family blossomed with the additions of three children, Hannah, Truett and Samuel.  They love adventuring, and spend as much time as they can inside their RV and by the ocean on regular trips to Tofino, BC.

Joseph has been in the agriculture and grain marketing industry for 10 years. He loves crafting vison and working with his team to move Agfinity forward! His role includes working with Feedlots, Grain Companies and Feed Mills, spending much of his time hunting the best grain buying opportunities on Agfinity.com.

For fun, Joseph competes in powerlifting and Strongman. Whether he’s helping a teammate reach a bench press milestone, or a grain buyer cover in a load of barley, building strong relationships, professionally and personally is his daily passion.

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Amy Billett

Co-owner / Financial Controller

Amy was born and raised in Abbotsford, BC, spending much of her time on her grandparents’ and uncle’s dairy farms. At the age of 14, she and her family traveled north to Dawson Creek, BC, where she stayed until graduation.

Amy’s love for animals meant many hours, days, months and years volunteering and working at a local veterinary clinic. In September 1998, she headed off to Edmonton and Spruce Grove to attend the University of Alberta where she graduated in the Spring of 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, as well as a Degree in Animal Science. Amy has been working in the agriculture industry ever since!

Amy married her true love, Joseph, in 2004. They now have three growing children, Hannah, Truett and Samuel. Between the three busy kiddos and working in the Agfinity offices, Amy has had no choice but to master her time management skills! Luckily for her, being busy is her specialty!
…But that’s not to say, she doesn’t enjoy taking a little time here and there with her family and extended family! Amy enjoys camping in the mountains and taking trips to her favourite place, Tofino, BC.

Amy also enjoys woodworking and decorating cakes, often tying up a bay in the garage or the kitchen for extended periods of time. But nobody’s complaining when Amy’s in the kitchen!! And if they did, it would be wise to remember that Amy’s husband is a powerlifter…

Amy has been involved with Agfinity from day one and loves working with the entire Agfinity team. She runs the accounts and logistics departments, aiming to ensure everyone’s grain gets where its supposed to go.

Erin Harakal

Trade Manager, Red Deer North – Vegreville West, Saskatchewan

Erin is from Warburg Alberta, where she was born and raised on her family farm. This farm consists of grain and hay land, with her parents raising purebred and commercial Simmental cattle. Her Great Grandfather started the family farm in the 1930’s when he moved to Canada. The family farm consists of Erin’s Grandpa, her dad, two uncles and their families, where they all work together to have a successful operation.

Growing up in the agriculture industry and being heavily involved in 4-H helped drive Erin towards an ag career. In the spring of 2017, Erin graduated from Olds College with a diploma in Agriculture Management with a major in Marketing. After attending school, Erin knew she wanted to help farmers get the best experience possible when it came to marketing there commodities. This is what drew Erin to Agfinity.

When Erin is not at Agfinity, she can be found helping on the family farm or hanging with her parents’ purebred and commercial cattle preparing for shows.

Ashley Tompkins

Junior Trader L1, Red Deer North– Vegreville West

Ashley is originally from Calgary where she lived until her husband whisked her away to the Peace Country. Ashley and her husband lived on an acreage northwest of Peace River, Alberta for 8 years, where she worked for Northern Sunrise County in many roles, including as the Economic Development Officer. She fell in love with being a country girl and living the rural lifestyle.

In a quest for new opportunities and to be closer to family Ashley and her husband moved south, where they have settled on an acreage near Carvel, Alberta and welcomed their son, Wilder. In her spare time Ashley enjoys gardening, canning, baking, fishing, cross country skiing and spending time outdoors with her friends and family.

Although Ashley enjoys spending time at home with her son, she was eager to get back to work and be part of a team again. Ashley was drawn to Agfinity’s core values and felt like she could bring value with her many years of experience working with farmers and rural business owners alike. She is excited to continue making connections and building relationships with producers.

Bryce Taylor

Buyer Relations

As a youngster, Bryce was brought up as a city boy in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario.  His parents decided, luckily for him, that they needed to get away from the big city life and moved their family to small town southwestern Ontario.

During his high school years, Bryce was getting his hands dirty learning how to prep land, plant and harvest crops for local farmers.  Later, he was offered an opportunity to help run a cash crop and cow calf family farm where he raised his family.

He was a crop planner and grain marketer.  Always looking for the best opportunities to sell his grain.  After leaving the operation he settled down on a hobby farm where he worked at a grain elevator receiving grain from farmers and talking about grain prices with farmers.

After spending 3 decades producing and handling grain, he decided to start a new career marketing grain. He now spends his working days enthusiastically working with the Agfinity Team to help find the best grain selling and buying opportunities.  Outside of working hours, he enjoys his time with the love of his life on their hobby farm and watching his adult children succeed in their own lives.

Danielle Barnes

Customer Experience Coordinator

Danielle is from Warburg Alberta, where she grew up on her family’s farm, graduated high school, and never really left; recently moving her family into their forever home not far from the family farm. Danielle has always been involved in agriculture. Helping her parents raise cattle & plant/harvest crops, participating in 4-H, and riding horses kept her busy in her younger years. She still pitches in whenever she can with her family’s farming operation, and their small herd of cattle. Her and her husband Brodie have two toddlers, Oaklen, and Wren, and are working hard at developing their new acreage, so there is never a lack of things to do! When she does have spare time, Danielle is either riding her horses, hanging out with her family, or reading a good book.

Danielle has a Business Diploma from NAIT, and the last 10 years worked as a “product coordinator” in the bulk chemical industry. When the chance to work in the agriculture industry arrived in the form of a position at Agfinity, Danielle thought it was a good time for a change! Being passionate about all things agriculture, she is excited about this new role. Danielle is used to scheduling and logistics planning, with lots of customer service experience, but her favorite part of any role is making connections with people.

Candice Petrick

Customer Experience Coordinator Manager

Candice grew up in rural Dawson Creek, BC where she was very involved in horse 4-H, and loved helping out at friends cattle farms. Having a love for animals from an early age she was always caring for a bunny, a cat, a horse or all the above and more!

Candice married the love of her life & high school sweetheart Cody in 2004. They spread their wings and moved to Grande Prairie, AB together where they still live. Cody and Candice spent their first 15 years of marriage traveling, working hard and enjoying the great outdoors- camping, snowmobiling, hiking, dirt biking, motorcycling & hunting.  Candice worked at an Energy & Industrial company for 14 years, working her way up from an office administrator to an office manager and finally a District Manager that overlooked numerous employees throughout BC and northern AB. Cody and Candice decided they wanted a family of their own and now have a son, Caleb who is almost 4 years old and a daughter Chloe who is just over 1 year old. Both kids love to take part in the adventures with Mom & Dad!

Candice loves solving problems at work, or better yet- being proactive before it becomes a problem! She may have spoke to you already, and she looks forward to speaking with more sellers & buyers who are working with Agfinity as we continue to grow. As a member of the Customer Experience Team she is here to help keep you happy -whether its coordinating your grain movement logistics, ensuring financial exchanges happen, or gathering information for you. If you hear the kids in the background please say hi- they are exuberant office helpers once in a while!

Austin Fiddes

Website Developer

Born and raised in Truro, Nova Scotia, Austin grew up in the countryside of a small town before moving to Spruce Grove, Alberta after graduating high school. With a passion for video games and all things computers, he pursued a post-secondary education in Computer Software Development before becoming one of Agfinity’s newest Plowers.

As a programmer, Austin hopes to help contribute to the efficiency of Agfinity’s trading system and to solve technological problems.

Although not raised on a farm in Alberta, Austin’s country roots have provided him with a love of the outdoors and rural life, and he is eager to continue learning about Alberta’s agricultural industry. When not at Agfinity, Austin enjoys playing his guitars, spending time outdoors, and playing and collecting various types of games, both card and console.

Penelope

Many of you that have visited the Agfinity office have had the opportunity to meet Penelope. She is a wrinkly, snorty, snoring British Bulldog, lovingly dubbed Penelope Sprinkles Billett by the Billett children, because everyone in the family needs a middle name. Penelope has unofficially become the Agfinity mascot and “therapy” dog, often giving team members the opportunity to burn off some steam playing with her or taking her for a walk. She often spends days at the office and will place herself right in your direct path when entering and exiting the building. Of course, why wouldn’t she! On a sunny day, it’s the best place to soak up the warm rays while keeping an eye on the world outside.

Penelope loves to greet visitors, usually with an excess of saliva and doggy kisses. She also loves hanging with the Agfinity team. She contributes noisily to the team huddles every morning she is in the office and does a thorough check of everyone’s bags, purses and lunches on a daily basis to ensure everything is safe and acceptable, but in all truth, she’s just looking for something to eat. Eating is Penelope’s number one pastime with sleeping following at a very close second.

Penelope thoroughly enjoys meeting new people and is more than happy to greet you at the front door when you come to visit.