Agriculture 2019: A Look Back at ‘The Year from Hell’ By Eric Sfiligoj|November 20, 2019 In many ways, 2019 played out as a “perfect storm” for much of the country’s grower-customers and the […]
CropLife 100 Results Show Ag Retailers Have Largely Weathered 2019’s Storm By Eric Sfiligoj|November 18, 2019 For several months now, I’ve been writing about how challenging a year 2019 has been for the agricultural […]
MACA 2019: The News from Agriculture and Consumers By Eric Sfiligoj|November 13, 2019 There was plenty to hear at the annual Mid America CropLife Association (MACA) meeting this September in Indianapolis, […]
The 2019 Growing Season – ‘Uniquely’ Forgettable By Eric Sfiligoj|November 11, 2019 For the past few days now, I’ve been receiving notes and Facebook posts from grower-friends talking about the […]
Will Raven’s Recent Moves Solidify Autonomy in Agriculture? By Eric Sfiligoj|November 8, 2019 In mid-October, I had spent part of one week visiting companies in the Iowa/Minnesota/South Dakota geography. One of […]
The State of Ag Retail Distribution is Still Changing By Eric Sfiligoj|November 6, 2019 Editor’s note: The first-ever CropLife® magazine State of Retail Distribution survey was sent to readers in August 2019. […]
Food Production: Reaching Consumers in the Modern Age By Eric Sfiligoj|October 28, 2019 In many ways, today’s consumers present a bit of a mystery for agriculture, food producers, and retailers. As […]
Crop Inputs Industry: Supplier Merger Mania Done for Now . . . Mostly By Eric Sfiligoj|October 23, 2019 For the past several years now, one of the major trends impacting the ag retail marketplace has been […]
MACA Young Leaders: The Need for Better Communication in Agriculture By Eric Sfiligoj|October 23, 2019 For several years now, the Mid America CropLife Association has worked with sponsors to provide scholarships to worthy […]
John Deere Looks to the Future by Remembering the Past with New ISG Center By Eric Sfiligoj|October 21, 2019 John Deere has been known for agricultural technology innovation for many years, dating back to the company’s first […]
The U.S.-China Trade War: Some Positive Signs of Things to Come? By Eric Sfiligoj|October 16, 2019 Recently, an industry friend pointed out the difference between a long-term trend and an event. “A long-term trend […]
Glyphosate Wars: The Non-Science Strikes Back! By Eric Sfiligoj|October 9, 2019 Recently, I devoted an entire column to the fact that science was finally coming back to the forefront […]
Valley Agronomics Wins North America Ambassador of Respect By Eric Sfiligoj|October 7, 2019 For the company’s hard work in the area of environmental stewardship, Valley Agronomics of Pocatello, ID, was named […]
BASF Steps Up the War on Resistant Weeds By Eric Sfiligoj|September 30, 2019 As a company, the past year or so for BASF has been quite memorable. Although the company itself […]
Compass Minerals Focuses on Research for the Future By Eric Sfiligoj|September 23, 2019 Compass Minerals for many years has steadily expanded its market presence in the agricultural marketplace. In fact, over […]
Agriculture’s Financial Outlook Still Uneven By Eric Sfiligoj|September 16, 2019 In terms of difficulty, 2019 would rank near a 10 – and unlike in gymnastics, that’s not necessarily […]
Fall Fertility 2019: Ag Retailers Hoping for Stronger Fertilizer Demand This Autumn By Eric Sfiligoj|September 11, 2019 By now, everyone is familiar with how rough a year 2019 has turned out to be for the […]
The Glyphosate Debate: Science (Finally) Fights Back! By Eric Sfiligoj|September 11, 2019 Recently, while I was attending the AgriBusiness GlobalSM Trade Summit, one of the major topics of conversation was […]
How Agrian Simplifies Decision Making for Ag Professionals By Eric Sfiligoj|September 10, 2019 As consumers across the country have become more concerned with where their food comes from, and federal, state, […]
Glyphosate Update: Et Tu, Germany? By Eric Sfiligoj|September 9, 2019 As a country, Germany has a great reputation in science and scientific endeavors. In fact, the Nobel Prize […]
