Brent VanKoughnet, Agri Skills

Brent VanKoughnet M.Sc. P.Ag. is Owner / Manager of Agri Skills Inc. a company that specializes in agricultural innovation and human resource development services. Agri Skills presently provides market development consulting services, custom skills development and training programs, and field scale precision trial services to several major manufacturers and retailers in western Canada and the northern United States. He has recently completed training in the area of mediation and conflict resolution.
Brent’s career has included; Grain Merchant Louis Dreyfus, Agricultural Marketing Manager, Canada, Norwest Labs, Winnipeg Manitoba; Agri-Business Instructor and Marketing Coordinator, Assiniboine Community College, Brandon Manitoba; Agronomist, Special Projects and Marketing, Redfern Farm Services a multi outlet independent fertilizer dealership in Rivers Manitoba. He completed a Masters degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Manitoba in 1992 and manages the family farm in Carman.

Brent brings a unique combination of practical experience and insight from the perspectives of a producer, a marketer, a consultant, a mediator and a facilitator.