Growers Edge Opens 2027 Ag Retailer Input Financing Program, Sees 94% Renewal Rate on Prior Year
CHICAGO, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Growers Edge, a financial technology firm that provides modern financial
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CHICAGO, Sept. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Growers Edge, a financial technology firm that provides modern financial products and data-driven tools for agricultural retailers, manufacturers, and lenders, today announced the official launch of its 2027 Input Financing Program for ag retailers. Opened on September 1, 2026, the 2027 program has achieved a 94% partner renewal rate, reflecting satisfaction and demand from agricultural retailers and growers nationwide.
The Input Financing Program’s nearly perfect renewal rate underscores the growing importance of ag-focused financing as high interest rates, persistent inflation, and rising input costs place unprecedented margin pressure on growers. Designed to address these urgent financial hurdles, the Growers Edge program helps ag retailers offer competitive, customized financing options directly to their grower customers, removing default risk while expanding access to necessary crop inputs in a critical market climate.
“Traditional ag-credit options are no longer enough given the trifecta of high input costs, high interest rates, and high volatility,” said Michael Hoffstatter, Managing Direct Input Financing, at Growers Edge. “The success of our Input Financing Program demonstrates that Growers Edge is filling a vital gap in the agricultural market. It is rewarding to hear directly from retailers who validate the real-world impact we are creating across the ag supply chain.”
Growers Edge’s ag retailer partners found the Input Financing Program to be an essential tool for maintaining strong customer relationships, driving product adoption, and removing risk around input-purchasing decisions.
“Working with Growers Edge gave us a finance option that could be all our own and have our brand on it,” said Sheldon Daugherty, Owner & President of River Hills Seed, Inc. “It gave our customers a finance option for any product we sell. The ease of application for the customer was easy also. All in all it worked very well for us.”
About the Growers Edge Input Financing Program
Growers Edge’s Input Financing Program provides instant, cost-competitive capital; an easy-to-implement, secure environment; and all the back-office services required to execute a professional financing program, including application, credit decisioning, funding, loan management, billing, and collection. Additional features and benefits for ag retailers include:
- Grower Portal, a branded digital loan management and payment platform for growers.
- No recourse for the retailer.
- Customized branding for each retailer’s look and feel.
- Up and running in two weeks.
- Built-in credit decisioning, scoring, and approval.
- Loan accounting management, reporting, billing, and support.
- SOC 2 data security and privacy.
About Growers Edge
Growers Edge provides modern financial products and data-driven tools that help forward-thinking agriculture retailers, manufacturers, and lenders reduce their growers’ risks and costs when adopting newer innovative solutions and practices. The company’s Crop Plan Warranty and input financing solutions are trusted by dozens of retailers and manufacturers to assist hundreds of growers affordably purchase their products and guarantee yields on nearly one million acres of cropland.
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